hi,

i am using .net 2005 and devexpress 7.3.7

If you use the EnableFormSkins option it does not work for MDI child forms. See attached project

Hi Abdulkerim. This actually is not possible with an MDI application. See the following for an explanation:

http://www.devexpress.com/Support/Center/p/DB30681.aspx 

http://www.devexpress.com/Support/Center/p/DQ44491.aspx

this is upsetting. I'm just finding this out now.

Does anyone know of a way to manually color the title of the Child MDI window? Just forget using the skin and color it a neutrual color. Any ideas?

What I do is add group container control to the form and then remove the borders from the form it self. I then set the docking to fill to form. You can then add your controls to the group control and it looks somewhat nice compared to a non-skinned mdi form. The only problemis you lose the close button in the upper right hand corner, but you can add your own if you need it. Hope this helps. Vince

If you use a RibbonForm as a mdi child to a RibbonForm skinning works.