Is XP Theme in Win 2000 possible ?

[anis_b]

I am using Windows 2000 and so do my Client where i am going to install the project.

But i want to give the XP Look and Feel to my forms as far as possible.

I tried the manifest thing.

But i think it will run only on Windows XP - right ?

is there any way to do so on Win 2000 ?

[robbedaya]

you could make a winXP lookalike program. Whith fake title bare you make yourself, with red min, max, and close buttons.
If you don't do it yourself, it won't look like XP on a Win2000 machine. The layout doesn't depend on how you see it on your computer, but on the machine you're running it on. So if you don't fake the winXp layout, the user will see a win2000 default layout

[Pirate]

Well , I believe most of the XP Menu Style that depends on .NET Framework , can run smoothly on any supported OS (Win98,ME...etc )

[anis_b]

... thanks for the reply.

After posting the question I worked on it.

I have manually changed the layout of menus to XP Style using a class.

the classic toolbar icons have been replaced with the xp ones.

now remains the title bars, drop downs, etc.

dunno how to change these.