Working with Q1 2010 Visual Style Builder for RadControls for WinForms

Enjoy almost 30 pages of detailed training material that explains the essentials of the Q1 2010 Visual Style Builder for WinForms. The topics covered will help you get started with the latest version of the skin customizations tool for RadControls for WinForms. Every chapter comes with tips, tricks and "gotchas" that will ultimately help you make the most of our product.

Who Should Read This Courseware

This courseware is designed to help current or new users of RadControls for WinForms get acquainted with the updated version of the Visual Style Builder. This tutorial will help users who are familiar with older versions of the RadControls for WinForms suite and the Visual Style Builder distinguish the different logic behind the new version and will minimize the learning curve for new users.

Table of Contents

1. Visual Style Builder Overview
2. Starting the Visual Style Builder
3. Getting Started with Visual Style Builder: Theming RadButton
   • Overview
   • Creating a new Theme
   • Creating a new Repository Item
4. Theme Repository
   • Overview
   • Repository Item Types and the LightVisualElement
   • Associating Repository Items with Elements and States
   • Removing Repository Item Association
   • Editing and Renaming Repository Items
   • Deleting Repository Items
5. Handling Theme Files
   • Overview
   • Loading Themes
   • Saving Themes
   • Merging Repositories
6. Applying Themes to RadControls
7. Property Precedence
   • Property Precedence Rules
   • Precedence Example: Visibility Property