Making Vista style apps in C#

Question

I\'m running windows vista and want to get the appearance to look like regular vista programs. Are there any really good tutorials/articles on how to build Vista Style apps? I w

Answer 1

If you want apps for Windows XP to just look 100% like Vista, then it's going to be very complex as you will need to override the way Windows are painted so you can design your own compatible version.

Usually these things are done one the Windows theme-level, sometimes by including special handlers that change the way all apps look.
Then there are tools like FastAero that add transparency to all Windows XP forms (source code available).

In any case, if you want your apps to look Vista-like, you need to respect the Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines for Aero.

You can also use WPF to fake the Aero-style of controls so your apps will look similar on any version of Windows.