[ros-kernel] The quest for UxTheme - part 1

[KJK::Hyperion]

At 03.26 24/10/2003, you wrote:
>Here is an interesting idea that could work.
>Why not work to get the Microsoft uxtheme and comctl 6.0 dlls working.

I don't think it's very important to load visual styles, at the moment: 
Wine has the opposite problem (i.e. making Windows programs look native), 
and ReactOS just isn't up to it. I'm just trying to write an uxtheme.dll 
that, while not supporting styles, still does the "right thing", so Wine 
and ReactOS would be able to use it as soon as possible, for their 
codebase(s) to be ready for styled controls

>And it doesnt appear as though uxtheme or comctl 6.0 talks down to kernel 
>mode (correct me if I am wrong here)

you could be wrong. I'm not terribly sure, but I seem to remember that at 
least a service was required, and they may have added a couple of system 
calls as well. I don't think it's easy at all. Well, and the Microsoft 
implementation only loads digitally-signed themes :-)