Enables visual styles for the application.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
This method enables visual styles for the application. Visual styles are the colors, fonts, and other visual elements that form an operating system theme. Controls will draw with visual styles if the control and the operating system support it. To have an effect, EnableVisualStyles
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Prior to the .NET Framework 2.0, the FlatStyle property of some controls, such as controls that derive from ButtonBase, had to be set to FlatStyle |
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This method will have no effect for controls hosted in Internet Explorer. |
Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 Platform Note: Visual styles are only supported on these platforms.
The following code example demonstrates calling EnableVisualStyles in the Main function to enable visual styles for the application.
Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Namespace VStyles
' Summary description for Form1.
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Private button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button
<System.STAThread()> _
Public Shared Sub Main()
System.Windows.Forms.Application.EnableVisualStyles()
System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(New Form1)
End Sub 'Main
Public Sub New()
Me.button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
Me.button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(24, 16)
Me.button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(120, 100)
Me.button1.FlatStyle = FlatStyle.System
Me.button1.Text = "I am themed."
' Sets up how the form should be displayed and adds the controls to the form.
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(300, 286)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.button1)
Me.Text = "Application.EnableVisualStyles Example"
End Sub 'New
End Class 'Form1
End Namespace 'VStyles
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace VStyles
{
public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.Run(new Form1());
}
public Form1()
{
this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(24, 16);
this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(120, 100);
this.button1.FlatStyle = FlatStyle.System;
this.button1.Text = "I am themed.";
// Sets up how the form should be displayed and adds the controls to the form.
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(300, 286);
this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
this.Text = "Application.EnableVisualStyles Example";
}
}
}
#using <System.dll>
#using <System.Windows.Forms.dll>
#using <System.Drawing.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Drawing;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
namespace VStyles
{
public ref class Form1: public System::Windows::Forms::Form
{
private:
System::Windows::Forms::Button^ button1;
public:
Form1()
{
this->button1 = gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Button;
this->button1->Location = System::Drawing::Point( 24, 16 );
this->button1->Size = System::Drawing::Size( 120, 100 );
this->button1->FlatStyle = FlatStyle::System;
this->button1->Text = "I am themed.";
// Sets up how the form should be displayed and adds the controls to the form.
this->ClientSize = System::Drawing::Size( 300, 286 );
this->Controls->Add( this->button1 );
this->Text = "Application::EnableVisualStyles Example";
}
};
}
[STAThread]
int main()
{
Application::EnableVisualStyles();
Application::Run( gcnew VStyles::Form1 );
}
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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