Application Settings - Skin Properties

Skins for your application¶

One of the most interesting features of applications made with ExeOutput for PHP is their skin support. The entire look and feel of the application (its windows and controls) can be changed with a simple click thanks to skins.

The skin feature is similar to Windows themes, except that ExeOutput for PHP applications use their own skin engine.

Just select the skin you want from the list and that's all!

A small preview of the selected skin is automatically displayed. Note that previews do not take into account other properties.

ExeOutput for PHP also has a skin editor (which is a separate component that you can obtain from www.exeoutput.com or via the Web Update Utility, as it is not included with the original distribution). You can customize existing skins or create new ones from scratch using this editor. Just click "Open Skin Editor" to launch it.

Create a window with no title bar¶

Enable this option to remove the title bar of the window. Be sure to inform your end users that they must press ALT+F4 to close the application.

Hide caption buttons¶

If you would like to remove all system buttons from the title bar (system menu, minimize, maximize, close, etc...) and retain a title bar, then enable this option. Important: please provide your users with a way to properly close the application (although they can still press ALT+F4).

No skinnable window¶

This option disables the skin feature for the window itself; thus, you get a normal window. Other controls are still rendered by the skin engine.

Do not use skins for system dialogs¶

This option disables the skin feature for system dialog boxes such as the message box, open, and save dialog boxes.

Hide system menu button¶

This option will hide the system icon in the application's main window. Other system buttons such as Minimize and Close remain visible.