Upgrading old MFC look to .NET look
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Hopefully this makes sense, here goes: I've upgraded my MSVS C++ 6.0 MFC application to MSVS C++ 2005. All went well - no big issues - but here's what I can't figure out: In my resource browser my MFC dialog app appears to have that updated .NET style, i.e. rounded glossy buttons & list controls. That's how I would like it to appear when built; however, it still has that "old-school" MFC look with the square edge buttons and "3D" look. I've created a new MFC dummy app just to compare headers and resource files in Araxis Merge to see if I could find some "switch" somewhere that needs to be set. The dummy app has that contemporary .NET look. I can't seem to figure out what I need to set to accomplish this task. Any help or advice would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks, CMD
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Hopefully this makes sense, here goes: I've upgraded my MSVS C++ 6.0 MFC application to MSVS C++ 2005. All went well - no big issues - but here's what I can't figure out: In my resource browser my MFC dialog app appears to have that updated .NET style, i.e. rounded glossy buttons & list controls. That's how I would like it to appear when built; however, it still has that "old-school" MFC look with the square edge buttons and "3D" look. I've created a new MFC dummy app just to compare headers and resource files in Araxis Merge to see if I could find some "switch" somewhere that needs to be set. The dummy app has that contemporary .NET look. I can't seem to figure out what I need to set to accomplish this task. Any help or advice would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks, CMD
Hi, checkout the following links: http://www.codeproject.com/w2k/xptheme.asp[^] http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/xpstylemfc.asp[^] (regard the comments for VS2005 in the discussion section below the articles)
cheers, mykel
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