I am using Visual Studio 2008, Vb .Net 3.5.I have looked at lot of posts on the web, tried few and still can not get this sorted.First of all, I can not use any existing third-party tool for enabling XP like Visual style.making all my Windows forms look like XP.So far I have tried Application.EnableVisualStyle Set flat style property of controls?
how to get the current Style of the Windows Xp programmatically. At the program startup I need to get if Windows is running in XP Style or in Windows Classic Style, so I will set my buttons Flatstyle property to flat or standard.
I'm trying to implement a used disk space "Progress Bar" on a form similar to the Computer view in VistaWindows 7.The closest I've come is the progress bar but this is rather restricted for example the colour cannot be changed.
I'm using the standard code for form drop shadows that creates an effect identical to that of XP's, but you will notice in Windows 7 that the shadows are much larger, are not visible only on the right & bottom sides of the form (example: [URL])
Here's the code I'm currently using:
Private Const CS_DROPSHADOW As Integer = &H20000
Protected Overrides ReadOnly Property CreateParams() As System.Windows.Forms.CreateParams
[CODE]...
Is there a way to expand the shadow to resemble Windows 7 more?
Currently I'm using the standard code for form drop shadows that creates an effect identical to that of XP's, but you will notice in Windows 7 that the shadows are much larger, are not visible only on the right & bottom sides of the form (example: [URL]Here's the code I'm currently using:
Private Const CS_DROPSHADOW As Integer = &H20000 Protected Overrides ReadOnly Property CreateParams() As System.Windows.Forms.CreateParams Get Dim cp As CreateParams = MyBase.CreateParams
[code]....
Is there a way to expand the shadow to resemble Windows 7 more?
I am creating a Windows Application in VB.Net 2.0. The application is an FTP transfer application, where I need to display 2 panes. On the first pane, I need to display the client folder structure and on the other pane, I need to display the remote FTP server. Most of the functionality is complete, but I am stuck on 2 places.
1. I need to display a combo box on top, similar to the one we have for Windows Explorer Address bar (where we can see My Computer, Desktop, Network Places, Drives, etc.). I have searched a lot but could not find something matching my requirement other than a few 3rd party controls which I need to purchase (I am looking for something open-source).
2. I am using ListView Control to display the files list. I need to show icons for "My Computer", Network Places and desktop on the List View, which I am not able to do. Is there any way I can display these Icons and make them work exactly the way Windows Explorer does?
I wish to add a toolbar that looks like the one in windows explorer to my windows application in my visual basic 2005 application. Although I have currently deployed the default 'toolstrip' that is avilable among the controls but I don't understand how should i change the appearance of the toolstrip from office 2003 to the one present in windows explorer.Please provide a solution to the above problem.
how i can change the native scrollbar style in my application to my custom style. I can adopt a custom scrollbar to attain this purpose but this will not serve my purpose because i want this attribute in entire application. Like it the text in textbox gets longer than its bounds than the scrollbar appers are my custom bar not the formal ones
I set the cell style progromatically on a condition.. but when that condition is no longer met I want to go back to the grids.cell original (default) style property
if x=y then row.Cells(column.Name.ToString).Style.ApplyStyle(mystyle) else
I am making a virtual iPod touch in VB.NET, and I hate it how I have a form that I can't drag and move the form around the screen, I've trying making the form goto Mouse's location when the mouse moves and Dragging = True, but that doesn't work and makes the form flicker around at the speed of light.
Can we change the style of dtpicker in VB.NET form. i.e. I want to change its style to 2D or When I click in text box then the dtpicker should be open. If it is possible then how can we achieve this.
I have began building a piece of software that needs to collect a series of information from the user. This information will all be based on what has already been entered. I would like to create a window that has a "NEXT" button in it. As they enter information, they can click NEXT to continue on, similar to how an install wizard works.
My question is... Is there a form type that does this? Or must I create a window with a next button, and when it is clicked, I need to set the visibility of buttons/listboxes/comboboxes/textboxes/etc to false and new ones to true?
recently I've been searching for a way to disable the screen background and give focus only to my loaded form
for example
my form loads a "enter password" box, and I would like the screen to lock not sure how to describe actually, but I can show you a example of how UAC does it
I want to create a software which have a Vista-like border style. I currently created some buttons (1 per side and 1 per corner) which have a background image corresponding to their position on the form. But it requires to much CPU when I resize the window (and need a lot of code lines to works ) So, I want to know if their is a way to create a border style (and maybe to add it in the Form.FormBorderStyle enum) to make it easily tranparent, etc.
am working on my assignment, i wanted to know whether there could be a way in which if i click on sign in on my vb.net button, i could get a pop up or a dialog style message asking me for the username and password. Is there any way or any possibility of carrying out such kind of technique.
how can we change style of form in visual studio?when ever we create any form in visual studio it is always rectangular in shape.if we want any other shape like circle and ellipse than how it will be done??
I have a problem in a vb.net windows application.I have a form with Sizable form border style. but i want to resize it only from TOP & BOTTOM. I have done the code for this.
But when i move the mouse on form's RIGHT & LEFT border, the mouse pointer gets changed to resize mode. When i drag it form size does not change. but when i try to resize it from LEFT whole form moved to LEFT. I do not need it.
My next question is how do i use a .msstyle file for the form theme/style? Preferably not using SkinSoft Visual Styler.net because this doesnt support some things like fixed single border. It also isnt free.
Ok i am making a game in visual basic where its 1998 and you have windows 95 and you find time travel software and travel to different time periods with different operating systems...so far i have coded windows 95 and partly windows 98 into the game and have a good time travel sequence... (this will be a completely free game in the future)