I'm trying to make my app look ok on different computers with Windows XP. Therefor I want to check for the systems "theme" (you know the "olive green" or "standard blue" settings) so that I can load different buttons and backimages etc.
View 2 Repliesafter many weeks of annoying compatibility with windows xp, I realized that I should change the .netbar buttons to standard windows buttons. When I did this, and put the button on the transparency area and then debugged the application. I found out that the transparency add-in made the text inside the button transparent: How can I make the text show just the color, not transparent?
View 3 RepliesI need to change the theme of the Windows Operating System on which the application will run. I have to use the files with .theme extension. Can anyone guide how to do this, so I can finish my application.
View 7 RepliesI have a theme called 'Zune' on my computer, and like the way it looks.Is there a way too, make the program use the 'Zune' theme..even if the computer itself is using the default xxxx theme?I can simulate it by doing the graphics, but to make the program border less, then to do the move code when they click on the image box...etc... makes it for tedious work.
If I could somehow make the program use the theme..
How to change a forms background system color schemes to windows default color schemes in vb.net?
View 2 RepliesIm havin a problem changing my picturebox back color to System color "Control".I can set it to color.red , color.blue etc , but not control .
View 6 RepliesGiven either the name or number of a system color, I would like to output the RGB values of that color.
Example:
strcolor = "ForestGreen"
or
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I need just the opposite of the examples given. I want to convert a system color to a string and I can, but it's not exactly what I wanted. EX:
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code to change the System Color Quality setting using Vb, Visual Basic Script or VBA?
eg., If the Color quality is set to Medium (16-Bit), I want to change it to the Highest (32-Bit)
knew the System.Drawing.SystemColors.? value for a textbox back color disabled?
View 2 RepliesI was working on changing the default mouse hover style color to implement the light blue gradient instead of the default orange color.I observed that one can change the highlight color only for buttons which have
View 1 RepliesI have Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate and I am trying to do something that I think is extremely simple that I just can not figure out!
I want a label to start out as the color system.HotTrack when the mouse hovers over it i want it to change to system.highlight then when mouse leaves I want it to go back to system.HotTrack
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the following code is supposed to replace the system color that's used for window backgrounds. You'd change it by P/Invoking the SetSysColor() API function. i am using the following code that was suggested to me but unfortunately when i click the button nothing happens!
Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
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I want to convert html color e.g #FFFFD2 or RGB 255,255,210 to its brush color equivalent.am doing this in the listbox_drawitem event. see the sample code am using, i got from internet, buts its not working.I want to paint the listitem background with this color, but the items background gets painted white..[code]
View 1 RepliesPrivate Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
Me.BackColor = RGB(Rnd() * 255, Rnd() * 255, Rnd() * 255)
End Sub
then i see this error:Value of type 'Integer' cannot be converted to 'System.Drawing.Color'
Say I had a string Dim s as string = "Color.Black" Is there a way to typecast it into a System.Drawing.Color if it is the exact name of a real color in it?
View 1 RepliesDoes anybody knows if it is possible to convert a numeric value into a System.Drawing.Color (or Pen) value? I need to implement the following code:MyBitmap.SetPixel(x,y,MyColor)
MYColor is a long integer and does not work because the above code needs a system color.
How to use theme in vbwhat's codeOr what's step to use themeI don't know anything about itonly 3 days i have to send my program
View 3 RepliesI saw other program can use theme in their program , they don't care theme of windows.Can i add theme to my program?but care theme of OS
View 14 RepliesIs there a way to see if the user is using Windows 7.If yes, can we change their theme when the Form loads, and change it back when it closes?
View 2 RepliesI have tried the following code but has no effect:
Imports system.Runtime.InteropServices
<DllImport("UxTheme.DLL", BestFitMapping:=False, CallingConvention:=CallingConvention.Winapi, CharSet:=CharSet.Unicode, EntryPoint:="#65")> _
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i am not able to figure out any code on how to do this. I am trying to make it so when the person chooses a color in the ColorDialog, the all my buttons forecolors go to that, then the dialog will show to pick a back color.
View 2 RepliesDoes anyone here know any Visual Basic 2008 Skinner? I want to style my application, so that it just wont look like traditional windows forms.To aim is not enough. You must hit.
View 5 Repliesis there a way to determine what theme that the end user is using.for example im making a program where the glass is extended so if the end user uses the program on a computer that is not using the vista aero theme then the program will look different then it would if they were using the aero theme.how would i check to see if they have the aero theme and could i set the theme to aero from my program?
View 2 RepliesDisable aero in visual basic HowTo: How to programatically disable the Windows Aero theme for standalone ArcGIS applications
C# - Enable / Disable DWM Composition (Aero)
Any of you whiz bang kids know how to accomplish this with VB6? (I realize this is not a VB6 forum but just curious if any of you VB.NET programmers know how to translate this into VB6 Basically, this code ported to VB6
[DllImport("dwmapi.dll", PreserveSig = false)]
public static extern int DwmEnableComposition(bool fEnable);
static void Main(string[] args)
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I am using visual basic 2008 and third party controls "Dotnetbar" in my project. I am trying to use colorpickerdropdown as theme change I mean when I choose any color from the colorpickerdropdown my form backcolor will be changed as well as the whole project.
View 6 RepliesAs my Christmas week side-project I thought I'd knock up a quick console app that I can run from the windows Start-up folder.
The application is going to delete some unwanted Global Corporate Desktop Icons (I like to run a clean desktop - is this common?) and Reset the Windows 7 Theme to my lovely Visual Studio 2010 graphics.
I have read the reasons why this shouldn't be done pro grammatically for the user but I feel this case is different as every morning I am manually deleting the icons and resetting the theme (policy is not stopping this - just reapplying it every morning) so I though this little side project could save me time in the long term.
I am deleting the Icons OK but I am struggling to set my theme ala:
Dim key As RegistryKey = My.Computer.Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionThemes", True)
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This is setting the registry key correctly but not applying it. Ultimately I may try a simple Wallpaper Set but I would like to use the theme if possible!
I'm building a theme manager. Each theme contains and XML file to describe the theme and a couple of images. I load the themes with a custom control into a wrappanel. As a preview of the theme I use a custom control, that shows the first 3 images of the theme. I load the picture into the images as follows (codeblock 1). You can delete the theme by selecting it in the wrappanel and then press delete theme button. It will add the name of the theme to a list and will delete the theme when the app exists. But then the app will bring up an error message saying that the file is used by another process - which is the main window of the app that has been closed.
Dim imgsrc As New BitmapImage
imgsrc.BeginInit()
imgsrc.DecodePixelHeight = theme.Image1.Height
imgsrc.DecodePixelWidth = theme.Image1.Width
imgsrc.UriSource = New Uri(fi.Directory.FullName & "" & nodes.Item(i).ChildNodes.Item(0).InnerText)
imgsrc.EndInit()
theme.Image1.Source = imgsrc
I was looking all over but didn't find how to change VB 2010 Express default gray theme,
View 5 Repliesknow that there is library which can change the theme of the form but i do not
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