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Chris Trow
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Making a windows combo box look like an Infragistics combo box
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My application has mixed use of the Infragistics WinGrid UltraCombo and the standard Windows ComboBox and Toolstrip ComboBox.

I made one attempt at converting the Windows Combos to UltraCombos, but hit a roadblock: the UltraCombo when wrapped in the ToolStripControlHost was displaying the behavior described in this post: http://blogs.infragistics.com/forums/p/39465/223891.aspx, even though I've got the most recent service release.  I also had difficulty accessing the appearance properties of the hosted UltraCombo; I was setting the props but not seeing any effect.

As a workaround, is it possible to get a list of properties pertaining to the appearance of the Ultra Combo so I can make one look like the other?   I'm not particular about whether I change the appearance of the UltraCombo or the Windows ComboBox.

Thanks!

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    Hi,

    CTROW said:
    I made one attempt at converting the Windows Combos to UltraCombos, but hit a roadblock: the UltraCombo when wrapped in the ToolStripControlHost was displaying the behavior described in this post: http://blogs.infragistics.com/forums/p/39465/223891.aspx, even though I've got the most recent service release.  I also had difficulty accessing the appearance properties of the hosted UltraCombo; I was setting the props but not seeing any effect.

    I'm pretty sure this is fixed - if not in the current service release, then in the next one. In fact, I think a new one was posted today.

    CTROW said:
    As a workaround, is it possible to get a list of properties pertaining to the appearance of the Ultra Combo so I can make one look like the other?

    I don't think I have a list anywhere. Which appearances were you setting that had no effect? If you set appearances and they did nothing, then my guess is that Windows Themes are overriding your settings. You should set UseOsThemes on the combo to false.

    If you are trying to make the control look just like the Inbox ComboBox, then you would probably be better off using UltraComboEditor rather than UltraCombo. UltraComboEditor already looks a lot like the Inbox Combo. :)

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