I'm using a DevExpress splash form and strangely once I started using Active Query Builder the styles on my non-DevExpress controls were lost.

I know that sounds strange - I will explain further.

In C#, my Main looked like this:

        static void Main()
        {
            SplashScreenManager.ShowForm(typeof(SplashScreen3), false, false);

            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }

When I started using Active Query Builder it became this:

        static void Main()
        {
            SplashScreenManager.ShowForm(typeof(SplashScreen3), false, false);

            var i = ControlFactory.Instance; // force call static constructor of control factory

            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }

Once I did this, buttons (regular buttons, not Dev Express buttons) that were previously 'flat' in appearance were no longer flat. I also notice that a tab control that I had changed to White was now gray.

So I swapped the first two lines:

        static void Main()
        {
            var i = ControlFactory.Instance; // force call static constructor of control factory

            SplashScreenManager.ShowForm(typeof(SplashScreen3), false, false);

            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }

And I think things are back to normal...too soon to know for sure. But this is strange behaviour and I am wondering about other unintended consequences that might creep up later.

By the way I'm using DevExpress version 18.1.7 and the latest AQB.

Any ideas?