Hello again everyone, long time no post.
Is there a way you can change between themes on VB.Net?
I planned something for my application, where the user should have the ability to change from the default skin that VB.Net offers for the controls to a costumized skin.
I have a custom skin, which I grabbed from the Internet. It's just a class that has several controls drawn programmatically, instead of Windows drawing them on his own.
I have a form where I have 3 radio buttons, whose when checked will change to theme that they correspond to. So far I'm only trying with the Default Theme and a customized theme (Modern Theme).
Here's a piece of code which I thought would work:
I think I found out why this doesn't work, when I run the debug and click the radio buttons the combobox does not change its appearance or layout for that matter.
I went into the designer (and I do mean the designer, not the Design!) and I found the following line:
So does this mean that the variable ComboBox1 will have be of the type System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox?
I can't believe this, because I've already seen several apps where the user can choose the skin of the application itself. Hell, even Windows has this...
I must be on the wrong approach. May anyone point me the right path please?
Is there a way you can change between themes on VB.Net?
I planned something for my application, where the user should have the ability to change from the default skin that VB.Net offers for the controls to a costumized skin.
I have a custom skin, which I grabbed from the Internet. It's just a class that has several controls drawn programmatically, instead of Windows drawing them on his own.
I have a form where I have 3 radio buttons, whose when checked will change to theme that they correspond to. So far I'm only trying with the Default Theme and a customized theme (Modern Theme).
Here's a piece of code which I thought would work:
Code:
If rbDefaultTheme.Checked = False And rbSoftTheme.Checked = False And rbModernTheme.Checked = True Then
Me.ComboBox1 = New WindowsApplication4.ReactorComboBox
Me.ComboBox1.FormattingEnabled = True
Me.ComboBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(12, 273)
Me.ComboBox1.Name = "ComboBox1"
Me.ComboBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(121, 21)
Me.ComboBox1.TabIndex = 13
ElseIf rbDefaultTheme.Checked = True And rbSoftTheme.Checked = False And rbModernTheme.Checked = False Then
Me.ComboBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox()
Me.ComboBox1.FormattingEnabled = True
Me.ComboBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(12, 273)
Me.ComboBox1.Name = "ComboBox1"
Me.ComboBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(121, 21)
Me.ComboBox1.TabIndex = 13
End IfI went into the designer (and I do mean the designer, not the Design!) and I found the following line:
Code:
Friend WithEvents ComboBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.ComboBoxI can't believe this, because I've already seen several apps where the user can choose the skin of the application itself. Hell, even Windows has this...
I must be on the wrong approach. May anyone point me the right path please?
