Vb05 and XP themes

[Aussie Rules]

Hi,

I was under the impression that VS.05 was going to support XP themes
properly....

I have a panel in my project(upgraded from vs.03) and I can't see any
properties for making the panel themed and use the XP theme coloring.

Have I been mislead?

Thanks

[Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]]

Hi Aussie,

Thanks for your post.

First, the XP theme will only take effect when you have changed the
system's theme from windows appearance from "Windows Classic Style" to
"Windows XP style". Have you enabled this, and which windows version you
are using?

Second, I am not sure of what is the definiation of the XP style of Panel
control, it is actually not a build-in Win32 control. On my side, after
enabling "Windows XP style", the button will have xp style, for panel
control, because its backcolor are almost the same as form's backcolor, it
will take no effect at all.

If you want to get more information about xp style in Whidbey, please refer
to the blog entry below:
"VisualStyles in Whidbey"
http://blogs.msdn.com/rprabhu/archiv.../05/56553.aspx

Thanks

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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[Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]]

Hi Aussie,

Does my reply make sense to you? Is your problem resolved? Please feel free
to tell me, thanks

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.