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Programming With the Appearance Manager

Drawing Theme-Compliant Controls

The Appearance Manager provides the following functions for drawing theme-compliant buttons:

• DrawThemeButton draws a button.
• DrawThemePopupArrow draws a pop-up arrow.
• GetThemeButtonBackgroundBounds obtains the rectangle that contains a button.
• GetThemeButtonContentBounds obtains the rectangle where content can be drawn for a button.
• GetThemeButtonRegion obtains the region occupied by a button.

The Appearance Manager provides the following functions for drawing theme-compliant tabs:

• DrawThemeTab draws a tab.
• DrawThemeTabPane draws a tab pane.
• GetThemeTabRegion obtains the region occupied by a tab.

The Appearance Manager provides the following functions for drawing theme-compliant tracks, such as sliders and scroll bars:

• DrawThemeTrack draws a track.
• DrawThemeTrackTickMarks draws tick marks for a track.
• DrawThemeTickMark draws a tick mark.
• DrawThemeScrollBarArrows draws scroll bar arrows consistent with the current system preferences.
• GetThemeTrackBounds obtains the bounding rectangle of a track.
• GetThemeTrackDragRect obtains the area in which the user may drag a track's indicator.
• GetThemeTrackLiveValue obtains the current value of a track's indicator, given its relative position.
• GetThemeTrackThumbPositionFromOffset obtains the relative position of a track's indicator, given an offset from its prior position.
• GetThemeTrackThumbPositionFromRegion obtains the relative position of a track's indicator, given its current position.
• GetThemeTrackThumbRgn obtains the region containing a track's indicator.
• GetThemeScrollBarTrackRect obtains the area containing the track portion of a scroll bar.
• HitTestThemeTrack returns whether the user clicked upon the specified track.
• HitTestThemeScrollBarArrows returns whether the user clicked upon the specified scroll bar's arrows.

The Appearance Manager provides the following functions for determining the current system preferences for control style settings:

• GetThemeCheckBoxStyle obtains the system preference for the type of mark to use in a checkbox.
• GetThemeScrollBarArrowStyle obtains the system preference for the type of scroll bar arrows to be used.
• GetThemeScrollBarThumbStyle obtains the system preference for the type of scroll box to be used.

The Appearance Manager provides the following other functions for drawing theme-compliant custom controls:

• DrawThemeChasingArrows draws an asynchronous arrows indicator.
• DrawThemeEditTextFrame draws an editable text frame.
• DrawThemeFocusRect draws or erases a focus ring around a specified rectangle.
• DrawThemeFocusRegion draws or erases a focus ring around a specified region.
• DrawThemeGenericWell draws an image well frame.
• DrawThemeListBoxFrame draws a list box frame.
• DrawThemePlacard draws a placard.
• DrawThemePrimaryGroup draws a primary group box frame.
• DrawThemeSecondaryGroup draws a secondary group box frame.
• DrawThemeSeparator draws a separator line.