Unable to load DLL (uxtheme.dll)

[elziko]

Every time I use to run my project it was fine. I jave just added three
lines of code:

If Not drSeries.IsDBNull(2) Then
strUnits = drSeries.GetString(2)
End If

and now when I run it I get the following error BEFORE I even reach my
MainForm_Load event:

first chance exception of type 'System.DllNotFoundException' occurred in
system.windows.forms.dll
Additional information: Unable to load DLL (uxtheme.dll).
The program '[364] Eatec.RDB.MainInterface.exe' has exited with code 0
(0x0).

I have tried removing the new lines of code and even restarting my machine
without any luck. Does anyone know whats going on?

What does uxtheme.dll do? I'm on Windows 2000 here.

 

[elziko]

Sorry, I had my debugger set to still throw exceptions even when theyre
handled.... and since I'm on Win 2000 I assume it didnt like:

Application.EnableVisualStyles()

 

[Cor]

What is drSeries?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Sorry, I had my debugger set to still throw exceptions even when theyre
handled.... and since I'm on Win 2000 I assume it didnt like:

Application.EnableVisualStyles()

"uxtheme.dll" is used for applying Windows XP Visual Styles.

 

[Tom Spink]

Problem solved? uxtheme is present on XP/2003, it's basically responsible
for drawing the visual styles on controls. If you are using Visual Style
dependant code, you'll have to check for the availability of themes.

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Sorry, I had my debugger set to still throw exceptions even when theyre
handled.... and since I'm on Win 2000 I assume it didnt like:

Application.EnableVisualStyles()


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Cheers,

elziko

Every time I use to run my project it was fine. I jave just added three
lines of code:

If Not drSeries.IsDBNull(2) Then
strUnits = drSeries.GetString(2)
End If

and now when I run it I get the following error BEFORE I even reach my
MainForm_Load event:

first chance exception of type 'System.DllNotFoundException' occurred in
system.windows.forms.dll
Additional information: Unable to load DLL (uxtheme.dll).
The program '[364] Eatec.RDB.MainInterface.exe' has exited with code 0
(0x0).

I have tried removing the new lines of code and even restarting my machine
without any luck. Does anyone know whats going on?

What does uxtheme.dll do? I'm on Windows 2000 here.

--

Cheers,

elziko

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Problem solved? uxtheme is present on XP/2003, it's basically responsible
for drawing the visual styles on controls. If you are using Visual Style
dependant code, you'll have to check for the availability of themes.

Maybe 'If OSFeature.Feature.IsPresent(OSFeature.Themes) Then...' works,
but I don't have an old OS to test it.

 

[Tom Spink]

Hi Herfried, Yes, it does. Tested on 2000 Server.

--
HTH,
-- Tom Spink, Über Geek

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so all can benefit

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Remove inline declarations