C# - Set Style For An Application So All Controls Are Shown In Application's Color Scheme?
Feb 22, 2012
I would like to set a style for an MDI WinForms application in .NET (mix of C# and VB.NET). I would like all panels and forms to be of a certain color. I would like textboxes to be of a certain color when readonly and of a different color when NOT readonly. I don't want to use defaults. Any pointers on how I can make this GLOBAL for any Form that is developed for this application? Am looking for a way so I don't have to do this logic in every form I create.
PREFERABLY: Don't want to switch to using any third-party tools. Would like to stick with just WinForms and standard .NET libraries.
how i can change the native scrollbar style in my application to my custom style. I can adopt a custom scrollbar to attain this purpose but this will not serve my purpose because i want this attribute in entire application. Like it the text in textbox gets longer than its bounds than the scrollbar appers are my custom bar not the formal ones
I want to make a small program in visual basic that can change the windows Vista / 7 color scheme, not one of the default list, but RGB, like in the 'Color mixer' options when you go to Control Panel -> Personalization -> Window Color and appearance.
Dim _Brush_Disabled As New SolidBrush(Color.FromKnownColor(KnownColor.GrayText)) Dim _Brush_Enabled As New SolidBrush(Color.FromKnownColor(KnownColor.WindowText)) Sub Do_Something()
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Will _Brush_Disabled and _Brush_Enabled automatically change their colors if the Windows color scheme changes?If not, how can I make them 'track' Windows color scheme changes?
I have an app which has an icon in the application for the project I have developedIt shows when I run my app but is not shown when the app is installed on another computer
I have an application that use in it the 'Interop.ShockwaveFlashObjects' assembly when bebugging everything works smoothly but when i publish the application all the Shockwave objects are not shown ????...what am i missing
I'm completing an application to display a weather report - unfortunately i can't seem to get the name entered to appear in the message shown and i can't get each picture to appear individually when the radio button related is chosen. Here is the question i'm working off followed by the code i have got so far:
Create an application to display a weather report. The user can choose one of the radio buttons and display an icon and a message. The message should give the weather report in words and include the person's name (taken from the text box at the top of the form). For example if the user chooses the sunny button, you might display "It looks like sunny weather today, John" (assuming that the user entered John in the text box). Include keyboard access keys for the radio buttons and buttons. Include tooltips.
Public Class Form1
Private Sub btnExit_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnExit.Click 'End the project
I used a date time picker but everyday the date is not updated.....i added the datetimepicker on 30th and today is 1st......but the date is not updated automtically...here is a snapshot:
Attachment 72933: after adding the datetimepicker i changed its format to custom and from its value part i deleted the time......what to do if i want to update the date shown by the datetimepicker everyday when the application starts?
I am making an application that will be used to communicate with others like a shut box but not a chat box so like one or two people can post up something in this application and other users can then see this message.
I'm not trying to do ASP.NET using VB.NET applications on the desktop. I want to create a desktop application that the user can enter information and retrieve information form a interface that is styled by html, css and java script. I'm NOT trying to interact with a web page at all, i simply want to make the desktop app look and act like a web app because a similar application will be available on the web this will just be like an offline version of it.
I'm using VB 2005 .NET and I wanted to make my applications look better.I found lots and lots of applications for win XP that look like Vista.For example like Windows Live Messenger.
I am learning VB at the moment and i'm planning how i'm going to make a simple quiz style web application. I want to have a series of questions, one per panel, that a user can select from multiple choice and proceed to next question with at least one option needing to be selected before going to the next question. At the end users get their score out of X.
Forgetting the validation and other bits i need. My thinking is to use a series of panels that have my questions in, so one panel per question, and by default they are all set no invisible bar the first question. Then as the user selects the question the next panel is revealed and the previous hidden, and so on etc.
I am new to Viisual Basic 2008 and looking for some help or suggestions on what is the best way to handle a spreadsheet style data entery in an application.What is the best way to have data entry on a form that is in the style of a spreadsheet?I have tried it with the Gridview but I do not care for the interface style.I would like to be able to multiple columns under one heading, allow for tabbing from entry field to entry field on a row and have the ability to sort by different columns,to allow for calculations by fiedls in a row (havoing multiple calculations, etc.Is there something in VB 2005/2008 that will allow that or is there a third party add-on that is recommended.
my VB.Net desktop app writes to an Excel file. I need to set the style to a row. I can read a style of one row, but am unable to set the style in another.
My applications background color is "System-> InactiveCaptionText" light Blue.And when i open my application on my computer it has that color but when I opened my application on another Computer, the BackGround Color, StatusStrip Color, ToolStrip Color and MenuStrip Color changed to Silver?
I can set the global (windows) aero color from my application but would like to change only the application aero color, I have tried a few things but non seem to work E.g. WM_DWMCOLORIZATIONCOLORCHANGED But it only changes windows as well as my app.
It detects the color fine and the picture background changes to the color my mouse is pointing at, but when it changes to one of the colors its ment to send me a msg it doesn't..[code]
It detects the color fine and the picture background changes to the color my mouse is pointing at, but when it changes to one of the colors its ment to send me a msg it doesn't
Public Class Form1 Dim color As Integer Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
I am creating an application where I can move resize controls around and this way set up an application. I need to know how to select a control (e.g.: textbox, button...) at runtime as I would do in Visual Studio for example.Then once I could do this the next question would be how can I change the icon of the mouse when it goes onto such control?
I would like to make an application whereby the user can select a color, enter a character into a textbox, select another color, enter another character and so on and so on...This multi colored text that has been entered into the textbox by the user must then be shown on a label. I cant get the damn characters in the label different colors They are all for example, either red or all blue.
I would like to use a full range of possibilities for a color, such as 255,255,255 instead of predefined colors, like red. How can I do this in code. Me.backcolor=?
I have an app, which has a form. a tab is at the center of the form. the tab is a normal tab, and it has 3d style. today, I was adjusting something, and forgot what I changed. suddenly, all controls become flat style. especially, I have datagrid in the form. in the grid, one cell is a dropdownlist style. before i can change how many items to show when is clicked. now, it does not change. now, even I add a control on another form which is in the same app, the style is flat too. what can cause this? very weird.
I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now, and ever since I tried publishing my application, I keep getting this error:Error1Could not find file 'Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=*, PublicKeyToken=6595b64144ccf1df, ProcessorArchitecture=*, Type=win32'.ifxtweet2
How can we embed images (for picturebox controls) within an application so that a specifiic directory does not have to be accessed in order to display the image?
I am trying to add Office Ribbon Controls in windows application project from VS ToolBox under Office Ribbon Controls Tab. but i can't because it appears as dissabled. i tried with several different projects like wpf and other projects too. how should i use this controls with win app project?
