TabControl color question

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   Hi, i'm trying to design a "themed" program that allows the user to customize the fonts/colors/etc of the forms. I used the Office XP theme on the CommandBars and it allowed me to set the special colors of the menu to make it fully customizable. The only thing that doesn't match is the TabControl, I tried .PaintManager.Color = XTPTabColorStyle.xtpTabColorOffice2003 but it doesn't have a SetSpecialColor function. I saw a few things in the XtremeSuiteControls namespace but I couldn't figure out how to use them. So in short, is it possible to set user defined custom colors on a TabControl? I'm using version 10.1.

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Majek Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 20 November 2006 Status: Offline Points: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote Majek Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: TabControl color question Posted: 20 November 2006 at 2:31pm
	Hi, i'm trying to design a "themed" program that allows the user to customize the fonts/colors/etc of the forms. I used the Office XP theme on the CommandBars and it allowed me to set the special colors of the menu to make it fully customizable. The only thing that doesn't match is the TabControl, I tried .PaintManager.Color = XTPTabColorStyle.xtpTabColorOffice2003 but it doesn't have a SetSpecialColor function. I saw a few things in the XtremeSuiteControls namespace but I couldn't figure out how to use them. So in short, is it possible to set user defined custom colors on a TabControl? I'm using version 10.1.

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 November 2006 at 12:50am
	Hi, yes, you can customize colors. TabControl.PaintManager.ColorSet.ControlFace = ... but not sure if it was available in 10.1 :(
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Majek Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 20 November 2006 Status: Offline Points: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote Majek Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 November 2006 at 3:06pm
	Aha yes, that worked thanks alot

Majek Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 20 November 2006 Status: Offline Points: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote Majek Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 November 2006 at 3:16pm
	This was my code for anyone else who might have the same question (VB 2005) With TabControl .InsertItem(0, "Connection", frmConnection.Handle.ToInt32, 0) .InsertItem(1, "Chat", frmChat.Handle.ToInt32, 0) .InsertItem(2, "Transfer", frmTransfer.Handle.ToInt32, 0) .InsertItem(3, "Settings", frmSettings.Handle.ToInt32, 0) .DrawFocusRect = False End With With TabControl.PaintManager .Appearance = XTPTabAppearanceStyle.xtpTabAppearancePropertyPage2003 .BoldSelected = True .Color = XTPTabColorStyle.xtpTabColorOffice2003 .Layout = XTPTabLayoutStyle.xtpTabLayoutSizeToFit .Position = XTPTabPosition.xtpTabPositionTop .ColorSet.ControlFace = Convert.ToUInt32(ColorTranslator.ToWin32(Color.Red)) End With