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Marco
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Restyling the ribbon
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Hello there,

I already browsed the forum and played around with the .xaml files from the install dir.

However I still haven't figured out how I can restyle the ribbon. (changing colors etc. nothing too fancy and nothing violating the MS styleguide)

Could someone please provide me with a sample how to do this?

currently I have the images in my project, under /Images/ (however they appear to be broken)

I added the RibbonOffice2k7Silver.xaml to a ResourceDictionary in my main form, but the RibbonOffice2k7Silver.xaml doesn't compile. I tried fixing the errors but gave up after half an hour or so and finaly gave up.

Kind regards

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    Hello,

    Most likely the compile errors that you got were either due to missing resource dicionaries that RibbonOffice2k7Silver.xaml relies on or there isn't a reference to PresentationFramework.Luna in your project.

    You can use the following steps to use the RibbonOffice2k7Silver.xaml resource dictionary:

    1. Add a folder to your project in visual studio for the resources
    2. Add the following existing items to that folder:
      RibbonGeneric.xaml
      RibbonOffice2k7Brushes__Shared.xaml
      RibbonOffice2k7Brushes_Blue.xaml
      RibbonOffice2k7Brushes_Silver.xaml
      RibbonOffice2k7Silver.xaml
    3. Add a reference to PresentationFramework.Luna to your project
    4. Use the resource dictionary in your application:
       <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources\RibbonOffice2k7Silver.xaml"/>

    If you are looking to use a theme as is, you may want to review the How Theming Works section of the help.

    Let me know if you have any questions with this matter.

    Alan