Hi, when will it be possible to skin\style a ribbon control with the Office 2013 appearance? I note that the web page says that it is possible to use an Office 2007 skin, but that is way behind your WinForms product.
Regards & TIA
Ribbon - Add the Office 2013 style
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created 12 years ago
(modified 12 years ago)
We have implemented the functionality described in this ticket. It will be included in our next update(s).
Please check back and leave a comment to this response to let us know whether or not this solution addresses your concerns.
Additional information:
With VCL 13.1, you can apply the Office 2013 style to your DevExpress Ribbon controls. To accomplish this, set the Ribbon control's Style property to rs2013, and select the color scheme (White, LightGray, or DarkGray) and the color scheme accent (Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, or Yellow) for this style via the ColorSchemeName and ColorSchemeAccent properties, respectively. In addition, handle the OnCreate event of your Ribbon Form and add the "DisableAero := True;" line to the event handler to disable Windows Aero effects for this form.
To help you get started with the new Ribbon style, we provide IDE templates that help you create Office 2013 Ribbon style applications and Ribbon forms from scratch. Click File | New > Other… in your IDE to open the New Items dialog and browse the corresponding folders for available templates.
Run the RibbonNotepadDemo shipped with the ExpressBars Suite to experience the new Office 2013 Ribbon style.
You can apply the new Ribbon style to the Print Preview dialog shipped with the ExpressPrinting System. To accomplish this, select the Ribbon2013 style via the TdxPSEngine.PreviewDialogStyle property. To use Ribbon-style Print Preview dialogs, make certain that the dxPSPrVwRibbon unit is added to the 'uses' clause.
Note that the Office 2013 Ribbon style complements the new "Office2013White" skin introduced in this release (see Port the "Office 2013" skin from the Windows Forms Skinning Library for details).
created 12 years ago
(modified 12 years ago)
Hello,
Thank you for your message. Once we make any decision in this regard, we will update the corresponding ticket (Port the "Office 2013" skin from the Windows Forms Skinning Library) accordingly.
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Are you referring to a Skin, as in the DevEx VCL Skinning range of components? I don't have that library, so my question refers to the possibility of an option being made available for the Ribbon controls, and others.
Thank you for clarification. We understand your viewpoint. We will consider the possibility to implement this feature in future versions of our controls, but it can take us some time. We greatly appreciate your understanding.