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VB.NET desktop equivalent to asp.net stylesheets

Author
27 Nov 2007 11:14 PM
z71mdridin
This might be a very basic question.  Is there an equivalent to
stylesheets in vb.net desktop applications? Specifically is  there a
way to change  control properties(color, height, width) for all
controls(buttons, textboxes) in a desktop app?  Is there a centralized
place to control this?  Any help is appreciated!  Thanks

Author
28 Nov 2007 12:02 AM
Lloyd Sheen
<z71mdri***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> This might be a very basic question.  Is there an equivalent to
> stylesheets in vb.net desktop applications? Specifically is  there a
> way to change  control properties(color, height, width) for all
> controls(buttons, textboxes) in a desktop app?  Is there a centralized
> place to control this?  Any help is appreciated!  Thanks

You can use stylesheets just like any HTML page.

LS
Author
28 Nov 2007 12:28 AM
z71mdridin
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On Nov 27, 6:02 pm, "Lloyd Sheen" <a...@b.c> wrote:
> <z71mdri***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:5c596f52-a04c-44eb-9859-fee979be3101@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
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> > This might be a very basic question.  Is there an equivalent to
> > stylesheets in vb.net desktop applications? Specifically is  there a
> > way to change  control properties(color, height, width) for all
> > controls(buttons, textboxes) in a desktop app?  Is there a centralized
> > place to control this?  Any help is appreciated!  Thanks
>
> You can use stylesheets just like any HTML page.
>
> LS

Desktop .NET applications can use css stylesheets?
Author
28 Nov 2007 1:15 AM
Lloyd Sheen
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"z71mdridin" <z71mdri***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Nov 27, 6:02 pm, "Lloyd Sheen" <a...@b.c> wrote:
>> <z71mdri***@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:5c596f52-a04c-44eb-9859-fee979be3101@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > This might be a very basic question.  Is there an equivalent to
>> > stylesheets in vb.net desktop applications? Specifically is  there a
>> > way to change  control properties(color, height, width) for all
>> > controls(buttons, textboxes) in a desktop app?  Is there a centralized
>> > place to control this?  Any help is appreciated!  Thanks
>>
>> You can use stylesheets just like any HTML page.
>>
>> LS
>
> Desktop .NET applications can use css stylesheets?

Sorry thought this was aps group.  My bad.

LS
Author
28 Nov 2007 3:30 AM
Spam Catcher
"Lloyd Sheen" <a@b.c> wrote in news:e7LNcIVMIHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

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> <z71mdri***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:5c596f52-a04c-44eb-9859-fee979be3101@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>> This might be a very basic question.  Is there an equivalent to
>> stylesheets in vb.net desktop applications? Specifically is  there a
>> way to change  control properties(color, height, width) for all
>> controls(buttons, textboxes) in a desktop app?  Is there a centralized
>> place to control this?  Any help is appreciated!  Thanks
>
> You can use stylesheets just like any HTML page.

Infragistics has a Winforms skinning tool called AppStyler.
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28 Nov 2007 2:01 PM
z71mdridin
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> > <z71mdri***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:5c596f52-a04c-44eb-9859-fee979be3101@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> >> This might be a very basic question.  Is there an equivalent to
> >> stylesheets in vb.net desktop applications? Specifically is  there a
> >> way to change  control properties(color, height, width) for all
> >> controls(buttons, textboxes) in a desktop app?  Is there a centralized
> >> place to control this?  Any help is appreciated!  Thanks
>
> > You can use stylesheets just like any HTML page.
>
> Infragistics has a Winforms skinning tool called AppStyler.

So basically there is no way to control the looks of all buttons in
vb.net 1.1 app in a centralized location without the use of third
party software?
Author
28 Nov 2007 9:11 PM
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z71mdridin <z71mdri***@gmail.com> wrote in
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> So basically there is no way to control the looks of all buttons in
> vb.net 1.1 app in a centralized location without the use of third
> party software?

If you don't change the buttons from the default, Windows Themes will
handle it. But since you want to do more, you'll need a third party
skinning tool.
Author
28 Nov 2007 12:03 AM
Mr. Arnold
<z71mdri***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> This might be a very basic question.  Is there an equivalent to
> stylesheets in vb.net desktop applications? Specifically is  there a
> way to change  control properties(color, height, width) for all
> controls(buttons, textboxes) in a desktop app?  Is there a centralized
> place to control this?  Any help is appreciated!  Thanks

You make a function, you walk the form looking for the Controls, and you
change the properties of the Controls.
Author
28 Nov 2007 12:29 AM
Tom Shelton
On Nov 27, 4:14 pm, z71mdri***@gmail.com wrote:
> This might be a very basic question.  Is there an equivalent to
> stylesheets in vb.net desktop applications? Specifically is  there a
> way to change  control properties(color, height, width) for all
> controls(buttons, textboxes) in a desktop app?  Is there a centralized
> place to control this?  Any help is appreciated!  Thanks

WPF allows this using styles.

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Tom Shelton
Author
28 Nov 2007 3:03 PM
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
On 28 Nov., 01:29, Tom Shelton <tom_shel***@comcast.net> wrote:
> > This might be a very basic question.  Is there an equivalent to
> > stylesheets in vb.net desktop applications? Specifically is  there a
> > way to change  control properties(color, height, width) for all
> > controls(buttons, textboxes) in a desktop app?  Is there a centralized
> > place to control this?  Any help is appreciated!  Thanks
>
> WPF allows this using styles.

Some additional information on styles and WPF:

Styling and Templating
<URL:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms745683.aspx>

A Guided Tour of WPF - Part 5 (Styles)
<URL:http://www.codeproject.com/WPF/GuidedTourWPF_5.asp>

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>