Using VB6 Components in a VS8 add-in - problem with group box

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fnqbruce - 30 Mar 2006 05:25 GMT

[Apologies for cross-posting. I only found this forum after posting to
vsnet.ide.]

I have a visual component written in VB6 which contains some popup forms. I
use the component within an add-in which has versions for VS6, VS7, VS7.1 and
VS8. In the last 3 cases the component is hosted via interop in a form
written in VB.NET.

Under VS8 and WinXP SP2, when a popup appears, all the controls are given a
WinXP look and feel (which does not happen under VS7 & VS7.1). This is very
nice, but the group boxes are badly drawn: the text is unusually large, and
does not fit into the available space and is therefore truncated.

I've put some pictures at
http://www.planatechsolutions.com/vs8addin/groupbox.htm to show what's
happening.

This skin transformation doesn't happen in the OCX control - only in the
popup forms which it launches.

Does anyone have any idea what's going on?

Many thanks,
Bruce

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"Gary Chang[MSFT]" - 30 Mar 2006 09:54 GMT

Hi Bruce,

Thank you for posting here!

I notice that you have posted the same question in our vsnet.ide newsgroup,
which I have already responded. So please check my answer there and if you
need any further assistance on this particular issue, please reply to me in
that thread so I can follow up with you in time.

Thanks for your understanding.

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Community Support
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