Wrong Shade of Blue in Office2007

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   With SkinFramework, I am using the Office2007 theme. However, compared to the real Office 2007 color, the blue is way too dark and looks kind-of cheap (over-powering) - see image. Is there a way to change this without manually setting the background colours of each form and frame, etc.

In my code I have the line ...
SkinFramework.LoadSkin sBuiltInStylesPath & "\Office2007.cjstyles", "NormalBlue.ini"

I feel kind of stupid for asking these questions ...

I basically just copied this code from examples. I have no idea where NormalBlue.ini is or how to use it. I'm assuming it's not really needed for the default colors.

I also tried to change the color using the SetColor Method, but there wasn't a real example in Help of how to use it, so I had no luck with that. Also, the syntax for SetColor has ... ByVal Color As ULong ... What the heck is Ulong? VB choked on that, so I switched it to just Long.

Anyway, to the point - I know the RGB values of the real Office2007 shade of blue, so is there a way to change the appropriate background colors of forms and frames to that lighter shade?

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corpcon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 28 June 2007 Status: Offline Points: 70	Post Options Post Reply Quote corpcon Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Wrong Shade of Blue in Office2007 Posted: 11 December 2007 at 12:12am
	With SkinFramework, I am using the Office2007 theme. However, compared to the real Office 2007 color, the blue is way too dark and looks kind-of cheap (over-powering) - see image. Is there a way to change this without manually setting the background colours of each form and frame, etc. In my code I have the line ... SkinFramework.LoadSkin sBuiltInStylesPath & "\Office2007.cjstyles", "NormalBlue.ini" I feel kind of stupid for asking these questions ... I basically just copied this code from examples. I have no idea where NormalBlue.ini is or how to use it. I'm assuming it's not really needed for the default colors. I also tried to change the color using the SetColor Method, but there wasn't a real example in Help of how to use it, so I had no luck with that. Also, the syntax for SetColor has ... ByVal Color As ULong ... What the heck is Ulong? VB choked on that, so I switched it to just Long. Anyway, to the point - I know the RGB values of the real Office2007 shade of blue, so is there a way to change the appropriate background colors of forms and frames to that lighter shade?

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: 11 December 2007 at 4:10pm
	Here special skin for you :) wilth ligh background. uploads/20071211_160650_Office2007.zip ... but Ilike dark more....
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

corpcon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 28 June 2007 Status: Offline Points: 70	Post Options Post Reply Quote corpcon Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 December 2007 at 6:25pm
	That's so cool that you did that. Thank you! Except ... I guess the background of other controls, such as the Xtreme Suite tab control, will still remain dark blue. I could set the color to default, but then I lose the cool styling of the tabs.

corpcon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 28 June 2007 Status: Offline Points: 70	Post Options Post Reply Quote corpcon Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 December 2007 at 6:19pm
	Any suggestions to match other Xtreme controls?