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Topic: Embedded skin file?

Posted By: ibmldev
Subject: Embedded skin file?
Date Posted: 04 October 2007 at 1:54pm

We currently load a skin with a call like

XTPSkinManager()->LoadSkin(m_csStylesPath + _T("Office2007.cjstyles"));

which reads the style file from disk. Is there any way to embed the style information in the VS2005 project itself, so that it is compiled into the application (perhaps as a resource of some sort) instead of residing on disk?

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Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 3:03am

Hello,

If you use 11.2 version, just include Source\SkinFramework\Styles\Office2007\Office2007.rc to your rc2 file.

if you have older version, Search on this forum - there was solution.

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: ibmldev
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 9:07am

Oleg,

(1) That sounds like just what I was looking for, thanks very much! Is there an example project in the 11.2 upgrade, or some documentation, that demonstrates exactly how to do this?

(2) Is it possible to have multiple skins available in this way and to switch between them, for example, to let the user tweak his GUI preferences?

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 10:42am

Hi,

see Samples\UserInterface\GUI_VisualStudio sample.

all you need in rc2 file add

#include "SkinFramework\Styles\Vista\Vista.rc"
and

in constructor of CMainFrame

XTPSkinManager()->GetResourceFile()->SetModuleHandle(AfxGetInstanceHandle());

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: BastianPL
Date Posted: 21 December 2007 at 12:25pm

Yes how to do that.. I don't want to use separate style files. I am using version 10.2

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Bastian

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 22 December 2007 at 4:33am

Hi,

It was not possible in 10.2.

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: BastianPL
Date Posted: 23 December 2007 at 6:26am

What was not possible.

Skin framework is a part of XTP 10.2 ( Q2 ) !!! ;)

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Bastian

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 23 December 2007 at 2:27pm

In 10.2 was not possible to include style to exe.

... anyway I very recommend you update SkinnFramework. it was a lot for fixes after 10.2 release.

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS