That's my analysis, anyway. I "distributed" my app to our organization this morning only to learn that, after a month of new work in XE8 on this old win32 app, clients not using the Windows 7 "Basic" theme see a very faded appearance. But those of us using remote desktop or using the Basic theme see about what I think we've always seen.
Facts:
- Made with XE8, Win32, current Raize components
- XPMan removed along the way
- "Enable themes" is "on" in all configs, Metropolis checked, Windows is set as the default theme in Appearance.
- A recent small app with some Raize components looks fine, and I've tried to follow the pattern laid down by this app.
Truths:
- I've been carrying this app around since Delphi 1; I may have rebuilt the project source around Delphi 2 but other than that, I haven't messed with the dproj file much.
- I suspect I'll have to focus on the resource compile bit. The only resources I know are the icon and the manifest, and I'd guess the manifest is the real problem here. I removed "XPMan" about a month ago but did not deploy until this morning.
The dpr looks like this:
program db_silookup;
uses
Vcl.Forms,
Vcl.Themes,
Vcl.Styles,
//...
{$R *.res}
{$R 'win7.rc'}
begin
Application.Initialize;
Application.UseMetropolisUI;
Application.CreateForm(TfmSi, fmSi);
Application.CreateForm(TfmXferList, fmXferList);
TStyleManager.TrySetStyle('Windows');
Application.Title:='Law School Lookup';
Application.Run;
end.
And because I suspect it matters, win7.rc is:
1 24 "win7.manifest"
Which in turn is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="App" version="3.1.0.0" processorArchitecture="*"/>
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" version="6.0.0.0" publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df" language="*" processorArchitecture="*"/>
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
<compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
<application>
<!--The ID below indicates application support for Windows Vista -->
<supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}"/>
<!--The ID below indicates application support for Windows 7 -->
<supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}"/>
</application>
</compatibility>
</assembly>
