I'm new to the Xceed DataGrid WPF and was wondering if there is an easy way to apply the Office2007 Themes?  I found the Themes folder but I'm not sure if there is the "standard" Blue, Silver and Black available.  Is there sample code for the Office themes or do I need to generate it?

Thanks

The Office themes are located in the ThemePack assemblies (Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.ThemePack.[#].dll), which must be included in your references. You can then apply them to the grid by setting the View.Theme property using property element syntax:

<Grid xmlns:xcdg="http://schemas.xceed.com/wpf/xaml/datagrid">
  <Grid.Resources>
    <xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource x:Key="cvs_orders"
                                     Source="{Binding Source={x:Static Application.Current},
                                                      Path=Orders}"/>
  </Grid.Resources>
   <xcdg:DataGridControl x:Name="OrdersGrid"
                         ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource cvs_orders}}">

     <xcdg:DataGridControl.View>
        <xcdg:CardView>
           <xcdg:CardView.Theme>
              <xcdg:Office2007BlueTheme/>
           </xcdg:CardView.Theme>
        </xcdg:CardView>
     </xcdg:DataGridControl.View>
   </xcdg:DataGridControl>
</Grid>

You can look in the documentation under Basic Concepts\Appearance\Views and Themes for a list of the theme names. Also note that the themes located in the theme packs require a Pro license key (either trial or registered).

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Can you tell me how to get something like this to work (or maybe it can't be done). I do have both themepacks referenced in the project.

<Style TargetType="{x:Type xcdg:TableView}">

<!--<Setter Property="Theme" Value="AeroNormalColorTheme"/>-->

<Setter Property="Theme" Value="Office2007BlueTheme"/>

</Style>

 

The error I get:

Cannot convert string 'Office2007BlueTheme' in attribute 'Theme' to object of type 'Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.Views.Theme'. The specified theme is invalid.

Parameter name: value Error at object 'System.Windows.Setter' in markup file 'Skins/DefaultSkin.xaml' Line 534 Position 34.

Hi there,

I do that in code and let the user decide what theme he/she wants.  (Just make sure that you set your datagrid to a initial theme.)

 

        private void ComboBox_Theme_Selector_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (ComboBox_Theme_Selector.SelectedIndex == 0)
            {
                dgc1.View.Theme = null;
            }

            if (ComboBox_Theme_Selector.SelectedIndex == 1)
            {
                dgc1.View.Theme = new Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.ThemePack.WMP11Theme();
            }
            if (ComboBox_Theme_Selector.SelectedIndex == 2) 
            {
                dgc1.View.Theme = new Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.ThemePack.GlassTheme();
            }

            if (ComboBox_Theme_Selector.SelectedIndex == 3) 
            {
                dgc1.View.Theme = new Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.ThemePack.Office2007BlackTheme();
            }

            if (ComboBox_Theme_Selector.SelectedIndex == 4) 
            {
                dgc1.View.Theme = new Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.ThemePack.Office2007BlueTheme();
            }

            if (ComboBox_Theme_Selector.SelectedIndex == 5) 
            {
                dgc1.View.Theme = new Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.ThemePack.Office2007SilverTheme();
            }
           

           
        }

Appropriate syntax is:

<Style TargetType="{x:Type xcdg:TableView}">
    <Setter Property="Theme">
        <Setter.Value>
            <xcdg:Office2007BlueTheme/>
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
</Style>

This is because the ThemeConverter class that does the default string-to-theme conversion is located in the main DataGrid assembly and we did not wanted to add dependencies on the ThemePacks to the DataGrid assembly.
 

 

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Marc Laroche
Software Developer
Xceed Software Inc.

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