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  • L led mike

    Maybe you could use placement new. Wait that was a C++ question yes? :rolleyes:

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    Force Code
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    I thought this was ostensibly a forum for C++ developers - not just for people attempting to learn C++ from abusive instructors.

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      Maybe you could use placement new. Wait that was a C++ question yes? :rolleyes:

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      Iain Clarke Warrior Programmer
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      Now now, be nice. Was perfectly legit question. I assume [*] there was background to your response I don't want to know about lest I get peeved too? Iain. [*] See CPallini's sig.

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        Now now, be nice. Was perfectly legit question. I assume [*] there was background to your response I don't want to know about lest I get peeved too? Iain. [*] See CPallini's sig.

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        Iain Clarke wrote:

        Now now, be nice.

        I thought I was being nice.

        Iain Clarke wrote:

        Was perfectly legit question.

        I suppose, sort of it is. Could easily been asked in the General Discussions forum though, nothing pertaining to C/C++ really.

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          I thought this was ostensibly a forum for C++ developers - not just for people attempting to learn C++ from abusive instructors.

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          led mike
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          Force Code wrote:

          I thought this was ostensibly a forum for C++ developers

          No, it's for C/C++, MFC, Visual C++, questions. You don't post a SQL question here just because you are embedding it in C++ code, right?

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          • F Force Code

            I was trying to determine the most used developer library for skinning an application - not skinning the entire desktop, just one specific application you're developing to give it a distinctive look. The one thing I found is from a company called CodeJock. The demo DLL you download from them is over 10 mgs, which seems to be overkill to me. Also its purely an MFC object framework thing, and you have to be using MFC (and also they're charging like they have a monopoly which isn't a good sign.) There is an article on CodeProject regarding something called Uskin, which is not bad. ITs a flat api and skins your entire application with one call - USkinInit. Like I said, its pretty good, its just not quite there from a production standpoint. So I was wondering what everyone else is using to do this sort of thing. I've discovered there are two approaches to all this - One uses the XP native msstyles file and the other use WindowBlinds prorprietary approach. As far as I know WindowBlinds just skins your entire desktop, though.

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            Just searched the message archives (which I hadn't discovered previously - only the article archives) Found the following (in the Visual C++/MFC section): http://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/View.aspx?fid=1647&msg=2187526[^]

            Hello, Anybody knows some skin tool to became my APP skinable? I found SkinCrafter and AppFace? Anybody knows these? Thanks, Cris.

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              I was trying to determine the most used developer library for skinning an application - not skinning the entire desktop, just one specific application you're developing to give it a distinctive look. The one thing I found is from a company called CodeJock. The demo DLL you download from them is over 10 mgs, which seems to be overkill to me. Also its purely an MFC object framework thing, and you have to be using MFC (and also they're charging like they have a monopoly which isn't a good sign.) There is an article on CodeProject regarding something called Uskin, which is not bad. ITs a flat api and skins your entire application with one call - USkinInit. Like I said, its pretty good, its just not quite there from a production standpoint. So I was wondering what everyone else is using to do this sort of thing. I've discovered there are two approaches to all this - One uses the XP native msstyles file and the other use WindowBlinds prorprietary approach. As far as I know WindowBlinds just skins your entire desktop, though.

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              Maximilien
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              Me think all skin libraries are never good enough for what you intend to do. (not that I have a large experience with that) anyway, I have skins, skins are the bane of UI development. Keep it simple.

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                Me think all skin libraries are never good enough for what you intend to do. (not that I have a large experience with that) anyway, I have skins, skins are the bane of UI development. Keep it simple.

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                Maximilien wrote:

                Me think all skin libraries are never good enough for what you intend to do. (not that I have a large experience with that) anyway, I have skins, skins are the bane of UI development.

                Point taken. However, the browser I'm using now, SlimBrowser, is skinned. In fact so is Avant Browser now that I think of it. If you downloaded a browser that wasn't, you would think "Amateur."

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                • M Maximilien

                  Me think all skin libraries are never good enough for what you intend to do. (not that I have a large experience with that) anyway, I have skins, skins are the bane of UI development. Keep it simple.

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                  led mike
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                  Maximilien wrote:

                  Keep it simple.

                  A real gem that one eh? ;)

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                  • F Force Code

                    I was trying to determine the most used developer library for skinning an application - not skinning the entire desktop, just one specific application you're developing to give it a distinctive look. The one thing I found is from a company called CodeJock. The demo DLL you download from them is over 10 mgs, which seems to be overkill to me. Also its purely an MFC object framework thing, and you have to be using MFC (and also they're charging like they have a monopoly which isn't a good sign.) There is an article on CodeProject regarding something called Uskin, which is not bad. ITs a flat api and skins your entire application with one call - USkinInit. Like I said, its pretty good, its just not quite there from a production standpoint. So I was wondering what everyone else is using to do this sort of thing. I've discovered there are two approaches to all this - One uses the XP native msstyles file and the other use WindowBlinds prorprietary approach. As far as I know WindowBlinds just skins your entire desktop, though.

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                    I just tried AppFace and it works thus far. Only its using some skin file type called .urf I'm not familiar with. Hopefully it understands .msstyles as well

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                    • M Maximilien

                      Me think all skin libraries are never good enough for what you intend to do. (not that I have a large experience with that) anyway, I have skins, skins are the bane of UI development. Keep it simple.

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                      Maximilien wrote:

                      Me think all skin libraries are never good enough for what you intend to do. (not that I have a large experience with that) anyway, I have skins, skins are the bane of UI development. Keep it simple.

                      You may be right. USkin has fewer glitches than AppFace has.

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