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I noticed that a few of my own applications were not being skinned properly so I thought I would delve into exactly why. Above is a Windows Form with various controls. Created in the latest patched version of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015. Using C# for a Classic Desktop app / Windows Form Application.  (I never monkey around with WPF and other stuff.)

The rendering modes and appearance settings for many of them determine how they will be displayed. Most should be set to 'System' if the option is available and sticking to Normal tab pages. Buttons will not display correctly as the font settings do not appear to carry over.  The background textures also do not appear to be rendering correctly for Menu bars and Tool Strips.

Other than these findings, everything appears to be displaying correctly.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I don't think WB is compatible enough with .Net platform. I could simply exclude it completely for efficiency. 

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Gaspershooters, reply 1

I don't think WB is compatible enough with .Net platform. I could simply exclude it completely for efficiency. 
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I was just pointing out the three items that were not being skinned appropriately so the Stardock devs could take action. Also for .NET devs to take appropriate steps to ensure their software gets skinned correctly (using System style rendering on controls, which is not the default setting in VS).

It's not a show stopper in my book, enough of a .NET app gets the proper treatment.

Cheers.  :)

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The crux is the WB development is one man show basically and MS didn't care about how its platform being skinned.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Gaspershooters, reply 3

The crux is the WB development is one man show basically and MS didn't care about how its platform being skinned.
End of Gaspershooters's quote


When I said .NET devs, I was referring to people developing software using .NET. I was just giving advise to any who would like to have their software more compatible with WB.

I couldn't give a hoot about Microsoft. ;) They do whatever they want to, regardless of their users wants and needs.