-Microsoft Windows XP Support in wxWindows 2.3.2
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+Microsoft Windows XP Support from wxWidgets
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Windows XP introduces the themes (called "visual styles" in the Microsoft
-documentation) in Windows world. As wxWindows uses the standard Windows
+documentation) in Windows world. As wxWidgets uses the standard Windows
controls for most of its classes, it can take advantage of it without
(almost) any effort from your part. The only thing you need to do if you
want your program to honour the visual style setting of Windows XP is to
add the manifest file to your program (this is not at all specific to
-wxWindows programs but is required for all Windows applications).
+wxWidgets programs but is required for all Windows applications).
+wxWidgets now includes manifest resources in wx.rc, so it should be enough to
+include "wx/msw/wx.rc" in your application's resource file and you get
+XP look automatically. If it doesn't work, follow the instructions below:
-For your convinience, below is an example manifest. It should be put in a
+For your convenience, below is an example manifest. It should be put in a
file called "yourapp.exe.manifest" and put in the same directory where
"yourapp.exe" resides. Alternatively, you can include the manifest in your
applications resource section. Please see the MSDN documentation at
for more details.
-
Here is the example manifest which you can put into controls.exe.manifest
file to test theme support using the controls sample:
name="Controls"
type="win32"
/>
-<description>Controls: wxWindows sample application</description>
+<description>Controls: wxWidgets sample application</description>
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity
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-There are a few minor problems with theme support in wxWindows currently
+There are a few minor problems with theme support in wxWidgets currently
which will be fixed in the next releases:
- the buttons with non-default colours are owner-drawn and thus don't