is 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 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..
Ok, so i am trying o make it so that a user can change themes, i have moved all major code to a module so it can be accessed but then i have a problem.
I have 6 forms, all forms are the same just different themes, The problem is that in the module it calls form1, like for example form1.webbrowser.blah.blah, if i user used form3 for there theme then this dones not work as in the module it calls form1.
Basically i need to add something else there like for example:
dim Cform as string
Cform = form1
Cform.webbrowser.blah.blah
But form1 can not be a string
I need to be able to validate the windows password of the account that is currently logged in. I've managed to do this when the unit has a password. But if it does not have a password, passing an empty string does not work. It fails each time.I've been looking around, but haven't been able to find much on this. Does anyone know how to determine if the user password is empty?[code]
View 9 RepliesPossible Duplicate: How can I programmatically determine if my workstation is locked? Checking for workstation lock/unlock change with c#
I would like to determine when a Windows (XP, or 7) machine is locked, and unlocked.I would like to create a timesheet activity logging app, and pre-filling times in, with lunch, breaks taken, etc, would be very useful.Is it possible to pick up an event that fires when the Windows Operating System is locked and unlocked ?
I am currently using the FileOpen method wrapped in a try/catch block to determine if a particular Excel file is currently in use or not.
When my app tries to access the file, I would like to be able to notify the user who it is that already has the file open. If I try to open the file in excel while it is in use, the message that Excel provides includes the network login of the user that has the file open. Is it possible to get this information via code so that I can tell the user of my app the login of whomever already has the file open?
Is there a 'simple' way to determine the current user's email address ? I want to automatically send an email when an application detects an unhandled exception, but would like it to come from the current user.I found this on the net and haven't yet worked out what its doing (although it seems to work). Unfortunately, as I'm not sure how it works, I also don't know what drawbacks there are to this technique.[code]...
View 5 RepliesI'm writing a control that needs to check a property of the form it's placed in.Is there a way to do that?
View 1 Replieshow i can able to determine if the user intended to delete a file. What im going to do is this application will be placed in a certain folder together with some files. And this program will determine if the user inteded to delete a file within the folder.
View 2 RepliesIn reading various answers regarding "masked TextBox Control, am I to assume that the masked textBox control uses a mask to determine what characters the user can enter into the control?
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to get an application to determine which operating system the user is currently running and use that to decide what to do. For example, a user uses the program and they're using Windows 7. I want it to know that and use predetermined variables throughout the program for Windows 7. Likewise if they're using Vista or XP/Macintosh.
View 4 RepliesI'm working on a problem where i have to allow a user to input a word or phrase and then determine if it is a palindrome (a words that reads the same forwards and backwards) . It also says that the program should use a Boolean-valued function procedure named IsPalindrome that returns the value True when the word or phrase is a palindrome and the value False otherwise.
View 3 RepliesI've found various C# examples here, but I can't seem to get a VB version working.I want to be able to pass a simple variable into a User Control to determine whether it shows a certain section of data.It's basically a Customer Data form, and in some circumstances I need to show a line with the customers account number and sort code, and in some I don't, so my user control:
<controls:customerForm ID='customerForm' showBankDetails="no" runat='server' />
But I can't work out what to do with the showBankDetails variable in Code Behind to stop it from rendering that section, or simply hide it with a CSS snippet.How do I access that variable in the code behind using VB.NET?
I am creating a project with VB2008 Express Edition. The end result will be a CD containing tech manuals in pdf format which will be accessed via various buttons on a form. I am going to include Acrobat Reader Redisributable on the CD which the user can install by pressing a button on the form if required. What I want to do is this:- When the user inserts the CD into the PC, the form will load.When the form loads, I want to search the users PC to determine if Acrobat Reader is installed.If the Acrobat Reader program is not found on the system, then display a MessageBox to inform the user to install the reader from the CD.Would this involve searching the users registry? I would need to insert in my Form1_Load sectionTarget systems would be Windows XP/ Vista with programs on the C: drive as default.
View 4 RepliesI have numberic updown control in my app. There may be times when I want to programatically change the vlaue (in which case I don't want to ValueChanged event handler code to run). There will certainly be times when the user makes a change (in which case, I would want the event handler code to run).
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I am modifying some code I found here to test to see if a user has scrolled to the end of the control. In this case the control is a Crystal Viewer but I posted here because I think the issue is based on the vertical scrollbar not the Crystal Viewer itself.
The code flags an error at
Me.CRViewer.Controls.OfType
Indicating 'OfType' is not a member of 'System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlCollection'.
I understand the concept that I can't reference something that it is not but I don't know how to fix it. The original code was for a DataGridView.
The ultimate goal (not finished) is to find out when the user has used the mouse or possibly the scroll bar itself and if it hits the bottom of the page of the viewer, then trigger a new page so it looks like they can just keep using the mouse to scroll.
Public Sub New()
Me.InitializeComponent()
Dim vscroll As VScrollBar = Me.CRViewer.Controls.OfType(Of VScrollBar)
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I have created an application which asks the user to enter password to login.Now how can i inform the user(if his caps button is on) that his caps button is on while he is entering his password?
View 3 RepliesHow 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'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 Repliesi 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 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 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,
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