dotnet interop: I am currently writing a toolbar for IE in C#, based on the KBBar MSDN sample
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;821793

Its all working OK, but does anyone know how to get the toolbar to adopt the
same 3d appearance as the main IE toolbars? The border of the toolbar does
not match the main toolbars, which is particularly noticable when it is the
bottom most toolbar. And the buttons dont have the same XP style appearance.

Any hints and tips?

Thanks

David.

Hi David,

This is a quick note to let you know that I am performing research on this
issue and will get back to you as soon as possible. I appreciate your
patience.

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Hi David,

Creating a manifest [1] for "%programfiles%\internet explorer\iexplore.exe"
will make the combobox have visual style applied. However, since the
toolbar and buttons are not created using true IE band (instead, used
WinForm controls), so it's difficult for them to have the same appearance
as the standard IE toolbars when visual style is involved.

[1] Using Windows XP Visual Styles
http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms649781.aspx#using_manif
ests

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Walter Wang (wawang@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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I guess that means the only way to get the true visual styles for an IE
toolbar is to go back to traditional pre .NET programming?

David.

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