ASP.NET 2.0 Themes are not WYSIWYG

[Michael]

Hello,

I'm starting to use Themes. I skin some Web controls, like a WebPart and a
CatalogPart. While browsing my Web page, I can see that the Theme is
working, in VS 2005, in design view, I don't see the Theme styles being
applied. Neither are the properties reflected in the Properties window.

Am I doing something wrong? Should the skin properties be reflected in the
Properties Window and in the Design view. I do hope so, because otherwise I
see this as a big problem. Probably making Themes useless for me.

Thanks.
Michael

[RCS]

styleSheetTheme - Ha! You learn something new everyday - nice one!
"Michael" <no****@nospam. com> wrote in message
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Thanks!

I had <pages theme="LightBlu e"> in my Web.config. Now I changed it to
<pages theme="LightBlu e" styleSheetTheme ="LightBlue" >. I can now see the
styles being applied in VS Design view. My properties are still showing
the wrong values though.

Do you know what is the difference between "theme" and "styleSheetThem e"?
I read the help file, but I'm still unclear about the difference, if any.
The help file seems to say that both are the same.

Thanks again.
Michael

"tdavisjr" <td******@gmail .com> wrote in message
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in your web.config file the <pages> element have an attribute called
styleSheetTheme . Defind you default theme there and you will get your
theme to show up in designer.

e.g.

<pages styleSheetTheme ="BlueTheme" />

[Michael]

It looks like the way to go for me is to use the StyleSheetTheme instead.

Thanks.
"tdavisjr" <td******@gmail .com> wrote in message
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Here you go!

http://weblogs.asp.net/vimodi/articl...heetTheme.aspx

[Jon Paal]

the default skin is where the skinid's are defined.
You have to create this file or get one from another website.

The "default" is not automatic from anywhere, it must be created or brought in.

"Michael" <no****@nospam. com> wrote in message news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP14.phx.gbl. ..

Hi Jon,

I'm not specifying the SkinID because I'm pulling from the default skin.

Thanks,
Michael
"Jon Paal" <Jon nospam Paal @ everywhere dot com> wrote in message news:ua******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P15.phx.gbl...

Sounds like you are doing this incorrectly.
The control formatting properties are defined in the skin file.
The content pages, holding the controls for display, reference the "skinid" for formatting.
In the properties for the design view, you should specify the skinid to be applied.

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