VisualStyleInformation Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

VisualStyleInformation.cs

Provides information about the current visual style of the operating system.

public ref class VisualStyleInformation abstract sealed

public static class VisualStyleInformation

type VisualStyleInformation = class

Public Class VisualStyleInformation

Inheritance

Object

VisualStyleInformation

Examples

The following code example displays the values of the VisualStyleInformation properties in a ListView control.

// This is a simple example for VisualStyleInformation that displays
// all of the visual style values in a ListView.

#using <System.Drawing.dll>
#using <System.Windows.Forms.dll>
#using <System.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Drawing;
using namespace System::Text;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms::VisualStyles;

namespace VisualStyleInformationSample
{
    public ref class StyleInfo : public Form
    {
    private:
        ListView^ displayStyleInfo;

    public:
        StyleInfo()
        {
            this->displayStyleInfo = gcnew ListView();
            this->ClientSize = System::Drawing::Size(500, 500);
            this->Text = "VisualStyleInformation Property Values";

            displayStyleInfo->Bounds = System::Drawing::Rectangle
                (System::Drawing::Point(10, 10),System::Drawing::Size(400, 300));
            displayStyleInfo->View = View::Details;
            displayStyleInfo->FullRowSelect = true;
            displayStyleInfo->Sorting = SortOrder::Ascending;

            Type^ typeInfo = VisualStyleInformation::typeid;
            Object^ propertyValue;

            // Declare an array of static/Shared property details for the
            // VisualStyleInformation class.
            array<PropertyInfo^>^ elementProperties = typeInfo->GetProperties
                (BindingFlags::Static | BindingFlags::Public);

            String^ name;
            // Insert each property name and value into the ListView.
            for each (PropertyInfo^ property in elementProperties)
            {
                name = property->Name;
                propertyValue = property->GetValue(nullptr,
                    BindingFlags::Static, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
                ListViewItem^ newItem = gcnew ListViewItem(name, 0);
                newItem->SubItems->Add(propertyValue->ToString());
                displayStyleInfo->Items->Add(newItem);
            }

            // Create columns for the items and subitems.
            displayStyleInfo->Columns->Add("Property", -2,
                System::Windows::Forms::HorizontalAlignment::Left);
            displayStyleInfo->Columns->Add("Value", -2,
                System::Windows::Forms::HorizontalAlignment::Left);

            // Add the ListView to the control collection.
            this->Controls->Add(displayStyleInfo);
        }
    };
}

int main()
{
    Application::EnableVisualStyles();
    Application::Run(gcnew VisualStyleInformationSample::StyleInfo());
}

// This is a simple example for VisualStyleInformation that displays
// all of the visual style values in a ListView.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles;

namespace VisualStyleInformationSample
{
    public class Form1 : Form
    {
        private ListView listView1 = new ListView();

        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }

        public Form1()
        {
            this.ClientSize = new Size(500, 500);
            this.Text = "VisualStyleInformation Property Values";

            listView1.Bounds = new Rectangle(new Point(10, 10),
                new Size(400, 300));
            listView1.View = View.Details;
            listView1.FullRowSelect = true;
            listView1.Sorting = SortOrder.Ascending;

            Type typeInfo = typeof(VisualStyleInformation);
            StringBuilder name = new StringBuilder();
            object propertyValue;

            // Declare an array of static/Shared property details for the
            // VisualStyleInformation class.
            PropertyInfo[] elementProperties =
                typeInfo.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public);

            // Insert each property name and value into the ListView.
            foreach (PropertyInfo property in elementProperties)
            {
                name.Append(property.Name);
                propertyValue = property.GetValue(null,
                    BindingFlags.Static, null, null, null);
                ListViewItem newItem = new ListViewItem(name.ToString(), 0);
                newItem.SubItems.Add(propertyValue.ToString());
                listView1.Items.Add(newItem);
                name.Remove(0, name.Length);
            }

            // Create columns for the items and subitems.
            listView1.Columns.Add("Property", -2, System.Windows.Forms.HorizontalAlignment.Left);
            listView1.Columns.Add("Value", -2, System.Windows.Forms.HorizontalAlignment.Left);

            // Add the ListView to the control collection.
            this.Controls.Add(listView1);
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles

Namespace VisualStyleInformationSample

    Public Class Form1
        Inherits Form
        Private listView1 As New ListView()

        <STAThread()> _
        Shared Sub Main()
            Application.EnableVisualStyles()
            Application.Run(New Form1())
        End Sub

        Public Sub New()
            Me.Text = "VisualStyleInformation Property Values"
            Me.AutoSize = True

            With listView1
                .Bounds = New Rectangle(New Point(10, 10), New Size(400, 300))
                .View = View.Details
                .Sorting = SortOrder.Ascending
            End With

            ' Get an array of property details for the
            ' VisualStyleInformation class.
            Dim typeInfo As Type = GetType(VisualStyleInformation)
            Dim elementProperties As PropertyInfo() = _
                typeInfo.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Static Or BindingFlags.Public)

            ' Use these variables to store the name and value of each property.
            Dim propertyName As New StringBuilder()
            Dim propertyValue As Object
            Dim prop As PropertyInfo

            For Each prop In elementProperties
                ' Get the name and value of the current property.
                propertyName.Append(prop.Name)
                propertyValue = prop.GetValue(Nothing, BindingFlags.Static, _
                    Nothing, Nothing, Nothing)
                ' Insert the property name and value into the ListView.
                Dim newItem As New ListViewItem(propertyName.ToString(), 0)
                newItem.SubItems.Add(propertyValue.ToString())
                listView1.Items.Add(newItem)
                ' Clear the property name for the next iteration.
                propertyName.Remove(0, propertyName.Length)
            Next prop

            ' Create columns for the items and subitems.
            listView1.Columns.Add("Property", -1, _
                System.Windows.Forms.HorizontalAlignment.Left)
            listView1.Columns.Add("Value", -1, _
                System.Windows.Forms.HorizontalAlignment.Left)
            Me.Controls.Add(listView1)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Remarks

This class exposes static properties that provide details about the current visual style of the operating system.

Properties

Author	Gets the author of the current visual style.
ColorScheme	Gets the color scheme of the current visual style.
Company	Gets the company that created the current visual style.
ControlHighlightHot	Gets the color that the current visual style uses to indicate the hot state of a control.
Copyright	Gets the copyright of the current visual style.
Description	Gets a description of the current visual style.
DisplayName	Gets the display name of the current visual style.
IsEnabledByUser	Gets a value indicating whether the user has enabled visual styles in the operating system.
IsSupportedByOS	Gets a value indicating whether the operating system supports visual styles.
MinimumColorDepth	Gets the minimum color depth for the current visual style.
Size	Gets a string that describes the size of the current visual style.
SupportsFlatMenus	Gets a value indicating whether the current visual style supports flat menus.
TextControlBorder	Gets the color that the current visual style uses to paint the borders of controls that contain text.
Url	Gets a URL provided by the author of the current visual style.
Version	Gets the version of the current visual style.

See also

• VisualStyleRenderer
• VisualStyleElement