Look and Feel

[vinod sankuthodi]

hi, I want to have enable the XP style Look & feel in my application even if it is run on any Win2k Platform ... How can i invoke that style... Can u help me Out... thnkx in advance Vinod

[David Crow]

You'll need a .manifest file. See here.

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[Michael Dunn]

Themes were added in XP, they aren't present in 2K.

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[FarPointer]

Hi , Check this one also :- http://www.thecodeproject.com/macro/vc-xp.asp[^] Regards, FarPointer Blog:http://farpointer.blogspot.com/ -- modified at 9:31 Wednesday 7th June, 2006

[ThatsAlok]

vinivc wrote:

How can i invoke that style...

nope, you have to skin your application!

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[Andy Rama]

Hello, When I tried it, it doesn't work. Best Regards, Aniket Salunkhe

[FarPointer]

Well it worked for me the msdev thing provided that your operating sytem was Win-XP. Regards, FarPointer Blog:http://farpointer.blogspot.com/