SkinManager.EnableFormSkins() Method

Enables the title bar skinning feature for DevExpress forms and message boxes.

Namespace: DevExpress.Skins

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public static void EnableFormSkins()

VB.NET

Public Shared Sub EnableFormSkins

Remarks

Starting from version 17.1, the form title bar skinning feature is enabled by default. You can change this default behavior with the dedicated compatibility option (see Version Compatibility: Default Property Values), or with the WindowsFormsSettings.DisableFormSkins method.

The form title bar skinning feature paints the title bar and border of DevExpress forms and message boxes according to the current skin.

If the title bar skinning feature is disabled, you can enable it by calling the EnableFormSkins or SkinManager.EnableFormSkinsIfNotVista method at runtime. Typically, these methods should be called at application startup.

It’s possible to call the EnableFormSkins/SkinManager.EnableFormSkinsIfNotVista method later. In this instance, the DevExpress.LookAndFeel.LookAndFeelHelper.ForceDefaultLookAndFeelChanged method needs to be called after enabling skins. This forces the form’s title bar to be repainted:

C#

DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableFormSkins();
DevExpress.LookAndFeel.LookAndFeelHelper.ForceDefaultLookAndFeelChanged();

VB.NET

DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableFormSkins()
DevExpress.LookAndFeel.LookAndFeelHelper.ForceDefaultLookAndFeelChanged()

Note

When a Windows Aero scheme is applied (for instance, in Windows Vista), the title bar skinning feature is not applied to RibbonForms unless the RibbonForm.AllowFormGlass option is set to False.

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the EnableFormSkins() method.

Note

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C#

winforms-xtraform-center-caption/CS/WindowsApplication1/Program.cs#L17

{
    SkinManager.EnableFormSkins();
    Application.EnableVisualStyles();

winforms-grid-copy-paste/CS/Programcs.cs#L16

static void Main() {
    SkinManager.EnableFormSkins();
    Application.EnableVisualStyles();

winforms-document-manager-web-browser-ui/CS/Program.cs#L18

Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableFormSkins();
Application.Run(new Form1());

winforms-grid-implement-crud-operations-xpinstantfeedbacksource/CS/DXServermode2/Program.cs#L30

DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableFormSkins();
DevExpress.UserSkins.BonusSkins.Register();

how-to-keep-a-look-and-feel-of-windows-forms-in-sync-e2243/CS/ThreadedSkinning/Program.cs#L21

DevExpress.UserSkins.BonusSkins.Register();
DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableFormSkins();
DevExpress.LookAndFeel.LookAndFeelHelper.ForceDefaultLookAndFeelChanged();

VB.NET

winforms-xtraform-center-caption/VB/WindowsApplication1/Program.vb#L14

Sub Main()
    Call SkinManager.EnableFormSkins()
    Call Application.EnableVisualStyles()

winforms-grid-copy-paste/VB/Programcs.vb#L20

Shared Sub Main()
    SkinManager.EnableFormSkins()
    Application.EnableVisualStyles()

winforms-document-manager-web-browser-ui/VB/Program.vb#L15

Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(False)
DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableFormSkins()
Call Application.Run(New Form1())

winforms-grid-implement-crud-operations-xpinstantfeedbacksource/VB/DXServermode2/Program.vb#L26

Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(False)
DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableFormSkins()
DevExpress.UserSkins.BonusSkins.Register()

how-to-keep-a-look-and-feel-of-windows-forms-in-sync-e2243/VB/ThreadedSkinning/Program.vb#L17

DevExpress.UserSkins.BonusSkins.Register()
DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableFormSkins()
DevExpress.LookAndFeel.LookAndFeelHelper.ForceDefaultLookAndFeelChanged()