RibbonBar + SkinFramework

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   I'm finding it very difficult to achieve a complete solution for Office 2007 look-and-feel.  At first, I thought that perhaps the combination of SkinFramework without frame rendering (using Office2007.cjstyles) and RibbonBar.EnableFrameTheme() would work...

Main form looks great, but child windows and dialogs end up bastardized (normal system frame).

If it were just a matter of dialogs I have control over, this would be no big deal.  As another user pointed out, I could create an invisible skinned form that acts as a controller.  Where this falls apart is calls like this from the Main form:

CommandBars.ShowCustomizeDialog(3);

I'm really curious why are these child windows (and system MessageBox) not themed the same as the parent form???  Seams very incomplete to me.

If anyone else is trying to do the same and experiencing frustration, speak up.

If anyone else is trying to do the same and experiencing success, please help out.

Regards ~ jp

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apuhjee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 September 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 130	Post Options Post Reply Quote apuhjee Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: RibbonBar + SkinFramework Posted: 15 May 2007 at 11:01am
	I'm finding it very difficult to achieve a complete solution for Office 2007 look-and-feel. At first, I thought that perhaps the combination of SkinFramework without frame rendering (using Office2007.cjstyles) and RibbonBar.EnableFrameTheme() would work... Main form looks great, but child windows and dialogs end up bastardized (normal system frame). If it were just a matter of dialogs I have control over, this would be no big deal. As another user pointed out, I could create an invisible skinned form that acts as a controller. Where this falls apart is calls like this from the Main form: CommandBars.ShowCustomizeDialog(3); I'm really curious why are these child windows (and system MessageBox) not themed the same as the parent form??? Seams very incomplete to me. If anyone else is trying to do the same and experiencing frustration, speak up. If anyone else is trying to do the same and experiencing success, please help out. Regards ~ jp

apuhjee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 September 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 130	Post Options Post Reply Quote apuhjee Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 May 2007 at 6:18pm
	I guess it's not entirely correct to say "office 2007 look-and-feel" since, as Oleg pointed out, Office 2007 still uses standard dialogs for its file operations, etc... They do, however, use a themed dialog for 'Help'. That's the look we are going for. jp