Custom ControlTemplate with specific style

[Julien]

I used Blend to redefine the template of a RadScheduleView and works fine but use the default style.

But when I change the style :

<telerik:RadScheduleView x:Name="ScheduleView" AppointmentsSource="{Binding Appointments}" Grid.Row="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" telerik:StyleManager.Theme="{Binding ElementName=Themes, Path=SelectedItem.Content}">


I lose every changes I made in the template.

So my questions are :
- WItch is the quickest way to define a template aware of the template changing ?
- Shoudl I define one template for each theme ?
- Is it possible to generate with blend the template with a specific theme ?
- Where can I find template of RadScheduleView in each theme ?

Thanks.

[Konstantina]

Hi Julien,

You have to make the changes in each theme. With Blend you can only generate the default one - Office_Black. In order to get the xaml of the other themes you have to open the source of the controls and open the ScheduleView solution. Once you build it in the folder Themes you will be able to find all the themes available in different folders. Make all the files visible and use the Schedule.xaml file from the according theme folder.

Regards,
Konstantina
the Telerik team

[Julien]

Hi Konstantina,

Thank  for your answer, it helps a lot.

But, now, I have another question :
In my solution, I have a folder "Skins" with a ResourceDictionary for each RadScheduleView (onefor each theme). My Question is, how can I change (at startup) the load of the ResourceDictionary I need (choice based on a parameter for example) ?

Other problem, when I define my ResourceDictionary like this

<UserControl.Resources>
  <ResourceDictionary>
    <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
      <ResourceDictionary Source="Skins/RadScheduleViewOfficeBlack.xaml" />
    </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
  </ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>

I got the message : The element is already the child of another element (I use the Schedule.xaml file from the according theme folder).

Thanks,

Regards,

[Konstantina]

Hi Julien,

You can set the ResourceDictionaries in code behind and in that way you will be able to change them, for example:

this.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(new ResourceDictionary() { Source = new Uri("ScheduleView.xaml", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute) });

Regards,
Konstantina
the Telerik team

[Menucha Greenhut]

what do you mean by saying Schedulig View solution? we havent got the solution for the control.
we need the ScehduleView control style xaml in order to change a certain color etc. (we cannot use blend therefore, we want the whole xaml)
please answer asap as it is very urgent to us.
thanks in advance :)

[Konstantina]

Hi,

You can get the whole xaml of the ScheduleView from the installation folder of the Telerik components on your machine. Usually this is
C://Program Files/Telerik/RadControls for WPF Q1 2012/Themes/ . Inside this folder, search the Themes folder to find the ScheduleView.xaml file that corresponds to your theme of choice.

Kind regards,
Konstantina
the Telerik team