Windows XP look n Feel

[Abhishek Bagga]

Hi!

I want my .net application to have a windows look n feel.
How can i enable this. I have tried 1 or 2 third party tools but not very
satisfied with them
As far as possible I would like to avoid third party tools.
Is there any way out
Pls suggest

Abhishek

 

[Alexander Shirshov]

Add this before showing any form:

Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.DoEvents();

HTH,
Alexander

 

[Abhishek Bagga]

Add this before showing any form:

Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.DoEvents();

Thanks for the response. I tried this but i think this works only if i have
XP running on my system.
I want a XP look n feel even on the Client systems which have Win 2000
running on them

Abhishek

 

[Alexander Shirshov]

Then short answer: you'll need to do all drawing yourself. It's a lot of
work, and my guess you don't have experience with GDI+ drawing? It's not
very complicated topic but it certainly has issues. My advice: forget it if
you can't find 3rd party library that suits you.

Alexander

 

[Abhishek Bagga]

Thanks for the reply.
Actually I have tried the drawing manuallly option as well but was able to
acheive only 60 % of my requirement and that too only for buttons
And moreover its quite time consuming
Maybe I'll search for some third party tool or dll

 

[kids_pro]

try to search in this website www.codeproject.com/

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Affishek,

In addition be aware that using GDI extremely can make your applications
slow and because you show in this threads that it will not be on the most
modern computers, that can be a handicap.

Just my thought,

Cor

 

[knvinh]

I think you can find this link useful :
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/xp-style_button.asp

 

[perspolis]

I can't find the Application.EnableVisualStyles() method..where
is located??

 

[Alexander Shirshov]

Application class is defined in System.Windows.Forms assembly.
EnableVisualStyles method was introduced in .NET 1.1. Are you using .NET
1.0?

HTH,
Alexander

 

[perspolis]

No I'm not using .Net framework 1.1
thx

Application class is defined in System.Windows.Forms assembly.
EnableVisualStyles method was introduced in .NET 1.1. Are you using .NET
1.0?

HTH,
Alexander

 

[perspolis]

I have already .Net framework 1.0347.then I first I uninstall it and after
that install .Net framework 1.1..unfortunately now when running visual
studio,it says u musy install C# compiler again ..
does it need to install it??or can i configure it to work??

 

[Alexander Shirshov]

Then look here: http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=303636

 

[Alex]

Add this before showing any form:

Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.DoEvents();

A similar question.

If I am writing an IDTExtensibility2 Office add-in, where should I put the abovementioned code?

 

[Alex]

Then look here: http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=303636

Should I also set the FlatStyle property to System even if I use the 1.1 framework and call Application.EnableVisualStyles() ?