Boring Dialog Application
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I've got an application which really needs a "House Doctor/Changing Rooms" type makeover. Can anyone suggest a solution that is relatively quick, easy and hopefully free? It looks a lot better when I run it in XP, but I want something a bit tastier looking in Win2K as well. Rather than do a load of searching, which I haven't got time for, I was just wondering if there's any sort of well-trodden path to take? "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can." "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."
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I've got an application which really needs a "House Doctor/Changing Rooms" type makeover. Can anyone suggest a solution that is relatively quick, easy and hopefully free? It looks a lot better when I run it in XP, but I want something a bit tastier looking in Win2K as well. Rather than do a load of searching, which I haven't got time for, I was just wondering if there's any sort of well-trodden path to take? "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can." "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."
Uhm.. what exactly is it that you want to do? Skinning? Theming? :confused: -- I can't resist a touch of evil.
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Uhm.. what exactly is it that you want to do? Skinning? Theming? :confused: -- I can't resist a touch of evil.
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Uhm.. what exactly is it that you want to do? Skinning? Theming? I don't know. I don't know the difference between using a theme or a skin. What do your suggest? I just want it to *look* better than just another Windows dialog-based application... "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can." "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Uhm.. what exactly is it that you want to do? Skinning? Theming? I don't know. I don't know the difference between using a theme or a skin. What do your suggest? I just want it to *look* better than just another Windows dialog-based application... "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can." "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."
I guess Visual C++ is not a right tool for that purpose, I mean great user interface with less coding effort. VB.NET, Delphi, C# or Java can do fancy user interface with lesser effort than Visual C++. My suggestion is go for VB.NET. It is RAD and easy. It could cater most of the MIS requirement. Of course, you would need a .NET framework for that. If you are not opting for .NET. You could try out Borland Delphi or C++ Builder which ease of developing nice UI as well. Hope this helps. Sonork 100.41263:Anthony_Yio
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Uhm.. what exactly is it that you want to do? Skinning? Theming? I don't know. I don't know the difference between using a theme or a skin. What do your suggest? I just want it to *look* better than just another Windows dialog-based application... "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can." "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."
One way to make w2k look better (without too much effort) is to fiddle a little with edges, borders, icons, bitmaps and colors. 3d? Client edge? Flat? Different colors on error, warnings, etc? Images on buttons? Other than that I have no real good advice. -- I can't resist a touch of evil.