[RESOLVED] custom skin for vb.net help.......

[Pc_Not_Mac]

I was thinking of making a custom skin for my application.
I looked into Aero like application like this one.

But wait a problem it will not work on XP
So my question is do you know were i can get free and good looking GUI.
Or can i make the aero work some how on XP.
Any ideas will help.

[weirddemon]

MiniTech made one that is supposed to work in XP, though I haven't tried it. It is in the CodeBank.

[Pc_Not_Mac]

Do you know any skins i can use.
Thank you in advance

[Pc_Not_Mac]

Please any ideas....
I spent 5 hours on google
Tried word Ribbons but could not get them to work.
And all the ones that i found are in C# which i do not like.
Does someone know any ribbons controls in vb.net.

I found this but it is in VB6 which i do not have.
What should i do now

[jmcilhinney]

Ribbon controls are "in C#" or "in VB.NET". Pretty much the entire .NET Framework is written in C# but that doesn't stop you using it, does it? .NET is .NET. You can use libraries written in any .NET language in any .NET project.

[Pc_Not_Mac]

Thank you for the reply jmcilhinney

When i download http://www.codeplex.com/Ribbon

and open the System.Windows.Forms.Ribbon {.} Microsoft Visual Studio Solution (.sln) file

i get this in the solution explorer


I also added the System.Windows.Forms.Ribbon.dll to the project
jmcilhinney do you know what the problem is?

Thank you in advance

[jmcilhinney]

I would guess that you're opening a solution that contains C# projects in VB Express. In that case you won't be able to view the demo app unless you use C# Express or VS, but that doesn't mean that you can't reference the DLL containing the Ribbon itself and use it in your own VB projects. Like I said, that's basically what you are doing now with the .NET Framework: referencing DLLs that were originally written in C#.

[Pc_Not_Mac]

Thank you so much jmcilhinney i finally found out how this Works.
You are a Programming GOD