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 had kept reading, you would have found the answer:

If you are using Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 or later, you can add the following compiler directive to your source code instead of manually creating a manifest. For readability, the directive is broken into two lines here.

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