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

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Using the XP Theme API safely on any OS from C#
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// 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
//
// questions - contact me at dkackman_2000@yahoo.com
//


#pragma once

namespace System
{ namespace Windows
{ namespace Forms 
{ namespace Themes
{
	//
	// This a managed translation of the windows TEXTMETRIC struct so that
	// it can be used from C#
	//
	__value public struct TextMetric
	{
		int        tmHeight;
		int        tmAscent;
		int        tmDescent;
		int        tmInternalLeading;
		int        tmExternalLeading;
		int        tmAveCharWidth;
		int        tmMaxCharWidth;
		int        tmWeight;
		int        tmOverhang;
		int        tmDigitizedAspectX;
		int        tmDigitizedAspectY;
		System::Char       tmFirstChar;
		System::Char       tmLastChar;
		System::Char       tmDefaultChar;
		System::Char       tmBreakChar;
		BYTE        tmItalic;
		BYTE        tmUnderlined;
		BYTE        tmStruckOut;
		BYTE        tmPitchAndFamily;
		BYTE        tmCharSet;

	public private:
		TextMetric( TEXTMETRIC* ptm )
		{
			tmHeight = ptm->tmHeight;
			tmAscent = ptm->tmAscent;
			tmDescent = ptm->tmDescent;
			tmInternalLeading = ptm->tmInternalLeading;
			tmExternalLeading = ptm->tmExternalLeading;
			tmAveCharWidth = ptm->tmAveCharWidth;
			tmMaxCharWidth = ptm->tmMaxCharWidth;
			tmWeight = ptm->tmWeight;
			tmOverhang = ptm->tmOverhang;
			tmDigitizedAspectX = ptm->tmDigitizedAspectX;
			tmDigitizedAspectY = ptm->tmDigitizedAspectY;
			tmFirstChar = ptm->tmFirstChar;
			tmLastChar = ptm->tmLastChar;
			tmDefaultChar = ptm->tmDefaultChar;
			tmBreakChar = ptm->tmBreakChar;
			tmItalic = ptm->tmItalic;
			tmUnderlined = ptm->tmUnderlined;
			tmStruckOut = ptm->tmStruckOut;
			tmPitchAndFamily = ptm->tmPitchAndFamily;
			tmCharSet = ptm->tmCharSet;
		}
	};
}
}
}
}

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