For this case i will be using Silverlight 4 Beta toolkit in VS2010
You have to add two reference to use the toolkit.
Expression Dark Theme
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Silverlight\v4.0\Toolkit\Nov09\Themes\System.Windows.Controls.Theming.ExpressionDark.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Silverlight\v4.0\Toolkit\Nov09\Bin\System.Windows.Controls.Theming.Toolkit.dll
MainPage.xaml
<UserControl xmlns:my=”clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.Data” x:Class=”Tips.MainPage”
xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation“
xmlns:x=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml“
xmlns:d=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008“
xmlns:mc=”http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006“
mc:Ignorable=”d”
d:DesignHeight=”300″ d:DesignWidth=”400″
xmlns:dark=”clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls.Theming;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.Theming.ExpressionDark”>
<Grid x:Name=”LayoutRoot”>
<dark:ExpressionDarkTheme>
<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment=”Left”>
<Button Width=”60″ Height=”30″ x:Name=”btnLoad” HorizontalAlignment=”Left” Content=”Test”/>
<my:DataGrid x:Name=”Datagrid” />
</StackPanel>
</dark:ExpressionDarkTheme>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
MainPage.xaml.cs
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
namespace Tips
{
public class Person
{
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Position { get; set; }
public string Status { get; set; }
public string Education { get; set; }
public string CurrentlyBusyWith { get; set; }
}
public partial class MainPage : UserControl
{
public MainPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
btnLoad.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(btnLoad_Click);
}
void btnLoad_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
List<Person> coll = new List<Person>();
coll.Add(new Person { Title = “Sample”, Position = “Sample”, Status = “Sample”, Education = “Sample”, CurrentlyBusyWith = “Sample” });
coll.Add(new Person { Title = “Sample”, Position = “Sample”, Status = “Sample”, Education = “Sample”, CurrentlyBusyWith = “Sample” });
coll.Add(new Person { Title=”Sharker Khaleed Mahmud” , Position=”Web Developer”, Status=”Need H1B” , Education=”BSc.”, CurrentlyBusyWith=”Aiming for MVP” });
coll.Add(new Person { Title = “Tom Cruise”, Position = “Actor”, Status = “Socializing”, Education = “No Idea”, CurrentlyBusyWith = “creating movie” });
coll.Add(new Person { Title = “Sample”, Position = “Sample”, Status = “Sample”, Education = “Sample”, CurrentlyBusyWith = “Sample” });
coll.Add(new Person { Title = “Sample”, Position = “Sample”, Status = “Sample”, Education = “Sample”, CurrentlyBusyWith = “Sample” });
coll.Add(new Person { Title = “Sample”, Position = “Sample”, Status = “Sample”, Education = “Sample”, CurrentlyBusyWith = “Sample” });
coll.Add(new Person { Title = “Sample”, Position = “Sample”, Status = “Sample”, Education = “Sample”, CurrentlyBusyWith = “Sample” });
coll.Add(new Person { Title = “Sample”, Position = “Sample”, Status = “Sample”, Education = “Sample”, CurrentlyBusyWith = “Sample” });
Datagrid.ItemsSource = coll;
}
}
}
Sharker Khaleed Mahmud
Software Developer
(MCP,MCTS,MCPD[web])
