Skin vs. theme

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   I don't see any tutorials on skins. I have the samples and have run the skin sample and I've found a few posts indicating you can just load the skin style when the frame starts up.

We currently use themes and let the user swap between themes (blue to silver etc.).

What is the difference between skins and themes? Do they work hand-in-hand? Or if I move to using skins, do I have to remove our theme setting code?

Also, I see there is a "windows 8" skin and a "zune" skin according to this website. But my 16.2 toolkit only has CodeJock/Office2007/Office2010/Vista/WinXP.Luna/WinXP.royal .scstyles files. Did Win 8 come about after 16.2 or do I have to purchase the skin framework product too?

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rdhd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 13 August 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 867	Post Options Post Reply Quote rdhd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Skin vs. theme Posted: 31 July 2014 at 11:12am
	I don't see any tutorials on skins. I have the samples and have run the skin sample and I've found a few posts indicating you can just load the skin style when the frame starts up. We currently use themes and let the user swap between themes (blue to silver etc.). What is the difference between skins and themes? Do they work hand-in-hand? Or if I move to using skins, do I have to remove our theme setting code? Also, I see there is a "windows 8" skin and a "zune" skin according to this website. But my 16.2 toolkit only has CodeJock/Office2007/Office2010/Vista/WinXP.Luna/WinXP.royal .scstyles files. Did Win 8 come about after 16.2 or do I have to purchase the skin framework product too?