GrapeCity ActiveReports Part 6: Full Customization with Themes

ActiveReports Script 6 - Silverlight Viewer Theme Customization

This is a great post for you to learn how to modify themes in the ActiveReports Silverlight Viewer. See contest here to create a Metro Style theme and win a Kindle Fire. contest ends Jan 31, 2012.

This is the 6th in a series of ActiveReports Blogs and is a continuation of:

Part 1 Getting StartedPart 2 Run a reportPart 3 Silverlight Viewer ToolbarPart 4 Uploading reports to Silverlight ViewerPart 5 Documentation Tips

1) The Silverlight Viewer theme is completely customizable. Add an existing item template to the Silverlight project from : C:\Program Files (x86)\GrapeCity\ActiveReports 6\Deployment\Silverlight\Templates

2) Select DefaultSLViewerTemplates.XAML

3) Notice the template you just added to the project is just XAML!!! In Solution Explorer, double-click DefaultSLViewerTemplates.xaml.

4) Search for "sidebar implementation".

Replace sdk:TabItem Header:

Header="{Binding TOCHeader, Mode=OneTime, FallbackValue='TOC'}"

With

Header="myTOC"

5) Add the theme as a resource in mainpage.xaml - Insert in XAML

<UserControl.Resources>