ComponentOne Input for WinForms
Customizing C1Input's Appearance / Visual Styles
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    C1Input has seven built-in visual styles: System, Office2007Blue, Office2007Black, Office2007Silver, Office2010Blue, Office2010Black, and Office2010Silver.

    Setting the VisualStyle property on a C1Input control will control the gradients and borders used to paint C1TextBox, C1Label, C1DbNavigator, C1DropDownControl, C1DateEdit (including the drop down calendar), C1NumericEdit (including the drop down calculator), C1SplitButton, C1ComboBox,C1CheckBox,C1RangeSliderand C1Button.

    To customize the appearance of a C1Input control using Visual Styles, set the VisualStyle property to Custom, Office2007Black, Office2007Blue, Office2007Silver, System, Office2010Blue, Office2010Black, or Office2010Silver. This property can be set either in the designer or in code. The following table describes each of the Visual Styles:

    Visual Style Description
    Custom No visual style (use styles and appearance properties as usual).
    Office2007Black Style matches Office2007 Black color scheme.
    Office2007Blue Style matches Office2007 Blue color scheme.
    Office2007Silver Style matches Office2007 Silver color scheme.
    System Style matches the current system settings.
    Office2010Blue Style matches Office2010 Blue color scheme.
    Office2010Black Style matches Office2010 Black color scheme.
    Office2010Silver Style matches Office2010 Silver color scheme.

    Using the Designer

    Locate the VisualStyle property in the Properties window and set it to Custom, Office2007Black, Office2007Blue, Office2007Silver, System, Office2010Blue, Office2010Black, or Office2010Silver. In this example, the VisualStyle property is set to Office2007Blue for a C1TextBox control.


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    Using the Code Editor

    Add code to the Form_Load event to set the VisualStyle property of a controlto Custom, Office2007Black, Office2007Blue, Office2007Silver, or System. The following code sets the VisualStyle property to Office2007Blue for a C1TextBox control:

    To write code in Visual Basic

    Visual Basic
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    Me.C1TextBox1.VisualStyle = C1.Win.C1Input.VisualStyle.Office2007Blue

    To write code in C#

    C#
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    this.c1TextBox1.VisualStyle = C1.Win.C1Input.VisualStyle.Office2007Blue;

    Custom Visual Style

    No visual style is applied.

    C1TextBox custom_textbox
    C1CheckBox custom-checkbox
    C1Label custom-label
    C1DbNavigator custom_dbnav
    C1DropDownControl custom_dropdown
    C1DateEdit custom-datedit
    C1NumericEdit custom-numericedit
    C1Button custom-c1button
    C1ComboBox custom_combobox
    C1RangeSlider custom-rangeslider
    C1SplitButton splitbutton

    System Visual Style

    The current system settings.

    C1TextBox
    sys-textbox
    C1CheckBox sys-checkbox
    C1Label sys-label
    C1DbNavigator sys-dbnv
    C1DropDownControl sys-dropdown
    C1DateEdit sys-dateedit
    C1NumericEdit sys-numeric
    C1Button sys-button

    C1ComboBox

    		 sys_combo
    C1RangeSlider custom-rangeslider
    C1SplitButton sys-splitbutton

    Office2007Black Visual Style

    The Office 2007 Black color scheme.

    C1TextBox 2007black_textbox
    C1CheckBox 2007black_checkbox
    C1Label 2007black_c1label
    C1DbNavigator 2007black_dbnav
    C1DropDownControl 2007black_dropdown
    C1DateEdit 2007black_datedit
    C1NumericEdit 2007black_numericbox
    C1Button 2007black_c1button

    C1ComboBox

    		 2007black_combobox
    C1RangeSlider 2007black_rangeslider
    C1SplitButton 2007black_c1splitbutton

    Office2007Blue Visual Style

    The Office 2007 Blue color scheme.

    C1TextBox 2007blue-textbox
    C1CheckBox 2007blue-checkbox
    C1Label
    C1Label
    C1DbNavigator 2007blue-dbnav
    C1DropDownControl /2007blue-dropdown
    C1DateEdit 2007blue-datepicker
    C1NumericEdit 2007blue-numeric
    C1Button 2007blue-c1button
    C1ComboBox 2007blue-combobox
    C1RangeSlider 2007blue-rangeslider
    C1SplitButton 2007blue-splitbutton

    Office2007Silver Visual Style

    The Office 2007 Silver color scheme.

    C1TextBox silvertextbox
    C1CheckBox silvercheckbox
    C1Label C1LabelOffice2007Silver
    C1DbNavigator silvernavigator
    C1DropDownControl officedropdown
    C1DateEdit silverdatedit
    C1NumericEdit silvernumericeditor
    C1Button silverbutton
    C1ComboBox silvercombobox
    C1RangeSlider silverrangeslider
    C1SplitButton silversplitbutton

    Office2010Blue Visual Style

    The Office 2010 Blue color scheme.

    C1TextBox Office2010Blue_Button
    C1CheckBox Office2010Blue_CheckBox
    C1Label Office2010Blue_label
    C1DbNavigator Office2010Blue_DBNavigator
    C1DropDownControl Office2010Blue_DropDown
    C1DateEdit Office2010Blue_DateEdit
    C1NumericEdit Office2010Blue_NumericEdit
    C1Button Office2010Blue_Button
    C1ComboBox Office2010Blue_Combobox
    C1RangeSlider Office2010Blue_RangeSlider
    C1SplitButton Office2010Blue_SplitButton

    Office2010Black Visual Style

    The Office 2010 Black color scheme.

    C1TextBox Office2010Black_TextBox
    C1CheckBox Office2010Black_CheckBox
    C1Label c1label
    C1DbNavigator Office2010Black_DBNavigator
    C1DropDownControl

    Office2010Black_Dropdown
    C1DateEdit Office2010Black_DateEdit
    C1NumericEdit Office2010Black_NumericEdit
    C1Button Office2010Black_Button

    C1ComboBox

    		 Office2010Black_ComboBox
    C1RangeSlider Office2010Black_Rangeslider
    C1SplitButton Office2010Black_SplitButton

    Office2010Silver Visual Style

    The Office 2010 Silver color scheme.

    C1TextBox Office2010Blue_TextBox
    C1CheckBox Office2010Silver_checkbox
    C1Label label

    C1DbNavigator Office2010Silver_DbNavigator
    C1DropDownControl Office2010Silver_dropdown
    C1DateEdit Office2010Silver_DateEdit
    C1NumericEdit Office2010Silver_Numeric
    C1Button Office2010Silver_Button
    C1ComboBox Office2010Silver_Combobox
    C1RangeSlider Office2010Silver_rangeslider

    C1SplitButton Office2010Silver_Splitbutton
    See Also
    Themes