I have changed this post from the original to focus on the main problem I am having. I am using the newest version of VSB and Winforms in a C# application. The app uses a RadShapedForm with ThemeManager and the repository.xml and theme.xml loaded into it. My RadTitleBar uses three images for the min, max and close buttons as well as three more mouse over buttons. While the gradient fills work on the title bar none of the images show up in the VS2008 designer or at run time. Also I noticed that after loading the saved repository back in the VSB the images are missing there as well. Why aren’t the images showing up in Visual Studio and why does the VSB loose the location of the images after it is saved. I am guessing the VSB is not saving the correct location of the images for some reason but I have no way to check it because the string is not readable. Can anyone help?
I have attaches two images, one is the missing images on the visual studio designer and the other ris the missing images in th VSB after loading the saved repository.
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Thank you for writing.
It is puzzling that the Visual Style Builder does not save the images correctly. When you select an image for a repository item or for a simple property, the selected image is serialized to a base 64 string which gets written in the xml when the theme is saved. We are currently aware of an issue which causes png files to become corrupt when the theme is reloaded and we worked around it by saving our images as bmp files.
If you are still experiencing the issue you described you can send us an image of how you would like your shaped form and title bar to look and we will provide the xml files.
I am looking forward to your reply.
Sincerely yours,Victor
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System.InvalidOperationException: Bitmaps that are icons cannot be made transparent. Icons natively support transparency. Use the Icon constructor to create an icon.
at System.Drawing.Bitmap.MakeTransparent(Color transparentColor)
at Telerik.WinControls.Primitives.ImagePrimitive.BuildImageCache(Image image)
at Telerik.WinControls.Primitives.ImagePrimitive.GetPaintImage()
at Telerik.WinControls.Primitives.ImagePrimitive.PaintPrimitive(IGraphics graphics, Single angle, SizeF scale)
at Telerik.WinControls.Primitives.BasePrimitive.PaintElement(IGraphics graphics, Single angle, SizeF scale)
at Telerik.WinControls.RadElement.PaintElement(Graphics rawGraphics, IGraphics graphics, Single angle, SizeF scale, Region currentClip)
at Telerik.WinControls.RadElement.Paint(IGraphics graphics, Rectangle clipRectangle, Single angle, SizeF scale, Boolean useRelativeTransformation)
at Telerik.WinControls.RadElement.PaintOverride(IGraphics graphics, Rectangle clipRectangle, Single angle, SizeF scale, Boolean useRelativeTransformation)
at Telerik.WinControls.RadElement.PaintChildren(IGraphics graphics, Rectangle clipRectange, Single angle, SizeF scale, Boolean useRelativeTransformation)
at Telerik.WinControls.VisualElement.PaintChildren(IGraphics graphics, Rectangle clipRectange, Single angle, SizeF scale, Boolean useRelativeTransformation)
at Telerik.WinControls.RadElement.Paint(IGraphics graphics, Rectangle clipRectangle, Single angle, SizeF scale, Boolean useRelativeTransformation)
at Telerik.WinControls.RadItem.PaintOverride(IGraphics screenRadGraphics, Rectangle clipRectangle, Single angle, SizeF scale, Boolean useRelativeTransformation)
at Telerik.WinControls.RadElement.PaintChildren(IGraphics graphics, Rectangle clipRectange, Single angle, SizeF scale, Boolean useRelativeTransformation)
at Telerik.WinControls.VisualElement.PaintChildren(IGraphics graphics, Rectangle clipRectange, Single angle, SizeF scale, Boolean useRelativeTransformation)
at Telerik.WinControls.RadElement.Paint(IGraphics graphics, Rectangle clipRectangle, Single angle, SizeF scale, Boolean useRelativeTransformation)
at Telerik.WinControls.RadItem.PaintOverride(IGraphics screenRadGraphics, Rectangle clipRectangle, Single angle, SizeF scale, Boolean useRelativeTransformation)
at Telerik.WinControls.RootRadElement.Paint(IGraphics graphics, Rectangle clipRectangle)
at Telerik.WinControls.RadControl.OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PaintWithErrorHandling(PaintEventArgs e, Int16 layer, Boolean disposeEventArgs)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmPaint(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at Telerik.WinControls.RadControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
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Thank you for the additional information.
We will research why the gif images are causing problems and will fix the issue if possible. Loading icons is actually not supported and we will add a filter to the browse dialog which will hide the unsupported file formats.
If you need to import the icon you have to convert the ico file to png, jpg or bmp.
Please write again if you need further assistance.
Kind regards,
Victor
the Telerik team
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