What forms the basis of Skinning ?
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From: nexolite on 6 Feb 2010 02:05 Hi, I have this question in my mind from a long time and not being able to find the answer... How is actually skining done? .. Is it about taking the device context of any control and then writing your own drawing code or there is other API or way meant for skining itself? I know about various components in market for skinning but here I want to know how those components achieve it! Thanks
From: Tom Serface on 6 Feb 2010 09:57
I think it's done a number of ways, but the code I use subclasses the controls and does "owner drawing" of the control itself so they code can make the control look like whatever it wants. I found this simple example of skinning a dialog that may be instructional for you: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dialog/ezskin.aspx The new MFC Feature Pack provides some theming capability as well. Tom "nexolite" <nexolite(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:59D6FE46-BF20-427C-9C02-376A58BD3F70(a)microsoft.com... > Hi, > > I have this question in my mind from a long time and not being able to > find > the answer... > > How is actually skining done? .. Is it about taking the device context of > any control and then writing your own drawing code or there is other API > or > way meant for skining itself? > > I know about various components in market for skinning but here I want to > know how those components achieve it! > > Thanks |