"Homer J Simpson" wrote:

>
> "Adam Honek" <AdamHo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> > Controls such as the tree view or list view use image lists hence I can
> > set
> > the quality of icons to 32bit. This way they look their best.
> >
> > Unfortunately both the menu and tool bar strip control don't use image
> > lists.
> >
> > How can I still achieve 32bit icon quality (icons are natively 32bit) in
> > these controls? I don't see any such property in either of them.
>
> Don't they use png files now?
>

>
> "Adam Honek" <AdamHo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>> "Homer J Simpson" wrote:
>
>>> Don't they use png files now?
>
>> Could be.... Does this mean I need to convert then icons to PNG files? If
>> so
>> what program may I use for this?
>
> I can only suggest you search the web. PNG is a standard format.
>
> PS. See http://www.kennyandkarin.com/Kenny/CodeCorner/Tools/IconBrowser/
> for some interesting info.
>
>
>
>
>

"gene kelley" <o***@by.me> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 20:31:01 -0700, Adam Honek
> <AdamHo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Controls such as the tree view or list view use image lists hence I can
>>set
>>the quality of icons to 32bit. This way they look their best.
>>
>>Unfortunately both the menu and tool bar strip control don't use image
>>lists.
>>
>>How can I still achieve 32bit icon quality (icons are natively 32bit) in
>>these controls? I don't see any such property in either of them.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Adam
>
> If your icons are truely 32 bit (so-called XP style) but with an .ico
> extension, they will load in the menu and toolstrips.  Just chnage the
> file type in the open dialog to all (*.*) when browsing for the
> file(s).  If the icons are not 32 bit, you will get an invalid format
> error.
>
> Gene

>Yes they do load however they look visually worse than in my treeview that
>I've set
>to use a 32bit colour depth.
>
>Even at 24 bits they look bad so it must be the menu and tool strip controls
>having either
>bugs or problems displaying 32bit colour depth when using icon files.
>
>These are true Windows XP 32bit icons.
>
>It's instant to see the quality difference amid these controls.
>
>Adam
>
>"gene kelley" <o***@by.me> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 20:31:01 -0700, Adam Honek
>> <AdamHo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>Controls such as the tree view or list view use image lists hence I can
>>>set
>>>the quality of icons to 32bit. This way they look their best.
>>>
>>>Unfortunately both the menu and tool bar strip control don't use image
>>>lists.
>>>
>>>How can I still achieve 32bit icon quality (icons are natively 32bit) in
>>>these controls? I don't see any such property in either of them.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Adam
>>
>> If your icons are truely 32 bit (so-called XP style) but with an .ico
>> extension, they will load in the menu and toolstrips.  Just chnage the
>> file type in the open dialog to all (*.*) when browsing for the
>> file(s).  If the icons are not 32 bit, you will get an invalid format
>> error.
>>
>> Gene
>

"gene kelley" <o***@by.me> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:52:06 +0100, "Adam Honek"
> <AdamHo***@Webmaster2001.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Yes they do load however they look visually worse than in my treeview that
>>I've set
>>to use a 32bit colour depth.
>>
>>Even at 24 bits they look bad so it must be the menu and tool strip
>>controls
>>having either
>>bugs or problems displaying 32bit colour depth when using icon files.
>>
>>These are true Windows XP 32bit icons.
>>
>>It's instant to see the quality difference amid these controls.
>>
>>Adam
>>
>>"gene kelley" <o***@by.me> wrote in message
>>news:k0lj32hpshejjofcmqu56lb7gt3vr1al0a@4ax.com...
>>> On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 20:31:01 -0700, Adam Honek
>>> <AdamHo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>Controls such as the tree view or list view use image lists hence I can
>>>>set
>>>>the quality of icons to 32bit. This way they look their best.
>>>>
>>>>Unfortunately both the menu and tool bar strip control don't use image
>>>>lists.
>>>>
>>>>How can I still achieve 32bit icon quality (icons are natively 32bit) in
>>>>these controls? I don't see any such property in either of them.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Adam
>>>
>>> If your icons are truely 32 bit (so-called XP style) but with an .ico
>>> extension, they will load in the menu and toolstrips.  Just chnage the
>>> file type in the open dialog to all (*.*) when browsing for the
>>> file(s).  If the icons are not 32 bit, you will get an invalid format
>>> error.
>>>
>>> Gene
>>
>
> Just to clarify, a true "XP" icon is 32 bit, contains an alpha
> channel, and generally appears anti-aliased, may even have a soft
> shadow.  The overall appearance is that of a "blurred" icon compared
> to the same icon in it's 24 bit version which appears somewhat
> sharper.
>
> Icon files labeled as XP type icons can often be multi-res - muti-res
> meaning that the icon file contains various sizes of the icon in both
> 32 bit and 24 bit versions.  Some of these files may even contain 256
> and 16 color versions of the icon.
>
> I've never used the imagelist and treeview in VB2005.  But I did try a
> small test.  At this end, even though the imagelist was set to 32 bit,
> the actual icon displayed in the treeview was a non-32 bit version of
> the icon.  Using the same icon file for the toolstrip, the toolstrip
> button displays the 32 bit version.  So in this test case, yes, there
> is a difference between the two controls.  On the face of it, it would
> appear that difference lies with either the imagelist or treeview or
> both as one or the other does not appear to support 32 bit icon
> display.
>
> Gene