C# Windows7/Vista style ListView

Question

when I create a ListView in details view in VS2008, it creates a rather old looking listview. It doesnt have any of the fancy hover effects and cool blue border that (for ex

Answer 1

Try calling SetWindowTheme

Like this:

    [DllImport("uxtheme.dll", ExactSpelling=true, CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]
    private static extern int SetWindowTheme(IntPtr hwnd, string pszSubAppName, string pszSubIdList);

   // The constructor:
   public MyForm() {
      SetWindowTheme(this.listView1.Handle, "Explorer", null);
   } 

Answer 2

Have you checked the Windows API Code Pack? it has many Win7 style controls. I think it has what you want.