Re: How to Change Windows Theme Programmatically ( C# ) - C# Discussion Boards

fly9044-Jun-09 10:41

fly904

4-Jun-09 10:41

Maybe if we close the curtains and turn off the lights, he may think we're not in.

My failometer has shot off the end of the scale!

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Pete O'Hanlon4-Jun-09 11:09

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4-Jun-09 11:09

Just ignore him. I reported him via the Microsoft MVPs I know last week, and they were delighted to get this information - I suspect they've been in touch with Chris; they do guard the MVP status rather well.

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EliottA4-Jun-09 12:31

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4-Jun-09 12:31

Do you know what, if any, action will be taken? Simply wondering out of curiosity. I would imagine that got them quite upset.

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molesworth4-Jun-09 12:40

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4-Jun-09 12:40

Knowing Microsoft they'll probably send Steve Balmer round to dance at him.

Mind you that would scare the hell out of me... WTF | :WTF:

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Christian Graus4-Jun-09 15:03

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4-Jun-09 15:03

I'm not sure what they could do, to be honest. Not much, I doubt.

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How to Change Windows Theme Programmatically ( C# )

EliottA5-Jun-09 2:43

EliottA

5-Jun-09 2:43

That's what I figured.

Pretty hard to stop the entire internet from adding a line in a signature on every forum that exists.

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aadyaavi4-Jun-09 8:30

aadyaavi

4-Jun-09 8:30

Hello,

Can somebody provide me a code snippet "To Change Windows Theme Programmatically using C#"

I know i have to work with UxTheme.dll and its Export Functions. Could you guys tell me what function to use and How to use it.

DllImport[UxTheme.dll , XXXX, XXXX]

Thanks
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Re: How to Change Windows Theme Programmatically ( C# )

DaveyM694-Jun-09 8:58

DaveyM69

4-Jun-09 8:58

For uxtheme implementations, check http://www.pinvoke.net[^], scroll down the list on the left to find it

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Re: How to Change Windows Theme Programmatically ( C# )

aadyaavi4-Jun-09 9:04

aadyaavi

4-Jun-09 9:04

I got the functions list but thing is i donno how to implement these functions with correct Arguments ... so looking for some basic snippet.

Thanks.

Re: How to Change Windows Theme Programmatically ( C# )

Henry Minute4-Jun-09 9:59

Henry Minute

4-Jun-09 9:59

You could do worse than learn to use google or CP search.
Here's a start.
Advanced UxTheme wrapper[^]
Find more for yourself.

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hkjghkj14-Jun-09 8:28

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4-Jun-09 8:28

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Re: PictureBox problem

I Believe In GOD4-Jun-09 10:03

I Believe In GOD

4-Jun-09 10:03

public static System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath Transparent(Image im)  
        {  
            int x;  
            int y;  
            Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(im);  
            System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath gp = new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath();  
            Color mask = bmp.GetPixel(0, 0);  
  
            for (x = 0; x <= bmp.Width - 1; x++)  
            {  
                for (y = 0; y <= bmp.Height - 1; y++)  
                {  
                    if (!bmp.GetPixel(x, y).Equals(mask))  
                    {  
                        gp.AddRectangle(new Rectangle(x, y, 1, 1));  
                    }  
                }  
            }  
            bmp.Dispose();  
            return gp;  
  
        }

Then in your form load event handler

System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath gp = Resources.Images.Transparent(pictureBox1.Image);  
pictureBox1.Region = new System.Drawing.Region(gp);

I know nothing , I know nothing ...

Re: PictureBox problem

Dave Kreskowiak4-Jun-09 10:12

Dave Kreskowiak

4-Jun-09 10:12

First, don't use PictureBoxs. Next, Color.Transparent is not really Transparent as you're expecting it to be. Transparent only tells the control to take on the background properties of the control that contains it. In other words, there is no true Transparency.

Having said that, in your example, the control in the middle will NOT be visible in the transparent areas of the top control. It'll disappear behind the borders that makes up the top control window.

A better option would be to drop a Panel control on the form, resized or docked as needed, then just draw each image yourself in the Paint event of Panel control. You'll have much greater control over the transparency.

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Checking the date

Rajdeep.NET4-Jun-09 6:19

4-Jun-09 6:19

Hi guys,

How can we execute a particular piece of code on a specific date. I mean if its 15, then it will print Today is 15?

Algorithm here:

if ((Date.Now)==15)
{
Console.WriteLine("Hey, today's 15)
else
{
return;
}

Any ideas?

musefan4-Jun-09 6:35

musefan

4-Jun-09 6:35

if(DateTime.Now.Day == 15)
   //do something

Life goes very fast. Tomorrow, today is already yesterday.

Rajdeep.NET4-Jun-09 6:46

4-Jun-09 6:46

Hey Musefan,

This really worked dude. Thanks a (__________LOT!__________) Blush | :O

0x3c04-Jun-09 6:43

0x3c0

4-Jun-09 6:43

That piece of code looks rather familiar. Are you Rajdeep.NET?

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Rajdeep.NET4-Jun-09 6:48

If it wasn't obvious, <b>ShreeR.Bhattacharjee</b> is <b>Rajdeep.NET</b>

4-Jun-09 6:48

Rajdeep.NET?! Who's that guy? Laugh | :laugh:

Dave Kreskowiak4-Jun-09 7:01

Dave Kreskowiak

4-Jun-09 7:01

Yes, he is. Here[^] is where you saw that code.

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Re: If it wasn't obvious, ShreeR.Bhattacharjee is Rajdeep.NET

Rajdeep.NET4-Jun-09 7:13

Re: If it wasn't obvious, ShreeR.Bhattacharjee is Rajdeep.NET

4-Jun-09 7:13

Yes, I am Rajdeep.NET. Although I was kicked out of CodeProject, I somehow managed to get in. I just wanted to hide my identity with that username. But please, dont reveal my identity to other members. I am requesting you guys. I am changed and I promise not to ask those malicious types of questions again. Please Please Please.... I have my exams soon (maybe from 17 to 20th) of june and I'll be needing your help. So please forget whatever I did earlier, as because a new Rajdeep.NET is here in CodeProject. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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EliottA4-Jun-09 7:17

EliottA

4-Jun-09 7:17

You JUST admitted it yourself.. everyone can see your posts.

Rajdeep.NET wrote:
I am changed and I promise not to ask those malicious types of questions again.

Glad to see you've admitted your malicious intent.

Rajdeep.NET wrote:
I have my exams soon (maybe from 17 to 20th)

You're going to fail. You're posts show your extreme lack of understanding of basic principles and concepts, you cannot pass your course or test without working throughout the semester and reading, you've done neither.

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Re: If it wasn't obvious, ShreeR.Bhattacharjee is Rajdeep.NET

molesworth4-Jun-09 7:28

molesworth

4-Jun-09 7:28

Rajdeep.NET wrote:
I have my exams soon (maybe from 17 to 20th) of june and I'll be needing your help.

Really?

The point of exams is to evaluate how much you, the student, has learned. Not to measure how well you can con people into helping you, or even how well you can use Google.

How do you think you'll cope if you get a programming job (as if...) and your boss asks you to work on developing something? You can't just run to Code Project for help. How do you think your team-mates will react if they see you're searching the net for even the simplest of things, things that you should know as basics?

Perhaps you should consider another career before you spend too much time trying to grasp the basics of this one...

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Re: If it wasn't obvious, ShreeR.Bhattacharjee is Rajdeep.NET

0x3c04-Jun-09 8:52

0x3c0

4-Jun-09 8:52

I'm not really bothered by who you are. If you've changed from committing fraud by impersonating MVPs, then I don't have any reason not to welcome you as a member of the community (provided you have changed, not just putting on a show. Your actions will show either way)

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And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow

Re: If it wasn't obvious, ShreeR.Bhattacharjee is Rajdeep.NET

Dave Kreskowiak4-Jun-09 9:53

Dave Kreskowiak

4-Jun-09 9:53

Rajdeep.NET wrote:
Although I was kicked out of CodeProject, I somehow managed to get in.

No, you weren't. You just didn't show up.

Rajdeep.NET wrote:
I just wanted to hide my identity with that username.

You can change usernames all you want, you cannot change who you are, which is reflected in your style of posts and will give you away every time.

Rajdeep.NET wrote:
But please, dont reveal my identity to other members. I am requesting you guys.

Notice, I started the subject line with "If it isnn't [already] obvious"...

Rajdeep.NET wrote:
a new Rajdeep.NET is here in CodeProject

Only time will tell that...

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