How to enable visual styles without a manifest

Question

According to the docs:

\"If you want your application to use ComCtl32.dll version 6, you must add an application manifest or compiler directive

Answer 1

If you're using Visual Studio, you can add this line to your stdafx.cpp for example:

#pragma comment(linker,"\"/manifestdependency:type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")