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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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Maybe you could use placement new. Wait that was a C++ question yes? 
led mike
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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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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?
led mike
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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.
led mike
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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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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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Maximilien wrote: Keep it simple.
A real gem that one eh? 
led mike
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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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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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Hi all,
I'm trying to use the ccheckbox class provided with the newcontrols example (of mfc feature pack) in order to add a check box control to my dockable pane.
So I'm able to insert the check box control in my menu but I'm not able to retrieve the check event. I retrieve the other event of the menu (such as CMFCPropertyGridColorProperty control or CMFCPropertyGridProperty control) with the CMFCPropertyGridCtrl::OnPropertyChanged method. Please coulde anyone help me It's since 4 day that I'm trying to resolve that simple task?
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Laan82 wrote: in order to add a check box control to my dockable pane.
So you want to add a checkbox control to your dackable pane, ok.
Laan82 wrote: So I'm able to insert the check box control in my menu
Then why did you put it in your menu? 
led mike
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Yes excuse me I have used an incorrect term I'm able to insert the checkbox in the pane but I'm not able to retrieve the check event
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Laan82 wrote: but I'm not able to retrieve the check event
Have you set up the handler correctly? We can't tell, we can't see your code because most of us are using the Internet not Remote Viewing[^].
led mike
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Thank you,
It is infact a problem with handler...I'm very very distract. Thank you very much. Another question if it is possible I'm trying to add a new CDockablePane to my project (I in this moment have the four generated by mfc wizard (fileview, propertiesWnd,outputwnd and classview). I want to add another pane so I create the class and then I declare it in the mainframe but the code crash. I believe that somewhere I have to declare the number of the menus inserted in mainframe could you help me also with this problem?
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I have just resolved the last problem excuse me for the request the problem was a bad pointer thank you for the assistance!
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AIM: Merging of two HTML documents of Mozilla fire fox 2.0.0.16
Process i did: Parsed into data base and then reconstructing.
Is there any way to merge two files
Thanks in advance
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KRISHNA KUMAR T M
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krishnakumartm wrote: Is there any way to merge two files
Aside from doing something like:
copy file1.htm + file2.htm newfile.htm
"Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown
"The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch
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At first, I understood like you (say, concatenate 2 files).
but merging is something different, isn't it ?
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toxcct wrote: but merging is something different, isn't it ?
Concatenating is merging one file to the end of another. Whether that is what the OP wanted or not is up to him.
"Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown
"The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch
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all depends what you mean by "merging"...
if you want a basic "text-files-merge", you should be able to find some sources on the web (WinMerge is a perfect open source project of that kind).
but if you want to merge tag-by-tag, you probably need to use an XML Parser to explode the DOM, and them iterate through it comparing both tags trees...
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Yes you got my point what exactly i want is
File 1
--------
<Parent>
<Child 1>
<Child 2>
same file modified as bellow child 2 deleted , child 3 added
File 2
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<Parent>
<Child 1>
<Child 3>
After synchronize
look like
File 3
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<Parent>
<Child 1>
<Child 2>
<Child 3>
i don't know XML using in VC 6.0 so let me know any other way
modified on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:31 PM
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