Re: Gtkmm application looks blocky

[Yann Leydier <yann leydier info>]

From a message posted january 31 :

Copy *etc\gtk-2.0**\gtkrc*: Contains the GTK+ theme to use (the 
"MS-Windows" theme).

On 16/02/11 20:13, ksteuber wrote:
> I have been writing an application with gtkmm for Windows. I have finished it
> and would like to package it so I can redistribute it, but when I try to do
> this, the application looks funny.
> I created a directory that has the executable and all the relevant DLLs, and
> the program runs, but the widgets look all blocky and rectangular whereas
> before they looked nice and smooth.
>
> If I remove libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll from the directory so that it is instead
> loaded from C:\GTK\bin, the program looks right.
>
> If I backup C:\GTK\bin and rename the directory with the executable and DLLs
> to C:\GTK\bin, it looks right, even though none of the files in the folder
> have changed. This in particular confuses me. Do I need to set the PATH
> variable or add a registry key or something? I can't really think of an
> explanation for why this would happen
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
> -Kirk
>
> Here is a link to an image that shows how the windows look when it is loaded
> differently.
> http://img688.imageshack.us/i/windowv.jpg/