Hello. I've developed an applicaition that uses lots of controls that change their appearance depend on Windows theme.

For example this is a ToolStrip. With Windows XP theme it has required appearance, but I switch Windows theme it looks terrible with another application components that do not change their appearance (panels for exaple).

Do you know how to make my applcation independed with chosen Windows theme? Mostly I mean ToolStrip control. Problem with tab control is fixed using custom-drawn TabControl.

Thanks in advance

Hi,

you can change ToolStrip's looks by changing its Renderer (through RenderMode property). You can choose between two built-in renderers (System, Professional) or you can write your own by deriving from one of them and override wanted properties. You can apply a new renderer to all strips in your application through ToolStripManager.Renderer property (or use ToolStripManager.RenderMode for changing to one of the two existing renderers).

Andrej

Hi,

you can change ToolStrip's looks by changing its Renderer (through RenderMode property). You can choose between two built-in renderers (System, Professional) or you can write your own by deriving from one of them and override wanted properties. You can apply a new renderer to all strips in your application through ToolStripManager.Renderer property (or use ToolStripManager.RenderMode for changing to one of the two existing renderers).

Andrej

Many thanks.

That's exactly what I need.