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Oldman - 20 Feb 2007 12:50 GMT

In the windows forms designer my buttons have rounded edges and things in
general look good. However, when I run the application the windows form has
the old looking square buttons and the text and other controls don't look
like they do in the designer. Why?

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] - 20 Feb 2007 13:09 GMT

"Oldman" <Oldman@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

> In the windows forms designer my buttons have rounded edges and things in
> general look good. However, when I run the application the windows form
> has
> the old looking square buttons and the text and other controls don't look
> like they do in the designer. Why?

Which version of Windows and VS are you using? Are visual styles enabled?

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Oldman - 20 Feb 2007 13:40 GMT

Windows XP, VS 2005. Not sure what you mean by Visual Styles being enabled?

> "Oldman" <Oldman@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:
> > In the windows forms designer my buttons have rounded edges and things in
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>
> Which version of Windows and VS are you using? Are visual styles enabled?

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] - 20 Feb 2007 15:38 GMT

"Oldman" <Oldman@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:

> Windows XP, VS 2005. Not sure what you mean by Visual Styles being
> enabled?

The typical Windows XP look (rounded buttons, colored tab control headers,
...). If you are using VB 2005, check out the option to enable visual
styles in the project properties ("My Project").

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Oldman - 20 Feb 2007 15:47 GMT

I am using C# and I do not see any setting like that in the project properties.

> "Oldman" <Oldman@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:
> > Windows XP, VS 2005. Not sure what you mean by Visual Styles being
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> ....). If you are using VB 2005, check out the option to enable visual
> styles in the project properties ("My Project").

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Ciaran O''Donnell - 20 Feb 2007 16:05 GMT

In your main method that starts the app. Ensure there is a call to
Application.EnableVisualStyles();

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> I am using C# and I do not see any setting like that in the project properties.
>
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> > ....). If you are using VB 2005, check out the option to enable visual
> > styles in the project properties ("My Project").

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Oldman - 20 Feb 2007 19:00 GMT

Thank you that did it.

> In your main method that starts the app. Ensure there is a call to
> Application.EnableVisualStyles();
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> > > ....). If you are using VB 2005, check out the option to enable visual
> > > styles in the project properties ("My Project").

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