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Skinning on Windows 2000

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Topic: Skinning on Windows 2000

Posted By: JerryEvans
Subject: Skinning on Windows 2000
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 5:59am

I have a custom slider control that is theme aware - on Windows 2000 it correctly identifies that no theming is present and draws using the old style API.

If I have statically linked the XTP skin engine do I need to explicitly add code to my control to call the XTP skin manager when drawing?

If so why? I can see that the Skin Manager is checking for calls to load UxTheme.dll - which is how the control detects the presence of theming

Any thoughts or comments on this please? Skin support for Windows 2000 was a big plus for me and I'd like it to work for all the controls I use in Riffster.

Thanks

Jerry

Replies:

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 2:48pm

Hi,

UxTheme is partly hooked in SkinFamework. Only using our CXTPWinThemeWrapper you will get skin. YOu can change your draw to use our CXTPWinThemeWrapper class:

CXTPWinThemeWrapper m_themeButton

m_themeButton.OpenThemeData(hWnd, L"BUTTON");

if ( m_themeButton.IsAppThemed())
{

m_themeButton.DrawThemeBackground(*pDC, BP_PUSHBUTTON, !pButton->GetEnabled() ? PBS_DISABLED : pButton->IsPressed() && pButton->IsHot() ? PBS_PRESSED :
pButton->IsHot() ? PBS_HOT: pButton->IsFocused() ? PBS_DEFAULTED : PBS_NORMAL, rect, 0);

}

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: JerryEvans
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 11:07am

Yes, I suspected as much and have modified the code to use the XTP theme wrapper.