This was explain by salmanpaji in the old forums

Put This In You Programs Codes And See It Will Work, NoMatter What
Kind of Control You're Working With

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Private Declare Function InitCommonControls Lib "comctl32.dll" () As Long

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Private Sub Form_Initialize()
Call InitCommonControls
End Sub

Create A Manifest File From NotePad And Name the FileName That
you Want It To Have a XP Look'

e.g; the FileName Is "ProjectSP.exe"

then Make The Manifest FileName Like This

e.g: ProjectSP.exe.manifest

>>>>> Put These Codes In The NotePad

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity type="win32" processorArchitecture="*" version="6.0.0.0" name="ProjectSP"/>
<dependency>
   <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity
           type="win32"
           name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" version="6.0.0.0"
           language="*"
           processorArchitecture="*"
         publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
      />
   </dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>

THIS METHOD 100%....... Project SP A.K.A. Salman Paji

na thats just more code to add i can save time by adding a ctl file i use

Check I was looking for this solution, where all the options controls or check boxes turb black inside a frame when giving a xp look, but i found this and it works to take the black away.

controls (such as option buttons and check boxes) within a Frame control will loose the XP style and appear as black boxes. The problem is that to draw the XP styles the container must provide a device context handle (hDc) with which to perform the GDI functions. Since frames don't provide an hDc the result is an unpainted (black) controls. A tip I received from Quintin Prinsloo to overcome this problem is to place the controls inside a picture box - which has a hDc - and then place the picture box into the frame. By setting the border style to none the controls paint correctly without the appearance of the extra picture box.

Cool