C# Signature:

C# Signatures:

[DllImport("uxtheme", ExactSpelling=true)]
public extern static Int32 DrawThemeBackgroundEx(IntPtr hTheme, IntPtr hdc, int iPartId, int iStateId, ref RECT pRect, ref DTBGOPTS poptions);

VB .NET Signature:

Declare Function DrawThemeBackgroundEx Lib "uxtheme.dll" (TODO) As TODO
public extern static Int32 DrawThemeBackground(IntPtr hTheme, IntPtr hdc, int iPartId,
   int iStateId, ref RECT pRect, ref RECT pClipRect);

<DllImport("uxtheme", ExactSpelling := True)> _
Public Shared Function DrawThemeBackgroundEx(hTheme As IntPtr, hdc As IntPtr, iPartId As Integer, iStateId As Integer, ByRef pRect As RECT, ByRef poptions As DTBGOPTS) As Int32
End Function
[DllImport("uxtheme", ExactSpelling=true)]
public extern static Int32 DrawThemeBackground(IntPtr hTheme, IntPtr hdc, int iPartId,
   int iStateId, ref RECT pRect, IntPtr pClipRect);

VB Signatures:

Declare Function DrawThemeBackground Lib "uxtheme.dll" (TODO) As TODO

<DllImport("UxTheme.dll", CallingConvention:=CallingConvention.Cdecl)> _
Function DrawThemeBackground(ByVal hTheme As IntPtr, ByVal hdc As IntPtr, _
   ByVal iPartId As Integer, ByVal iStateId As Integer, ByRef pRect As RECT, _
   ByRef pClipRect As RECT) As Integer
End Function

User-Defined Types:

None.

RECT

Notes:

None.

Tips & Tricks:

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Sample Code:

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Sample

'Draw a button in the Statusbar (check the website for the API calls)
Dim posX As Integer = Me.Width - 5 * 20
Dim g As Graphics = Graphics.FromHdc(New IntPtr(GetWindowDC(Me.Handle.ToInt32)))
'drawThemeBackground(openThemeData(Me.Handle, "Window"), g.GetHdc, 15, 1, New RECT(New Rectangle(posX, 5, 20, 20)), IntPtr.Zero)
drawThemeBackground(openThemeData(Me.Handle, "ExplorerBar"), g.GetHdc, 7, 1, New RECT(New Rectangle(posX, 6, 20, 20)), IntPtr.Zero)

Alternative Managed API:

TODO

System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles.VisualStyleRender.DrawBackground

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