wxScrollBar theming issue under Vista (probably XP too) Topic is solved

[fyarball]

Unlike the rest of my widgets in my application, my wxScrollBar (standalone, not part of wxScrolledWindow or other scrolled widget) does not follow the "Vista" UI theme and instead gets rendered using the "Windows Classic" theme, making it look like it doesn't belong in the application.

I'd tell everyone running Vista to disable the resource hogging new theme, fixing the issue, but it would be sad to have to turn off all you have to show for the $500 you spent on your copy of Vista

So I'm looking for a way to make my wxScrollBar fit in with the rest of the application on Vista. Any ideas?

[spectrum]

hello fyarball,

i found a thread that maybe can help you

http://forums.wxwidgets.org/viewtopic.p ... ight=style

greetings

[fyarball]

Thanks, placing a <app>.EXE.MANIFEST file in the directory containing my app fixed the problem. I've heard about this manifest problem before (especially with mingw, which is what I use) and actually considered it but I figured since only one widget was the problem (all others use the correct theme) I figured it must be a wxWidgets problem and not a resource/manifest problem. I was wrong.

I guess now I have to tinker with my automake scripts in order to link "wx.rc" into my app on windows builds. I wish all I had to do was put an #ifdef in my source code - oh well.