changing look of dialogs?

Dorian (MJT support) · Post by **Dorian (MJT support)** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 5:07 pm

I vaguely remember reading that i can change the look of a dialog to "XP" as opposed to the more old fashioned "98" look.

It's such a long time ago I'm not entirely sure I haven't a "mixed memory" and I'm imagining it.

Can anyone tell me if this can be done, and what the setting is, so I can stop looking for something that maybe does not exist?

Dorian (MJT support) · Post by **Dorian (MJT support)** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:49 am

any ideas people?

support · Post by **support** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:10 am

Not quite sure what you mean - you change the style of Windows XP between XP Style and Classic or vice versa in the display properties dialog appearance tab. This effects all dialogs and windows. Macro Scheduler's dialogs are no different - they are not 'hardcoded' one way or the other.

Dorian (MJT support) · Post by **Dorian (MJT support)** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:02 pm

support wrote:you change the style of Windows XP between XP Style and Classic or vice versa in the display properties dialog appearance tab.

Are you referring to the display properties in Windows Control Panel?

I think maybe I've mixed up Ms with something else. I remember reading (and I thought it was in the MS help files) that when designing dialogs we can choose their "style". You know when you get an ooooold Win 3.1 program and it just looks "old fashioned"? Everything solid grey and nasty fonts, as opposed to these "new" programs where the programs are all nicely shaded with graduated fills etc? I was under the impression that was a design thing, not a Windows thing.