Public Overloads Shared Function Load( _
   ByVal fileName As String _
) As SheetSkin

Dim fileName As String
Dim value As SheetSkin
 
value = SheetSkin.Load(fileName)

public static SheetSkin Load( 
   string fileName
)

OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog();
string s;
ofd.Filter = "skin files (*.skn)|*.skn";
ofd.FilterIndex = 2;
ofd.RestoreDirectory = true;
if (ofd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) 
{
    s = ofd.FileName;
    FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetSkin.Load(s).Apply(fpSpread1);
}

Dim sk As FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetSkin
Dim s() As String
Dim ofd As New OpenFileDialog()
ofd.Filter = "skin files (*.skn)|*.skn"
ofd.FilterIndex = 2
ofd.RestoreDirectory = True
If ofd.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
   s = ofd.FileNames
   If Not (s Is Nothing) Then
      sk.Load(s(0)).Apply(FpSpread1.Sheets(0))
   End If
End If