Re: Button XP appearance

found something better!
read this article: http://delphi.about.com/library/bluc/text/uc111601a.htm
no components are needed nor for D5 D6

thanx.





"gandalf" <gandalf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> "Rob Kennedy" <me3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > didi wrote:
> >> Hi, how can I add Buttons Like XP silver style?
> >>
> >> However not fixed design but I want that the button
> >> design follows Windows Appearance.
> >> The same for other controls..
> >>
> >> Are there some component?
> >
> > If you have Delphi 7 or Delphi 2005, simply put a TXPManifest component
on
> > a form or data module in your project, or include a manifest resource or
> > file.
>
> I would offer word of caution regarding the TXPManifest. Some components,
> the buttons for instance, work fine and look good. Other components, I
don't
> have a list of which ones, are either unaffected or fail to work as
> expected. A RadioGroup, for example, on one of my Forms insists on having
a
> clBlue caption when it has definitely been set to clBlack. Elsewhere Edit
> boxes refuse to format text Right-to-Left. Changing all references to any
> parent properties did help with Panels. So from observation and a little
> googling I am of the opinion that XPManifest only works its magic
sometimes
> on somethings. And may throw a fit if a user changes themes. That said,
the
> result does look more modern but there has to be a safer way of achieving
> it.
>
>


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