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apply WinXp visual style to winforms

hi all.

i'v tried the code from the msdn site,regarding "How to add Visual Styles (the Windows XP look and feel) to your C# ",

but when i build my project i get an error msg saing: "could not find the "Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls, Version=6.0.0.0,Culture=*,

PublicKeyToken=6595b64144ccf1df,processorArchitecture="X86",Type=win32"

**i'm using WinXp and VS 2005.

shimshon Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:58 PM

Remove any manifest file you might have added and add the following code at the very start of your application before you ever interact with WinForms:

Application.EnableaVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRendering(true); //Not technically needed but generally used

Michael Taylor - 12/5/06

TaylorMichaelL Tuesday, December 05, 2006 2:17 PM

i already had the code you wrote in my program.cs file under [stathread]

and i'm still getting the error msg, saing "could not find..."

shimshon Wednesday, December 06, 2006 5:38 AM

That implies that you haven't actually removed the manifest file.
It's the manifest file you added that's trying to reference the thing that can't be found.

Is it still lurking around somewhere? You need to remove it.

Matthew Watson Wednesday, December 06, 2006 9:54 AM

WILL THE VISUAL STYLE AFFECTtextBoxes ALSO?

shimshon Wednesday, December 06, 2006 2:21 PM

It will affect anything that XP impacts. Also be aware that the controls must use FlatStyle.System for FlatStyle otherwise the OS settings are ignored.

Michael Taylor - 12/6/06

TaylorMichaelL Wednesday, December 06, 2006 2:52 PM

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