<AWT Dev> RFR: 6422025: ThemeReader.cpp can be updated for VC7

[Alexey Ivanov]

On Fri, 6 Nov 2020 08:51:46 GMT, Sergey Bylokhov <serb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Some of the type definitions have been imported from `UxTheme.h` to the `ThemeReader.cpp` because at that time we supported the windows OS below XP as well as VC6.
> 
> It is time to use `UxTheme.h ` directly, note I did not change how we load this library(JDK_LoadSystemLibrary(), as suggested in the comments of the bug it is not necessary that the application will use the win L&F and it is not necessary to link it directly.
> 
> mach5 is green

Changes requested by aivanov (Reviewer).

src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/ThemeReader.cpp line 126:

> 124:         DTRACE_PRINTLN("Loaded UxTheme.dll\n");
> 125:         OpenThemeDataFunc = (PFNOPENTHEMEDATA)GetProcAddress(hModThemes,
> 126:                                                         "OpenThemeData");

Can't we use the functions directly? I mean we can link to `UxTheme.lib` and load the `UxTheme.dll` automatically.
Dynamic loading was necessary for Windows versions before Windows XP where `UxTheme.dll` doesn't exist.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1090