WPF application border change to aero

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Hi everyone,

I am creating app on WPF and c#, this is going to be installed on some windows server with classic theme. I want the look n feel of app to be same as the windows 7 using aero theme (all controls, the aero glass and the border). How can i do this, thinking that the aero theme has to be added in app?

Posted 9-Mar-11 5:05am

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2011-03-09T05:12:00

You have to add a reference to "PresentationFramework.Aero" in your project, and then add this to your App.Xaml file:

<Application.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>         
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Aero;component/themes/aero.normalcolor.xaml"/>
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    <ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>

You could have easily found this on google.

sunny_ag · Answer 2 · 2011-03-09T18:03:00

Solution 3

the above code only works with controls even if the presentation framework is added as reference. How can i get aero glass and border in classic theme?

Posted 9-Mar-11 18:03pm