How do I access to the resources in the Fluent Ribbon Control Suite?

Question

I'm developing a WPF application that uses the Fluent Ribbon Control Suite and i'd like to use its 'themes' in the rest of the application.

Specifically, when you choose to use the Blue theme

<ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/Fluent;Component/Themes/Office2010/Blue.xaml" />

I would like to use some of the colours inside that file, to style other interface elements (buttons, popups etc).

Any idea how I might do this?

Answer 1

You can try this, but it's not ideal…

1. Downloaded the Source Code from here and open it up in Blend.
2. Using the Resources tab, browse the different ResourceDictionary file (ColorsBlue.xaml, Button.xaml etc.)
3. Make a note of the resource keys for the resources you want.

4. In your original application add the styles/colours etc you want.

5. Now whenever you change the theme (Blue/Black/Silver etc) it will automatically change the background colour of your controls!

Hope that helps.