Re: XP look and feel?

Hi Andreas,

On Feb 26, 2005, at 7:08 PM, Andreas Thiele wrote:

> is it possible to create GUI applications with Windows XP look and feel
> using LispWorks 4.4?

Below is the response Gary sent me last fall when I asked this 
question. It mostly works but there are some cosmetic problems. For me, 
the main issue is that title panes have the wrong background color when 
used in a tab control. I mucked around endlessly with FLI calls to 
Win32, but never found a way to solve it.


John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL


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	From: 	Gary Palter
	Subject: 	Re: LWW interface question
	Date: 	October 7, 2004 8:54:35 AM EDT


At 8:18 AM -0400 10/7/04, John DeSoi wrote:
> I'm evaluating the Windows Personal Edition for porting an application 
> from the Mac version. One issue I noticed on Windows XP is that 
> interface elements don't use the new XP styles. For example, tab 
> controls are solid gray unlike the tab controls in normal XP Windows. 
> Is there a setting I missed to use the new XP style or is that not 
> supported?

When I asked Xanalys about this a while back, they suggested I add a 
manifest file to the directory where the LispWorks executable resides.  
While this will cause all LispWorks elements to use the XP styles, 
Xanalys said that they do not officially support this.

I have attached the manifest file to this message.  If the personal 
edition's executable name isn't lispworks-4307.exe, you'll need to 
rename the file and edit its content (it's a text file) to reflect the 
actual executable name.

   - Gary Palter
     Principal Software Engineer
     Clozure Associates
     Cell:  617-947-0536