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FW Metro
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 07:26 AM
Hi,

Could be posible to have a style called Metro.

When activated, standard controls are painted like Metro.

For example, this code:

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  DEFINE DIALOG oDlg RESOURCE "FOLDER" TITLE OemToAnsi("A¤adir una EMPRESA")

   REDEFINE FOLDER oFld ID 101 OF oDlg ;
           PROMPT "Generales",  ;
                  "Internet", "Observaciones" ;
           DIALOGS "EMPR_GENERAL",  ;
                   "INTERNET", "OBSERVA"

   REDEFINE GET nCodigo       ID 20 OF oDlg
   REDEFINE GET nComercial ID 21 OF oDlg
[...]



Will be painted automatically like Otto´s Winhotel design.

The dialog will be fitted full screen, with white background, font, etc.


If not, rewritting all the dialogs take many many time. Those changes will save many time and also Fivetech could create a separated add on, at an extra price.


Thank you so much.
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Re: FW Metro
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 01:42 PM

Antonio

This is an excellent suggestion, if you can do it , it will enhance the look of all applications with no extra coding or minimal coding.

Looking forward ,

Richard

http://www.cbati.com

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Fwh 13.05 Harbour 3.2 MSVC 2013
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Re: FW Metro
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 09:10 PM

First, the style should be Windows 8, and you should look at Microsoft's Cosmopolitan style. It is what was used in Office 2013.

Tim

Tim Stone
http://www.MasterLinkSoftware.com
http://www.autoshopwriter.com
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Using: FWH 23.10 with Harbour 3.2.0 / Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022-24 32/64 bit
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Re: FW Metro
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:29 PM

We do not longer call "M.e.t.r.o", will have another name. but the idea is good. this style name is blacklisted by Microsoft.

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Re: FW Metro
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 06:57 AM

Great idea ;).

I am interested too.

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Re: FW Metro
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:59 AM

We could automatize some parts to be automatically painted with a Metro inspired style :-)

i.e.:

SET METRO ON

...

SET METRO OFF

regards, saludos

Antonio Linares
www.fivetechsoft.com
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Re: FW Metro
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 03:59 PM

Great ;).

Do you need help for testing it?.

Muchas gracias. Many thanks.



Un saludo, Best regards,



Harbour 3.2.0dev, Borland C++ 5.82 y FWH 13.06 [producción]



Implementando MSVC 2010, FWH64 y ADO.



Abandonando uso xHarbour y SQLRDD.

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