[widmh]

Is there any know way to skin them (Toolbars TB2K & TBX … items, menu) ? Any third party assigment did not helped!

Hp

[Hamilton]

I was avoiding answering this as I don't have time to test it but with no official reply I thought I'd just suggest that TBX has it's own skinning engine that is almost certainly interfering with the way AC controls are drawn. I haven't used TBX for a few years so I don't remember if the control component allows the skinning to be disabled – if it does you should start with that.

I'm surprised you're still using TBX btw, I thought everyone had switched to the sp library these days. Legacy app? IMO you're better off migrating to pure AC controls if you're able as TBX has not been supported for years.

Regards,

Hamilton

[widmh]

Hi Hamilton

first the issues with the 7.66 current version:

– pure TB2K undocking docking crashes within the alpha controls

– using TBX or SPTBX undocking docking is possible but lets :

1) the undocking title not redrawn

2) on docking the undocking window is still present

see the 2 attached using SPTBX

[attachment=5753:SPTBX-Float.PNG]

[attachment=5754:SPTBX-Docking.PNG]

in other words TB2K crashes (a no go) and TBX & SPTBX has undocking /undocking issues.

My basic idea is to have a specific alpha control TBX-theme and calls to the alpha controls skin engine. Also some fixes on the alpha controls

to deal with the docking undocking loop (sould not that complicate at all) and to deal with the floating window (draw as a skined alpha form).

In other words to support TBX & SPTBX should be possible (not a big cake).

I use TBX while SPTBX had on the beginning some issues and I was happy. While I use TBX within a plugin frame work with dynamic load & runtime docking of toolbar's & menu structures onto the main form.

Cheers

Hp

'Hamilton' wrote:

I was avoiding answering this as I don't have time to test it but with no official reply I thought I'd just suggest that TBX has it's own skinning engine that is almost certainly interfering with the way AC controls are drawn. I haven't used TBX for a few years so I don't remember if the control component allows the skinning to be disabled – if it does you should start with that.

I'm surprised you're still using TBX btw, I thought everyone had switched to the sp library these days. Legacy app? IMO you're better off migrating to pure AC controls if you're able as TBX has not been supported for years.

Regards,

Hamilton

[Support]

Hello

Unfortunately, this control can't be skinned fully, because it's not inherited from standard control.

Very big work should be made for a full support of such component.

[Author]

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