[Mono-winforms-list] Enabling VisualStyles in the 1.1 profile

[Jonathan Pobst]

It is probably best if both you and George frequently post your patches 
here and perhaps coordinate which controls you are working on.  I think 
there are plenty of controls to go around.  ;)

Jonathan


Ernesto wrote:
> 
> I'm working on a VisualStyles theme. I have a little work done, but it's 
> a bit stalled because of other commitments.
> Should someone need it, I can send what I have done so far (which is 
> basically command button, scrollbars, checkbox and radio button).
> 
> Regards,
> Ernesto
> 
> Jonathan Pobst escribió:
>> George is our SoC student working to make a theme that uses 
>> VisualStyles so we can get a more-native look in winforms.  He isn't 
>> writing an application that wants to use VisualStyles on the 1.1 
>> platform.  :)
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>> Rafael Teixeira wrote:
>>  
>>> That won't work in .NET 1.1.
>>>
>>> If an application needs Visual Styles while running on 1.x profiles, 
>>> it should either:
>>> 1) demand version/profile 2.0 as a dependency.
>>> -or-
>>> 2) have it's own implementation of that code (you can reuse Mono's 
>>> MIT-licensed code, if needed)
>>>
>>> AFAIR, VisualStyles is scattered all around  winforms controls, so 
>>> you need to build an wrapping layer, extending them with that feature.
>>>
>>> :|
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 2:19 PM, George Giolfan 
>>> <georgegiolfan at yahoo.com <mailto:georgegiolfan at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hello,
>>>
>>>     I am implementing a theme that uses the VisualStyles
>>>     API. I assume it will need to support the 1.1 profile
>>>     so I will need a way to call the VisualStyles code
>>>     from the 1.1 version of the theme code even if
>>>     VisualStyles is a 2.0 feature. Please review the
>>>     attached patch. Basically it attempts to always
>>>     compile the code but make it public only on 2.0.
>>>
>>>
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