list view items and icons

[ossama]

thank you Shantanu Gadgil, i will try your solution.

[ossama]

Shantanu Gadgil, i tried the manifest, but the problem keep, it does not solve my problem, any other idea?

[ragdog]

hi

here is your project with xp manifest


greets
ragdog

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[ossama]

ragdog, thank you, it works  :U

[ossama]

Shantanu Gadgil thank you too for your help and your time

[ossama]

ragdog ,Shantanu Gadgil, i found my mistake,
i have written this line into my resource file:
1    RT_MANIFEST    "xp_manifest.xml"
i have look in windows.inc and i have found
RT_MANIFEST    equ  24
i think rc.exe does not have RT_MANIFEST equals to 24

[ossama]

in  the resource file we have
1   24    "xp_manifest.xml"
this means that the manifest is in the first place and it will be loaded automatically,
but if i want to make the manifest resource with other ID other than 1, what should i do in my source code, is there any functiuon to load this manifest?

[Shantanu Gadgil]

Finally home now ...

i think rc.exe does not have RT_MANIFEST equals to 24

Correct ... if you write:

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1 RT_MANIFEST "xpmanifest.xml"

you will need a

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#define RT_MANIFEST 24
before !!!  :bg

but if i want to make the manifest resource with other ID other than 1, what should i do in my source code, is there any functiuon to load this manifest?

I don't know the details of that ... why a different ID ?
Maybe "its supposed to be that way!"  :wink

Anyway ... all I did to your .rc file was add the following line:

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1 24 "xpmanifest.xml"

Tried the #define thing and that worked fine too!

Regards,
Shantanu

[ossama]

I don't know the details of that ... why a different ID ?
Maybe "its supposed to be that way!"  :wink

some times i preserve the id=1 for other things and i write macros that use the id = 1,
so i need to put the manifest in other id

[ossama]

i found another way to use the manifest without using it in a resource file, the methode is to rename the manifest file as the following:
ExecutableFileName.exe.manifest
where ExecutableFileName is the file name of the executable that we want to assign a manifest to it.
thank you for your help and time

[ossama]

but i have a question , why we have to add a manifest to our project to make icons show correctly ? i mean why it does not show ok just by using the windows api that add icons to an image list and the function (messages) that show the icon in the control (toolbar,listview,maybe other controls) ?

[Shantanu Gadgil]

but i have a question , why we have to add a manifest to our project to make icons show correctly ? i mean why it does not show ok just by using the windows api that add icons to an image list and the function (messages) that show the icon in the control (toolbar,listview,maybe other controls) ?

I think the manifest makes sure (?) that the program ends up using the correct version of the common controls; here v6.0.0.0 (from the xml file)

Again ... I am not sure about this, would be better you confirm this!

i found another way to use the manifest without using it in a resource file, the methode is to rename the manifest file as the following:
ExecutableFileName.exe.manifest
where ExecutableFileName is the file name of the executable that we want to assign a manifest to it.
thank you for your help and time

Yes ... that method was to give the "new" XP-style look to the old programs, although that method didn't always work.
(I think, the program needed to have call to "InitCommonControls" in it, otherwise the program would just not start !!!  :dazzled: )

No matter what, I like a combined exe, rather that two separate file, so I like it as part of the resource.

Regards,
Shantanu

[ossama]

what i understand is that the common controls library with old version has a bug so that it does not show icons correctly, and when we use a manifest spesifying the version 6 it will correct the bug,
is it right?