3D style windows

[floyesoft]

When i make a form With gfa ressource editor all is with Vista style.

But when i compile the form and Burton have an old style

Why?

[kalle]

It is my problem too.
And imagelists are empty after compiling.
Before executing I get an error message "Exe is out of date".
I allready posted it in German in the german help section of this forum.
Kalle

[kalle]

Once more me,
meanwhile I tried some more things. If I start a code by "RUN" on the editor all works fine, but if I start the exe after compiling a big lot of Ocxes do not occur
Is there anyone who can tell me, what I am making wrong?
(I simply downloaded the newest version of GFA completely and unzipped it. Then I start the GFA32.Exe and I code, that's all, my system is WIN 7 Professional Service pack 1)

[bereb]

With Windows XP, to obtain XP-Style for the EXEs, I have to create a manifest file, copying the GfaWin32.exe.manifest and renaming it in <program name>.exe.manifest.

Perhaps this works with Win7 or Vista?

[649psoft]

There are many things in the windows multitasking os that can affect the performance
compiled executable ocx initialization. Often this is due to internal task switching,
messages and initalization of the memory for the Ocx.

If you re-run a program in the IDE the memory for the OCX object may not have
been given fully back to windows and the previous object of the same name can still
be in the system.

It does not always occour but to be safe where there are a lot of Ocx objects
a Try Catch is used to allow the system to catch up on events.

This is the best practice:

'on an ocx form initialization with repeated use

Try
'test if the object currently exists in memory or throw exception
frm2.SetFocus 'or Use IsObject?() is object in memory
Catch
'if no then the form needs to be loaded again
LoadForm frm2
Pause 2 'thread catch up if several processes in use
DoEvents 'empty the o/s messages pending
EndCatch


Sub frmMain_Editor_Close(Cancel?)

'for each form in the application
'to ensure release of system memory
'when the program properly exits

Try
Set frm2 = Nothing
Catch
'nop
EndCatch

Try
Set frmMain = Nothing
Catch
'nop
EndCatch


End 'Use the "End" command in the IDE

'Use the "Quit" command instead if compiled

EndSub

[649psoft]

kalle: I ran your code and I see the same thing.


The ImageList In the Form Editor is sparse and the Image format has to be perfect
and identical. It could use improvement. Did nothing wrong but easy to go wrong
and should compile the same as it appears.

Your example works if compiled with the following roundabout code:

//Imagelist

'hardcode ocx in listing and delete the ocx in the form editor then:

Ocx ImageList iml1
iml1.ImageWidth = 16 //x pixel or other equal sides
iml1.ImageHeight = 16 //y pixel

//load the images using the :files tab from file

//add to imagelist loaded from file pictures under the :files tab

.ListImages.Add , , LoadPicture(":btn1")
.ListImages.Add , , LoadPicture(":btn2")
.ListImages.Add , , LoadPicture(":btn3")

and toolbar works when compiled.