Theme Constants?

[Teresa Church]

Is there such a thing as defining a constant (or a variable) for a
theme? For example, storing a color code and then using it in 4 or 5
places, so to change the color I only have to edit one line?

TIA

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

It is called CSS. Even if you are using Microsoft's theming engine, you can
set up a style and apply it in multiple places. Color is just one of the
options through CSS.

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"Teresa Church" <tl******@gmail .comwrote in message
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Is there such a thing as defining a constant (or a variable) for a
theme? For example, storing a color code and then using it in 4 or 5
places, so to change the color I only have to edit one line?

TIA

[Teresa Church]

Sure, but in CSS you can't set constants either, at least not without
a lot of tinkering. So if I want the same color in CSS in 4 different
places, I have to change it in 4 different places. Same problem.
On Jun 19, 10:02 am, "Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)"
<NoSpamMgbwo... @comcast.netNoS pamMwrote:

It is called CSS. Even if you are using Microsoft's theming engine, you can
set up a style and apply it in multiple places. Color is just one of the
options through CSS.

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MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBAhttp://gregorybeamer.s paces.live.com
Co-author: Microsoft Expression Web Bible (upcoming)

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Is there such a thing as defining a constant (or a variable) for a
theme? For example, storing a color code and then using it in 4 or 5
places, so to change the color I only have to edit one line?

TIA

[David Wier]

Just a thought - what about the Web.config file - appsettings?

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"Teresa Church" <tl******@gmail .comwrote in message
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Sure, but in CSS you can't set constants either, at least not without
a lot of tinkering. So if I want the same color in CSS in 4 different
places, I have to change it in 4 different places. Same problem.
On Jun 19, 10:02 am, "Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)"
<NoSpamMgbwo... @comcast.netNoS pamMwrote:

>It is called CSS. Even if you are using Microsoft's theming engine, you
can
set up a style and apply it in multiple places. Color is just one of the
options through CSS.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBAhttp://gregorybeamer.s paces.live.com
Co-author: Microsoft Expression Web Bible (upcoming)

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Is there such a thing as defining a constant (or a variable) for a
theme? For example, storing a color code and then using it in 4 or 5
places, so to change the color I only have to edit one line?

TIA

[Teresa Church]

Basically what I currently have is a set of 4 themes, all of which are
tied to their own CSS.

I want a consistent look-and-feel across each theme; so setting the
forecolor for a specific skin then can be applied across all controls
skinned with that skin (so I don't have to change it for Label,
CheckBox, etc. individually).

I don't want to put this in app settings because then I have 4
different app settings and it gets unmanageable; it also is then
difficult to add new themes.

I get the feeling that the short answer to my question is a simple
"no" ...

Thanks.

On Jun 19, 10:39 am, "David Wier" <davidw...@davi dwier.nospam.co m>
wrote:

Just a thought - what about the Web.config file - appsettings?

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"Teresa Church" <tlchu...@gmail .comwrote in message

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Sure, but in CSS you can't set constants either, at least not without
a lot of tinkering. So if I want the same color in CSS in 4 different
places, I have to change it in 4 different places. Same problem.

On Jun 19, 10:02 am, "Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)"
<NoSpamMgbwo... @comcast.netNoS pamMwrote:

It is called CSS. Even if you are using Microsoft's theming engine, you
can
set up a style and apply it in multiple places. Color is just one of the
options through CSS.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBAhttp://gregorybeamer.s paces.live.com
Co-author: Microsoft Expression Web Bible (upcoming)

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<tlchu...@gmail .comwrote in message

>news:11******* **************@ n60g2000hse.goo glegroups.com.. .

Is there such a thing as defining a constant (or a variable) for a
theme? For example, storing a color code and then using it in 4 or 5
places, so to change the color I only have to edit one line?

TIA

[bruce barker]

please read about css inheritance (the cascading part of css)
-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

Teresa Church wrote:

Sure, but in CSS you can't set constants either, at least not without
a lot of tinkering. So if I want the same color in CSS in 4 different
places, I have to change it in 4 different places. Same problem.
On Jun 19, 10:02 am, "Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)"
<NoSpamMgbwo... @comcast.netNoS pamMwrote:

>It is called CSS. Even if you are using Microsoft's theming engine, you can
set up a style and apply it in multiple places. Color is just one of the
options through CSS.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBAhttp://gregorybeamer.s paces.live.com
Co-author: Microsoft Expression Web Bible (upcoming)

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************** *************** *************** ****"Teresa Church" <tlchu...@gmail .comwrote in message

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>>Is there such a thing as defining a constant (or a variable) for a
theme? For example, storing a color code and then using it in 4 or 5
places, so to change the color I only have to edit one line?
TIA

[Teresa Church]

Thanks, I did, but I really don't see how that would help me here.

If I want to set a.navigation's color to be the same as table's
default border color, I have to set the color twice instead of one
time to a constant and then assign the constant to the settings.

On Jun 19, 11:36 am, bruce barker <nos...@nospam. comwrote:

please read about css inheritance (the cascading part of css)

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

Teresa Church wrote:

Sure, but in CSS you can't set constants either, at least not without
a lot of tinkering. So if I want the same color in CSS in 4 different
places, I have to change it in 4 different places. Same problem.

On Jun 19, 10:02 am, "Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)"
<NoSpamMgbwo... @comcast.netNoS pamMwrote:

It is called CSS. Even if you are using Microsoft's theming engine, you can
set up a style and apply it in multiple places. Color is just one of the
options through CSS.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBAhttp://gregorybeamer.s paces.live.com
Co-author: Microsoft Expression Web Bible (upcoming)

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*************** *************** *************** ***"Teresa Church" <tlchu...@gmail .comwrote in message

>news:11******* **************@ n60g2000hse.goo glegroups.com.. .

>Is there such a thing as defining a constant (or a variable) for a
theme? For example, storing a color code and then using it in 4 or 5
places, so to change the color I only have to edit one line?
TIA

[Jon Paal [MSMD]]

Sounds like you are referring to a css class

define the class and it is applied to the control whenever.

Change the class color and it is reflected everywhere it is used.

>>Is there such a thing as defining a constant (or a variable) for a
theme? For example, storing a color code and then using it in 4 or 5
places, so to change the color I only have to edit one line?
TIA

[T. Church]

Either I'm being obtuse or I'm not explaining myself correctly ...
hopefully it's the former.

Can you give an example of what my CSS will look like so for each
color on my palette, I only set it once and can change it easily?

On Jun 19, 1:26 pm, "Jon Paal [MSMD]" <Jon[ nospam ]Paal @ everywhere
dot comwrote:

Sounds like you are referring to a css class

define the class and it is applied to the control whenever.

Change the class color and it is reflected everywhere it is used.

>Is there such a thing as defining a constant (or a variable) for a
theme? For example, storing a color code and then using it in 4 or 5
places, so to change the color I only have to edit one line?
TIA

[Jon Paal [MSMD]]

there's unlimited resources for css tutorials and examples via google.

a simple css class looks like :

..sidebar {
font-size:11px;
margin-top:2px
}applied it looks like:<div class="sidebar" >sidebar stuff here</div>
"T. Church" <tl******@gmail .comwrote in message news:11******** *************@w 5g2000hsg.googl egroups.com...

Either I'm being obtuse or I'm not explaining myself correctly ...
hopefully it's the former.

Can you give an example of what my CSS will look like so for each
color on my palette, I only set it once and can change it easily?

On Jun 19, 1:26 pm, "Jon Paal [MSMD]" <Jon[ nospam ]Paal @ everywhere
dot comwrote:

>Sounds like you are referring to a css class

define the class and it is applied to the control whenever.

Change the class color and it is reflected everywhere it is used.

>>Is there such a thing as defining a constant (or a variable) for a
theme? For example, storing a color code and then using it in 4 or 5
places, so to change the color I only have to edit one line?
TIA