100% Customizable MenuStrip / ToolStrip / StatusStrip, including common presets

[NickThissen]

Hi Nick,

how do you think about a customizable BindingNavigator, it has RenderingMode too?

Regards
Dietrich

I have never actually worked with that control, but I can see now that it inherits ToolStrip. Then it should be quite easy to add it as a supported control for the AppearanceControl. I don't have time right now but you are welcome to try it. What you should do is basically create a class that inherits BindingNavigator and give it an Appearance property (of type AppearanceControl). You can take a look at all the other controls (CustomizableToolStrip, MenuStrip, ContextMenuStrip, StatusStrip, etc) which all do the same thing.

Hi Nick,

I have added the Office2007BlackColortable to the AppearanceControl. Are you interested of the code?

Dietrich

Sure, that would be cool. Do you have a screenshot too? I'm actually not familiar with a black office 2007 theme, where did you get the colors from? I used Visio 2007 (which was the only Office 2007 product left without a Ribbon) for the blue colors but I don't remember it having a black version too. Maybe it did but I was just too lazy to implement it

[dherr]

I got this ColorTable from

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscct...rControls.aspx

I will send you the code of the complete AppearanceControl in the evening.

Dietrich

[dherr]

Hi Nick,

see the attachement...

-Dietrich

[dherr]

And here is the prescription how to make a CustomizableBindingNavigator:

make a new class, name it CustomizableBindingNavigator
take the Code of the CustomizableToolstrip control
copy and paste this code into the new class
change the lines

Public Class CustomizableToolStrip
    Inherits ToolStrip

into

Public Class CustomizableBindingNavigator
	Inherits BindingNavigator

That's all!
The new control can be changed via AppearanceControl.

Dietrich