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SetWindowTheme (uxtheme)
 
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Summary
Causes a window to use a different set of visual style information than its class normally uses.

C# Signature:

[DllImport("uxtheme.dll", ExactSpelling=true, CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern int SetWindowTheme(IntPtr hWnd, String pszSubAppName, String pszSubIdList);

[DllImport("uxtheme.dll", ExactSpelling=true, CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern int SetWindowTheme(IntPtr hWnd, int pszSubAppName, String pszSubIdList);

[DllImport("uxtheme.dll", ExactSpelling=true, CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern int SetWindowTheme(IntPtr hWnd, String pszSubAppName, int pszSubIdList);

[DllImport("uxtheme.dll", ExactSpelling=true, CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern int SetWindowTheme(IntPtr hWnd, int pszSubAppName, int pszSubIdList);

VB .NET Signature:

Public Declare Unicode Function SetWindowTheme Lib "uxtheme.dll" (ByVal hWnd As HandleRef, ByVal pszSubAppName As String, ByVal pszSubIdList As String) As Integer

User-Defined Types:

None.

Notes:

None.

Tips & Tricks:

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Sample Code:

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

...

public class MyForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form

...

[DllImport("uxtheme", ExactSpelling=true, CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)]

        public extern static Int32 SetWindowTheme(IntPtr hWnd, String textSubAppName, String textSubIdList);

...

public MyForm()

{

SetWindowTheme(this.AnyControl.Handle,,);

}

Alternative Managed API:

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