Title bar Examples

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   Hi,

I would like to modify one of the supplied skins to change the App Main Title Bar colors and also the color of the title bar text.

Are there any examples for this or could you at least point to where to start.

Thanks,

Don

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dedvalson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 10 April 2008 Status: Offline Points: 21	Post Options Post Reply Quote dedvalson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Title bar Examples Posted: 09 June 2008 at 5:04pm
	Hi, I would like to modify one of the supplied skins to change the App Main Title Bar colors and also the color of the title bar text. Are there any examples for this or could you at least point to where to start. Thanks, Don

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: 10 June 2008 at 12:43am
	Hi, See SkinBuilder tool in 12.0 releasee.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

dedvalson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 10 April 2008 Status: Offline Points: 21	Post Options Post Reply Quote dedvalson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 June 2008 at 7:41am
	Thanks, That should have been obvious (DUH) Could you answer one more question for me though. I am using the Vista Skin supplied with the app on a Windows XP system. The color of the title bar (caption) is still being controlled by the desktop, not by my application. What do I need to do to make the Skin take precedence over the desktop theme? Thanks, Don

Smucker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 February 2008 Status: Offline Points: 156	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smucker Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 June 2008 at 12:26pm
	Here's the code I execute during startup or when the skin changes: // Exclude a couple of MS DLLs that cause problems XTPSkinManager()->ExcludeModule(_T("msctf.dll")); XTPSkinManager()->ExcludeModule(_T("mshtml.dll")); // Load the skin XTPSkinManager()->LoadSkin(skinfile, skinini); // Apply skin, including metrics, coloring and frame XTPSkinManager()->SetApplyOptions(xtpSkinApplyMetrics\|xtpSkinApplyColors\|xtpSkinApplyFrame); // Apply skin to all new windows and threads XTPSkinManager()->SetAutoApplyNewWindows(TRUE); XTPSkinManager()->SetAutoApplyNewThreads(TRUE); // Apply skin to current thread and window XTPSkinManager()->EnableCurrentThread(); XTPSkinManager()->ApplyWindow(this->GetSafeHwnd()); // Redraw everything XTPSkinManager()->RedrawAllControls();

dedvalson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 10 April 2008 Status: Offline Points: 21	Post Options Post Reply Quote dedvalson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 June 2008 at 1:05pm
	Thanks!

Pariksh*t Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 26 June 2008 Location: India Status: Offline Points: 77	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pariksh*t Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 July 2008 at 12:42am
	hello smucker, this is pariksh*t. i am trying to change titlebars color of CColorDialog , i have written this code, but its not working. Please tell me what i am missing? or what i need to write or change? This includes your code also written above.... void CSampleDlgXDlg::OnBnClickedXButton() { // Exclude a couple of MS DLLs that cause problems XTPSkinManager()->ExcludeModule(_T("msctf.dll")); XTPSkinManager()->ExcludeModule(_T("mshtml.dll")); // Load the skin CString str1 = _T("C:\\Program Files\\Codejock Software\\MFC\\Xtreme ToolkitPro v12.0.0\\Bin\vc71\\styles"); XTPSkinManager()->LoadSkin(str1 + _T("Vista.cjstyles"), _T("NormalBlack2.INI")); // Apply skin, including metrics, coloring and frame XTPSkinManager()->SetApplyOptions(xtpSkinApplyMetrics\|xtpSkinApplyColors\|xtpSkinApplyFrame); // Apply skin to all new windows and threads XTPSkinManager()->SetAutoApplyNewWindows(TRUE); XTPSkinManager()->SetAutoApplyNewThreads(TRUE); // Apply skin to current thread and window XTPSkinManager()->EnableCurrentThread(); XTPSkinManager()->ApplyWindow(this->GetSafeHwnd()); // Redraw everything XTPSkinManager()->RedrawAllControls(); //'/AfxMessageBox(_T("CXTPButton")); CColorDialog cd; cd.DoModal(); }

Smucker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 February 2008 Status: Offline Points: 156	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smucker Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 July 2008 at 5:10pm
	The parent of the color dialog may not be skinned. Try cd.m_cc.hwndOwner = GetSafeHwnd();
	Product: Xtreme Toolkit Pro version 13.2 (Unicode, static build) Platform: Windows 200x/XP/Vista/Win7 (32/64 bit) Language: Visual C++ 9.0 (Studio 2008)

Pariksh*t Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 26 June 2008 Location: India Status: Offline Points: 77	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pariksh*t Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 July 2008 at 2:11am
	hi now my function looks like this but it is still not working void CSampleDlgXDlg::OnBnClickedXButton() { // Exclude a couple of MS DLLs that cause problems XTPSkinManager()->ExcludeModule(_T("msctf.dll")); XTPSkinManager()->ExcludeModule(_T("mshtml.dll")); // Load the skin CString str1 = _T("C:\\Program Files\\Codejock Software\\MFC\\Xtreme ToolkitPro v12.0.0\\Bin\vc71\\styles"); XTPSkinManager()->LoadSkin(str1 + _T("Vista.cjstyles"), _T("NormalBlack2.INI")); // Apply skin, including metrics, coloring and frame XTPSkinManager()->SetApplyOptions(xtpSkinApplyMetrics\|xtpSkinApplyColors\|xtpSkinApplyFrame); // Apply skin to all new windows and threads XTPSkinManager()->SetAutoApplyNewWindows(TRUE); XTPSkinManager()->SetAutoApplyNewThreads(TRUE); // Apply skin to current thread and window XTPSkinManager()->EnableCurrentThread(); CWnd *ptr = GetDlgItem(IDC_BUTTON2); HWND hwnd = ptr->GetSafeHwnd(); XTPSkinManager()->ApplyWindow(hwnd); // Redraw everything XTPSkinManager()->RedrawAllControls(); //'/AfxMessageBox(_T("CXTPButton")); CColorDialog cd; cd.m_cc.hwndOwner = GetSafeHwnd(); XTPSkinManager()->ApplyWindow( cd.m_cc.hwndOwner); cd.DoModal(); } what is wrong in this? do reply....

Smucker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 February 2008 Status: Offline Points: 156	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smucker Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 July 2008 at 3:41am
	I don't know. I enable skinning early in application startup (before my main window is created), rather than when a button is pressed. Is there a reason you're doing it where you are? Do you want to only skin the color dialog?
	Product: Xtreme Toolkit Pro version 13.2 (Unicode, static build) Platform: Windows 200x/XP/Vista/Win7 (32/64 bit) Language: Visual C++ 9.0 (Studio 2008)

Pariksh*t Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 26 June 2008 Location: India Status: Offline Points: 77	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pariksh*t Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 July 2008 at 4:23am
	Actually in our application we using Office2007Black style. The systems messageboxes or the Dialogboxes like CColorDialog CFileDialog's tittle bar color is not changing. We want uniformity in our application.....thats why we want this....right now i am trying on sample application..... can you send me your application? do reply

Smucker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 February 2008 Status: Offline Points: 156	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smucker Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 July 2008 at 1:08pm
	I did not have to do anything special in my application to skin the color and file dialogs. The code above that you used is what I execute during startup (and whenever the skin changes). Sorry, I can't send you my application because it is about 1 million lines of code in many projects, and is my company's property.
	Product: Xtreme Toolkit Pro version 13.2 (Unicode, static build) Platform: Windows 200x/XP/Vista/Win7 (32/64 bit) Language: Visual C++ 9.0 (Studio 2008)