[.NET] WPF question

Inquisitor · 22 Sep 2007 at 10:35

This probably has a very simple answer, but how would I go about making a WPF window that actually looks normal (like Windows Forms applications do)? I can't seem to figure out how to get it to just go by the current visual style

Using VS2008 Beta 2 of course.

TrUz · 22 Sep 2007 at 15:46

Are you on about in the Designer or when the application is running? If you are on about when in the Designer, you can't. That's how it is.

TrUz

jon86 · 22 Sep 2007 at 16:58

What do you mean by 'normal'? Can you post a screenshot?

Inquisitor · 22 Sep 2007 at 20:07

TrUz said:
Are you on about in the Designer or when the application is running? If you are on about when in the Designer, you can't. That's how it is.

TrUz

Well I'm not bothered about whether it looks flashy at design time; I just want it to look like any other Windows app when it's running :confused:

Basically I want it to look like this:

...rather than this:

n3crius · 22 Sep 2007 at 21:04

You'll need to make a Windows Forms Application rather than a WPF Application.

It looks like that because it's WPF.

Inquisitor · 22 Sep 2007 at 21:43

Seems I've misunderstood the purpose of WPF then.

Has it done away with the idea of a unified UI appearance? Is it not intended to supersede Windows Forms?

TrUz · 23 Sep 2007 at 09:03

It must be the current theme you have selected that is doing that to your WPF application. Under Windows XP and Vista my WPF applications fine.

Your theme is the only reason I can think of why you WPF application has no theme on the controls.

Try setting the theme back to a default theme.

TrUz