Adding XP Themes to Custom .NET Controls

Don Kackman

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Rendering your own theme parts with the Windows XP UxTheme API

This article is about exploring the ability to create custom controls in the .NET platform, that make use of Windows XP's visual styles and themes. To that end, I have included a couple of fairly simple controls that mimic some of the behaviors that Windows Explorer implements in XP.

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Don Kackman

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United States

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Adding XP Themes to Custom .NET Controls

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