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DotNetBar for WPF 5.9 and later includes support for creating Office 2010 style Backstage application menu. Following image shows what Backstage application menu looks like: Start by adding Ribbon control to your Window if you do not already have Ribbon added. Make sure that your project is targeting at least .NET Framework 3.5 otherwise VS.NET […]

DevComponents WPF Schedule Quick Start Guide WPF Schedule control provides Outlook style scheduling functionality for your WPF applications. Schedule control is built on Model/View paradigm. The Model represents the actual schedule, i.e. appointments and recurrence. The model objects can be found in DevComponents.WpfSchedule.Model namespace. Using the model we provide number of views, for example day, […]

Applies to Wpf-Ribbon 1.7 and later. Wpf-Ribbon™ provides great integration with WPF Command model. This support allows you to easily manage the multiple instances of the same button that you place on for example RibbonBar and Quick Access Toolbar. In the core of the Wpf-Ribbon™ command support are following classes: ButtonDropDownCommand If you are creating […]

C#: // Create new navigation item PaneItem item = new PaneItem(); item.Header = "Item Text"; // Assing the image to item.Image and item.ImageSmall // Assign content to the item DockPanel panel = new DockPanel(); panel.Background = Brushes.Yellow; // Add some content to panel.Children collection panel.Children.Add(new CheckBox()); // Assign panel to the navigation item item.Content = […]

Recommended way of creating and docking windows from code is to use method DockSite.Dock and pass in DockWindow as well as docking specification and control will perform all work for you. If you insist on creating all structures from code note following. When creating the DotNetBar for WPF docking windows from code make sure that […]

Wpf-Ribbon™ includes 3 predefined color schemes: Blue (default), Silver and Black. To change the current color scheme simply merge our color scheme resource into your application current resources. If you are using DotNetBar for WPF 5.4 or later you can use Ribbon.VisualStyle and DockSite.VisualStyle properties to change style and color scheme for ribbon and dock […]

Using the custom Style for an Appointment view you can assign the context menu to appointments. Here is what to do: 1. Create Context Menu as part of your application or window resources. For example: <ContextMenu x:Key=”AppContextMenu”> <MenuItem Header=”Item 1″ /> <MenuItem Header=”Item 2″ /> <MenuItem Header=”Item 3″ /> </ContextMenu> 2. Create custom style for […]

Here is method that you can use to access and change the Ribbon Window text-alignment which is centered by default. Method access the reference to the Ribbon control that you placed on RibbonWindow. C#: private void ChangeRibbonTitleAlignment(Ribbon ribbonControl) { RibbonContentPanel contentPanel = ribbonControl.Template.FindName("PART_RCP", ribbonControl) as RibbonContentPanel; if (contentPanel != null) { foreach (UIElement item in […]

DotNetBar for WPF includes 5 new color related controls: ColorInput control which is text-box style control that allows you to type the color in RGB format, for example #FE20DE. It also includes drop-down color picker and a color chooser dialog. ColorItemSelector, is a color selector with Office style colors that you can use as standalone […]