A Managed C++ Wrapper Around the Windows XP Theme API

Don Kackman

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Using the XP Theme API safely on any OS from C#

manageduxtheme_demo.zip
- ThemeExplorer
  - ManagedThemeExplorer
    - App.ico
    - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - Form1.cs
    - Form1.resx
    - ManagedThemeExplorer.csproj
  - System.Windows.Forms.Themes
    - app.aps
    - app.ico
    - app.rc
    - AssemblyInfo.cpp
    - dpk.snk
    - IHasThemePartId.h
    - IRenderableItem.h
    - IThemeItemCollection.h
    - PartsCollection.cpp
    - PartsCollection.h
    - Properties.txt
    - PropTable.cpp
    - PropTable.h
    - ReadMe.txt
    - resource.h
    - StatesCollection.cpp
    - StatesCollection.h
    - Stdafx.cpp
    - Stdafx.h
    - System.Windows.Forms.Themes.vcproj
    - TextMetric.cpp
    - TextMetric.h
    - Theme.resX
    - ThemeInfo.cpp
    - ThemeInfo.h
    - ThemeItem.cpp
    - ThemeItem.h
    - ThemeItemCollection.cpp
    - ThemeItemCollection.h
    - ThemeItemEnumerator.cpp
    - ThemeItemEnumerator.h
    - ThemePart.cpp
    - ThemePart.h
    - ThemePartState.cpp
    - ThemePartState.h
    - themes.txt
    - UxTheme.cpp
    - UxTheme.h
    - VisualStylesXP.cpp
    - VisualStylesXP.h
    - WindowsCollection.cpp
    - WindowsCollection.h
    - WindowTheme.cpp
    - WindowTheme.h
  - ThemedTabPage
    - TestThemedForms
      - App.ico
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
      - MainForm.cs
      - MainForm.resx
      - TestThemedForms.csproj
      - TestThemedForms.csproj.user
    - Themed.Forms
    - ThemedTabPage.sln
  - ThemeExplorer.sln
manageduxtheme_src.zip
- System.Windows.Forms.Themes
  - app.aps
  - app.ico
  - app.rc
  - AssemblyInfo.cpp
  - dpk.snk
  - IHasThemePartId.h
  - IRenderableItem.h
  - IThemeItemCollection.h
  - PartsCollection.cpp
  - PartsCollection.h
  - Properties.txt
  - PropTable.cpp
  - PropTable.h
  - ReadMe.txt
  - resource.h
  - StatesCollection.cpp
  - StatesCollection.h
  - Stdafx.cpp
  - Stdafx.h
  - System.Windows.Forms.Themes.vcproj
  - TextMetric.cpp
  - TextMetric.h
  - Theme.resX
  - ThemeInfo.cpp
  - ThemeInfo.h
  - ThemeItem.cpp
  - ThemeItem.h
  - ThemeItemCollection.cpp
  - ThemeItemCollection.h
  - ThemeItemEnumerator.cpp
  - ThemeItemEnumerator.h
  - ThemePart.cpp
  - ThemePart.h
  - ThemePartState.cpp
  - ThemePartState.h
  - themes.txt
  - UxTheme.cpp
  - UxTheme.h
  - VisualStylesXP.cpp
  - VisualStylesXP.h
  - WindowsCollection.cpp
  - WindowsCollection.h
  - WindowTheme.cpp
  - WindowTheme.h

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<root>
	<xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
		<xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
			<xsd:complexType>
				<xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
					<xsd:element name="data">
						<xsd:complexType>
							<xsd:sequence>
								<xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
								<xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
							</xsd:sequence>
							<xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
							<xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
							<xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
						</xsd:complexType>
					</xsd:element>
					<xsd:element name="resheader">
						<xsd:complexType>
							<xsd:sequence>
								<xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
							</xsd:sequence>
							<xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
						</xsd:complexType>
					</xsd:element>
				</xsd:choice>
			</xsd:complexType>
		</xsd:element>
	</xsd:schema>
	<resheader name="ResMimeType">
		<value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
	</resheader>
	<resheader name="Version">
		<value>1.0.0.0</value>
	</resheader>
	<resheader name="Reader">
		<value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=1.0.3102.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
	</resheader>
	<resheader name="Writer">
		<value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=1.0.3102.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
	</resheader>
</root>

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Don Kackman

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