I'm having a strange issue where a form in a C# application isn't using the normal system style. I want it to look the same as any normal Windows application, the same way it looks in the designer:
The form in the designer
But when I actually run the program, it looks like this instead:
The form when the program is run
I know that the title bar is supposed to be a different style, that's fine, but the style of the buttons and checkboxes, etc is different to how it's supposed to be. Can someone help?
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when I compile the program sometimes it looks like the top image and sometimes like the one on the bottom and I have no clue why
the text on the right is a simple textbox and picture on the left is a metroTile from metroFramework I'm using visual studio 2013, and the project is Windows form application
EDIT: i have a base form that every form inherit from it and this appears normal on all other windows, only on this windows which the main window it looks like this
I converted my VB and Winforms Based application to C# and WinForms. I am observing that I am unable to replicate the exact same Window Design(Border) in my C# application.
I have checked the properties of the window as well as every element in the C# and have compared it with the VB window property and they are all same but why I am getting a different UI for my C# application.
The VB Window Looks like this
The C# application is like this currently
As I can see that there is the border missing as well as the bordercolor. How can I fix it ?
In VB EnableVisualStyles is tucked away in Application.myapp but it needs to be set prior to creating your forms. So when your C# app starts make sure you call
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
Beyond this it's the Operating system which handles the window border styles through themes (hence why the winforms designer vs the run time generally shows different borders)
I would like to know if it is possible to combine XAML with Window Form or reverse. Also I would like to know a good place to learn how to work with both of them.
For example I want to make a XAML window on which I want to add a button with an event action wrote in C#.
Yes this is possible (both ways)
WinForms in WPF
WPF in WinForms
In both cases you add a special control that acts as a host for the other environment.
WindowsFormsHost allows you to host a Windows Forms control on a WPF page.
I'm using DotNetBar in VS for C#, and when I change the form to office2007, the design preview looks right, but then when I run the program, the style changes back to the default winform style.
Does anyone know what's causing this?
If you are running on Windows that has Glass then you need to set EnableGlass=false
I've got a question but not sure if its possible. Is it possible to change the Windows 7 Window colour from .Net.
So this isn't the content of the window as that is easy i'm talking about the header title itself and allow the .Net app make the header transaperant like you can have in Window 7 and change the colour too etc.. Is there some sort of Window api that i can hook into to do this that anyone knows of.
The reason i want to do this is in Window you can obviously set your theme and window colours but i want my app to have all dialogs with the same sort of styling so i can change the window content but the window header i can't and if the user has set their window colour to a strange colour then it looks strange against my themed app.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Iffy.
i can't and if the user has set their window colour to a strange colour then it looks strange against my themed app.
That should be left up to the user, and you should not change settings that are explicitly set by the user for their operating system installation. This will drive more users away. If this is for your own personal use then it would be okay, but don't change a users Windows settings (of any kind).
If it really looks that bad, you should consider a custom skinned Window for your application only.
Yes, it's possible. This is a MSDN article describing it:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb688195%28VS.85%29.aspx
The code is in C++ but it should be easy to get it working in C#