RibbonBar and SkinFramework

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Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 13.0.0
Platform: Windows XP (32bit) - SP 2
Language: Visual Basic 6.0 SP6

I am a relatively new user of CodeJock products, and am encountering a bit of a roadblock when attempting to combine Commandbar/Ribbonbar and Skin Framework.

I am attaching a sample project that demonstrates the issue. 

My application sports a "Ribbon Bar", and can be skinned (using the skins provided with the CodeJock suite).

When skinning the application with Office 2007 skins, everything works just fine and as expected. See screenshot 1 below

When attempting to skin the application with other skins (for example: Vista), the ribbon bar and the Office 2007 frame seem to interfere with the skin: the window caption bar and control buttons are not properly skinned. See screenshot 2: in this case I would expect the window caption bar to turn black. I am not quite sure of what should happen to the Ribbon Bar - but I suppose I could set the Office 2007 "silver" scheme to match...

And furthermore: what happened to my menu bar? If you examine the sample project, you will notice that I have a couple of menus on the form. They definitely do not show at run-time.

As said, I am relatively new to the CodeJock suite and I may be missing the obvious. Unfortunately, the documentation is lacking on introductory material and on how-to articles.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Giorgio Vidali
Automated Business Designs, Inc.
http:/www.abd.net

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gvidali Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 April 2009 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote gvidali Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: RibbonBar and SkinFramework Posted: 03 April 2009 at 10:04am
	uploads/20090403_100249_ABD_SkinModule.zip Product: Xtreme SuitePro (ActiveX) version 13.0.0 Platform: Windows XP (32bit) - SP 2 Language: Visual Basic 6.0 SP6 I am a relatively new user of CodeJock products, and am encountering a bit of a roadblock when attempting to combine Commandbar/Ribbonbar and Skin Framework. I am attaching a sample project that demonstrates the issue. My application sports a "Ribbon Bar", and can be skinned (using the skins provided with the CodeJock suite). When skinning the application with Office 2007 skins, everything works just fine and as expected. See screenshot 1 below When attempting to skin the application with other skins (for example: Vista), the ribbon bar and the Office 2007 frame seem to interfere with the skin: the window caption bar and control buttons are not properly skinned. See screenshot 2: in this case I would expect the window caption bar to turn black. I am not quite sure of what should happen to the Ribbon Bar - but I suppose I could set the Office 2007 "silver" scheme to match... And furthermore: what happened to my menu bar? If you examine the sample project, you will notice that I have a couple of menus on the form. They definitely do not show at run-time. As said, I am relatively new to the CodeJock suite and I may be missing the obvious. Unfortunately, the documentation is lacking on introductory material and on how-to articles. Any help would be greatly appreciated Giorgio Vidali Automated Business Designs, Inc. http:/www.abd.net

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 April 2009 at 11:30am
	Hi, RibbonBar doesn't use system theme - it use color from its own dlls. So you have switch dll manually to set theme you need. our sample shows how to switch it
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

NormenT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 12 November 2008 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote NormenT Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 May 2009 at 2:39am
	Hi, but there is a example withe the Ribbon Bar getting skinned... For example when you choose your Itunes Skin not only the colors get modified but although the Min/Max/Close etc. Icons change... But with the behaviour shown here that will not work. Any suggestions ? (If so please examples in VB .Net) Rgds Normen
	Product: Xtreme SuitePro ActiveX v12.1.0 Language: Progress OpenEdge 10.1A & 10.2A Platform: Windows XP (32 Bit) - SP 3