Hello,

i am trying to create a windows form, using windows XP looking-like controls, like buttons displaying a yellow frame when the mouse goes over them. I am using Windows XP and Visual Studio 7. I create a C# Windows Application project and add Windows Forms controls. I can't find properties configuration making the controls look like Windows XP ones(like AutoCAD 2004 controls for instance). I'm not sure if it is up to props.

If someone can give me advise how to achieve my goal i'll be verry thankful.

Alexander Panov

Hi Alexander

The standard windows controls in .net do not allow for this type of styling. I would suggest a third party control, infragistics do some great controls and are competitively priced, saves a lot of time writing them yourself.





Duncan

You would have to create the images yourself in a graphics program like Freehand/Fireworks or Photoshop, but once that is done you can use the "BackGroundImage" property of the button to set the image you want in MouseEnter and MouseLeave events of the button.

J

Hi,

thanks for your answers. I suspected these ways of doing it - using another control library or create the images yourself. What puzzles me though, is that some applications or web pages, when running on Windows XP look one way and another when running on windows 2000 for example. It looks to me like these applications inherit the controls styles from the OS. But the form i create doesn't do that.

Thanks a lot once more.

Alex

Hi Alex,

You'll need to enable visual styles before your application can use them. Check out the following two MSDN articles for more info:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...x/cookbook.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ndowsForms.asp

Cheers,

Imar


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I'll read the articles Imar. Thank you very much.

Alex

The articles are exactly what i needed. I done the job. Thanks a lot Imar.

Note that Version 1.1 of the .NET framework added a new method to the Application object called 'EnableVisualStyles'. You place a call to this method in your Sub Main; it can be used as an alternative to using a manifest as the articles require.

Jeff Mason
Custom Apps, Inc.
www.custom-apps.com

Well,

it also works, and I find this way of enabling visual styles more appropriate for my case. Thanks a lot Jeff.

Alex