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Vista Aero / Ribbon / Skin issue : uploads/20080918_222232_VistaAero.zipThanks...

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:40:56 +0000

Author: Rmoz
Subject: 11914
Posted: 18 September 2008 at 3:40am

uploads/20080918_222232_VistaAero.zipThanks for everybodies help thus far, apologies Oleg, the RemoveWindow does half solve the issue.

If we use RemoveWindow on the form that contains the SkinFramwork Control, all is well and good. If a form is then opened by the 'main' form (i.e one that does not contain a skinframework) it opens fine until the use chooses a new theme. I should mention that we have designed our app then when the user chooses a new theme its is applied to all open windows.

Do we have any means of controlling how the skin applies to forms that do not contain the control.

I have tried turning off the ApplyToNewWindows setting and manually applying to new windows but due to application constraints we cannot use this without a whole lot of reworking.

Thanks again to all!

I have uploaded a sample app. You will need to place the ribbon DLL's & skin file to a Styles Folder in App.Path. Under Vista with the full Aero theme on, you can see the issues in the Sub Form.

Thanks again.

Vista Aero / Ribbon / Skin issue : Following is my version of checking...

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:06:10 +0000

Author: jshan
Subject: 11914
Posted: 16 September 2008 at 5:06am

Following is my version of checking AeroEnabled in VC++.

I don't know much about VB. so change the code to VB yourself.

typedef BOOL (WINAPI *pDLLQuery)(OUT BOOL *bEnable);
BOOL IsVistaAeroEnabled()
{
    HMODULE hLib = ::LoadLibrary(L"dwmapi.dll");
    BOOL bResult = FALSE;
    if (hLib != NULL)
    {
  pDLLQuery cbFunc;
  cbFunc = (pDLLQuery)::GetProcAddress(hLib, "DwmIsCompositionEnabled");
        if (cbFunc != NULL )
        {
            BOOL bEnabled = FALSE;
            bResult = SUCCEEDED(cbFunc(&bEnabled)) && bEnabled;
        }
        ::FreeLibrary(hLib);
    }
    return bResult;
}

Vista Aero / Ribbon / Skin issue : Hi, Is there anything that...

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:50:07 +0000

Author: Rmoz
Subject: 11914
Posted: 21 August 2008 at 11:50pm

Hi,

Is there anything that we can do with this issue ?? Would supplying you with a sample app help ??

I don't mean to hassle you, but if we cannot get a solution for this, it means we cannot support Vista Aero in our application.

Thanks.

Vista Aero / Ribbon / Skin issue : Rmoz wrote:Now we can detect...

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:47:03 +0000

Author: ABuenger
Subject: 11914
Posted: 21 August 2008 at 4:47am

Rmoz wrote:

Now we can detect the AeroTheme via the GetCurrentSystemTheme method, but the Vista Basic theme also reports as aero and we have no issues with that theme.

DwmIsCompositionEnabled:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969518(VS.85).aspx

Vista Aero / Ribbon / Skin issue : Hi Oleg, Thanks for the very...

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:45:34 +0000

Author: Rmoz
Subject: 11914
Posted: 21 August 2008 at 2:45am

Hi Oleg,

Thanks for the very quick respomse, unfortunately it didn't seem to do the trick.....

Vista Aero / Ribbon / Skin issue : Hello, Try remove main window...

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:53:48 +0000

Author: Oleg
Subject: 11914
Posted: 21 August 2008 at 1:53am

Hello,

Try remove main window from skinning:

SkinFramework.Remove me.hwnd

Vista Aero / Ribbon / Skin issue : We have a VB6 app that has both...

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:51:06 +0000

Author: Rmoz
Subject: 11914
Posted: 20 August 2008 at 11:51pm

We have a VB6 app that has both ribbon bars & skins. The user is allowed to change these colours to their likeing. The issue we have is under vista & Aero theme we get this happening to the ribbon

After some testing, it appears that the issue is with the skin & using the xtpSkinApplyFrame flag. If this is not used, the Aero theme looks fine except listview scrollbars of the form remain as the system theme and not as applied skin.

The help implies that the scrollbars are controlled under xtpSkinApplyMetrics and not xtpSkinApplyFrame ???

Now we can detect the AeroTheme via the GetCurrentSystemTheme method, but the Vista Basic theme also reports as aero and we have no issues with that theme.

So the real question(s) is :-

Can we get the listview scrollbars to skin independantly when using Aero ?

Can the GetCurrentSytemTheme differentiate between Vista Aero & Vista Basic ?

Can we use a Ribbon & Skin with xtpSkinApplyFrame under Vista Aero theme ?

Any help gratefully accepted.