[Solved] Convert ASP.NET AJAX to MVC

[Paul]

Do we have to recreate the entire theme again if we have an ASP.NET AJAX theme and just want it to be the same setup for the MVC controls?

Thanks,
Paul

[Jason]

Is there any information whether this functionality exists or is planned?

I inherited an ASP.NET AJAX project that used the Visual Style Builder some time ago to create a custom skin; I'm now in the process of converting the project to MVC3.  The project requirements are pretty strict with regards to the look of the site not changing, so it would be extremely useful to be able to convert the custom skin from ASP .NET AJAX to MVC.

Thanks,
Jason

[Dimo]

Hello,

Our RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX and Extensions for MVC use different HTML output, CSS classes and skinning mechanism. To be more specific, the MVC extensions use the so-called "primitives", i.e. different elements from different components share the same CSS classes and styles. In this way a single CSS file is responsible for the skinning of all MVC components, contrary to the way it is done in the ASP.NET AJAX suite.

That's why an easy custom skin conversion is not possible and you have to create your custom skins again.

Regards,
Dimo
the Telerik team