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External ThemePacks

In addition to specifying themes directly on a control, you can define themes in external ThemePack assemblies. For more information, see Creating a ThemePack.

Ultimate UI for WPF ships with a number of these ThemePacks that provide more style options for you to choose from. You apply the Theme defined in the external ThemePack in exactly the same way you applied a Theme defined in the control assembly. For more information, see Referencing Your ThemePack.

To define a theme in an external ThemePack assembly:

  1. Add a namespace declaration for the ThemePack assembly.

In XAML:

xmlns:igThemeForestGreen="http://infragistics.com/Themes/ForestGreen"

  1. Create a Window.Resources section and create an instance of the Theme controls within the ResourceDictionary’s MergedDictionaries collection.

In XAML:

<Window.Resources>
	<ResourceDictionary>
		<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
			<igThemeForestGreen:Primitives/>
			<igThemeForestGreen:Editors/>
			<igThemeForestGreen:DataPresenter/>
		</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
	</ResourceDictionary>
</Window.Resources>

Naming Conventions for External ThemePacks

Each of the ThemePacks included with Ultimate UI for WPF includes three controls: DataPresenter, Editors, and Primitives. The default namespace declarations for these assemblies is "igTheme" + ThemeName: igThemeForestGreen.