upgrading common controls v5 to v6
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From: Mike Williams on 4 Dec 2009 08:02 "Nobody" <nobody(a)nobody.com> wrote in message news:%23eBlH9NdKHA.2596(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > This link shows pictures of the classic and XP styles: > http://www.restuner.com/tour-manifest.htm That looked vaguely interesting, until I came to: Application Name: MyCoolApp .. . . I just couldn't bring myself to read any further ;-) Mike
From: C. Kevin Provance on 4 Dec 2009 08:28 "Nobody" <nobody(a)nobody.com> wrote in message news:%23eBlH9NdKHA.2596(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... | "David Kaye" <sfdavidkaye2(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message | news:hf9ilf$1a3$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... | > Eduardo <mm(a)mm.com> wrote: | > | >>Umm, yes. I see that the theme support is gone. | >>So... back to v5. | > | > What exactly is theming support? I've never heard the term before. | | This link shows pictures of the classic and XP styles: | | http://www.restuner.com/tour-manifest.htm Forty bucks for *that*? Psh. I wrote an add in that doubles as a stand alone EXE that does that exact same thing...for free even.
From: Ralph on 4 Dec 2009 09:26 "C. Kevin Provance" <*@*.*> wrote in message > | This link shows pictures of the classic and XP styles: > | > | http://www.restuner.com/tour-manifest.htm > > Forty bucks for *that*? > > Psh. I wrote an add in that doubles as a stand alone EXE that does that > exact same thing...for free even. > Purchase price has never been synomymous with "worth" or even "cost". -ralph
From: Eduardo on 4 Dec 2009 11:24 David Kaye escribi�: > Eduardo <mm(a)mm.com> wrote: > >> It's to display the controls using Windows Visual Styles. >> First introduced in XP, you can see the XP style buttons for example, >> that have a rounded shape and mouseover effect, etc. > > I'll be damned. Thank you. > >> In the case of Windows Common Controls (1 and 2), you can see the >> toolbars, UpDown's controls, etc. with visual styles, but just using v5. > > Hmmm...I think I'll put VB5 on a machine and see what up with that. > About supporting Visual Styles, there are some considerations. You need to add a manifest as a XML resource, you can download the *.res file from here: http://www.Planet-Source-Code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=36043&lngWId=1 or http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=42729&lngWId=1 If your project already has a resource file, then you'll have to write the *.manifest file, add it as a resource to the *.rc file, and then compile the *.res along with the other resources. (in my case I just added the *res already compiled that I downloaded from psc because I didn't have a resource file in that project) But that's not all, that's the start. You need to call InitCommonControls in the Sub Main or Form_Initialize. API declaration: Private Declare Sub InitCommonControls Lib "Comctl32.dll" () [that's needed for XP] Then, if your project has an UserControl, you'll get an error when the program exits. [In XP] Read about this issue here (and also the solution): http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/vb/Code/Libraries/XP_Visual_Styles/Preventing_Crashes_at_Shutdown/article.asp But there is still a more difficult thing: Frames don't paint correctly on XP. Here is a solution proposed by Schmidt: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion/msg/3fdd6586b232965e If you are interested in the subject, I suggest to read that thread.
From: Mike Williams on 4 Dec 2009 13:13
"Ralph" <nt_consulting64(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:OJGWX4OdKHA.4112(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Purchase price has never been synomymous with > "worth" or even "cost". .. . . as Micro$oft will gladly confirm! Mike |