Work with app_theme don't work. Please help.

[Yves]

Hi,

We build a web application with only the Telerik controls!
For the moment we manage the skin via the web.config.
So all controls in the pages are without skin attribute.
Now we want to have different skins who are loaded when a customer is logged in the application.

I make a new skin with the Style Builder ( very nice tool ;-)  )
I upload this new skin in my project like an App_Themes.

I put in my webconfig the following code:

<

 

add key="Telerik.EnableEmbeddedSkins" value="false" />

 

<

 

add key="Telerik.EnableEmbeddedBaseStylesheet" value="false" />

 

<

 

add key="Telerik.Skin" value="MySkin" />

I punt also on the page the theme MySkin.

I can see that all css are loaded but the controls are rendered without style.

I don't know if this approche is the best way for what i want to do.
Also set the information in the web.config is not a solution because the skin is different by customer (I would like to put this in the cs of the master page).

I found a lot of informations, documentations, video etc ... but nothing is very clear for my problem.
I try also differents approche but nothing work.

I'm using the telerik control version 2009.3.1103.20
Is it a problem for the style builder? do i need to migrate to the laste version of telerik?

Could you please help me with this.

In advance thanks,

Edwin.

 

[Dimo]

Hello Edwin,

Probably you have stumbled upon the following:

http://blogs.telerik.com/kamenbundev/posts/10-05-03/internet_explorer_css_limits.aspx

Kind regards,
Dimo
the Telerik team

[Yves]

Hi Dimo,

Thanks for your tip but this is not the problem.
But I change the approche and now I'm used the telerik Tool for Embedding Custom Skins into an Assembly.

So far it's working but for some controls I don't have the design / images
For the moment I'm using the telerik control Q2009.3.1103.20.
Is it possible that the css who are generated by the telerik style builder are not compatible with this version of telerik controls?
Do I need to migrate to the last version?

I have also problem to import more zip file with the WebResourceAutoBuilder but I will take a look in the code to fix that;-)

In advance, thanks for your answer.

Edwin.

[Alex Gyoshev]

Hello Edwin,

Indeed, the style builder works only with the latest version of the controls. We have no noteworthy skin breaking changes since the Q3 2009 release, though.

Did the embedding work for some controls, and not for others? If so, what is the difference between them - perhaps they are being loaded through AJAX?

Best wishes,
Alex Gyoshev
the Telerik team

[Yves]

Hi Alex,

Thanks for your answer.
I will update my telerik control with the last version to be sure.

For the moment I test this with the tabs, windows and dock controls.
The tabs is perfect. 
The window is ok but I don't see the actions icons
For the docks, I see nothing.

Below you can see my different settings 
1/ in the web.config

<appSettings>
    <add key="Telerik.EnableEmbeddedSkins" value="false"/>
    <add key="Telerik.EnableEmbeddedBaseStylesheet" value="false"/>
    <add key="Telerik.Skin" value="Linked"/>
  </appSettings>

2/ On the OnInit of the page:

protected override void OnInit(EventArgs e)
        {
            string[] controls = { "TabStrip", "Window", "Dock" };
            base.OnInit(e);
            foreach (var s in controls)
            {
                RadStyleSheetManager1.StyleSheets.Add(new StyleSheetReference(String.Format("LinkedSkin.Linked.Linked.{0}.css", s), "LinkedSkin"));
                RadStyleSheetManager1.StyleSheets.Add(new StyleSheetReference(String.Format("LinkedSkin.Linked.Linked.{0}.Linked.css", s), "LinkedSkin"));
            }

        }

3/ Sample of the html code with 2 controls

<form id="form1" runat="server">
    <telerik:RadScriptManager ID="RadScriptManager1" runat="server">
    </telerik:RadScriptManager>
    <telerik:RadStyleSheetManager ID="RadStyleSheetManager1" runat="server">

    </telerik:RadStyleSheetManager>
    <div>
        <telerik:RadTabStrip ID="RadTabStrip1" runat="server">
            <Tabs>
                <telerik:RadTab Text="test1"></telerik:RadTab>
                <telerik:RadTab Text="test1"></telerik:RadTab>
                <telerik:RadTab Text="test1"></telerik:RadTab>
                <telerik:RadTab Text="test1"></telerik:RadTab>
                <telerik:RadTab Text="test1"></telerik:RadTab>
            </Tabs>
        </telerik:RadTabStrip>
        <br /><br />
        <telerik:RadWindow ID="RadWindow1" VisibleOnPageLoad="true" runat="server" Title="test window" Width="350px" Height="350" Visible="true">
            <ContentTemplate>
                test content window
                <br /><br /><br /><br />
            </ContentTemplate>
        </telerik:RadWindow>
        <br />...

I suppose that the problem is my version of the telerik control.
I will try with the new one and if I have new problem, I will come back to you.

In advance thanks for your help.

Edwin.