Use VCL Styles From Delphi XE7 to Delphi XE2

Question

I have copied all files from C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\15.0\Redist\styles\vcl to C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\9.0\Redist\styles\vcl

In my XE2 IDE, I go to Projects->Options->Application->Appearance and the others styles from XE7 doesn't appear.

I also have copied C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\15.0\Styles to C:\Users\Public\Documents\RAD Studio\9.0\Styles but it make all styles disappear.

How to make XE2 IDE read the new styles from another version of IDE?

Thanks.

Oh that's bad for me. The reason why I don't want to use XE7 because some components has no available yet e.g mustangpeakvirtualshelltools — alycia, Dec 31 '14 at 06:34
If you have the source it will be trivial to make those components work with xe7 — David Heffernan, Dec 31 '14 at 14:01

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 31 '14 at 13:26

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The internal format of the vsf files (styles) was changed in the XE3 version (v 2.0). So the styles included in XE7 version can't be used in XE2.

XE2 - can use only the VCL Styles version 1.0
XE3-XE7 - can use any VCL style (version 1.0 or 2.0)

answered Dec 31 '14 at 13:26

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Use VCL Styles From Delphi XE7 to Delphi XE2

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