Dear All, I am using C++ in VS2005 , I need to enable the xp theme in my application without manifest file, I have used compiler directive like below in code #pragma comment(linker,"/manifestdependency:\"type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"") It works nicely in VS 2005 and later versions,but I need alternate solution which works independent of any Visual Studio versions. Please help me ... Thanks in advance, Basawaraj Bijjaragi.