Setting a Default Skin

You can set a default appearance or skin for the control using a resource.

The following image displays the Office2013 appearance.

The following resources are available:

Office2010
Office2013
Office2016
Default

Using Code

This example sets the default skin to Office2010.

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<ss:GcSpreadSheet HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="250" Width="427"> <ss:GcSpreadSheet.Resources> <ResourceDictionary Source="/GrapeCity.Silverlight.SpreadSheet.UI;component/Themes/Office2010/generic.xaml"/> </ss:GcSpreadSheet.Resources> </ss:GcSpreadSheet>

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<ss:GcSpreadSheet HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="250" Width="427">
        <ss:GcSpreadSheet.Resources>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="/GrapeCity.Silverlight.SpreadSheet.UI;component/Themes/Office2010/generic.xaml"/>
        </ss:GcSpreadSheet.Resources>
        </ss:GcSpreadSheet>

This example sets the default skin to Office2010 using code.

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this.gcSpreadSheet1.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(new ResourceDictionary() { Source = new Uri("/GrapeCity.Silverlight.SpreadSheet.UI;component/Themes/Office2010/generic.xaml", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute) }); this.gcSpreadSheet1.Invalidate();

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this.gcSpreadSheet1.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(new ResourceDictionary() { Source = new Uri("/GrapeCity.Silverlight.SpreadSheet.UI;component/Themes/Office2010/generic.xaml", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute) });
this.gcSpreadSheet1.Invalidate();

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Me.GcSpreadSheet1.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(New ResourceDictionary() With {.Source = New Uri("/GrapeCity.Silverlight.SpreadSheet.UI;component/Themes/Office2010/generic.xaml", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute)}) GcSpreadSheet1.Invalidate()

VB.NET

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Me.GcSpreadSheet1.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(New ResourceDictionary() With {.Source = New Uri("/GrapeCity.Silverlight.SpreadSheet.UI;component/Themes/Office2010/generic.xaml", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute)})
GcSpreadSheet1.Invalidate()