Custom skin on GroupControls works in DX 11.2, but not in DX15.1

John Hamilton

created 9 years ago

Hello,

We just upgraded from DevExpress 11.2 to DevExpress 15.1.7. We use custom skins widely in our products. Unfortunately, it appears that the custom skin that we use on many GroupControls (DevExpress.XtraEditors.GroupControl) does not appear correct after the upgrade.

I have attached a ZIP file to this ticket which contains three Visual Studio projects: A simple project showing the skin working with DX11.2, a simple project showing the skin not working in DX15.1, and the skin project that contains the skin we are using.

Note that when the skin is working, the group control should appear dark with rounded corners at the top of the control. In DX15.1, it appears as a light gray square with no rounded corners.

Thanks!

DXCustomSk...nTests.zip

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Nadezhda (DevExpress Support) 9 years ago

Hello John,

We need some time to investigation this behavior. Please bear with us. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

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DevExpress Support Team

created 9 years ago (modified 9 years ago)

We have fixed the issue described in this ticket and will include the fix in our next maintenance update. To apply this solution before the official update, request a hotfix by clicking the corresponding link for product versions you require.

Note: Hotfixes may be unavailable for beta versions and updates that are about to be released.

v15.1.8Download Official Update

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John Hamilton 9 years ago

Hello,
This hotfix did not fix our problem. In our product, one GroupControl was fixed, but not the others. It is not clear to me why this is.
But more importantly, this hotfix does not fix the sample project that we sent you.
As far as I know, I installed the hotfix correctly; I ran the installer, ran the project converter on the skin project and on the VS2015 project, rebuilt the skins, then cleaned and rebuilt the VS2015 project.

DevExpress Support Team 9 years ago

Hello,
I've reproduced the behavior and passed it to our developers to further research. We will inform you as soon as we achieve any result.

DevExpress Support Team 9 years ago

The hotfix works correctly. This behavior occurs because you set back color for the GroupControl:

Visual Basic
Me.GroupControl1.Appearance.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(CType(CType(181, Byte), Integer), CType(CType(181, Byte), Integer), CType(CType(181, Byte), Integer))  
Me.GroupControl1.Appearance.Options.UseBackColor = True

Set these properties to the default value, then the skin image will be painted correctly.
If using back color is necessary for you, would you please describe why? It will allow us to find a precise solution for you. I'm looking forward to your response.

John Hamilton 9 years ago

Hi Stas,
Unfortunately we are still having a problem. You are correct that removing the back color fixes the example we sent you, however in some of our group controls we have it setup such that the bottom portion of the group control is rounded rather than the top. You can reproduce this behavior by setting CaptionLocation = Bottom and BorderStyle = False in the sample projects we sent you. With DX 11.2, the skin displays correctly with rounded corners on the bottom. In DX 15.1, it is just a white rectangle. See the attached images.

11_2 vs 15... part2.zip

John Hamilton 9 years ago

Note: I meant "BorderStyle = Default", not "BorderStyle = False".

DevExpress Support Team 9 years ago

To process your recent post more efficiently, I created a separate ticket on your behalf: Custom skin on GroupControls doesn't paint GroupPanelCaptionBottom image in DX15.1. Please refer to it for the further communication.

John Hamilton 9 years ago

Thank you Stas, I will consider this particular ticket as solved and move over to the new one.

DevExpress Support Team 9 years ago

You're welcome, John.

Created: October 6, 2015 3:49 PM

Modified: October 14, 2015 2:37 PM

Platform: WinForms

Build: 15.1.7

Reproduced: True

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Custom skin on GroupControls works in DX 11.2, but not in DX15.1

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