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Howto:
Correctly add WinXP themes to your Applications
Hello again!
This is a simple tutorial that shows what you have to do in order to have your
application running WinXP themes the correct way.
I've seen for a long time that people often use Manifest
files but that is not a solution, so check this out:
VB.NET
' ADD THIS LINE
OF CODE INSIDE THE
WINDOWS FORM GENERATED CODE
<System.STAThread()> _
Public
Shared
Sub Main()
System.Windows.Forms.Application.EnableVisualStyles()
System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(New
frmDecode) ' replace frmDecode by the name of your
form!!!
End
Sub
And that's about everything!
Simple isn't it!!!
NOTE:
Some controls like buttons, checkboxes, radiobuttons, etc...
have a property called FlatStyle. In order to theme this control you must set
this property to System. Example:
button1.FlatStyle=FlatStyle.System
C#
// ADD THIS
LINE OF CODE INSIDE
static void Main()
System.Windows.Forms.Application.EnableVisualStyles();
System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(new
Form1()); // replace Form1 by the
name of your form!!!
// IT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS:
[STAThread]
static
void
Main()
{
System.Windows.Forms.Application.EnableVisualStyles();
System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(new
Form1());
// replace frmDecode by the name of your form!!!
}
And that's about everything!
Simple isn't it!!!
NOTE:
Some controls like buttons, checkboxes, radiobuttons, etc...
have a property called FlatStyle. In order to theme this control you must set
this property to System. Example:
button1.FlatStyle=FlatStyle.System;
Enjoy!!! & don't forget to check the file attached that
contains examples for both VB.NET and C#
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10/26/2003 6:11:41 AM:Christopher Hemple
This Is Sweet! 5 Globes From Me!
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10/26/2003 8:03:40 AM:Zpage
Help me ! HOW I USE THIS????
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10/26/2003 8:12:06 AM:Jorge Rodrigues Silva
zpage:
try downloading the article as
it is self-explanatory... you just have
to add those 5 lines of code inside the
Windows form generated code region!
oh
and a note that I forgot: This only
works from VS.NET 2003 and beyond!
VS.NET 2002 does not support this
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10/26/2003 2:30:01 PM:Zpage
OH, I only have Visual basic. Sorry,
soon I will change to VB.net
:D
greetz
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10/27/2003 3:20:20 AM:quartz
wowwwwwwwwwwwww
cooooooooooool job
dude
hey can you do it for c sharp
also
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10/27/2003 3:41:36 AM:quartz
hey but my icons in the tool bar (from
image lists) are lost ?
can you help
????
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10/27/2003 5:57:21 AM:Jorge Rodrigues Silva
quartz: yes indeed the icons don't
appear at all!! I'll see what I can do
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10/27/2003 10:58:24 PM:Chris Pietschmann, MCSD, MCAD
I tried this and it didn't work. I have
VS.NET 2002. The EnableVisualStyles
must be something that was added to the
.NET Framework 1.1
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10/28/2003 12:52:10 PM:
Excelente esta tua dica!!!
Por acaso
nao tens uma dica para colocar
textboxes em context menus?
Mesmo
que nao tenhas, obrigado na mesma
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10/29/2003 9:40:54 PM:Carl Mercier
This method is buggy and has been
recommended not to be used by MS.
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11/1/2003 1:05:31 AM:quartz
Application.DoEvents
will solve the
problem for icons in the Toolbar
also
works perfectly fine for C
#
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.DoEvents();
Application.Run(new
MyForm());
Quartz
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11/20/2003 4:53:45 AM:Edson Ferreira
Muito bom Jorge, continua com o
excelente trabalho !
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12/2/2003 2:18:44 AM:
WOW! It works
great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!! Thankyou soooo much, ive been
trying to do this for ages!!!!!!
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12/5/2003 12:23:06 AM:
That's nice but it works ONLY with .NET
Framework 1.1!!!!!
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