I looked at the IL for Application.EnableVisualStyles, and all it does is
enable a shared boolean in the application object....
I have no idea how this enables visual styles.
--
HTH,
-- Tom Spink, Über Geek
Please respond to the newsgroup,
so all can benefit
"Chaos, Panic, Disorder, my work here is done"
"Robert Jacobson" <rj**********************@nospam.com> wrote in message
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: Very impressive work with the buttons! I see your uxtheme declares in the
: Themes module, but it looks like you're handling most of the drawing
: yourself. (Unfortunately, although the Buttons are great, I also have a
: progess bar and status bar to theme. My app would probably look goofy
with
: a half-themed appearance.)
:
: Bad news about SetWindowTheme though. I've seen several examples of using
a
: manifest to enable XP themes and then manually disable themes from
: individual controls with SetWindowTheme. (Which won't work for me.) I
had
: thought that calling InitCommonControls would bypass the need for a
: manifest, and then let me selectively turn the visual styles on. Do you
: know of any other way to reference version 6, without using
: Application.EnableVisualStyles or a manifest?
:
: My only other hope is a real kludge -- first call
: Application.EnableVisualStyles (to get the Version 6 reference), then call
: SetThemeAppProperties to disable visual styles application-wide (so Word
: won't crash), and finally use SetWindowTheme to reenable visual styles for
: just my form. That will be my next step, unless you have any other
: thoughts.
:
: Thanks again!
:
: --Robert
:
:
:
:
:
:
: "Tom Spink" <th**********@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
: news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
: > Well Yes, It was silly of me to suggest it, because thinking about it,
you
: > are going to need a manifest, no matter what, because your application
: needs
: > to reference Version 6 of common controls.
: >
: > The reason SetWindowTheme doesn't work is because it's designed for
: setting
: > the theme, when Common Controls 6 are being used, and Herfried uses it
to
: > disabled themes.
: >
: > However, do not despair... I have written a control that owner-draw's a
: > button all the way, using uxtheme.dll.
: >
: >
http://download.betasafe.com/ActiveButton.zip
: >
: >
: > --
: > HTH,
: > -- Tom Spink, Über Geek
: >
: > Please respond to the newsgroup,
: > so all can benefit
: >
: > "Maybe it's a game called 'Punish the User'"
: >
: >
: > "Robert Jacobson" <rj**********************@nospam.com> wrote in message
: > news:eP**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
: > : Thanks, Tom.
: > :
: > : Revised code, with a more traditional declare for SetWindowTheme:
: > :
: > : Private Declare Function SetWindowTheme Lib "uxtheme" ( _
: > : ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, _
: > : ByRef pszSubAppName As String, _
: > : ByRef pszSubIdList As String) _
: > : As Integer
: > : ...
: > : Dim Result As Integer = SetWindowTheme(Button1.Handle, "BUTTON", "")
: > :
: > : Unfortunately, it didn't work -- I'm still getting the classic style.
: > :
: > : My first code was just a port of Herfried's code to VB.Net. I think
he
: > was
: > : using zeroes for the last two properties as substitutes for a null
: string.
: > : (Hard for me to know exactly -- the automated translation of the page
: was
: > : really bad, and my German's even worse. <g>)
: > :
: > : Any other thoughts?
: > :
: > : --Robert
: > :
: > :
: > : "Tom Spink" <th**********@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
: > : news:u$**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
: > : > : Private Declare Function ActivateWindowTheme Lib "uxtheme" Alias
: > : > : "SetWindowTheme" ( _
: > : > : ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, _
: > : > : Optional ByVal pszSubAppName As Integer = 0, _
: > : > : Optional ByVal pszSubIdList As Integer = 0) _
: > : > : As Integer
: > : >
: > : > Untested:
: > : >
: > : > You've omitted pszSubAppName and pszSubIdList, which will disable
the
: > : theme.
: > : > Also, your declare is wrong. Try this:
: > : >
: > : > (Change the integers, to strings)
: > : >
: > : > ActivateWindowTheme(Button1.Handle, "BUTTON", "")
: > : >
: > : > --
: > : > HTH,
: > : > -- Tom Spink, Über Geek
: > : >
: > : > Please respond to the newsgroup,
: > : > so all can benefit
: > : >
: > : > "Maybe it's a game called 'Punish the User'"
: > : >
: > : >
: > : > "Robert Jacobson" <rj**********************@nospam.com> wrote in
: message
: > : > news:#9*************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
: > : > : Hi,
: > : > :
: > : > : I'm develing a COM add-in for Microsoft Word XP that displays a
: form.
: > : I'd
: > : > : like to have the form display using the Windows XP theme.
However,
: > : > neither
: > : > : using a manifest nor calling Application.EnableVisualStyles does
the
: > : > trick.
: > : > : (EnableVisualStyles works but massive instability, probably
because
: > the
: > : > : system is trying to theme the Word application itself.)
: > : > :
: > : > : I'm now trying to selectively enable the themes for just my form,
or
: > : just
: > : > : certain elements on my form, by using the SetWindowTheme api. My
: > : > : understanding is that SetWindowTheme doesn't need a manifest to
: work.
: > : > (MSDN
: > : > : isn't particularly clear.)
: > : > :
: > : > : Herfried posted an article that discussed using this function with
: > VB6:
: > : > :
http://www.activevb.de/tutorials/tut.../xpstyles.html
: > : > :
: > : > : Here's a (poorly) translated version:
: > : > :
: > : >
: > :
: >
:
http://translate.google.com/translat...xt&hl=en&u=htt
: > : >
: > :
: >
:
p%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eactivevb%2Ede%2Ftutorials%2Ftut%5F xpstyles%2Fxpstyles%2Ehtml
: > : > : (You gotta love using the "Communist manifesto" in Visual Basic.
: <g>)
: > : > :
: > : > : I created a test WinForms app that contains just a simple form
with
: a
: > : > : button. In the code below, I'm trying to theme the button. The
: > : function
: > : > is
: > : > : returning a 0 (success?) but still appears in the classic style.
It
: > : > happens
: > : > : regardless of whether the button has "Standard" or "System"
: FlatStyle.
: > : > :
: > : > : Any suggestions?
: > : > :
: > : > : Thanks,
: > : > : Robert Jacobson
: > : > :
: > : > :
: > : > :
: > : > : Private Declare Function ActivateWindowTheme Lib "uxtheme" Alias
: > : > : "SetWindowTheme" ( _
: > : > : ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, _
: > : > : Optional ByVal pszSubAppName As Integer = 0, _
: > : > : Optional ByVal pszSubIdList As Integer = 0) _
: > : > : As Integer
: > : > :
: > : > : Private Declare Function DeactivateWindowTheme Lib "uxtheme"
Alias
: > : > : "SetWindowTheme" ( _
: > : > : ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, _
: > : > : Optional ByRef pszSubAppName As String = " ", _
: > : > : Optional ByRef pszSubIdList As String = " ") _
: > : > : As Integer
: > : > :
: > : > : Private Declare Sub InitCommonControls Lib "comctl32" ()
: > : > :
: > : > : #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
: > : > :
: > : > : Public Sub New()
: > : > : MyBase.New()
: > : > :
: > : > : 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
: > : > : InitializeComponent()
: > : > :
: > : > : 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
: > : > : Call InitCommonControls()
: > : > : Dim Result As Integer = ActivateWindowTheme(Button1.Handle)
: > : > : Debug.WriteLine(Result)
: > : > :
: > : > : End Sub
: > : > :
: > : > :
: > : >
: > : >
: > :
: > :
: >
: >
:
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