the stunning good looks of xp

[biscuitbandit]

what programming program can u use to make fully xp compatible programs (with all the correct looking buttons and progress bars etc)? call me stupid (and people regularly do) but i cant find out elsewhere, is it visual basic .net thats used or something else?

im only interested coz ive jus started using vb6.

[xorfl]

noisily burps in the general direction of winxp...
use win2k and think nothing of it... problem solved

[!shira!]

Originally posted by xorfl
noisily burps in the general direction of winxp...
use win2k and think nothing of it... problem solved

OOOH YEA!:D :D :D

[dighn]

use win2k?! did you even read the question? :rolleyes: if you want to make a program are you gonna tell all your clients to wipe out their hard-drives and install win2k?

he simply asked how to make his programs fit into xp by using its theming system.

anyway yes vb.net would be fully compatible. any programs written to use the native windows controls directly (eg. by using win32api or mfc). but since vb6 makes its own controls then you need to use a little "hack":
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=3678

[biscuitbandit]

:D

fanks 4 that dighn i shall take a look

as for win2k, well lets just say my friend doesnt have that :)

[Sparky_D]

Visual Studio .NET has all of the necessary additions to make XP themed programs.

MFC has been updated substantially in Visual Studio 7 (.NET). :)