Acquiring a professionally themed application just got easier. Codejock Software's Skin Framework provides Windows developers with a highly sophisticated application skinning framework technology that was developed with Windows Themes (Visual Styles) in mind. Achieving a completely themed application can be accomplished with only a few lines of code. Skin Framework provides maximum compatibility with existing Windows XP and higher Visual Styles that can be used on any Windows platform.
Several predefined Visual Styles are provided. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework allows you to skin every visual element in your application. With only a few lines of code your entire application is skinned, including standard controls (buttons, combobox, progress bar, edit control, list box, slider, scroll bars, tab control, option button, check box, spin button, etc.), dialogs (color picker, font picker, print, print preview, open, etc.), and windows frame components (frame, title bar, close button, maximize, minimize, system popup menu, etc.).
Any child form, dialog, or message box will automatically use the skin of its parent with no additional code!
Skin Framework provides the same look and feel across all Windows Platforms beginning with Window 95 and NT 4.0! Let's face it, your application is judged by its appearance more so than anything else. It's important to create a good first impression. Skin Framework will not only create a good first impression, it will have your users coming back for more. You can be assured that your application will look the same running on Windows 95 as it does running on Windows XP. Skin Framework's advanced skinning technology allows you to have the most visually appealing application on older operating systems.
This screenshot was taken when running on Window NT 4.0!
Skin Framework comes with a Skin Builder Utility that allows you to edit existing Codejock or msstyles skins or create your own. You can customize every piece of an application with this utility such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance. Many different schemas can be created for a given skin. The same skin file can contain schemas with different colors and different font sizes (normal, large, extra large, etc).
Skin Framework allows multiple skins to be applied to the same application. You can even apply a different skin style to each individual control on the same form. This allows complete control over how an application is skinned. You might like the buttons from one skin better than another so you can easily apply that skin only to those buttons. Components can also be excluded from skinning if desired.
The picture below shows the main application using a different theme from the popped up dialog. Each button on the dialog is using a different theme.
Skin Framework does not limit you to the predefined skins provided with the control. With msstyles file support you have literally thousands of skins available. There are many websites that publish msstyles skin files you can use with Skin Framework.
If enabled for the entire application, Skin Framework will automatically apply skins to the system dialogs and, all known controls in them, and all windows open from those dialogs.
Skin Framework includes the Windows 10 Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance. The skin comes with a number of color accent schemes.
Skin Framework includes the Windows 8 Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Office 2010 Blue Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Office 2010 Black Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Office 2010 Silver Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Windows Vista Silver Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Windows Vista Blue Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Windows Vista Black Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Windows Vista New Black Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework include the Zune Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Codejock Blue Visual Style. This is the skin that has been used to skin the Codejock Package Installers. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Codejock Black Visual Style. This is the skin that has been used to skin the Codejock Package Installers. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Office 2007 Blue Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Office 2007 Black Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Office 2007 Silver Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Office 2007 Aqua Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Windows Media Center Royale Blue Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Native Windows XP Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Windows XP Metallic Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.
Skin Framework includes the Windows XP Homestead Visual Style. Every piece of an application can be skinned including components such as the title bar, window frame, buttons, edit controls, check boxes, etc, delivering a professional appearance.
In addition to the included skins, any msstyles Visual Style can be used with Skin Framework making the possibilities endless with how an application can be skinned.