Skinning a Windows Application?

[Matthias]

Hello,

I'm just wondering whether there are (if possible free)
toolkits/classlibraries available which support skinning of a c# windows
application (.net 2.0).

Any ideas, links, hints?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Matthias

 

[Roger Frost]

Hello,

I'm just wondering whether there are (if possible free)
toolkits/classlibraries available which support skinning of a c# windows
application (.net 2.0).

Any ideas, links, hints?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Matthias

If you are using Visual C# 2008 Express Edition, register it from the Help
menu and you can get some extra tools for free. One of them is called
SkinCrafter, I think it will help with what you're needing to do.

 

[Matthias]

hi roger,

first thanks for your reply. unfortunately, im using the 2005 version,
and buying skincrafter additionally goes beyond my budget. do you have
any more ideas?

google doesn't come up with anything useful about this.

kind regards, matthias

 

[Bjørn Brox]

Matthias skrev:

hi roger,

first thanks for your reply. unfortunately, im using the 2005 version,
and buying skincrafter additionally goes beyond my budget. do you have
any more ideas?

Getting a registered version of Visual C# 2008 Express Edition should
not affect your budget.

 

[Roger Frost]

Matthias skrev:
Getting a registered version of Visual C# 2008 Express Edition should not
affect your budget.

Matthias,

The ".NET 2.0" in the OP didn't really register in my brain when I posted my
reply, when you mentioned skinning I deduced that you are doing "hobby"
programming.

If your 2005 version is Express, you may consider updating to 2008. As
Bjorn eluded to, it's free.

I realize that involves basically designing software for a new platform,
which may or may not make your boss happy. If "Boss" doesn't apply your
scenario, then you have it easy.

On the other hand, I think you can still target the .Net 2.0 platform with
C# 2008 Express as well as SkinCrafter Light.

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

Hello,

I'm just wondering whether there are (if possible free)
toolkits/classlibraries available which support skinning of a c# windows
application (.net 2.0).

IF you want a consistent look in your entire app you will need to use a
complete set of controls in your application, and of course use only those
and not the one in windows.
As you can imagine this is not easy work so in general such frameworks are
sold.

Take a look at Infragistics for example, they provide such a feature.


Cheers,
Ignacio.

 

[Simon Hart [MVP]]

Infragistics doesn't support mobile devices.

The best advice is to craft your own skins maybe using XML as a configuration.