DropDownlist not properly themed under Vista

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   I'm considering purchasing the Xtreme Suite and using commandbars in particular so I was evaluating the demo. 
I've set the commandbar to use the NativeXP theme.
I add a ComboBox control to a toolbar and set it up as a DropDownList.  It renderes nice enough on XP using the theme, but on Vista it does not look like a themed DropDownList. (It should look more like a commandbutton with an arrow on it). Has anyone figured out a way to fix/get around this?
Is it possible to host a regular combobox control in the toolbar with SetParent?

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TomasS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 28 January 2009 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 47	Post Options Post Reply Quote TomasS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: DropDownlist not properly themed under Vista Posted: 28 January 2009 at 6:26am
	I'm considering purchasing the Xtreme Suite and using commandbars in particular so I was evaluating the demo. I've set the commandbar to use the NativeXP theme. I add a ComboBox control to a toolbar and set it up as a DropDownList. It renderes nice enough on XP using the theme, but on Vista it does not look like a themed DropDownList. (It should look more like a commandbutton with an arrow on it). Has anyone figured out a way to fix/get around this? Is it possible to host a regular combobox control in the toolbar with SetParent?

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 January 2009 at 7:19am
	Hello, Add CommandBarCustom control and attach standard ComboBox to it.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

TomasS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 28 January 2009 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 47	Post Options Post Reply Quote TomasS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 February 2009 at 6:25am
	Hi I've tried to do it, but failed to figure out how. I looked through the online help, samples and forums but found no clues there either. Could somebody give me a hint where to look?

Aaron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 29 January 2008 Status: Offline Points: 2192	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aaron Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 February 2009 at 12:32am
	Hi, Add Picturebox to form and combobox to picturebox. Safest way is using picturebox because sometimes control will be detached. Dim toolBar As CommandBar Dim custControl As CommandBarControlCustom Set toolBar = CommandBars.Add("Tools", xtpBarTop) Set custControl = toolBar.Controls.Add(xtpControlCustom, 1, "Styles") custControl.Handle = Picture1.hWnd
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 15.0.2 Platform: Windows XP (32bit) - SP 2 Language: Visual Basic 6.0 Zero replies is not an option....

TomasS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 28 January 2009 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 47	Post Options Post Reply Quote TomasS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 February 2009 at 9:37am
	Thanks, worked great. (apart from the 1 pixel corners of the picturebox seen through the combobox since it's got rounded corners. But I can live with that for now.)