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User Theming APIs

Handles user experience theming and visual styles.

Functions

CloseThemeData(int hTheme) → int

Closes the theme data handle.

DrawThemeBackground(int hTheme, int hdc, int iPartId, int iStateId, Pointer<RECT> pRect, Pointer<RECT> pClipRect) → int

Draws the border and fill defined by the visual style for the specified control part.

DrawThemeEdge(int hTheme, int hdc, int iPartId, int iStateId, Pointer<RECT> pDestRect, int uEdge, int uFlags, Pointer<RECT> pContentRect) → int

Draws one or more edges defined by the visual style of a rectangle.

DrawThemeIcon(int hTheme, int hdc, int iPartId, int iStateId, Pointer<RECT> pRect, int himl, int iImageIndex) → int

Draws an image from an image list with the icon effect defined by the visual style.

DrawThemeParentBackground(int hwnd, int hdc, Pointer<RECT> prc) → int

Draws the part of a parent control that is covered by a partially-transparent or alpha-blended child control.

DrawThemeParentBackgroundEx(int hwnd, int hdc, int dwFlags, Pointer<RECT> prc) → int

Used by partially-transparent or alpha-blended child controls to draw the part of their parent in front of which they appear. Sends a WM_ERASEBKGND message followed by a WM_PRINTCLIENT.

DrawThemeTextEx(int hTheme, int hdc, int iPartId, int iStateId, Pointer<Utf16> pszText, int cchText, int dwTextFlags, Pointer<RECT> pRect, Pointer<DTTOPTS> pOptions) → int

Draws text using the color and font defined by the visual style.

EnableThemeDialogTexture(int hwnd, int dwFlags) → int

Enables or disables the visual style of the background of a dialog window.

GetCurrentThemeName(Pointer<Utf16> pszThemeFileName, int cchMaxNameChars, Pointer<Utf16> pszColorBuff, int cchMaxColorChars, Pointer<Utf16> pszSizeBuff, int cchMaxSizeChars) → int

Retrieves the name of the current visual style, and optionally retrieves the color scheme name and size name.

GetThemeMetric(int hTheme, int hdc, int iPartId, int iStateId, int iPropId, Pointer<Int32> piVal) → int

Retrieves the value of a metric property.

GetThemePartSize(int hTheme, int hdc, int iPartId, int iStateId, Pointer<RECT> prc, int eSize, Pointer<SIZE> psz) → int

Calculates the original size of the part defined by a visual style.

GetThemeRect(int hTheme, int iPartId, int iStateId, int iPropId, Pointer<RECT> pRect) → int

Retrieves the value of a RECT property.

GetThemeSysColor(int hTheme, int iColorId) → int

Retrieves the value of a system color.

GetThemeSysColorBrush(int hTheme, int iColorId) → int

Retrieves a system color brush.

GetThemeSysFont(int hTheme, int iFontId, Pointer<LOGFONT> plf) → int

Retrieves the LOGFONT of a system font.

GetThemeSysSize(int hTheme, int iSizeId) → int

Retrieves the value of a system size metric from theme data.

GetWindowTheme(int hwnd) → int

Retrieves a theme handle to a window that has visual styles applied.

IsAppThemed() → int

Reports whether the current application's user interface displays using visual styles.

IsCompositionActive() → int

Determines whether Desktop Window Manager (DWM) composition effects are available to the theme.

IsThemeActive() → int

Tests if a visual style for the current application is active.

IsThemeBackgroundPartiallyTransparent(int hTheme, int iPartId, int iStateId) → int

Retrieves whether the background specified by the visual style has transparent pieces or alpha-blended pieces.

IsThemeDialogTextureEnabled(int hwnd) → int

Reports whether a specified dialog window supports background texturing.

IsThemePartDefined(int hTheme, int iPartId, int iStateId) → int

Retrieves whether a visual style has defined parameters for the specified part and state.

OpenThemeData(int hwnd, Pointer<Utf16> pszClassList) → int

Opens the theme data for a window and its associated class.

OpenThemeDataEx(int hwnd, Pointer<Utf16> pszClassList, int dwFlags) → int

Opens the theme data associated with a window for specified theme classes.

OpenThemeDataForDpi(int hwnd, Pointer<Utf16> pszClassList, int dpi) → int

A variant of OpenThemeData that opens a theme handle associated with a specific DPI.

SetThemeAppProperties(int dwFlags) → void

Sets the flags that determine how visual styles are implemented in the calling application.

SetWindowTheme(int hwnd, Pointer<Utf16> pszSubAppName, Pointer<Utf16> pszSubIdList) → int

Causes a window to use a different set of visual style information than its class normally uses.

SetWindowThemeAttribute(int hwnd, int eAttribute, Pointer<NativeType> pvAttribute, int cbAttribute) → int

Sets attributes to control how visual styles are applied to a specified window.

SetWindowThemeNonClientAttributes(int hwnd, int dwMask, int dwAttributes) → int

Sets attributes to control how visual styles are applied to a specified window.