Hey all, I am looking for some tutorials on how to make an app actually
look good.

I am writing an app that is coming along nicely but microsofts basic
controls to be honest are quite boring and dull (everything be gray). I
am not a graphic designer and am unfamiliar with how to create custom
buttons etc.. that look good but am writing this app on my own so hoping
that someone knows of some tutorials out there or has any suggestions!

Thanks ahead of time for the always great help I get in these
newsgroups...

-Ivan

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Hi Ivan,

If you're using vs .net 2003 and will be using your app on win xp, simply
place this in the startup object's code:

Public Sub New()

MyBase.New()

Application.EnableVisualStyles()

Application.DoEvents()

Then change the flatstyle property of buttons, checkboxes, radion buttons to
'system'; this will give you xp styles, and everything will look better.

HTH,

Bernie Yaeger



"Ivan Weiss" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hey all, I am looking for some tutorials on how to make an app actually
> look good.
>
> I am writing an app that is coming along nicely but microsofts basic
> controls to be honest are quite boring and dull (everything be gray). I
> am not a graphic designer and am unfamiliar with how to create custom
> buttons etc.. that look good but am writing this app on my own so hoping
> that someone knows of some tutorials out there or has any suggestions!
>
> Thanks ahead of time for the always great help I get in these
> newsgroups...
>
> -Ivan
>
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I often use this great library of controls: DotNetWidgets
http://www.divil.co.uk/net/controls/dotnetwidgets/

Check it out! It will give your apps instantly a cool interface, resembling
office 2003 or vs.net. Make sure you check out the other controls from the
same author too:
http://www.divil.co.uk/net/controls/

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Greetz,
Jan
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news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hey all, I am looking for some tutorials on how to make an app actually
> look good.
>
> I am writing an app that is coming along nicely but microsofts basic
> controls to be honest are quite boring and dull (everything be gray). I
> am not a graphic designer and am unfamiliar with how to create custom
> buttons etc.. that look good but am writing this app on my own so hoping
> that someone knows of some tutorials out there or has any suggestions!
>
> Thanks ahead of time for the always great help I get in these
> newsgroups...
>
> -Ivan
>
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I am using Visual Studio .Net 2002. However, I wanted to be able to
create a really nice graphical app. For example, if you look at Office
xp 2003 they have customized toolbars. I found a site that offers this
component but I am looking for tutorials on how to create my own.

Also, another good example is Quickbooks by Intuit. The main screen is
an image with buttons for what you want to do and arrows etc. pointing
to the next step in the process (Sales Order->Invoice->Receive Payments
etc..) and my app uses a multi-stage approach so I wanted to generate
something nice like this...

-Ivan

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Can this be done on Visual Studio .NET (NOT 2003?)

Ta
Si

"Bernie Yaeger" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Ivan,
>
> If you're using vs .net 2003 and will be using your app on win xp, simply
> place this in the startup object's code:
>
> Public Sub New()
>
> MyBase.New()
>
> Application.EnableVisualStyles()
>
> Application.DoEvents()
>
> Then change the flatstyle property of buttons, checkboxes, radion buttons
to
> 'system'; this will give you xp styles, and everything will look better.
>
> HTH,
>
> Bernie Yaeger
>
>
>
> "Ivan Weiss" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hey all, I am looking for some tutorials on how to make an app actually
> > look good.
> >
> > I am writing an app that is coming along nicely but microsofts basic
> > controls to be honest are quite boring and dull (everything be gray). I
> > am not a graphic designer and am unfamiliar with how to create custom
> > buttons etc.. that look good but am writing this app on my own so hoping
> > that someone knows of some tutorials out there or has any suggestions!
> >
> > Thanks ahead of time for the always great help I get in these
> > newsgroups...
> >
> > -Ivan
> >
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>
>