C1TimeEditor Theming

TimeEditor for WPF and Silverlight incorporates several themes that allow you to customize the appearance of your controls. When you first add one of the C1TimeEditors controls to the page, they appear similar to the following image:

But the C1TimeEditor control can also be themed with one of our thirteen included WPF themes: BureauBlack, C1Blue, ExpressionDark, ExpressionLight, Office2007Black, Office2007Blue, Office2007Silver, Office2010Black, Office2010Blue, Office2010Silver, ShinyBlue, and WhistlerBlue. The table below provides a sample of each theme:

Theme Name	Theme Preview
BureauBlack
C1Blue
Cosmopolitan
ExpressionDark
ExpressionLight
Office2007Black
Office2007Blue
Office2007Silver
Office2010Black
Office2010Blue
Office2010Silver
ShinyBlue
WhistlerBlue

To set an element's theme, use the ApplyTheme method. First add a reference to the theme assembly to your project, and then set the theme in code, like this:

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Private Sub Window_Loaded(sender As System.Object, e As System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Loaded Dim theme As New C1ThemeExpressionDark ' Using ApplyTheme C1Theme.ApplyTheme(LayoutRoot, theme)

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Private Sub Window_Loaded(sender As System.Object, e As System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Loaded
   Dim theme As New C1ThemeExpressionDark
   ' Using ApplyTheme
   C1Theme.ApplyTheme(LayoutRoot, theme)

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private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { C1ThemeExpressionDark theme = new C1ThemeExpressionDark(); //Using ApplyTheme C1Theme.ApplyTheme(LayoutRoot, theme); }

To apply a theme to the entire application, use the System.Windows.ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries property. First add a reference to the theme assembly to your project, and then set the theme in code, like this:

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Private Sub Window_Loaded(sender As System.Object, e As System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Loaded Dim theme As New C1ThemeExpressionDark ' Using Merged Dictionaries Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(C1Theme.GetCurrentThemeResources(theme)) End Sub

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Private Sub Window_Loaded(sender As System.Object, e As System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Loaded
   Dim theme As New C1ThemeExpressionDark
   ' Using Merged Dictionaries
Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(C1Theme.GetCurrentThemeResources(theme))
End Sub

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private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { C1ThemeExpressionDark theme = new C1ThemeExpressionDark(); //Using Merged Dictionaries Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(C1Theme.GetCurrentThemeResources(theme)); }

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private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
   {
      C1ThemeExpressionDark theme = new C1ThemeExpressionDark();
      //Using Merged Dictionaries      
      Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(C1Theme.GetCurrentThemeResources(theme));
   }

Note that this method works only when you apply a theme for the first time. If you want to switch to another ComponentOne theme, first remove the previous theme from Application.Current.Resources.MergedDictionaries.