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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// Copyright (C) 2003 - Don Kackman
//
// Distribute and change freely, but please don't remove my name from the source
//
// No warrantee of any kind, express or implied, is included with this
// software; use at your own risk, responsibility for damages (if any) to
// anyone resulting from the use of this software rests entirely with the
// user.
//
// The class CVisualStylesXp and the conept of theme browser app are borrowed from
// David Y Zhao. His example can be seen at http://www.codeproject.com/w2k/xpvisualstyle.asp
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// questions - contact me at dkackman_2000@yahoo.com
//
#include "StdAfx.h"
#include ".\textmetric.h"
#using <mscorlib.dll>
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The first computer program I ever wrote was in BASIC on a TRS-80 Model I and it looked something like:
10 PRINT "Don is cool"
20 GOTO 10
It only went downhill from there.
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