Re: XP/Vista Visual Styles & Focus Rectangle

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It's there for me, a little harder to see because
it's almost masked by the blue outline that appears with focus in XP.

How are you invoking the XP and Vista styles?

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Steve Easton



<mark.tunnard.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi

I like the idea of using Vista and XP Visual Styles from VB6. I've
read the articles on VB Accelerator and elsewhere, e.g.
http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/vb/code/Libraries/XP_Visual_Styles/Using_XP_Visual_Styles_in_VB/article.asp

But when I try it out, the focus rectangle disappears. This is the
dashed box that indicates which control has the focus when you move
from control to control with the Tab key. Does anyone know a way to
get it back?

I've seen some complex suggestions out there, like using the
WM_CHANGEUISTATE message in a ?keyboard hook?. I'm just hoping there's
an easier way, or I'm doing something daft.

Thanks in advance
Mark


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