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Jon asked on 05 Apr 2009, 04:58 PM
Hi,

I'm probably stepping into a minefield here after reading about the recent skin change but is there anyway to simply set the skin up at a page load?    I'm about to switch from DevExpress and am doing eval coding at the moment. 

With DevExpress I was using Me.Theme = "Aqua"  in the page load event of every web page - nice and simple

I am assuming to carry on that approach I'll need to add all of the controls to a .skin file for each theme (as below)
<telerik:RadSlider runat="server" Skin="Hay" />

This came from this page here - http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/themeshowto.html

If I am right, are there any official Telerik theme skin files? 

By the way I need to be able to change skins on a user by user basis or would just set the skin in the web.config,

Thanks in advance for any help,

Jon

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answered on 06 Apr 2009, 11:18 AM
Hello Jon,

Your assumption is correct - if you generate .skin files with Skin property set for all RadControls inside these files and apply them utilizing the ASP.NET Theme mechanism, you should attain the desired effect. For your convenience I am attaching a sample file for the Vista skin to this forum post. You can use it as basis for other .skin files you would like to create for RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX.

Additionally, you have the option to utilize our RadSkinManager control to apply global skin setting for the controls on the page or more specific using the TargetControls collection of the skin manager.

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Sebastian
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answered on 06 Apr 2009, 09:45 PM

Hi Sebastian,

 

Thanks for the response and the sample file.  I'll be having a stab at this tomorrow. 

 

Best Regards,

 

Jon

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answered on 07 Apr 2009, 10:32 AM
Hi Sebastian,

Just tried it and it works a treat - thanks for the file!

Regards,

Jon
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answered on 08 Apr 2009, 02:29 PM
In case anyone else uses that file as a basis it also needs RadAjaxLoadingPanel adding to it....  

Cheers,

Jon
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