Visual Styles
Skin Builder Application. Skin Framework comes with a Skin Builder Utility that allows you to edit existing Codejock or msstyles skins or create your own. You can customize every piece of an application with this utility such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance. Codejock Skin Framework for ActiveX COM provides several options to choose from including Office and Windows Application Skins, Support for All Windows Controls, Skin Builder Application, Multiple Skin Support, Custom Theme Support and much more. Skin Framework is included in Suite Pro for ActiveX COM. General Features. Visual Styles.
Acquiring a professionally themed application just got easier. Codejock Software's Skin Framework provides Windows developers with a highly sophisticated application skinning framework technology that was developed with Windows Themes (Visual Styles) in mind. Achieving a completely themed application can be accomplished with only a few lines of code. Skin Framework provides maximum compatibility with existing Windows XP and higher Visual Styles that can be used on any Windows platform.
Several predefined Visual Styles are provided. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Every Component
Skin Framework allows you to skin every visual element in your application. With only a few lines of code your entire application is skinned, including standard controls (buttons, combobox, progress bar, edit control, list box, slider, scroll bars, tab control, option button, check box, spin button, etc.), dialogs (color picker, font picker, print, print preview, open, etc.), and windows frame components (frame, title bar, close button, maximize, minimize, system popup menu, etc.).
Any child form, dialog, or message box will automatically use the skin of its parent with no additional code!
Works on all Windows Platforms
Skin Framework provides the same look and feel across all Windows Platforms beginning with Window 95 and NT 4.0! Let's face it, your application is judged by its appearance more so than anything else. It's important to create a good first impression. Skin Framework will not only create a good first impression, it will have your users coming back for more. You can be assured that your application will look the same running on Windows 95 as it does running on Windows XP. Skin Framework's advanced skinning technology allows you to have the most visually appealing application on older operating systems.
This screenshot was taken when running on Window NT 4.0!
Skin Builder Application
Skin Framework comes with a Skin Builder Utility that allows you to edit existing Codejock or msstyles skins or create your own. You can customize every piece of an application with this utility such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance. Many different schemas can be created for a given skin. The same skin file can contain schemas with different colors and different font sizes (normal, large, extra large, etc).
Skin Framework Tour: Page 5 of 25Multi-Skin Application Support
Skin Framework allows multiple skins to be applied to the same application. You can even apply a different skin style to each individual control on the same form. This allows complete control over how an application is skinned. You might like the buttons from one skin better than another so you can easily apply that skin only to those buttons. Components can also be excluded from skinning if desired.
The picture below shows the main application using a different theme from the popped up dialog. Each button on the dialog is using a different theme.
Custom Theme Support
Skin Framework does not limit you to the predefined skins provided with the control. With msstyles file support you have literally thousands of skins available. There are many websites that publish msstyles skin files you can use with Skin Framework.
Skin Framework Tour: Page 7 of 25Windows 8 Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Windows 8 Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Office 2010 Blue Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Office 2010 Blue Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Office 2010 Black Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Office 2010 Black Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Office 2010 Silver Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Office 2010 Silver Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Windows Vista Silver Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Windows Vista Silver Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Windows Vista Blue Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Windows Vista Blue Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Windows Vista Black Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Windows Vista Black Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Windows Vista New Black Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Windows Vista New Black Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Zune Visual Style
Skin Framework include the Zune Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Codejock Blue Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Codejock Blue Visual Style. This is the skin that has been used to skin the Codejock Package Installers. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Codejock Black Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Codejock Black Visual Style. This is the skin that has been used to skin the Codejock Package Installers. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Office 2007 Blue Visual Style
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Skin Framework includes the Office 2007 Blue Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Office 2007 Black Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Office 2007 Black Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Office 2007 Silver Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Office 2007 Silver Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Office 2007 Aqua Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Office 2007 Aqua Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Windows Royale Blue Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Windows Media Center Royale Blue Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Native Windows XP Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Native Windows XP Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Windows XP Metallic Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Windows XP Metallic Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Windows XP Homestead Visual Style
Skin Framework includes the Windows XP Homestead Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
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ISSkin is an add-on to Jordan Russell's Inno Setup compiler that provides enhanced skinning support for the Inno Setup installation.
ISSkin is a free version of Codejock’s Skin Framework that allows you to add customized skins to Jordan Russell's Inno Setup compiler. Inno Setup is a free compiler for creating customizable, professional looking installations.
ISSkin gives you the flexibility of creating custom Visual Styles that can be used with Inno Setup to add a rich professional look to any Inno Setup installation, and best of all its free!.
Features Include- Supports existing Microsoft Visual Styles.
- Easy to use with just a few lines of code.
- Skin support for existing installations.
- Inno Setup to compile the installation.
- Microsoft Windows.
Make sure you check out the Visual Styles page. Here you will find detailed information about skins (Visual Style) that are available to use with ISSkin.
Codejock's Skin Framework™ provides Windows ActiveX and Visual C++ developers with a highly sophisticated application skinning framework technology that was developed with Windows Themes (Visual Styles) in mind.
Achieving a completely themed application can be accomplished with only a few lines of code. Skin Framework provides maximum compatibility with existing Windows XP and higher Visual Styles and can be used on any Windows platform. Several predefined Visual Styles are provided, including Office 2007, Windows XP Royale Blue, and Windows XP Luna style.