VisualStyleInformation Class

Definition

public ref class VisualStyleInformation abstract sealed

public static class VisualStyleInformation

type VisualStyleInformation = class

Public Class VisualStyleInformation

Inheritance

Object

VisualStyleInformation

Examples

The following code example displays the values of the VisualStyleInformation properties in a ListView control.

// This is a simple example for VisualStyleInformation that displays
// all of the visual style values in a ListView.

#using <System.Drawing.dll>
#using <System.Windows.Forms.dll>
#using <System.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Drawing;
using namespace System::Text;
using namespace System::Reflection;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms::VisualStyles;

namespace VisualStyleInformationSample
{
 public ref class StyleInfo : public Form
 {
 private:
 ListView^ displayStyleInfo;

 public:
 StyleInfo()
 {
 this->displayStyleInfo = gcnew ListView();
 this->ClientSize = System::Drawing::Size(500, 500);
 this->Text = "VisualStyleInformation Property Values";

 displayStyleInfo->Bounds = System::Drawing::Rectangle
 (System::Drawing::Point(10, 10),System::Drawing::Size(400, 300));
 displayStyleInfo->View = View::Details;
 displayStyleInfo->FullRowSelect = true;
 displayStyleInfo->Sorting = SortOrder::Ascending;

 Type^ typeInfo = VisualStyleInformation::typeid;
 Object^ propertyValue;

 // Declare an array of static/Shared property details for the
 // VisualStyleInformation class.
 array<PropertyInfo^>^ elementProperties = typeInfo->GetProperties
 (BindingFlags::Static | BindingFlags::Public);

 String^ name;
 // Insert each property name and value into the ListView.
 for each (PropertyInfo^ property in elementProperties)
 {
 name = property->Name;
 propertyValue = property->GetValue(nullptr,
 BindingFlags::Static, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
 ListViewItem^ newItem = gcnew ListViewItem(name, 0);
 newItem->SubItems->Add(propertyValue->ToString());
 displayStyleInfo->Items->Add(newItem);
 }

 // Create columns for the items and subitems.
 displayStyleInfo->Columns->Add("Property", -2,
 System::Windows::Forms::HorizontalAlignment::Left);
 displayStyleInfo->Columns->Add("Value", -2,
 System::Windows::Forms::HorizontalAlignment::Left);

 // Add the ListView to the control collection.
 this->Controls->Add(displayStyleInfo);
 }
 };
}

int main()
{
 Application::EnableVisualStyles();
 Application::Run(gcnew VisualStyleInformationSample::StyleInfo());
}

// This is a simple example for VisualStyleInformation that displays
// all of the visual style values in a ListView.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles;

namespace VisualStyleInformationSample
{
 public class Form1 : Form
 {
 private ListView listView1 = new ListView();

 [STAThread]
 static void Main()
 {
 Application.EnableVisualStyles();
 Application.Run(new Form1());
 }

 public Form1()
 {
 this.ClientSize = new Size(500, 500);
 this.Text = "VisualStyleInformation Property Values";

 listView1.Bounds = new Rectangle(new Point(10, 10),
 new Size(400, 300));
 listView1.View = View.Details;
 listView1.FullRowSelect = true;
 listView1.Sorting = SortOrder.Ascending;

 Type typeInfo = typeof(VisualStyleInformation);
 StringBuilder name = new StringBuilder();
 object propertyValue;

 // Declare an array of static/Shared property details for the
 // VisualStyleInformation class.
 PropertyInfo[] elementProperties =
 typeInfo.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public);

 // Insert each property name and value into the ListView.
 foreach (PropertyInfo property in elementProperties)
 {
 name.Append(property.Name);
 propertyValue = property.GetValue(null,
 BindingFlags.Static, null, null, null);
 ListViewItem newItem = new ListViewItem(name.ToString(), 0);
 newItem.SubItems.Add(propertyValue.ToString());
 listView1.Items.Add(newItem);
 name.Remove(0, name.Length);
 }

 // Create columns for the items and subitems.
 listView1.Columns.Add("Property", -2, System.Windows.Forms.HorizontalAlignment.Left);
 listView1.Columns.Add("Value", -2, System.Windows.Forms.HorizontalAlignment.Left);

 // Add the ListView to the control collection.
 this.Controls.Add(listView1);
 }
 }
}

Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles

Namespace VisualStyleInformationSample

 Public Class Form1
 Inherits Form
 Private listView1 As New ListView()

 <STAThread()> _
 Shared Sub Main()
 Application.EnableVisualStyles()
 Application.Run(New Form1())
 End Sub

 Public Sub New()
 Me.Text = "VisualStyleInformation Property Values"
 Me.AutoSize = True

 With listView1
 .Bounds = New Rectangle(New Point(10, 10), New Size(400, 300))
 .View = View.Details
 .Sorting = SortOrder.Ascending
 End With

 ' Get an array of property details for the
 ' VisualStyleInformation class.
 Dim typeInfo As Type = GetType(VisualStyleInformation)
 Dim elementProperties As PropertyInfo() = _
 typeInfo.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Static Or BindingFlags.Public)

 ' Use these variables to store the name and value of each property.
 Dim propertyName As New StringBuilder()
 Dim propertyValue As Object
 Dim prop As PropertyInfo

 For Each prop In elementProperties
 ' Get the name and value of the current property.
 propertyName.Append(prop.Name)
 propertyValue = prop.GetValue(Nothing, BindingFlags.Static, _
 Nothing, Nothing, Nothing)
 ' Insert the property name and value into the ListView.
 Dim newItem As New ListViewItem(propertyName.ToString(), 0)
 newItem.SubItems.Add(propertyValue.ToString())
 listView1.Items.Add(newItem)
 ' Clear the property name for the next iteration.
 propertyName.Remove(0, propertyName.Length)
 Next prop

 ' Create columns for the items and subitems.
 listView1.Columns.Add("Property", -1, _
 System.Windows.Forms.HorizontalAlignment.Left)
 listView1.Columns.Add("Value", -1, _
 System.Windows.Forms.HorizontalAlignment.Left)
 Me.Controls.Add(listView1)
 End Sub
 End Class
End Namespace

Remarks

This class exposes static properties that provide details about the current visual style of the operating system.

See also

• VisualStyleRenderer
• VisualStyleElement