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
Default

Using Code

This example sets the default skin to Office2010.

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<UI:GcSpreadSheet HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="59,51,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="477" Height="257"> <UI:GcSpreadSheet.Resources> <ResourceDictionary Source="ms-appx:///GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.UI/Themes/Office2010/generic.xaml"/> </UI:GcSpreadSheet.Resources> </UI:GcSpreadSheet>

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<UI:GcSpreadSheet HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="59,51,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="477" Height="257">
        <UI:GcSpreadSheet.Resources>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="ms-appx:///GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.UI/Themes/Office2010/generic.xaml"/>
        </UI:GcSpreadSheet.Resources>
        </UI: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("ms-appx:///GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.UI/Themes/Office2010/generic.xaml", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute) }); this.gcSpreadSheet1.Invalidate();

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this.gcSpreadSheet1.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(new ResourceDictionary() { Source = new Uri("ms-appx:///GrapeCity.Xaml.SpreadSheet.UI/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.Xaml.SpreadSheet.UI;component/Themes/Office2010/generic.xaml", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute)}) GcSpreadSheet1.Invalidate()

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