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Xp style menus for VB.NET?

I'd like my programs to look little better and use xp style menus, any
ideas?
Also is there any addon or component for vb.net which would visually
impove the look of my programs.
Good example is ad-aware software, it looks amazing, with shading on
the buttons and so... is there anything like that for vb.net?

joe - managerx

Nov 21 '05 #1
3 1988
Hi,

You would have to create an owner drawn menu for that.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...e/default.aspx

3rd party control
http://www.dotnetmagic.com/
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/menu/magicmenucontrol.asp
http://www.componentone.com/products...1&ProductID=27

Ken
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I'd like my programs to look little better and use xp style menus, any
ideas?
Also is there any addon or component for vb.net which would visually
impove the look of my programs.
Good example is ad-aware software, it looks amazing, with shading on
the buttons and so... is there anything like that for vb.net?

joe - managerx
Nov 21 '05 #2
thanks a lot, later on in my search I also found
http://www.infragistics.com/index.asp
but it seems too expensive

Nov 21 '05 #3
Please also look at the Application.EnableVisualStyles() method in the help
files. This may be all you need to improve appearance.

hth
Eric

managerx wrote:
I'd like my programs to look little better and use xp style menus, any
ideas?
Also is there any addon or component for vb.net which would visually
impove the look of my programs.
Good example is ad-aware software, it looks amazing, with shading on
the buttons and so... is there anything like that for vb.net?

joe - managerx

Nov 21 '05 #4

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