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[VDSuser]

I know this had to have been covered before. Sorry, if I missed it.
Why do XP-style buttons appear during VDS4.5 design time but not during run time? How do I correct this? 8O

[FreezingFire]

The reason that the XP buttons appear in the design time is because the VDS Program Folder includes .manifest files. These files tell the program to the the XP styles when available. If you look into the VDS Program folder, you will see files (they may be hidden) called like "vds.exe.manifest". When you run vds.exe it uses this manifest file, therefore, when you run your program in VDS, it uses the manifest file. When you compile the VDS exe, there is not .manifest file around. You then have to create one. I hope this helps.

[VDSuser]

Hmm... Interesting.
I copied vds.exe.manifest to my program folder, renamed it <progname>.exe.manifest and it worked.
Seems like a backhanded way to do things (VDS should have this built in) but, hey, works is works.
Thanks for the tip!

[Tommy]

Hi FreezingFire,

I'm not sure if you've signed up yet at the main VDSWORLD site, but if you
did, it's easily possible to upload your VDS related files there.

Just click New File in the Authors menu, select the category, put a title and
version, select the VDS version required, put the destination filename in the
File URL field, for example manifest.zip, select the appropriate file in the
Upload field and put a description. Then submit. The date and size fields
will be filled up automatically in this case.

Tommy

[FreezingFire]

Hi Tommy,
I think I'll sign up for the authors section in VDSWORLD...thanks for reminding me I could do that!

[FreezingFire]

Also, VDSUser, you can use these manifest files on just about any application on Windows XP to update their controls.

[VDSuser]

As I have been. It works well. Thank you again.