skinning

What is the recomended way to skin an entire application in WPF?

I want my WPF application to be skinnable, by applying a certain XAML template, and the changes to be application wide, even for dynamic controls or controls that aren't even in the visual/logical tree. What can I use to accomplish this type of functionality? Are there any good resources or tutorials that show how this specific task ca...

Custom painting Windows Forms Scrollbar?

I know how to do custom drawing of a standalone Windows Forms ScrollBar because there are plenty of examples at places like codeproject.com. But how do you custom draw the scrollbars in controls you do not create yourself? For example a Panel can show scrollbars but how would I ensure that the scrollbars it shows are custom drawn? Or m...

How do I change the colours of a textarea in actionscript?

I create a TextArea in actionscript: var textArea:TextArea = new TextArea(); I want it to have a black background. I've tried textArea.setStyle("backgroundColor", 0x000000); and I've tried textArea.opaqueBackground = 0x000000; but the TextArea stays white. What should I do? ...

VB.NET How Do I skin a vb.net app

I want to skin a vb.net app I made ive googled some stuff and I've seen skinned vb.net apps. However it seems like any time i try to find someone explaining it its a link to a pay for product. Does anyone have anything useful on this? ...

Switch data templates at runtime – refresh problem

Howdy, I use MVVM architecture to decouple my application. That is, you often see something like var u = new UserControl(); u.Content = new MyCustomType(); // MyCustomType is not a control The UI is defined via data templates that reside in resource dictionaries in their own XAML files <ResourceDictionary ...> <DataTemplate Data...

Adding jquery include to a DotNetNuke 4.8 skin does nothing

I'm trying to include JQuery in my DotNetNuke skin by adding these two lines of code at the top of my DNN skin: <% Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptInclude("jquery", "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.min.js") Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(Me.GetType(), "jQueryNoConflict", "jQuery.noConflic...

Desktop graphics - or "skinned" windows

I'm looking for a way to draw animations right on the desktop. No window frames and with transparent background. I'm using Python in windows XP for it, but it doesn't have to be cross platform, although it'd be a nice bonus. Does anyone know about a python library that can do this? ...

Free DotNetNuke skin resources

Does anyone have any quality resources for some free (or cheap) DotNetNuke skins? Most of the skin resources in the DotNetNuke ecosystem are to costly when you need a simple skin for a site that may not turn any revenue. ...

How to set the RadioButton icon style to nothing in CSS (in Flex 3)?

You can skin a RadioButton in Flex by setting the following values in CSS: upSkin: Embed(...); overSkin: Embed(...); ownSkin: Embed(...); disabledSkin: Embed(...); selectedUpSkin: Embed(...); selectedOverSkin: Embed(...); selectedDownSkin: Embed(...); selectedDisabledSkin: Embed(...); But, it will still display the little circle icon...

How can I work around the fact that I can't put a code block in a skin file?

I have a asp.net page I'm writing and I'm perplexed by this problem. I have 3 DetailViews that I bind with LINQ. The binding works great. Now, I have a Skin file that I want to use to layout the DVs, and it looks like this. <asp:DetailsView SkinID="blogViews" runat="server" Width="100%" CssClass="post" AutoGenerateRows="False" GridLine...

Creating skin like Adobe Kuler for an Adobe Air application

How can I create skins for Adobe Air 1.5 application, like Adobe Kuler? ...

How to make my applications "skinnable"?

Is there some standard way to make my applications skinnable? By "skinnable" I mean the ability of the application to support multiple skins. I am not targeting any particular platform here. Just want to know if there are any general guidelines for making applications skinnable. It looks like skinning web applications is relatively ea...

What is the best Framework to use for developing a skinned application?

I need to develop an application for windows, and it needs to support skins. I am looking for a framework to use. I would much prefer to not use QT, because of it's licensing - GPL is not an option for me, and it is otherwise to expensive (and I can't put off developing this application till March, when QT is supposed to go LGPL). Doe...

Need user friendly WYSIWYG DotNetNuke skin editor

Client wants to edit DotNetNuke skin and he is not a programmer, so I'm looking for some WYSIWYG skin editor. Either web or desktop solution will do. ...

Wpf Application complex skin

I'm searching how to skin an application with a complex resource: I have a skin file in which I put canvas, with images other canvas something like whis: <ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" > <Style x:Key="MainBackground" TargetType="{x:Type Canvas}"> <Setter Property="Canvas"> <Setter.V...

Delphi component spTbxToolbar skin change.

How to change in runtime by code (not for groupskintype), the skin type for a sptbxtoolbar component. Thaks in advanced. Golo ...

skinning MFC applications

Hi All, I have seen some cool applications with great looking skins. I'm new to MFC and I want to create an application with the capability of changing skins. How is it done in MFC? I've checked some tutorials but are a bit outdated. Thanks... ...

Creating sub-menu headers in DNN

Hello, I am creating a customer DotNetNuke(DNN) skin - and one of the things I'd like to do is have sub-menu groupings. For example: LIFE __LIVING IN WIDGETVILLE__ GETTING AROUND HOUSE PRICES SCHOOL INFORMATION Where: LIFE is the main menu item LIVING IN WIDGETVILLE is just a description or group for the sub-menu items. I cou...

Scroll thumb is scrolling past the track skin boundary in Flex app (with screen shot and code)

I created a custom scroll thumb in Flex but the scroll thumb is scrolling past the track skin. Check out this screen shot. This is my code for the track skin, which essentially just makes it invisible so it appears to be rounded: package com.project.skins { import flash.display.DisplayObject; import flash.geom.Rectangle; ...

Styling form elements (select, checkbox, radio, etc)?

Styling form elements using css can be problematic since every browser render tag in different way (just like when safari render checkbox). Okay lets ignore safari for a while, skinning input and button are rather easy but how to completely skin select, checkbox, radio, etc. See this pages: Checkbox skinning Select skinning Radio skinn...