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Asked: 2026-05-11T16:18:54+00:00

I have a VB6 program which uses comctrl32.ocx to display a progress bar. I’ve

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I have a VB6 program which uses comctrl32.ocx to display a progress bar. I’ve also had programs using mscomctl.ocx. However, it is displaying it using the ugly, old-style blue boxes progress bar instead of using the new-style progressbar (which presumably varies depending on the OS). Other programs which reference that same ocx file display the new-style progressbar (unless I run them VB6, in which case they still use the ugly one). All of the properties of the control are the same. Any suggestions on what I’m doing wrong?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Most likely, your application doesn’t have a manifest and therefore uses the old pre-Windows XP style common controls. vbAccelerator has a great article on how to add one

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