Windows Forms' Appearance

Question

Just started using Visual Studio 2008 and was hoping to convert my VBA UserForms to VB.NET with the intent of upgrading my antiquated UserForm controls to newer Windows form controls that match the operating system.

The Windows forms I create in Visual Studio look great, but when I load them in PowerPoint or Excel, the form controls look just as ugly as they did before (e.g. plain, rectangular buttons).

Is there a way to employ modern controls in my Windows forms using VB.NET in Visual Studio?

Answer 1

You either use one of the many available custom drawn buttons. Or it could be that you have to turn on visual style to make them render better http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=xpvisualstyles&lang=en