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Hello support team,
I’d like to ask if it’s possible to use more than one paint manager at the same time?
Example: Use the CExtPaintManagerStudio2008 in general and the CExtPaintManagerNativeXP for CExtButtons to have the buttons in the ’normal’ XP style.
Thanks

Yes, you can do that. Here is a ready-to-use solution. The below CExtPaintManagerCustomT template is designed to add custom paint manager capabilities to any Prof-UIS control. Just wrap a class with this template and then use SetCustomPM():

CExtPaintManagerCustomT < CExtButton > m_wndButton;
m_wndButton.SetCustomPM( RUNTIME_CLASS( CExtPaintManagerNativeXP ) );

The template itself

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// template CExtPaintManagerCustomT

template < class _BT > 
class CExtPaintManagerCustomT : public _BT
{
public:
    CExtPaintManagerCustomT(
        CExtPaintManager * pCustomPM = NULL 
        )
        : m_pCustomPM( NULL )
    {
        SetCustomPM( pCustomPM );
    }
    ?CExtPaintManagerCustomT()
    {
        if( m_pCustomPM != NULL )
            delete m_pCustomPM;
        m_pCustomPM = NULL;
    }
    CExtPaintManager * GetCustomPM() const
    {
        return m_pCustomPM;
    }
    bool SetCustomPM( 
        CExtPaintManager * pCustomPM = NULL 
        )
    {
        if( m_pCustomPM != NULL )
        {
            if( pCustomPM == m_pCustomPM )
                return false;
            if( m_pCustomPM != NULL )
            {
                delete m_pCustomPM;
                m_pCustomPM = NULL;
            }
        }
        if( pCustomPM == NULL )
        {
            m_pCustomPM = new __DEFAULT_PAINT_MANAGER_CLASS;
            if(    ! m_pCustomPM->IsKindOf( RUNTIME_CLASS( CExtPaintManager ) ) )
            {
                ASSERT( FALSE );
                return false;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            m_pCustomPM = pCustomPM;
        }
        m_pCustomPM->SyncSysColors();
        m_pCustomPM->InitTranslatedColors();
        m_pCustomPM->InitHelperBrushes();
        return true;
    }
    
    bool SetCustomPM(
        CRuntimeClass * pRTCCustomPM
        )
    {
        if( pRTCCustomPM == NULL )
            return SetCustomPM( (CExtPaintManager *)NULL );
        CObject * pObj = pRTCCustomPM->CreateObject();
        if( pObj == NULL )
        {
            ASSERT( FALSE );
            return false;
        }
        ASSERT_VALID( pObj );
        CExtPaintManager * pPaintManager = DYNAMIC_DOWNCAST( CExtPaintManager, pObj );
        if( pPaintManager == NULL )
        {
            delete pObj;
            ASSERT( FALSE );
            return false;
        }
        return SetCustomPM( pPaintManager );
    }

    virtual CExtPaintManager * PmBridge_GetPM() const
    {
        CExtPaintManager * pPM = GetCustomPM();
        if( pPM != NULL )
            return pPM;
        else
            return _BT::PmBridge_GetPM();
    }

protected:
    CExtPaintManager * m_pCustomPM;
};