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JoThousand 9-Jul-12 17:31pm View

Thanks very much for your help :)
This actually was a much simpler solution than what I was originally going to do.

JoThousand 9-Jul-12 1:03am View

Well I'm glad you got it working!

JoThousand 8-Jul-12 9:36am View

Well for the colors, you could always use Photoshop or Paint to get the RGB values of the colors. Then you won't need images.

I also found this for you: http://pinvoke.net/default.aspx/uxtheme.GetCurrentThemeName

I hope this works, if not let me know.

JoThousand 8-Jul-12 9:36am View

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Well for the colors, you could always use Photoshop or Paint to get the RGB values of the colors. Then you won't need images.

I also found this for you: http://pinvoke.net/default.aspx/uxtheme.GetCurrentThemeName

I hope this works, if not let me know.

JoThousand 8-Jul-12 9:31am View

DaveAuld, your solution is not working. Now none of the forms show up at all, although the freezing has stopped.

JoThousand 8-Jul-12 9:02am View

OK. I will try this. Thanks.

JoThousand 7-Jul-12 23:32pm View

It could be because Windows XP and Windows Vista & 7 have a new driver model, but I'm not sure. Just thought I'd let you know since no one answered your question.

JoThousand 7-Jul-12 22:57pm View

I apologize, I should have explained that a bit better.

If I use the DoWork event, the form that I want to open freezes and cannot be used, while the rest of the application continues to respond. I read a tutorial that said to use the RunWorkerCompleted event, but it's not working and instead causes the entire application to freeze until the form that's in the AppQueue string loads itself. I'll rewrite my question.

Also, the Show() event is what I meant to write, and I do understand that it shows an already created form.

Again, so sorry. I honestly didn't read what I wrote to make sure it made sense. I normally reread what I write many times before posting so I don't know why I didn't this time.

JoThousand 7-Jul-12 22:49pm View

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I apologize, I should have explained that a bit better.

If I use the DoWork event, the form that I want to open freezes and cannot be used, while the rest of the application continues to respond. I read a tutorial that said to use the RunWorkerCompleted event, but it's not working and instead causes the entire application to freeze until the form that's in the AppQueue string loads itself. I'll rewrite my question.

Also, the Show() event is what I meant to write, and I do understand that it shows an already created form.

Again, so sorry. I honestly didn't read what I wrote to make sure it made sense. I normally reread what I write many times before posting so I don't know why I didn't this time.

JoThousand 7-Jul-12 21:36pm View

What I mean by the form.show event is creating the form and displaying to the user (so for my example IN THE CODE it's 'cal.show' or 'prefs.show'). The application hangs even though I'm using the BackgroundWorker.

I'm pretty sure my question makes plenty of sense... I even provided the proper code.

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