Why .NET 2003 don't include XP Control ?!

Hi,

I just have installed Visual Studio .NET 2003 EA, I am using VB.NET, and I am really desapointed to see that all XP style control that are now released since some year, aren't still included in the VS 2003 ? There are a bunch of program to include them into VS, but they are all pay program.

Someone now a free program to include all xp style control into VB.NET ?

I don't want to pay to have control that microsoft should have been included into VS since years :sick:

PS : Sorry for my english

Ok. In case you did not know, you can enable XP style themes for your applications (the controls will only look pretty on XP). But if you want the controls to look like XP on any operating system, there are a few out there that might be free. I don't think Microsoft will ever support XP style design for non-XP operating systems.

Edit: You don't HAVE to apologize for your English on every forum, man, don't worry about it this is the Internet and soon enough you're going to type in your native language and I will see it in mine. So please, for the sake of all the Europeans and Asians and all the non-english speaking countries, if you have a question just ask it, if someone doesn't like your English tell them to get bent. :bigyello:

KT

Check out : http://www.vbaccelerator.com/ . They have bunch of XP Style controls all for free .

I don't just want the look of XP, I know the existance of manifest file but they just covert existing control into the XP Style. I want to have spécific XP control like menu, toolbar, retractive box, ... (I am programming for WinXP).

On http://www.vbaccelerator.com/ I found the kind of thing I am looking for, by exemple :

http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/NE...ar/article.asp

But I am not able to use them, I try to add the file ButtonListBar.vb into my project, but the control don't appear in the toolbox like it suppose to do :/

PS : I won't apologize anymore for my english ;)

Export the project to dll file and by rightclicking on the toolbox , add the output of the control you want to add by browsing it .

And how I have to export a VB Project to a DLL file ?

I have never done this by the past