XP Styles with custom form Tom at GSD 9/6/2006 2:58:02 PM Hi, I have designed a C++ COM addin with a custom contact form that was derived from the standard contact form. Essentially I am adding a couple command buttons to the form. I publish the form and open it up only to notice that the XP Styles are non existent. I have implemented XP Styles within the DLL but still the XP Styles are not to be seen. I have seen a couple articles on the NET that state XP Styles are not available for custom forms. Is this true?

Re: XP Styles with custom form "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp[ at ]outlookcode.com> 9/6/2006 3:16:50 PM Yes, that's true. You will need to wait for Outlook 2007 and its new form regions feature. Or, consider not customizing the form at all and add your buttons instead to Inspector.CommandBars. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Tom at GSD" <TomatGSD[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:977AEA44-C048-41E6-8D25-8D70EF7976B5[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > I have designed a C++ COM addin with a custom contact form that was derived > from the standard contact form. Essentially I am adding a couple command > buttons to the form. I publish the form and open it up only to notice that > the XP Styles are non existent. I have implemented XP Styles within the DLL > but still the XP Styles are not to be seen. I have seen a couple articles on > the NET that state XP Styles are not available for custom forms. Is this true? > >

Re: XP Styles with custom form "Dmitry Streblechenko" <dmitry[ at ]dimastr.com> 9/6/2006 5:05:38 PM Do you mean Windows XP themes? In that case your code must explicitly paint the controls using the themes API - outlook.exe does not include a manifest as a resource that would cause Window to automatically paint all controls in outlook.exe using themes. Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP) http://www.dimastr.com/ OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO and MAPI Developer Tool "Tom at GSD" <TomatGSD[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:977AEA44-C048-41E6-8D25-8D70EF7976B5[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > I have designed a C++ COM addin with a custom contact form that was > derived > from the standard contact form. Essentially I am adding a couple command > buttons to the form. I publish the form and open it up only to notice that > the XP Styles are non existent. I have implemented XP Styles within the > DLL > but still the XP Styles are not to be seen. I have seen a couple articles > on > the NET that state XP Styles are not available for custom forms. Is this > true? > >