XP Styles with custom form

[Guest]

Hi,

I have designed a C++ COM addin with a custom contact form that was derived
from the standard contact form. Essentially I am adding a couple command
buttons to the form. I publish the form and open it up only to notice that
the XP Styles are non existent. I have implemented XP Styles within the DLL
but still the XP Styles are not to be seen. I have seen a couple articles on
the NET that state XP Styles are not available for custom forms. Is this true?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Yes, that's true. You will need to wait for Outlook 2007 and its new form regions feature. Or, consider not customizing the form at all and add your buttons instead to Inspector.CommandBars.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Dmitry Streblechenko]

Do you mean Windows XP themes? In that case your code must explicitly paint
the controls using the themes API - outlook.exe does not include a manifest
as a resource that would cause Window to automatically paint all controls in
outlook.exe using themes.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool