主要功能

設計時集成

VisualStyler附帶了一個Visual Studio插件，該插件對Visual Studio 設計時 IDE進行了完全擴展，為開發者提供了一系列豐富的WYSIWYG設計時皮膚體驗。VisualStyler使用了最新的智能標簽設計器，使得該組件易于安裝和使用。

• 智能標簽設計器可以幫助用戶迅速安裝組件，并且可獲得所有設計階段的特性
• 外觀瀏覽對話框可以幫助用戶從外觀庫中瀏覽，預覽以及選擇任意可視化外觀
• 外觀導入向導可以幫助用戶從msstyles文件或者zip文件中導入可視化外觀

先進的皮膚創建技術

VisualStyler使用了一個先進的皮膚引擎，使得你的應用程序可以快速、平穩的呈現而不會有閃爍效果，此外，由于我們的皮膚引擎全部用C#編寫，因此其支持Windows窗體透明效果，字體，顏色和圖像自定義。Microsoft Visual Styles可以進行精確渲染，請點擊以下圖片以進行預覽。

動態陰影

VisualStyler支持在所有窗體和對話框上的動態alpha混用的陰影效果，這是我們的產品的一項獨有功能，可用于所有平臺。有了該功能，您的應用程序窗體即可在用戶屏幕上迅速的彈出。

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內置的Visual Styles

VisualStyler為用戶提供了多達23種外觀，包括Windows XP, Vista, Aero, Office 2007 和 Mac OS-X主題，請點擊以下圖片以進行預覽

XP Blue	XP Olive Skin	XP Metallic Skin
XP Royale Skin	Office 2007 Blue	Office 2007 Black
Vista Basic	Aero Blue	Mac OS-X Panther
Mac OS-X Leopard

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皮膚導入

 VisualStyler允許用戶在設計期間導入任意Microsoft Visual Style，用戶可以直接用其從msstyles文件或者zip文件中導入可視化外觀。該'Import Visual Style'（導入可視化外觀）功能位于VisualStyler屬性窗口的底部。

步驟1

打開你的應用程序的主窗口，點擊VisualStyler組件，通過點擊組件上方右邊角落的小箭頭選中設計任務。完成上述操作后即可顯示如下設計面板，然后點擊'Import Visual Styles'鏈接

步驟2

顯示出“外觀導入”對話框以后，用戶即可選擇'Zip Archive'選項，然后點擊Open Zip打開選中的zip文件，該zip文件應當包含一至多個msstyles文件。

步驟3

通過文件打開對話框選擇Zip文件，點擊OK或者Cancel

步驟4

選擇完zip文件以后，對話框中將顯示該zip文件中所包含的所有msstyles文件，用戶即可通過使用外觀列表框導入相應的外觀。只需店家import，程序即會自動從zip文件中提取該外觀并對之進行顯示。

步驟5

完成上述步驟以后，用戶即可看到該外觀的預覽效果（默認的顏色和主題），然后可通過顏色主題下拉框預覽所有的顏色主題。點擊OK確定當前選擇，點擊Cancel退出。

選定后，該外觀即將被轉化為一個VisualStyler (.vssf)文件被存入'Custom Skins'里的皮膚庫中。如果用戶是在使用VisualStyler插件，則選定的皮膚可以自動的應用入任意開放式窗體中。

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其他功能

•  可自動為整個.NET程序添加皮膚
• 自帶23種外觀風格
• 3種可選的透明陰影效果
• 3種可選的專業工具欄渲染效果
• 可為整套Windows窗體的.NET控件添加皮膚
• 可為各種類型的以及MDI類型的應用程序添加皮膚
• 可為所有的原生系統滾動條添加皮膚
• 可為所有諸如OpenFileDialog, PrintDialog之類的對話框添加皮膚
• 支持控件圖片以及背景圖片屬性
• 支持WinForms控件的背景透明
• 支持多線程的形式以及用戶界面
• 高質量的渲染可產生流暢的閃爍效果，無需拉拔
• 易于使用的組件API使得用戶可以自定義需要添加皮膚的部分
• 在所有平臺上均使用了加速繪畫方式
• 支持所有的16位，24位以及32位顏色深度
• 無需UxTheme和主題發現的操作系統支持
• 完全使用托管的C#編寫
• 兼容NET 2.0, NET 3.0 和 NET 3.5
• 作為單一的.NET組件匯編dll應用

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Highlights

Design-time Integration

VisualStyler comes supplied with a Visual Studio add-in which  completely extends the Visual Studio design-time IDE providing developers with a rich WYSIWYG design-time skinning experience. The component uses the latest smart-tag designers, making the component very easy to setup and configure.

The smart-tag designer enables you to quickly setup the component and access all of the design-time features .The style browser dialog enables you to browse, preview, and select  any visual style from the style gallery. The style import wizard enables you to import new visual styles from any msstyles file or zip archive.

Advanced Skinning Technology

VisualStyler uses an advanced skin engine, your application GUI is rendered fast, accurate and smoothly with no visible paint artifacts or flickering, and because our skin engine is designed entirely in C# it fully supports windows forms control transparency, font, color and image customizations. Microsoft Visual Styles are rendered extremely accurate, please click on an image below to see a full preview.

Dynamic form shadows

VisualStyler supports dynamic alpha-blended drop shadow effects on all forms and dialogs, a feature unique to our product and available on all platforms. Your application forms will literally spring to life popping right out of the screen.

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Built-in Visual Styles

VisualStyler is supplied with 23 authentic looking styles including Windows XP, Vista, Aero, Office 2007 and Mac OS-X themes. Please click on an image below to see a full preview.

XP Blue	XP Olive Skin	XP Metallic Skin
XP Royale Skin	Office 2007 Blue	Office 2007 Black
Vista Basic	Aero Blue	Mac OS-X Panther
Mac OS-X Leopard

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Importing Skins

VisualStyler allows you to import any Microsoft Visual Style at design-time, visual styles can be imported directly from an msstyles file or from a Zip archive. The 'Import Visual Style' task can be found on the VisualStyler designer and at the bottom of the VisualStyler properties window.

Step 1.

Open the main form of your application and click on the VisualStyler component and select the designer tasks by clicking on the small arrow on the top right hand corner. This will reveal the designer panel as shown below, now click on the 'Import Visual Styles' link.

Step 2.

This will display the import style dialog. Select the 'Zip Archive' option and click Open Zip to choose a Zip file, the Zip file is assumed to contain one or more msstyles files.

 

Step 3

Select the Zip file using the file open dialog, click Ok or Cancel.

 

Step 4

After selecting a Zip file the dialog will display a list of all msstyles in the Zip archive. You can then select which style to import from using the style listbox. Click Import, and the visual style will be extracted from the zip and displayed.

Step 5

You will now see a preview of the visual style with the default color scheme. You can preview all of the available color schemes using the color scheme drop-down box. Click OK to accept the current selection or Cancel to quit.

The style will now be converted to a VisualStyler file (.vssf) and saved in the skin gallery under 'Custom Skins'. If you are using the VisualStyler add-in, the skin will automatically be applied to any open forms.

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General Features

• Automatically skins your entire .NET application.
• Supplied with 23 professional visual styles.
• Choose from 3 translucent form shadow effects.
• Choose from 3 professional ToolStrip rendering styles.
• Skins the entire set of window forms .NET controls.
• Skins all forms and MDI forms applications.
• Skins all of the native system scrollbars.
• Skins all of the common dialogs such as OpenFileDialog, PrintDialog etc.
• Full support for control image and background image properties.
• Full support for WinForms control background transparency.
• Full support for multithreaded forms and user interfaces.
• High quality rendering produces smooth flicker free drawing.
• Easy to use component API lets you customize what is skinned.
• Uses hardware accelerated drawing methods on all platforms. 
• Supports 16-bit, 24-bit and 32-bit color depths. 
• Does not require uxtheme or 'theme aware' OS platforms.
• Written entirely in 100% managed C#.
• Compatible with NET 2.0, NET 3.0 and NET 3.5.
• Implemented as a single .NET component assembly dll.

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