TcxLookAndFeelController.SkinName Property

Specifies the name of a skin that all DevExpress controls in an application use by default.

Declaration

property SkinName: TdxSkinName read; write;

Property Value

Type
TdxSkinName

Remarks

Use this property to apply a built-in or custom skin to all controls instead of a basic look & feel style if the NativeStyle property is set to False. The LookAndFeel.SkinName property of an individual control overrides the SkinName property.

To apply a built-in skin to an application, assign the skin’s name to the SkinName property. If you need to use a custom skin instead:

• Launch the Skin Editor to create a new skin.

• Call the dxSkinsUserSkinLoadFromFile, dxSkinsUserSkinLoadFromFileByIndex, dxSkinsUserSkinLoadFromFile, or dxSkinsUserSkinLoadFromStreamByIndex global function to load a skin from a SKINRES file or stream.

• Assign ‘UserSkin’ to the SkinName property.

Enclose code that performs a series of look & feel changes between the BeginUpdate and EndUpdate procedure calls to avoid excessive redraw operations.

Note

Alternatively, you can use the SkinName property accessible via a RootLookAndFeel global function call.

The SkinName property’s default value is the cxDefaultLookAndFeelSkinName global constant.