Hi,
I want to skin my WinForms application to make it look darker (similar to this app: http://www.scriptspot.com/files/1/terragen2_ui_thumb.jpg)
Does anyone know some sites with FREE WinForms skins/themes?
[.net] WinForms Skins
Thats really what WPF is for, I'm afraid. You could dynamically generate your UI as well, but that makes it harder for other people to inspect.
There is no simple way to do this outside of WPF, I'm afraid.
You could ensure windows themes are not enabled for your application and flub around with foreground/background color elements of the various UI elements, but it won't be quite visually appealing.
The way most programs do this sort of skinning is extensive, creating their own user control elements or deriving from them and overwriting how they paint themselves. It's not really a simple task by any means. I mean, it's not entirely difficult, but the time investment is rather large.
You could ensure windows themes are not enabled for your application and flub around with foreground/background color elements of the various UI elements, but it won't be quite visually appealing.
The way most programs do this sort of skinning is extensive, creating their own user control elements or deriving from them and overwriting how they paint themselves. It's not really a simple task by any means. I mean, it's not entirely difficult, but the time investment is rather large.
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