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    jainiraj
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    hi every one.. Is there any library or dll or any other tool for FREE to create or use skin for window forms.Please tell tool other than uskin,krypton toolkit. and wpf concept. thanks in adv..

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      hi every one.. Is there any library or dll or any other tool for FREE to create or use skin for window forms.Please tell tool other than uskin,krypton toolkit. and wpf concept. thanks in adv..

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      Bigdeak
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      There is a Component for skins, but it's a comercial product, but it's not expensive :) The Name is "IrisSkin" from sunisoft, it's a really good component for use own skins. Hope i could help you a bit.

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        There is a Component for skins, but it's a comercial product, but it's not expensive :) The Name is "IrisSkin" from sunisoft, it's a really good component for use own skins. Hope i could help you a bit.

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        jainiraj
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        But it is not for free. Is there any tool like that for free. I searchd on google but unable to find that.

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          hi every one.. Is there any library or dll or any other tool for FREE to create or use skin for window forms.Please tell tool other than uskin,krypton toolkit. and wpf concept. thanks in adv..

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          Pete OHanlon
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          You have asked the same question many, many times and been given the same answers many, many times. Doesn't that tell you something? If people aren't giving you links to free code, it probably means there isn't any. BTW - you should have asked this in the Windows Forms forum - this is not a C# issue.

          "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

          As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

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            You have asked the same question many, many times and been given the same answers many, many times. Doesn't that tell you something? If people aren't giving you links to free code, it probably means there isn't any. BTW - you should have asked this in the Windows Forms forum - this is not a C# issue.

            "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

            As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

            My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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            jainiraj
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            1 thing I want to ask u, have u given any suggestion related to query.. R u getting what I want to ask or it may be possibilty there may be free tool but U are not aware of it. So please if u don know , please DO NOT DISTURB.

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              There is a Component for skins, but it's a comercial product, but it's not expensive :) The Name is "IrisSkin" from sunisoft, it's a really good component for use own skins. Hope i could help you a bit.

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              Johnny J
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              I used to use IrisSkin, but the last time I tried, I ran into some problems. When using it in VS 2008, it turned out that the components flicker. I notified Sunisoft, they said that they were able to reproduce the problem, but they never came back with a solution. I haven't used the component since then, and I'm a little p'd off that they don't fix the problem seeing that I paid good money for the component.

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                1 thing I want to ask u, have u given any suggestion related to query.. R u getting what I want to ask or it may be possibilty there may be free tool but U are not aware of it. So please if u don know , please DO NOT DISTURB.

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                Pete OHanlon
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                jainiraj wrote:

                please DO NOT DISTURB

                I understand perfectly what you are after. I also know that people have repeatedly pointed you towards none-free tools, but you insist on coming back here and asking the same question. If nobody has pointed you towards free tooling, this should be a strong indication to you that you are going to have to pay or write it yourself. There are articles here on CP on how to achieve some of this, but it is going to require you to actually write some code. So, stop being such a rude idiot and actually apply some thought to this.

                "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                  1 thing I want to ask u, have u given any suggestion related to query.. R u getting what I want to ask or it may be possibilty there may be free tool but U are not aware of it. So please if u don know , please DO NOT DISTURB.

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                  Very rude!

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                    I used to use IrisSkin, but the last time I tried, I ran into some problems. When using it in VS 2008, it turned out that the components flicker. I notified Sunisoft, they said that they were able to reproduce the problem, but they never came back with a solution. I haven't used the component since then, and I'm a little p'd off that they don't fix the problem seeing that I paid good money for the component.

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                    Bigdeak
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                    I never had problem with flickering, i'm using it in VS 2008 too... the component works without any cause. Did you check for updates? Maybe the developer have fixed the problem in a newer version of IrisSkin but haven't given feedback to you. Which way the components flickers? Is it flickering everytime or only on certain Layout events?

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                      I never had problem with flickering, i'm using it in VS 2008 too... the component works without any cause. Did you check for updates? Maybe the developer have fixed the problem in a newer version of IrisSkin but haven't given feedback to you. Which way the components flickers? Is it flickering everytime or only on certain Layout events?

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                      I didn't really remember, but I went back and had a look at my email to Sunisoft. Seems that the skinned components (groupboxes, comboboxes, textboxes and labels) flickers when you move the mouse over them, the form itself is ok, no problem there. I must be using the newest version, because my bug report was made after the release date of the latest version (as per Sunisofts site). Needless to say, i always update my components before filing a bug report to make sure the problem hasn't been fixed already.

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                        I didn't really remember, but I went back and had a look at my email to Sunisoft. Seems that the skinned components (groupboxes, comboboxes, textboxes and labels) flickers when you move the mouse over them, the form itself is ok, no problem there. I must be using the newest version, because my bug report was made after the release date of the latest version (as per Sunisofts site). Needless to say, i always update my components before filing a bug report to make sure the problem hasn't been fixed already.

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                        I use IrisSkin and Krypton in combination. Krypton isn't suitable for a custom Form Skin, because the visual effects of the OS are need to enabled. So i have found IrisSkin to Skin a Form without visual effects. I notified sunisoft that i wan't to modify the using Skin at runtime because i have created a class for handle the colors of Krypton and IrisSkin, so i can create Palettes with der PaletteDesigner from Krypton, the Palette will assumed to the Skin for the component automatically by the class at runtime. With a update from sunisoft it has been complete possible, so i have decided to buy this component and i'm content with this decision. I never tried to skin Controls with the component, but there have been alot of updates from sunisoft. Hope i could give some ideas.

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                          1 thing I want to ask u, have u given any suggestion related to query.. R u getting what I want to ask or it may be possibilty there may be free tool but U are not aware of it. So please if u don know , please DO NOT DISTURB.

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                          jainiraj wrote:

                          please DO NOT DISTURB

                          So instead of taking the suggestions presented to you, you act like this? A simple google search will give you what you want but given your rudeness I am not sure that I want to suggest that to you.

                          Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Individuality is fine, as long as we do it together - F. Burns

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                            1 thing I want to ask u, have u given any suggestion related to query.. R u getting what I want to ask or it may be possibilty there may be free tool but U are not aware of it. So please if u don know , please DO NOT DISTURB.

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                            jainiraj wrote:

                            1 thing I want to ask u, have u given any suggestion related to query.. R u getting what I want to ask or it may be possibilty there may be free tool but U are not aware of it. So please if u don know , please DO NOT DISTURB.

                            LMAO! Please excuse the semi Off Topic [on soapbox] From your profile, it says you're in the USA and have been on the board for just over a year. Let me guess, you're a clueless student? Maybe even in High School or Grade School? One thing is very clear, you don't have a CLUE about software, engineering, computers, or getting help. Honestly, how foolish does someone have to be to know that they suck at spelling, but they still ask forums questions without using the FREE and very available Firefox and IE spell checkers? Yea, I see it all the time in the car forums. But, it's mainly from newbies and 16->18 year olds. IMHO, if someone isn't smart enough to know that their spelling sucks and to learn how to use the very simple Firefox or IE spell checkers, then there is NO WAY IN **** they should be coding! [off soapbox] _______________________ Joe

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