How to make your program use the Metro theme (DevComponents) 07-15-2013, 03:39 AM
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1) Create a New Project
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2) Select Windows Form Application in the list of options. It can be any .NET Framework I am pretty sure, but I recommend just using whatever is selected by default.
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3) Name your project anything you want, I will be naming it "Metro" for the tutorial.
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4) Once your project is created, go ahead and click "My Project" in the Solution Explorer to the right.
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5) Click on the References tab.
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6) Click "Add" and browse to the location of your "DevComponents.DotNetBar2.dll" which is usually in "C:\Program Files (x86)\DotNetBar for Windows Forms".
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And it should look something like this in the list of References
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7) Next, click the "Show All Files" button in the Solution Explorer. It is not labeled unless you hover over it.
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8) Click the down arrow to the left of "Form1.vb" and then click Form1.Designer.vb
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9) Find this line of code near the top of the whole code
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and then change it to
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10) You can again click on the "Show All Files" button.
and then double click on "Form1.vb"
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There you go you are now finished!
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2) Select Windows Form Application in the list of options. It can be any .NET Framework I am pretty sure, but I recommend just using whatever is selected by default.
3) Name your project anything you want, I will be naming it "Metro" for the tutorial.
4) Once your project is created, go ahead and click "My Project" in the Solution Explorer to the right.
5) Click on the References tab.
6) Click "Add" and browse to the location of your "DevComponents.DotNetBar2.dll" which is usually in "C:\Program Files (x86)\DotNetBar for Windows Forms".
And it should look something like this in the list of References
7) Next, click the "Show All Files" button in the Solution Explorer. It is not labeled unless you hover over it.
8) Click the down arrow to the left of "Form1.vb" and then click Form1.Designer.vb
9) Find this line of code near the top of the whole code
and then change it to
Quote:Inherits DevComponents.DotNetBar.Metro.MetroForm
10) You can again click on the "Show All Files" button.
and then double click on "Form1.vb"
There you go you are now finished!
Also, When your trial expires I released the .dlls in elite so make sure to get ELITE!
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