In ATL, Progess Bar look

[sumit durg]

How can i get the look of satus bar as a installation form ( like we see in the installation of any component of MicroSoft progess bar). In the standerd my it is not looking good.

[sumit durg]

I want smooth XP type status bar, where as it seems to be WIN' 98 status bar. How can i do this.

[Stuart Dootson]

Sounds like you need to set the PBS_SMOOTH[^] style for the progress bar

[sumit durg]

Style should be like XP, Not like Windows-98

[Stuart Dootson]

Define what you mean by 'XP rather than Windows 98'... If you mean using themed controls, then you need to add a manifest, as described here[^].

[sumit durg]

thanks for reply, can you tell me how to add manifest file in ATL project ( in Visual Studio 6.0)

[Stuart Dootson]

This page[^] describes the process pretty well. Summarised, you do the following: 1. Add a file called 'MyApp.manifest' to your project. Put the following text into it, replacing the bits in italics with text that's appropriate for your application.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0"> 
<assemblyIdentity 
    version="your app's version" 
    processorArchitecture="X86" 
    name="your app's name"
    type="win32" 
/> 
<description>A Description of your application</description> 
<dependency> 
    <dependentAssembly> 
        <assemblyIdentity 
            type="win32" 
            name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" 
            version="6.0.0.0" 
            processorArchitecture="X86" 
            publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df" 
            language="*" 
        /> 
    </dependentAssembly> 
</dependency> 
</assembly>

2. Add the following line to your project's resource file (the one with the .RC extension).

1                       RT_MANIFEST             "MyApp.manifest"

3. Rebuild your application