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Skinnable .NET Application

Ben
Hi,
I'm interested in making an application I'm about to start writing
skinnable, but I have absolutely no idea where to begin. If anyone has a
broad overview of how I would go about it or some links to resources that
might help it would be much appreciated. Are there any free libraries I
should look at too (I am a student developer, so paying isn't an option!)?

I might settle for simply having a custom interface rather than it actually
being skinnable, and I have some idea of how I could fudge it with image
controls, but I'd rather do it properly if there is indeed a 'proper' way.

Cheers,
Ben
Nov 22 '05 #1
1 1618
Read this, should help you get started.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/de...ssues/03/03/si
teskinning/default.aspx

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Regards

John Timney
Microsoft Regional Director
Microsoft MVP
"Ben" <B.*****@warwick.ac.uk> wrote in message
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Hi,
I'm interested in making an application I'm about to start writing
skinnable, but I have absolutely no idea where to begin. If anyone has a
broad overview of how I would go about it or some links to resources that
might help it would be much appreciated. Are there any free libraries I
should look at too (I am a student developer, so paying isn't an option!)?

I might settle for simply having a custom interface rather than it actually being skinnable, and I have some idea of how I could fudge it with image
controls, but I'd rather do it properly if there is indeed a 'proper' way.

Cheers,
Ben

Nov 22 '05 #2

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