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by Vangos Pterneas
Background removal using Kinect 2 (green screen effect)
by Shai Raiten
In my previous posts about Kinect I've showed how to get started, how to change Angles and more cool stuff, but now it's time to start working on the real things, how to enable Kinect to your environment, I'm talking about PC.
by Shai Raiten
Kinect – Calculator – Adjust Skeleton Movements To Mouse
by Vangos Pterneas
How to use Kinect v2 Face basics

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by Yang Kok Wah
A tool to generate face images and animated gif files for different angles and lighting using only a single face image. Also includes Face Matcher using Microsoft Face API.
by Tareq_Gamal
How to Control NAOqi-Based Robots like NAO, Pepper using Kinect
by Vangos
Today, I would like to introduce you to the Orbbec Astra sensor and the Nuitrack body-tracking SDK. This is an in-depth tutorial for software developers who would like to use a new depth sensor and a new body-tracking SDK to develop amazing motion applications.
by Vangos
Floor Detection using Kinect

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19 Mar 2022 by Yang Kok Wah
A tool to generate face images and animated gif files for different angles and lighting using only a single face image. Also includes Face Matcher using Microsoft Face API.
9 Mar 2017 by Member 13014278
I want add an image near mouse cursor that moves with cursor to use in kinect application (C#). Somebody have any ideas?Now I have this code, but this is an image in a form. I want an image near cursor that moves when cursor moves.public void ShowCursorLoadImage(){ Form frm =...
12 Feb 2012 by ravithejag
Hi, I want to get an image dynamically on to the another canvas with some additional images with the present image when clicked on it from database.
13 Feb 2012 by Christian Graus
This is gibberish, but I think what you mean is, you want to draw one image on top of another. This is trivial. Create a Graphics object using Graphics.FromBitmap or FromImage and then draw your image into this graphics object. It will then be on the bitmap you created the Graphics object from.
30 Nov 2014 by Pankaj Deharia
I am using Kinect SDK 1.8, i am using default Kinect controls. KinectRegion to display hand cursor of Microsoft.Kinect.Toolkit.Controls. But hand cursor is too fast and sensitive. i wanted it to be make it slow down, My Application is running on the 3840X1080 resolution of screen. so that end...
14 Jul 2014 by Pankaj Deharia Ignatiuz
I am using Kinect SDK 1.8, i am using default Kinect control. KinectRegion to display hand cursor of Microsoft.Kinect.Toolkit.Controls. But hand cursor is too fast and sensitive. i wanted it to be make it slow down, so that end user of my Kinect app can control that cursor easily on screen. i...
30 Jun 2013 by zainab Ali
I need an algorithm for Smoothing Kinect Depth Frames in Real-Time updated for Kinect SDK 1.7 quickely,please!!!!!!
17 Sep 2013 by Simon Jackson
Augmented Reality with Kinect
9 Sep 2016 by Vangos Pterneas
Background removal using Kinect 2 (green screen effect)
27 Jan 2019 by Vangos
Today, I would like to introduce you to the Orbbec Astra sensor and the Nuitrack body-tracking SDK. This is an in-depth tutorial for software developers who would like to use a new depth sensor and a new body-tracking SDK to develop amazing motion applications.
26 Feb 2012 by ravithejag
hello guys! I have a problem. can you please help me to create a C# program that can recognized facial expression, means it should detect the mood of face in a given image that whether it is smiley or sad...I am using Kinect SDK for this...
24 Feb 2012 by Aniket Yadav
check this link from codeprojectFace Detection in C#[^]Other Linkshttp://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Forums/Thread/81953/facial-expression-recognition-using-C-Sharp.aspx[^]
24 Feb 2012 by Aniket Yadav
Hope This Also Help Youhttp://factaee.elfak.ni.ac.rs/fu2k71/9caleanu.pdf[^]
22 Oct 2013 by Anoop Pillai
CakeRobot is a gesture driven robot that moves around based on your hand movement.
26 Jun 2013 by ali 10
I am taking Video from kinect and sending to client but the problem i am facing is that it says calling thread cannot access the object different threads owns it i use dispachter.invoke but it is giving me the same exception and not displaying the required result. public partial class...
26 Jun 2013 by johannesnestler
Hi ali,Seems a simple solution if you know it. You can't access the WriteableBitmap from another thread (not the thread created it). If you want to do that, you need to freeze your bitmap by calling WriteableBitmap.Freeze() first.And You can't access ....Source in a thread that is...
24 Feb 2016 by Member 10751415
Hi developers, there will be a way to perform a scan with more than 2 persons with the kinect sdk 1.8.I want to use the kinect sdk for trackingI use C#, Windows Form, Kinect Sdk 1.8, EmguCv.Greeting.What I have tried:try to keep track with the skeletons but only works for two...
20 Feb 2015 by Member 10928726
Can I track object (like ball in example...) with kinect using sdk V1 ?and if i can ,can i track it with a skelton at the same time....? thanx in advance :)
12 May 2015 by Member 10405651
I am trying to change the position on an Ellipse-shape. I want the Ellipse to follow my hand position (using the Kinect). I created a Ellipse-shape in C# using the Toolbox. I named the Shape "HandEllipse". The position of the right hand is named "Righthandintx".When I press view code on the...
23 Apr 2012 by shreyas Talele
I am writing a Kinect program to interface with Windows using gestures. I would like to increase/decrease the brightness of the screen without having to use the properties window. Basically, I want to use gestures for this. I would also like to be able to control the volume in the same...
24 Apr 2012 by El_Codero
Hi,the simple way to increase/decrease monitor "brightness" is to P/Invoke the Gamma-Value with SetDeviceGammaRamp function in GDI32.dll.The reason why brightness is quoted is it's not really setting the real monitor brightness when changing gamma value, but it really looks like. The...
28 Jan 2019 by Tareq_Gamal
How to Control NAOqi-Based Robots like NAO, Pepper using Kinect
27 May 2013 by shanalikhan
Hi , I want to create a security system using kinect as my final project which will recognize any fight and any weapon in front of it and inform the main system.is it possible in kinect range.also please guide me the ways. as its my final project
27 May 2013 by Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)
Refer the below articles and links. These might help you get started.1. Home Security System Using Kinect, Azure, Windows Phone and Windows 8 [^].2. Building a home security system with OpenKinect[^].3. [Book] Kinect for Windows SDK Programming Guide[^]
17 May 2016 by Vangos Pterneas
How to detect a weight lifting bar using Kinect
30 Apr 2022 by Hamna Malik 2022
Canvas is not displaying video even there is no error while execution of code What I have tried: def ir_frame_to_jpg(self, IRFrame): IRFrame = IRFrame.reshape((const.ir_image_size)) IRFrame = np.uint8(IRFrame) ...
30 Jun 2015 by Member 11805255
hii'm working on an application in order to extract clusters and planes from a point cloud using kinectv1.i have a win7 64, i'm using openni 1.6.4 and pcl1.6.0 . i'm coding with visual studio 2010. i'll be very grateful for your help!regards
24 May 2012 by Makbg
Hello Everyone,I'm making a project for my university. It involves using the kinect and detecting the finger tips, I'm using the microsoft sdk with c# and wpf. I've made depth segmentation and got the hand, I got the center of the palm from the skeletal tracking (not very precise though so if...
24 May 2012 by Sandeep Mewara
Following links should help to get the concept of finger tip in C#-WPF: Video: Puzzle Game Using Kinect SDK (C#, WPF) - YouTube[^]Video: Kinect Paint (C#, WPF, OpenNI) - YouTube[^]Video: Kinect WPF app - Hand tracking - YouTube[^]
15 May 2012 by Makbg
I'm making a project for my university, I'm working with kinect and i want to detect the finger tips using microsoft sdk.I made depth segmentation based on the closest object and player so i now have only the hand part in my image. But I have no idea what to do next. I'm trying to get the hand's...
16 May 2012 by Shahin Khorshidnia
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3460995/c-sharp-finding-the-boundaries-of-an-image-not-the-size[^]
16 May 2012 by Praveen Kullu
Candescent NUI is the best project which has done fingertip detection.It uses Kinect SDK and openni. It does not uses depth data, but just the area around the hand!!http://blog.candescent.ch/2012/01/combining-nite-hand-tracking-with.html[^]You can find the project on...
27 Jan 2019 by Vangos
Floor Detection using Kinect
15 Jan 2013 by Abhijit Jana
How to capture the Infrared stream from the Kinect sensor and control the IR emitter using Kinect for Window SDK
24 Apr 2012 by Armando Martínez González
first of all I apologize for my Englishi am trying to optimize/speed up some code i madeto make a texture with the information of the depth frame provided by a kinecti have been looking at System.Threading and other stuff but haven't been able to make this parallel any help would be...
24 Apr 2012 by SASS_Shooter
If I understand your question correctly -- you want to have computation threads performing in parallel to make this look run faster. Is this correct?You need to break this down into simple steps then you can turn it into a multi-threaded process.1) break out your computation in your...
24 Apr 2012 by Leonardo Paneque
In order to convert a solution to parallel you need to check also for output and input dependencies. for example it is not possible to run Fibonacci numbers in parallel, because a value X, depends on previous values x-1 and x-2.So that being said, be aware that not everything can be...
24 Apr 2012 by Armando Martínez González
as of this http://tipsandtricks.runicsoft.com/CSharp/ParallelClass.html[^]i think parallel for wont do what i needbut i think im on to something with this but im not sure yethttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163340.aspx[^]
25 Apr 2012 by Armando Martínez González
at last i got a hold of something usefullhere maybe this will help another noob like me void Calling_Method_In_Separate_Thread() { ParameterizedThreadStart parameterizedThreadStart = Method; var thread = new Thread(parameterizedThreadStart); ...
3 Feb 2014 by Member 10568591
Is it possible to use Microsoft Kinect SDK for coding an application to be used with Primesense Carmine 1.09 Sensor? Does the Kinect SDK recognize the hardware calibration of Primesense Carmine 1.09 especially that is Short Range 0.35M?
2 Jan 2015 by Member 10928726
I'm trying to make a copter moving depending on the movement of a person,the kinect will track the person and the copter(it have a red ball"for example.." on it) at the same time
5 Mar 2018 by Member 10928726
I'm working on SLAM project using Kinect, I'm using Matlab 2011. The Kinect is working properly on visual studio(C#), but the Matlab doesn't recognize it. I tried Microsoft kinect SDK 1.8 and Microsoft kinect SDK 2 But it also doesn't work. What I have tried: On Matlab I'm using Image...
5 Mar 2018 by Maciej Los
First of all, please read my comment to the question. As is mentioned here: How to connect Kinect XBOX 360 to MATLAB?[^] Matlab 2011 does not support Image Acquisition. This future is available from Matlab R2013a. Follow the link to get more details.
28 Oct 2012 by CodeBeginner123
Hello everyone!I am trying to downsample the RGB output of kinect to 40x40 using C#. I have been using writeablebitmap to get the RGB output however, I could not find a good way to convert writeablebitmap to bitmap where I can downsample.I tried a couple ways including saving the...
30 May 2018 by Member 13842541
The Kinect studio has the Amplification and Gamma parameters for visualization. I try to use the library (https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/819613/Kinect-Version-Depth-Frame-to-mat-File-) to extract the IR frames to .mat file. Then, I convert the mat file to .tif image. After running, the images...
17 May 2014 by Member 10466515
I have to map 2d shirt image on real person captured by kinect camera-I have tried mapping with this code-My xaml code is-
4 Dec 2012 by sandhya2511
Hi,I m trying to place an image on a live video displayed using kinect.I m able to place the image on the top left corner of the video by default.But I want to place the image on the neck or wrist of the person standing in front of the kinect .I checked the SDKs of kinect.The example...
9 Sep 2015 by MikcaCP
I've just started using C# to build some network applications (just simply send and receive small files via socket).I want to use kinect to stream video data like 1-1 video conference but have no clue or idea to do this althought I have searched for various samples online but I'm unable to...
17 Aug 2015 by sreeyush sudhakaran
Please refer a solution here Video Capture using OpenCV with C#[^]Video chat : Examples to create your Conferencing System in .NET, C# VOIP & Video Conferencing Systems using H.323 and TAPI 3[^]
23 Oct 2016 by Member 12718760
Hi there, do you finally found a solution to send the kinect v2 video frames over network (over internet) in real time ?
29 May 2012 by petite_paola
I'm currently working on a c# program that uses Kinect to check the position of a person's hand. It then "moves" an image of a table that is displayed on a canvas according to the person's hand (x,y) to 4 positions: up, down, left or right.I’d like to know if I can transfer the program I have...
29 May 2012 by Ed Nutting
Hi There,Yes you can! And I have an article that details how to control your robot from C# here on CodeProject. Have a look here:Basic Robot Control using NKH Mindsqualls Libraries[^]It uses the NKH Mindsqualls library, you may wish to see if there is a new version. It works really...
5 Sep 2013 by mccaber82
I am doing Kinect programming and when I enable the color stream, I defined to use Bayer 30 frames per second format (ColorImageFormat.RawBayerResolution640x480Fps30). When rendering the image, I use the following code: PixelFormat format = PixelFormats.Bgr32;// Bitmap source to...
5 Sep 2013 by Jason Gleim
You can't directly cast one enum to another but you can use the fact that they are based on integer values as a work around. If the enumeration VALUES are the same, you could probably do something with IsDefined to figure out if a given values matches another one and then return that.I...
18 Dec 2013 by Coder_Jack
I have thousands points that I took from kinect for 3D scanner. I can see the 3D shape in meshlab or blender but I want to convert all points according to .obj file format.here is an example of .obj file ;# Simple object file . This is commentv -0.500000 0.000000 0.400000v -0.500000...
18 Dec 2013 by Richard MacCutchan
Did you try https://www.google.com/search?q=take+points+and+arange+them+according+to+obj+file[^]?
22 Mar 2012 by Member 8474189
hello everyone, i want to know how to create an application to display an 3D object using visual studio.is it possible? i search a lot through internet and i cant get clear idea about it. i want to create an application to display ,rotate,zoom in ,zoom out 3D object using visual...
22 Mar 2012 by fjdiewornncalwe
You should perhaps look into the XNA technologies. A quick google search results in many good tutorials and options.XNA 3d object viewer[^]
22 Mar 2012 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov
You already listed the question tags covering different technologies and even platforms. There are even more ways to show 3D images: from GDI on native Windows or .NET to WPF 3D (and they all have nothing to do with Visual Studio which is merely an IDE which can use different build tools for...
13 Jun 2013 by bananadrop
I am wring for asking the how to tracking the specific person after detecting for the interactive floors.We would like to express like a pond which the fishes are in it. When person comes into the scanning zone, some fishes are gathering around the person with gentle wave. Specially, If...
3 Jan 2014 by mccaber82
Hi,I have seen the matrix held in the following property in the Kinect Skeleton data: item.BoneOrientations[JointType.ElbowRight].HierarchicalRotation.MatrixIt also has the following property: item.Joints[JointType.ElbowRight].PositionHow can you translate the information in the...
2 Apr 2012 by ravithejag
I am writing a program that requires an angle between the 2 hand joints .Please help me in writing this code
17 Apr 2012 by Deepak_Sharma_
Hi,Read reply marked as "Answered" in the following link:http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/kinectsdknuiapi/thread/8516bab7-c28b-4834-82c9-b3ef911cd1f7[^]Useful link for Kinect:http://raychambers.wordpress.com/tutorials/[^]
18 Jun 2019 by Member 14230539
I'm new to Kinect. Till now in my program , I got 4 table coordinates in colorspace points and depthspacepoints and i formed the polygon using those 4 points. Now I need to do polygon masking such that inside it will show the video and outside all the pixel RGB value to 0,0,0(black) in the...
11 May 2013 by ultradoi
Now, I download 3d model from http://www.crazy3dfree.com/Model/Clothes/3d-model-of-male-cotton-clothes--2.html[^]I want to import that to xna for make game.my game is real-time with kinect.I can tracking skeleton same that...
17 Apr 2012 by petite_paola
I'm creating an application in which I must have only one user and lock it so if somebody else comes along, even if that person is closer to Kinect, the application keeps tracking the first skeleton it tracked. From the msdn library I found I could use the Skeleton Stream Class:...
23 Apr 2012 by SASS_Shooter
Here are a few minor suggestions in your code:SkeletonFrame SFrame = e.OpenSkeletonFrame(); if (SFrame == null) return; Skeleton[] skeletons = new Skeleton[SFrame.SkeletonArrayLength]; SFrame.CopySkeletonDataTo(skeletons); int firstSkeleton = Skeletons[0].TrackingId;...
24 Mar 2013 by sandhya2511
Hi, I m trying to lock a single skeleton using Microsoft Kinect SDK v 1.7 . My requirements are• First lock a single skeleton.• Check the tracking state of the of the locked skeleton.• If the tracking state of the locked skeleton is NOT Tracked,then• ----->check for the next closest...
23 Mar 2016 by Sanket Saxena
I am creating a Gesture Based System using WPF,C# and Kinect SDK v2 and open a docx file after tracking the finger on the Table surface. Now i would like to scroll up and down that document file by giving some Gesture (like WAVE which Kinect SDK already have but it needs Body tracking and i am...
11 Jul 2016 by Member 10466515
I have to make Kinect Virtual dressing room project in 10 days,I am very much familiar with Kinect and i have developed many sample applications also.Please tell me step by step procedure to make virtual dressing room in which the 3d clothes maps on real person.Please tell me what should i start...
11 Jul 2016 by OriginalGriff
Even if we could - which we can't - this would be the wrong place for it: what you are asking for is all the background research that is a major part of the pre-development phase of the project. And even that is likely to take longer than 10 days unless you are very familiar with clothing, and...
17 Aug 2012 by Member 8474189
hi... im currently working with kinect 3d reconstruction application. i generated 3d point cloud in wpf and save it as .xml file (with x y depth coordinates). i can view the file. now i want to apply a texture. any idea for that? .thank you.
23 Aug 2012 by Karl Sanford
If you are doing 3D in WPF, this book is a vital resource: http://www.charlespetzold.com/3D/[^]Having tried a lot of this myself, I can tell you it's not an easy task. WPF will choke hard on the vast amount of data you try to throw at it with a depth image from the Kinect. I ended up...
10 May 2012 by ravithejag
Hi, I am writing a program in that i want to move an image from one position to another position when the pointer is on the image.the destination of an image will be anywhere in the window.And,while moving to the destination the image size has to gradually decrease to some particular...
10 May 2012 by Abhinav S
Some links - http://vbcity.com/blogs/xtab/archive/2009/10/26/wpf-how-to-move-elements-at-runtime.aspx[^]http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jaimer/archive/2007/07/12/drag-drop-in-wpf-explained-end-to-end.aspx[^]http://scottgarland.com/Post/Display/WPF_Drag_and_Drop_Image_Between_Applications[^]Move...
3 Jan 2014 by mccaber82
Hi,I am looking to achieve manipulation of the Kinect skeleton data on the fly. I have built an app that renders the Skeleton captured in 3D using the Helix toolkit. I use the XYZ position data for each joint to render the 3D model (a series of sphere's and cylinders to represent the...
22 Aug 2012 by Member 8474189
Hi,I map kinect depth data to RGB data(texture mapping). Now I am able to see the both color and depth data in one image using "MapDepthFrameToColorFrame" method. Now I want to save those data into .xyz or .obj wavefront file for meshlab. How can I do that? Thank you.
5 Dec 2015 by ranjith m amin
Hi. I have downloaded free project from internet. When i try to run exe it's not turning ON the kinect and on change in display(just a blue background). If i try to run unity code it is giving error that unityinterface.dll missing. I tried pasting the dll file in root folder of unity.exe,...
6 Sep 2015 by niutianbo
I have a method which is from kinect 1:private double TrackJointsRotation(KinectSensor sensor, Joint leftJoint, Joint rightJoint) { if (leftJoint.TrackingState == JointTrackingState.NotTracked || rightJoint.TrackingState == JointTrackingState.NotTracked) ...
31 May 2012 by nsmoly7
This article describes how to use Kinect's Face Tracking SDK in your Windows application
21 Dec 2014 by Vangos Pterneas
How to use Kinect v2 Face basics
27 Jul 2015 by Member 10250681
I,m new to wpf 3d and kinect .i,m trying to build a virtual cloth trial application using 3d shirts 3d pants etcas for my research on the topic i found that xna unity 3d are the platforms to start . but i need to achieve this without xna unity or any other platformsexcept wpf 3d c# kinect ....
20 Mar 2012 by Member 8474189
Hi everyone..I'm an undergraduate student and I bought the kinect sensor for my research. But now I am stuck with sevaral open source libraries, open source codes and totally lost on the internet. I want to know how to create a C# or c++( using kinect SDK or what ever on windows 7) application...
20 Mar 2012 by OriginalGriff
First off: Point clouds and Console app do not mix, unless you want really low resolution point clouds. Console apps are text based, with no graphics support. You will want WinForms, WPF or Direct3D, probably.
20 Mar 2012 by Maximilien
In my opinion, if you don't even know what is the difference between a console application or a win32 application, you do not have the necessary skill to start programming for Kinect.Anyway, have a look at this (among other google hits) : KinectFusion: Real-time 3D Reconstruction and...
6 Jun 2012 by Member 8474189
i use sdk for kinect and im done.. thanks every one.
26 Jun 2014 by Agha Musa
I tried and searched a lot but haven't got much. I want to work on kinect as my final project. Any one having expertise in kinect kindly help me.regards
26 Jun 2014 by OriginalGriff
You know, if this is your final project, then I would have thought that by now you would have good google-fu skills.But it would appear that your interpretation of "I searched a lot" differs from mine: I copied your question subject into Chrome's address bar and pressed ENTER...Oh, look!...
26 Jun 2014 by Agha Musa
i did the same and found the same result but the problem that i am having here is no clear cut way to follow, secondly i am not that good in kinect that's why its becoming very difficult for me :(
19 Feb 2012 by ravithejag
Hello Everyone, I am creating an application using WPF (C#).In this there are many number of images present on the canvas.I want to move this using swipe gestures.while the image is moving i want to get an effects such that anyone can experience that image is moving.
11 May 2014 by Hloni Matsoso
Do you mean you want a book page flip like effect?... this would require quite a bit of mathematics to calculate angles of the current page and next page being overlayed and display respectively, but have a look at https://github.com/thinkpixellab/bot[^]It has cool WPF tricks, and a page...
28 Jan 2014 by Vangos Pterneas
How to implement Kinect gestures
18 Nov 2015 by Member 11352969
I learned that Kinect provide skeleton from depth image, so I wonder it's there a way that I record depth image and do some modify(filter or other things), and then input it into kinect to get the skeleton?
28 Mar 2012 by ravithejag
hi,I want to know that is there any standards for defining gestures using Kinect for windows SDK
23 Mar 2012 by Praveen Kullu
Currently there are few gestures available in the SDKs. Some of them are Wave gesture, Swipe gesture, Hands Up gesture. But there is no limit to the amount of gestures that you can add to your Kinect project. But creating too many gestures will add to the complexity as for every small fraction...
4 Sep 2013 by mccaber82
I am using the Kinect SDK to capture an RGB stream. I am capturing the data at: ColorImageFormat.RawBayerResolution640x480Fps30More info on available formats here. I want to store this stream on disk, so I am using a binary writer to write the raw frame bytes of the color image. This...
6 Nov 2015 by CiscoSoft
I have successfully implemented the floor clip plane to measure the distance of left foot to the floor, which is fairly accurate. The problem I have is that as I move away from the camera (i.e. left foot Z axis is increased), the foot distance to the floor changes (increases).Note: The floor...
11 Aug 2014 by ahadji_547
hi! i have to do a program with kinect for my senior project and i'm new in doing programs with visual studio.. i follow the instructions of the "Kinect for Windows SDK Programming Guide" but the explanation in one of the example applications of the book is insufficient.. to be more specific i...
14 Jul 2014 by ahadji_547
hi! i have to do a program with kinect for my senior project and i'm new in doing programs with visual studio.. i follow the instructions of the "Kinect for Windows SDK Programming Guide" but the explanation of the .xaml file in one of the example applications of the book is insufficient and i...
14 Jul 2014 by ashok rathod
Here I assumed that you dont know how exactly basic style is incorporated in xaml. So first of all look for(i mean search in whole solution and where exactly style is defined) two styles in BasicTextStyle and BasicContentStyle and see where exactly it is located.It should be somewhere in other...