Windows XP Theme Manager and Tnt Unicode in Delphi 6
I am using Windows XP Theme Manager in order to have 6.0 controls look-and-feel in my Delphi 6 application (manifest is provided). I have problem with some Tnt Unicode controls, for example with TTntBitBtn. As you can see from the image below, all WideString captions are treated as regular strings (left: TTntButton, right: TTntBitBtn):
Is there a way to make Windows XP Theme Manager treat Tnt Unicode components correctly (or vice versa)?
For some reason TTntThemeManager, which is needed to correctly display themed components, is missing from the last free version of Tnt Unicode controls (2.3.0). The version which contains TTntThemeManager (2.2.3) is still available on Delphi Inspiration Tnt Unicode Controls page. This is how I merged TTntThemeManager to the latest version and make all components display correctly.
Here's the procedure:
Download the ZIP file with TntUnicodeControls 2.2.3.
Copy files
TntThemeMgr.pasandTntThemeMgrDB.pasto the folder where Tnt Unicode controls are installed (usually$(ProgramFiles)\TntWare\Delphi Unicode Controls\Source).Copy resource files
TntThemeMgr.dcrandTntThemeMgrDB.dcrto the folder with other resource files (usually$(ProgramFiles)\TntWare\Delphi Unicode Controls\Design).Copy files
TntThemeManager6.cfg,TntThemeManager6.dof,TntThemeManager6.dpkandTntThemeManager6.resto the folder with remaining two packages (usually$(ProgramFiles)\TntWare\Delphi Unicode Controls\Delphi\d6for Delphi 6).In the file
TntThemeManager6.dpkcorrect two paths to resource files:{$R '..\..\Design\TntThemeMgr.dcr'}and{$R '..\..\Design\TntThemeMgrDB.dcr'}.In the same file correct two paths to source files:
TntThemeMgr in '..\..\Design\TntThemeMgr.pas'andTntThemeMgrDB in '..\..\Design\TntThemeMgrDB.pas'.Finally, in the same file change the first requirement from
ThemeManager6toThemeManagerD6.Open the
TntThemeManager6.dpkpackage file from Delphi and compile it.
If you did everything right the two new components - TntThemeManager and TntThemeManagerDB will be added to the TntAdditional palette in Delphi. Add TntThemeManager to your form and, if you provided the manifest file, you will get the correct result:
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