Windows application + Windows and Appearence

[rk4ps]

Hi, I run the windows application and then on the desktop right click and bring up the properties. Goto Appearance tab, under the windows and buttons dropdown select windows classic, under color scheme select pumpkin. Now the Appearence of the application is totally changed. Is there any way to restrict this? Karthik

[originSH]

You could draw all the controls yourself. Alot of controls you can set the colours on and so fix thier look but even with those there are often colours you don't have control over. It also depends on the language you are writing the app in. You could buy a commercial skinning library.

[Brady Kelly]

What a nasty example. Who even came up with that scheme?

[originSH]

Nasty schemes like that are useful for putting on servers ... that way no one can say "I didn't realise I was on the server!" lol

[Craster]

When you set colours for your forms and controls use web colours, not system colours. Web colours are absolute RGB values, system colours use whatever the windows colours are set to.