Outlook Addin Option Page look and feel

[PaoloC]

Hi,

I have to complete an Outlook Addin developed with ATL/COM and I'm new to Visual C++ and windows development.

The current problem is the look&feel in the Addin Option Page. In Outlook, Tools -> Options... a new tab for the Addin is inserted. However, its look and feel is different from the other tabs: it looks like it has the win98 style instead of the Windows XP style.

Do you have any idea?

I'm running WinXP and Outlook 2003. The IDE is Visual Studio 2005 pro.

Thanks,
Paolo

 

[PaoloC]

Hi,

I've been looking around and I found that declaring a manifest like the following
people is able to have WinXP theme. However, in my case it seems that only a
subset of the theme is loaded. Specifically, it seems that the controls are
conform to the theme, whereare the rest, like background and fonts, are not.

Here a sample manifest to include in the project.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">

<description>[description]</description>

<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity
type="win32"
name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
version="6.0.1.0"
processorArchitecture="X86"
publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
language="*"
/>
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>

Thank you,
Paolo