Hi Support Team,
I'm trying out the eXpressApp Framework. Great stuff. After reading the thread on customizing the MainForm to prevent the "Edit Model" menu from showing up, I decided to give it a try, using VS 2008, visual basic. After copying the following code:
Shared Sub application_CreateCustomTemplate(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As CreateCustomTemplateEventArgs)
If e.Context.Name = TemplateContext.ApplicationWindow.Name Then
e.Template = New DevExpress.ExpressApp.Win.CustomTemplates.MainForm
End If
End Sub
I recieve an error on the line
e.Template = New DevExpress.ExpressApp.Win.CustomTemplates.MainForm
For some reason the " .CustomTemplates. " is throwing an error. Do I need to have a different
Namespace or perhaps an import setup. I've basically taken the normal Windows Forms Applicaton Project Template
and tried out your code without having performed any other modifications to the project.
What I am actually wanting to eventually do is change the outlook style navbar to the SkinExplorerBarView style.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Lars
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Hello,
Thank you for the report. We are working on this problem and will post a solution once it is found. Please bear with us.
Thanks
Dennis
Hi Lars,
Please take special note of the How to: Change Navigation Control Appearance help topic, illustrating how to accomplish your task via code, i.e. without directly modifying the MainForm template. Additionally, I have created a complete VB.NET sample project illustrating how to do this in the way you first selected (note that I have added the DevExpress.ExpressApp.Win.CustomTemplates namespace to the template explicitly) . Looking forward to hearing your results.
Actually, there is a mess with different name spaces for the same template in the CS and VB versions. We will fix this minor issue as soon as possible.
Thanks
Dennis
Hi Dennis,
thanks for your effort. I actually did stumble across your HowTo article, though I couldn't figure out where to paste the code ie. in which module and which .vb file (I'm a newbie to vb .net and programming for that matter). I would appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction.
As to your sample app, I'll give it a try right away tomorrow morning.
Thanks again
Lars
Hi Lars,
Thank you for the feedback. You need to add a new controller into the windows forms application project of your solution. Then paste the code within this controller. Please let me know in case of any difficulty.
Thanks,
Dennis
Hi Dennis,
thanks for the help. I'll give it a try as an alternative. Your posted solution worked fine.
Thanks again
Lars