Style XP is not a skinning engine. It uses Microsoft"s built-in visual
style engine, but enhances it by providing many useful tools. Style XP
can import, select, rotate, and manage themes, visual styles,
wallpapers, logons, bootscreens, icons, and explorer bar. Future
versions may support sounds, cursors, screensavers, and packages of all
the above.
How does it work? Instead of lines and gradients, the XP user interface
natively supports the use of skinned bitmap controls (a visual style).
This is Microsoft"s own innovation. Style XP includes its own visual
styles.