WindowsFormsSettings.AllowSkinEditorAttach Property

Gets or sets whether or not you can use this application to preview custom skins in WinForms Skin Editor.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.v22.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Utils, DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public static DefaultBoolean AllowSkinEditorAttach { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Shared Property AllowSkinEditorAttach As DefaultBoolean

Property Value

Type	Description
DefaultBoolean	true if this application can be used to preview custom skins; otherwise, false.

Available values:

Name	Description
True	true. DefaultBoolean.True has a constant value of 0, while the standard true value corresponds to a value of 1. In Visual Basic, do not use implicit conversion of Boolean values to DefaultBoolean, and vice versa, as the conversion may produce incorrect results.
False	false. DefaultBoolean.False has a constant value of 1, while the standard false value corresponds to a value of 0. In Visual Basic, do not use implicit conversion of Boolean values to DefaultBoolean, and vice versa, as the conversion may produce incorrect results.
Default	The default behavior determined by the control’s logic.

Remarks

In WinForms Skin Editor, go to the Settings dialog, switch to the “External Preview Applications” tab, and specify a path to an application’s executable file.

Click the “External Preview Application” button on the Skin Editor’s main screen to choose a preview application, and if it has the AllowSkinEditorAttach property enabled, the app will be painted using your currently opened skin. This allows you to preview skins in a real-life application without the necessity to export them as libraries and reference them in that project.