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Posted on 03-17-04 12:27 AM

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Well I wrote up a VB program, and couldn't help noticing its interface was ugly. So I figured why not add XP's themed ontrols? So I did all that InitCommonControls() junk, made a manifest file, etc. All it does now is make that error sound and close.

WTF?

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Posted on 03-17-04 01:28 AM

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I think there's an article on this on vbcity.com, in their FAQs section.

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Posted on 03-17-04 05:33 AM

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XP theming Visual Basic applications is a waste of time really. Some controls don't get themed properly, and it's never going to get a fix from Microsoft. I found a page on how to (probably) fix your crash:

http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/Libraries/XP_Visual_Styles/index.asp

(edited by dan on 03-16-04 08:38 PM)

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Posted on 03-17-04 06:39 AM

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Hmm, I tricked VB into using themes

and now I can at least see how it looks. It's nice, but there seems to be some problems with frames.

Things don't draw right on them. I might have to remove all manner of frames. Damn.
But I think I know why it wasn't starting up, and hopefully fixed it. (Haven't tried it compiled tho.)

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Posted on 03-18-04 12:29 PM

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Originally posted by HyperHacker
It's nice, but there seems to be some problems with frames. Things don't draw right on them. I might have to remove all manner of frames. Damn.

After adding a frame, also add a PictureBox in the frame, and add the controls you originally want to put inside the frame in the PictureBox. Like this:


 _____________________________
| Frame                       |
|   ________________________  |
|  | PictureBox             | |
|  |    [Controls]          | |
|  |    [Controls]          | |
|  |    [Controls]          | |
|  |    [etc.]              | |
|  |________________________| |
|_____________________________|

If you cancel out the border of the pic.box, you'll see the controls looks normally "inside" the frame.

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