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From: jc on 21 Apr 2010 16:34 Hello, I am updating an old legacy application (5 years old). I was able to get the application to compile with VC++2008. However, I noticed, that the button controls are still the old style (tan), and not the new colors, which are white with a blue trim. In the resource editor, the controls are disiplayed with the new colors, but after I compile the applications, and then run the program, the old colors are displayed. What changes do I have to make, to the code, libraries.., to be able to see the new control colors? TIA, -jc
From: Tom Serface on 21 Apr 2010 17:01 Do you have an old style manifest compiling into the file as one of the resources? If so you may want to try just deleting it and letting it use what the OS wants. You could also take a look at the new Feature Pack stuff since it supports theming to a point. Tom "jc" <jc(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:94FFD503-DF30-40C4-A1B7-A267D4FE5A40(a)microsoft.com... > Hello, > > I am updating an old legacy application (5 years old). > I was able to get the application to compile with VC++2008. > However, I noticed, that the button controls are still > the old style (tan), and not the new colors, which > are white with a blue trim. > > In the resource editor, the controls are disiplayed with the > new colors, but after I compile the applications, and then > run the program, the old colors are displayed. > > What changes do I have to make, to the code, libraries.., to > be able to see the new control colors? > > TIA, > -jc
From: Scott McPhillips [MVP] on 21 Apr 2010 17:41 "jc" <jc(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:94FFD503-DF30-40C4-A1B7-A267D4FE5A40(a)microsoft.com... > Hello, > > I am updating an old legacy application (5 years old). > I was able to get the application to compile with VC++2008. > However, I noticed, that the button controls are still > the old style (tan), and not the new colors, which > are white with a blue trim. > > In the resource editor, the controls are disiplayed with the > new colors, but after I compile the applications, and then > run the program, the old colors are displayed. > > What changes do I have to make, to the code, libraries.., to > be able to see the new control colors? The new colors come from common control library v 6. Try building a basic MFC project and copying the manifest stuff for the common controls, and #include <afxcmn.h>, and also the call to InitCommonControlsEx. The manifest requires _UNICODE. If you are not in unicode you can try removing that #ifdef (most things work without it). -- Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]
From: jc on 26 Apr 2010 22:51 Hi Scott, Thanks for the suggestion. I created a new "dummy" project, and then added all of my old code. It worked great! Also, I had to remove the _UNICODE macro in the stdafx.h file. Thanks again, -jc
From: Joseph M. Newcomer on 27 Apr 2010 08:50 On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:51:01 -0700, jc <jc(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Hi Scott, > >Thanks for the suggestion. > >I created a new "dummy" project, >and then added all of my old code. >It worked great! > >Also, I had to remove the _UNICODE >macro in the stdafx.h file. **** It would be weird to have _UNICODE defined in stdafx.h; note that you normally define BOTH _UNICODE and UNICODE on the command line! If you define only one, you are going to be in trouble! joe > >Thanks again, >-jc Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP] email: newcomer(a)flounder.com Web: http://www.flounder.com MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm
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