use xp themes / shellstyle.dll

[Guest]

Hi,

Can anyone start me on applying XP themes to my application (vb.net
winforms), so I can use the themes like on xptheme.org.

thanx,
t

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Can anyone start me on applying XP themes to my application (vb.net
winforms), so I can use the themes like on xptheme.org.

Enabling Windows XP Visual Styles for Windows Forms applications
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=xpvisualstyles&lang=en>

 

[Guest]

Actually, what I'm looking for is how I can use my app to use a theme without
it having to be the currently used theme of the user, and without me having
to create my own custom controls to do this.

Something like Application.EnableVisualStyles() but with a parameter that
let's me specify which shellstyle.dll to use would be nice...
Also, I've seen *.msstyles files as xp themes, how could I implement these
in my app?

thanx,
t