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-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps
and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Philip Sayers
Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:52
To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles

It needs to be called from sub Main (before any Forms are loaded)


-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps
and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Dean A. Cleaver
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:50 PM
To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles

I just tried it, and it did a big Zero for me... Application came up
without visual styles.

Seems like a bug to me... ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps
and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Greg Robinson
Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:41
To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles

OK, not aware of the 'buggy' part.

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps
and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Dean A. Cleaver
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:34 PM
To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles


If you look at his original post, that's what he was doing, and it was
crashing all the time...

Manifests still work in 1.1, but EnableVisualStyles is a bit buggy it
seems...

Dino

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps
and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Greg Robinson
Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:31
To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles

If I followed the post correctly, he wants themed controls. v1.0 you
need to use a manifest, v 1.1 you do not. Call
Application.EnableVisualStyles.

Perhaps I misunderstood the post.

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps
and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Dean A. Cleaver
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:25 PM
To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles


Really?

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps
and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Greg Robinson
Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:24
To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles

You do not need to use a manifest with v 1.1

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps
and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Vince P
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:18 PM
To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles


Thanks.. I wasted hours searching for it in MS KB. And of course it
seems none of MS KB's are even coming up (at least the one's I'm
trying.. At least I got MSDN Library here so I was able to get to the
ultimate solution as suggested in your link.

Thanks a lot!



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"Having looked at the Mideast," Major Bob said, "I realize how the Arabs
came up with the concept of zero."


-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps
and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Price, Derek
Sent: Friday, 30 January, 2004 12:12
To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles

I just found this link [1] that recommends using a manifest instead...

[1] http://weblogs.asp.net/adam_nathan/archive/2003/05/21/56690.aspx

-----Original Message-----
From: Vince P [mailto:pacelvi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 12:49 PM
To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles

Our work PCs have been upgraded from 2000 to XP, so on a solution which
has already been compiled many times, i added
Application.EnableVisualStyles in Main. I then REBUILDed the solution.
When my application loads now I get this error which crashes it, it
happens at variable points in the life of the application.

External Component has thrown an exception. at
System.Windows.Forms.unsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg)
blahblah... .FPushMessageLoop is at the end.

Any ideas?


==========================
Vince P http://66.93.114.145/vince/

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AIM: pacelvi

"Nobody said it'd be easy. Nobody said that it would this hard." -
Coldplay

"Having looked at the Mideast," Major Bob said, "I realize how the Arabs
came up with the concept of zero."



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Re: Activating Visual Styles

It needs to be called from sub Main (before any Forms are loaded) -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dean A. Cleaver Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:50 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles I just tried it, and it did a big Zero for me... Application came up without visual styles. Seems like a bug to me... ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Robinson Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:41 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles OK, not aware of the 'buggy' part. -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dean A. Cleaver Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:34 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles If you look at his original post, that's what he was doing, and it was crashing all the time... Manifests still work in 1.1, but EnableVisualStyles is a bit buggy it seems... Dino -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Robinson Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:31 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles If I followed the post correctly, he wants themed controls. v1.0 you need to use a manifest, v 1.1 you do not. Call Application.EnableVisualStyles. Perhaps I misunderstood the post. -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dean A. Cleaver Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:25 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles Really? -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Robinson Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:24 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles You do not need to use a manifest with v 1.1 -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Vince P Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:18 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles Thanks.. I wasted hours searching for it in MS KB. And of course it seems none of MS KB's are even coming up (at least the one's I'm trying.. At least I got MSDN Library here so I was able to get to the ultimate solution as suggested in your link. Thanks a lot! ========================== Vince P http://66.93.114.145/vince/ MSN Messenger: this address AIM: pacelvi "Nobody said it'd be easy. Nobody said that it would this hard." - Coldplay "Having looked at the Mideast," Major Bob said, "I realize how the Arabs came up with the concept of zero." -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Price, Derek Sent: Friday, 30 January, 2004 12:12 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles I just found this link [1] that recommends using a manifest instead... [1] http://weblogs.asp.net/adam_nathan/archive/2003/05/21/56690.aspx -----Original Message----- From: Vince P [mailto:pacelvi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 12:49 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles Our work PCs have been upgraded from 2000 to XP, so on a solution which has already been compiled many times, i added Application.EnableVisualStyles in Main. I then REBUILDed the solution. When my application loads now I get this error which crashes it, it happens at variable points in the life of the application. External Component has thrown an exception. at System.Windows.Forms.unsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg) blahblah... .FPushMessageLoop is at the end. Any ideas? ========================== Vince P http://66.93.114.145/vince/ MSN Messenger: this address AIM: pacelvi "Nobody said it'd be easy. Nobody said that it would this hard." - Coldplay "Having looked at the Mideast," Major Bob said, "I realize how the Arabs came up with the concept of zero."

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Re: Activating Visual Styles

Correct. I assumed the posted was doing that. Also, you also need to set the FlatStyle on each control to the FlatStyleSystem -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Philip Sayers Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:52 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles It needs to be called from sub Main (before any Forms are loaded) -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dean A. Cleaver Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:50 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles I just tried it, and it did a big Zero for me... Application came up without visual styles. Seems like a bug to me... ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Robinson Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:41 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles OK, not aware of the 'buggy' part. -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dean A. Cleaver Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:34 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles If you look at his original post, that's what he was doing, and it was crashing all the time... Manifests still work in 1.1, but EnableVisualStyles is a bit buggy it seems... Dino -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Robinson Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:31 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles If I followed the post correctly, he wants themed controls. v1.0 you need to use a manifest, v 1.1 you do not. Call Application.EnableVisualStyles. Perhaps I misunderstood the post. -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dean A. Cleaver Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:25 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles Really? -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Robinson Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:24 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles You do not need to use a manifest with v 1.1 -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Vince P Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:18 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles Thanks.. I wasted hours searching for it in MS KB. And of course it seems none of MS KB's are even coming up (at least the one's I'm trying.. At least I got MSDN Library here so I was able to get to the ultimate solution as suggested in your link. Thanks a lot! ========================== Vince P http://66.93.114.145/vince/ MSN Messenger: this address AIM: pacelvi "Nobody said it'd be easy. Nobody said that it would this hard." - Coldplay "Having looked at the Mideast," Major Bob said, "I realize how the Arabs came up with the concept of zero." -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Price, Derek Sent: Friday, 30 January, 2004 12:12 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles I just found this link [1] that recommends using a manifest instead... [1] http://weblogs.asp.net/adam_nathan/archive/2003/05/21/56690.aspx -----Original Message----- From: Vince P [mailto:pacelvi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 12:49 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles Our work PCs have been upgraded from 2000 to XP, so on a solution which has already been compiled many times, i added Application.EnableVisualStyles in Main. I then REBUILDed the solution. When my application loads now I get this error which crashes it, it happens at variable points in the life of the application. External Component has thrown an exception. at System.Windows.Forms.unsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg) blahblah... .FPushMessageLoop is at the end. Any ideas? ========================== Vince P http://66.93.114.145/vince/ MSN Messenger: this address AIM: pacelvi "Nobody said it'd be easy. Nobody said that it would this hard." - Coldplay "Having looked at the Mideast," Major Bob said, "I realize how the Arabs came up with the concept of zero."

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Re: Activating Visual Styles

Here is my current static void main: of course at the time of the error, A.EVS was not commented out. [STAThread] static void Main() { try { // Application.EnableVisualStyles(); Application.Run(new MainForm()); } catch (Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show(ex.Message + ex.StackTrace); } } ========================== Vince P http://66.93.114.145/vince/ MSN Messenger: this address AIM: pacelvi "Nobody said it'd be easy. Nobody said that it would this hard." - Coldplay "Having looked at the Mideast," Major Bob said, "I realize how the Arabs came up with the concept of zero." -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Philip Sayers Sent: Friday, 30 January, 2004 14:52 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles It needs to be called from sub Main (before any Forms are loaded) -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dean A. Cleaver Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:50 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles I just tried it, and it did a big Zero for me... Application came up without visual styles. Seems like a bug to me... ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Robinson Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:41 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles OK, not aware of the 'buggy' part. -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dean A. Cleaver Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:34 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles If you look at his original post, that's what he was doing, and it was crashing all the time... Manifests still work in 1.1, but EnableVisualStyles is a bit buggy it seems... Dino -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Robinson Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:31 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles If I followed the post correctly, he wants themed controls. v1.0 you need to use a manifest, v 1.1 you do not. Call Application.EnableVisualStyles. Perhaps I misunderstood the post. -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dean A. Cleaver Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:25 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles Really? -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Robinson Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:24 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles You do not need to use a manifest with v 1.1 -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Vince P Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:18 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles Thanks.. I wasted hours searching for it in MS KB. And of course it seems none of MS KB's are even coming up (at least the one's I'm trying.. At least I got MSDN Library here so I was able to get to the ultimate solution as suggested in your link. Thanks a lot! ========================== Vince P http://66.93.114.145/vince/ MSN Messenger: this address AIM: pacelvi "Nobody said it'd be easy. Nobody said that it would this hard." - Coldplay "Having looked at the Mideast," Major Bob said, "I realize how the Arabs came up with the concept of zero." -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Price, Derek Sent: Friday, 30 January, 2004 12:12 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles I just found this link [1] that recommends using a manifest instead... [1] http://weblogs.asp.net/adam_nathan/archive/2003/05/21/56690.aspx -----Original Message----- From: Vince P [mailto:pacelvi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 12:49 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles Our work PCs have been upgraded from 2000 to XP, so on a solution which has already been compiled many times, i added Application.EnableVisualStyles in Main. I then REBUILDed the solution. When my application loads now I get this error which crashes it, it happens at variable points in the life of the application. External Component has thrown an exception. at System.Windows.Forms.unsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg) blahblah... .FPushMessageLoop is at the end. Any ideas? ========================== Vince P http://66.93.114.145/vince/ MSN Messenger: this address AIM: pacelvi "Nobody said it'd be easy. Nobody said that it would this hard." - Coldplay "Having looked at the Mideast," Major Bob said, "I realize how the Arabs came up with the concept of zero."

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Re: Activating Visual Styles

Well, I'm assuming the FlatStyle is set correctly, because the manifest works perfectly... But I still get crashes in the program if I call EnableVisualStyles... -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Robinson Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 10:00 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles Correct. I assumed the posted was doing that. Also, you also need to set the FlatStyle on each control to the FlatStyleSystem -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Philip Sayers Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:52 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles It needs to be called from sub Main (before any Forms are loaded) -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dean A. Cleaver Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:50 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles I just tried it, and it did a big Zero for me... Application came up without visual styles. Seems like a bug to me... ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Robinson Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:41 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles OK, not aware of the 'buggy' part. -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dean A. Cleaver Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:34 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles If you look at his original post, that's what he was doing, and it was crashing all the time... Manifests still work in 1.1, but EnableVisualStyles is a bit buggy it seems... Dino -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Robinson Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:31 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles If I followed the post correctly, he wants themed controls. v1.0 you need to use a manifest, v 1.1 you do not. Call Application.EnableVisualStyles. Perhaps I misunderstood the post. -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dean A. Cleaver Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:25 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles Really? -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Robinson Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:24 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles You do not need to use a manifest with v 1.1 -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Vince P Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:18 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles Thanks.. I wasted hours searching for it in MS KB. And of course it seems none of MS KB's are even coming up (at least the one's I'm trying.. At least I got MSDN Library here so I was able to get to the ultimate solution as suggested in your link. Thanks a lot! ========================== Vince P http://66.93.114.145/vince/ MSN Messenger: this address AIM: pacelvi "Nobody said it'd be easy. Nobody said that it would this hard." - Coldplay "Having looked at the Mideast," Major Bob said, "I realize how the Arabs came up with the concept of zero." -----Original Message----- From: Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build apps and controls [mailto:DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Price, Derek Sent: Friday, 30 January, 2004 12:12 To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles I just found this link [1] that recommends using a manifest instead... [1] http://weblogs.asp.net/adam_nathan/archive/2003/05/21/56690.aspx -----Original Message----- From: Vince P [mailto:pacelvi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 12:49 PM To: DOTNET-WINFORMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Activating Visual Styles Our work PCs have been upgraded from 2000 to XP, so on a solution which has already been compiled many times, i added Application.EnableVisualStyles in Main. I then REBUILDed the solution. When my application loads now I get this error which crashes it, it happens at variable points in the life of the application. External Component has thrown an exception. at System.Windows.Forms.unsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg) blahblah... .FPushMessageLoop is at the end. Any ideas? ========================== Vince P http://66.93.114.145/vince/ MSN Messenger: this address AIM: pacelvi "Nobody said it'd be easy. Nobody said that it would this hard." - Coldplay "Having looked at the Mideast," Major Bob said, "I realize how the Arabs came up with the concept of zero."
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