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Professional Colors Sample1

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

Dim t As MyColorTable = New MyColorTable

ToolStrip1.Renderer = New ToolStripProfessionalRenderer(t)

End Sub

Class MyColorTable

Inherits ProfessionalColorTable

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ButtonPressedGradientBegin() As Color

Get

Return Color.FromArgb(147, 210, 254)

End Get

End Property

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ButtonPressedGradientMiddle() As System.Drawing.Color

Get

Return Color.FromArgb(83, 132, 252)

End Get

End Property

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ButtonPressedGradientEnd() As System.Drawing.Color

Get

Return Color.FromArgb(18, 55, 250)

End Get

End Property

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ButtonSelectedGradientBegin() As Color

Get

Return Color.FromArgb(204, 227, 255)

End Get

End Property

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ButtonSelectedGradientMiddle() As System.Drawing.Color

Get

Return Color.FromArgb(160, 199, 255)

End Get

End Property

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ButtonSelectedGradientEnd() As System.Drawing.Color

Get

Return Color.FromArgb(116, 171, 255)

End Get

End Property

End Class

Professional Colors Sample2

Below is an example of Custom Professional Colors w/ built in ProfessionalRenderer and setting Renderer at runtime.

class Form2 : Form

{

public Form2()

{

// new toolstrip

ToolStrip ts = new ToolStrip();

ts.Items.Add("Apples");

ts.Items.Add("Oranges");

ts.Items.Add("Pears");

ts.Items.Add("Change Colors", null, new EventHandler(ChangeColors_Click));

// new menustrip, with new window

MenuStrip ms = new MenuStrip();

ms.Dock = DockStyle.Top;

// add top level items

ms.Items.Add("File");

ms.Items.Add("Edit");

ms.Items.Add("View");

ms.Items.Add("Window");

// Add toolstrip to controls collection

this.Controls.Add(ts);

// Add menustrip to controls collection last - Z order!

this.Controls.Add(ms);

}

void ChangeColors_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

ToolStripManager.Renderer = new ToolStripProfessionalRenderer(new CustomProfessionalColors());

}

}

class CustomProfessionalColors : ProfessionalColorTable

{

public override Color ToolStripGradientBegin

{ get { return Color.BlueViolet; } }

public override Color ToolStripGradientMiddle

{ get { return Color.CadetBlue; } }

public override Color ToolStripGradientEnd

{ get { return Color.CornflowerBlue; } }

public override Color MenuStripGradientBegin

{ get { return Color.BlueViolet; } }

public override Color MenuStripGradientEnd

{ get { return Color.CornflowerBlue; } }

}