Common Controls 6.0

[LuckyLuke]

Hi,

How do I use the common controls version 6.0, provided by windows xp, in my application? I know how to do it in visual C++, but at the MSDN site they didn't tell you how to do it in visual basic. Does anyone know how to enable them?

LuCkY

 

[MikeCox]

I think you can right-click the control toolbar, select 'components' and find the common controls in the list. It should look something like 'Microsoft Comm Controls 6.0'.

HTH.

~Mike
Any man willing to sacrifice liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.

-Ben Franklin

 

[LuckyLuke]

Hi,

You misunderstood I don't mean the common controls CONTROL (OCX) version 6.0, but I mean how do I use the common controls version 6.0 from the DLL, so the commctl32.dll, which is NEW in windows XP.

LuCkY

 

[MikeCox]

This link:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwxp/html/xptheming.asp

says, "Unlike earlier versions of ComCtl32.dll, version 6 is not redistributable. The only way you can use version 6 of the dynamic-link library (DLL) is to use an operating system that contains it."

It goes on to explain how to implement this into your project, but it sounds like the new features will only be available for XP users...

Good luck!

~Mike
Any man willing to sacrifice liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.

-Ben Franklin

 

[LuckyLuke]

As I already said, I looked at their site already and I know how to do it in visual C++ and I know that is can only be done in windows xp, but I still don't know how I do it in visual basic IN windows xp