Well I think the issue is that I also have InfragisticsWPF4.Editors.v12.2.dll reference since I am using xamDataGrid. Also in the help under General Concepts->Assemblies->NetAdvantage Assemblies that dll is listed as deprecated but it is listed as a dependent of InfragisticsWPF4.DataPresenter.v12.2.dll. Which is not deprecated.

I found the problem. The namespace I was using was http://schemas.infragistics.com/xaml/wpf instead of http://schemas.infragistics.com/xaml.

But now that control does not have Theme property. I use that to set to current theme of application ie: Theme="[current]". How do I do this with the shared controls?

Hello, 

As the XamComboEditor you are using is a shared control and in Silverlight themes are not supported even though you are using WPF the Theme property could not be set. You could still use a theme for the editor by adding it as ResourceDictionary:

<ResourceDictionary>

            <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>

                <igThemes:ResourceWasher>

                    <igThemes:ResourceWasher.SourceDictionary>

                        <ResourceDictionary Source="Themes/Metro.xamComboEditor.xaml" />

                    </igThemes:ResourceWasher.SourceDictionary>

                </igThemes:ResourceWasher>

            </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>

        </ResourceDictionary>

I have modified the project in order to apply the Metro theme.

If you have any other questions on the matter, please do not hesitate to ask.

So how can I use the wpf themes such as Onyx, Office2kBlack, LunaSilver, etc on the shared controls? More importantly use the current theme (Infragistics.Windows.Themes.ThemeManager.CurrentTheme) which is just a string. My app allows users to pick the theme via drop down box. When user selects a different Theme I set the Infragistics.Windows.Themes.ThemeManager.CurrentTheme property and whole app changes. With the shared controls seems that this is not possible. The solution you provided is hard coded.

I tried this but did not work:

ResourceDictionary dic = Infragistics.Windows.Themes.ThemeManager.GetResourceSet(Infragistics.Windows.Themes.ThemeManager.CurrentTheme, "Editors");
if (dic != null)
{
xamComboEditorType.Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(dic);
}

Thanks

Hello,

As the shared controls do not have a theme property, the theme could not be set with setting the current theme. What you could do here is adding the themes for the shared controls as ResourceDictionary. Please have a look at the project I have attached. I have used two shared controls and the user could change the theme of the two controls by selecting different item from the XamComboEditor.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any other questions on the matter.

So basically I can't use the WPF themes to style the Shared controls. If so I have 2 choices rewrite whole application to only use shared controls or live without the features that are missing in the WPF controls. Otherwise then I will have to have different looking controls.

Hello,

I see what you mean. The background colors of the two controls are not the same if both have Office2010Blue theme applied but they are different controls even though they have the similar functionality. In order to set other background color to one of them, you could change the xaml file for the theme the control is using. It is located in the Infragistics folder.

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Thank you for your request.

There is styling diferences between Shared and WPF controls. For example Office2010Blue, WPF controls textbox background color is light blue where for the shared is white. See attachments.

Any plans to make those WPF Styles available for the shared controls?

Hello, 

Thank you for your feedback. The themes that could be applied on both WPF and Silverlight are the three that are in my previous example. Themes like Onyx, Office2k7Black, Aero, etc. are internally applied to the WPF controls and even if they are added as resource dictionaries, they will not take any effect on the shared controls.

Please do not hesitate to ask if you have any other questions on the matter.

In your previous post you said "The WPF theme could be used to style the shared controls", and in your example you just use the Shared Control themes (IG, Metro, Office2010Blue). Can you apply WPF control theme to the shared controls like Onyx, Office2k7Black, Aero, etc?