Application Style

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This is a standard MessageBox displayed in the XTP CustomizeDlg sample program:

This a standard MessageBox from somewhere else:

As you can see the customizedlg sample is blessed with the stylish
buttons in all its windows. My question is: How can I set the buttons
in my application to have these nice buttons as well (and not the ugly
buttons in the 2nd image)?

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msamocha Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 March 2004 Location: Israel Status: Offline Points: 30	Post Options Post Reply Quote msamocha Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Application Style Posted: 28 September 2004 at 12:14pm
	This is a standard MessageBox displayed in the XTP CustomizeDlg sample program: This a standard MessageBox from somewhere else: As you can see the customizedlg sample is blessed with the stylish buttons in all its windows. My question is: How can I set the buttons in my application to have these nice buttons as well (and not the ugly buttons in the 2nd image)?

SuperMario Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 February 2004 Status: Offline Points: 18057	Post Options Post Reply Quote SuperMario Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 September 2004 at 12:43pm
	Add a manifest file to your project.

xred Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 24 August 2004 Location: China Status: Offline Points: 28	Post Options Post Reply Quote xred Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 September 2004 at 5:35am
	And rename the mainfest file to "YourApplication.exe.mainfest"! If you don't konw how to add a mainfest file,you can build an application with VS.net,then you will find a mainfest file in debug!By the way,this file's type is xml,you can open it with notebook,and you will find some useful infomation! Hope this help!

msamocha Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 March 2004 Location: Israel Status: Offline Points: 30	Post Options Post Reply Quote msamocha Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 October 2004 at 5:17am
	Yeah thanks it works great I added a manifest file to allow xp looks on XP. Its a simple procedure - I'll write it here if any1 is interested: 1. create a new xml manifest file with the following content: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0"> <assemblyIdentity processorArchitecture="x86" version="5.1.0.0" type="win32" name="Application name" /> <dependency> <dependentAssembly> <assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" version="6.0.0.0" publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df" language="" processorArchitecture="x86" /> </dependentAssembly> </dependency> </assembly> 2. insert a new Imported resource (the xml file from step 1) to the application -* - the resource type should be 24 -the reesource id is 1 Thats it