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Windows Look and feel

I'm developing a windows application and I want my interface to have that windows look and feel. I tried changing the background colors, but i did not get what I really wanted (You know the way Microsoft word 2003 looks [the bluish look and that glossy feel] or the way this forum looks like). I also want to change the background of the menu bar and the menu items to get the same windows look and feel.  Lastly, I want to add icons to the menus and menu items.  I need help or references to resources that can let me do that.

Many thanks,

Derry


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Windows Look and feel

  • nunoborges

    Hi again,

    After a quick search i found this post of someone with a similar probelm, hope this helps

    http://gotdotnet.com/Community/MessageBoard/Thread.aspx id=31735

  • Darian Miller

    Thanks for your help. I've tried all the various options suggested and not seen what I really want.  The fact is nothing changes on my form. It has the same old default look.  I want to let have the bluish glossy XP look. Like the way this forum appears or word 2003 looks like. More help is needed.

    Best Regards,

    Derry

  • naxtell

    hi Derry,

    For if you are using VS 2003 then to get the XP look and feel you need to add a manifest file to your project.  This is a link to an article that gives you the process step by step.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/html/vbtchUsingWindowsXPVisualStylesWithControlsOnWindowsForms.asp

  • Bontempi

    The MenuStrip is new in Visual Studio 2005 / .NET 2.0.

    For 1.x, you need to use a third-party component. The XPCommonControls (http://www.steepvalley.net/dev/projects/xpcc/xpcc.aspx) are free and simulate the WinXP look, but they don't have menu/toolbar controls.

    You can find a lot of controls here: http://windowsforms.net/Default.aspx tabindex=10&tabid=50, but most of them are not free.

  • Speedy2000

    Hi,

    did you try to create you menus with the neu menustripe control thats looking blue and supports images, buttons, texboes etc.

  • KanwarNet

    Thank you very much for your prompt response. Kindly let me know where on the DOtNet 2003, I can choose the menu strip component, cos I can not see it.  Any way is there not any code I can right to create the kindda look and feel I want.

    Regards,

    Derry

  • Cees Versteeg

    Many thanks. I went through all the processes outlined in the article and after that I could not run my application.  This is the error message that was given

    "Could not write to output file 'C:\Documents and Settings\flexcube\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\sgssbproject\obj\Release\sgssbproject.exe' -- 'The requested operation cannot be performed on a file with a user-mapped section open. '
    "

    Do you know why this message was given, and how can i rectify this error.

    Regards,

    Derry

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