Dynamically loading custom tabstrip skin not working.

[KevinMc]

I am trying to apply a skin to a tabstrip based on a user selection. If i use the embedded skins everything works fine but if i try to use a custom skin it does not get applied. If i set one of the custom skins in the markup it works fine. It just does not work when i try to set it in the page_load event. So in the code below case 1 and 3 work using the embedded skins but case 2 does not work. The custom skin is in the radcontrols directory in the root of the website.

if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Request.QueryString["ProductID"]))
                {
                    Product rootProduct = ProductManager.GetParentProduct(int.Parse(Request.QueryString["ProductID"]));

                    switch (rootProduct.ProductName.ToLower())
                    {
                        case "metasmart & smartamine":
                            ProductHeaderSmart.Visible = true;
                            //tsCategories.SkinID = "ProductStripSmart";
                            tsCategories.Skin = "Outlook";
                            break;
                        case "rovabio":
                            ProductHeaderRova.Visible = true;
                            tsCategories.EnableEmbeddedSkins = false;
                            tsCategories.Skin = "ProductStripRova";
                            break;
                        case "rhodimet":
                            ProductHeaderRhod.Visible = true;
                            //tsCategories.SkinID = "ProductStripRhod";
                            tsCategories.Skin = "WebBlue";
                            break;
                        case "microvit":
                            ProductHeaderMicro.Visible = true;
                            //tsCategories.SkinID = "ProduuctStripMicro";
                            break;
                        default:
                            break;
                    }

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi KevinMc,

Registering custom skin requires the developer to manually add the corresponding link tags. Please check this help topic for additional info and sample code.

Regards,
Albert
the Telerik team

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[KevinMc]

Yep, that was the problem.