Hello,
You all fixed B95266 but made no comment about what I was to do to resolve my solution (file set) when 8.1.5 released. You all either need to tell us a list of file changes (additions, etc.) when you all update asp.net projects or have the project converter handle our file sets for us. I updated my solution using the project converter but this bug wasn't fixed. I copied all the App_Theme folders over again and that resolved it so obviously a file was missing but no one noted that in the bug fix or the revision history.
Thank you.
Proposed Solution:
When running the Project Converter scan the App_Themes folder and recopy all files again to refresh the skin folders such as BlackGlass, etc. Add a checkbox so the user can turn this option on or off to refresh the App_Themes folder. As it stands we do NOT have a single source area to collect theme data for our projects and this needs to be resolved in 8.2.
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Hi Neal,
We are not planning on implementing this feature. The project converter merely updates assembly references (and gives a list of files that it updates). The problem with ASP.NET themes is that customers may tweak the existing themes rather than create new ones. Blindly overwriting the themes would wipe out these changes. It's for basically the same reason that we don't try and modify code or replace source code files.
Thanks,
Plato
Hello,
Please revisit this suggestion. As .skin files have references to your assembly versions they need to be updated by the Project Converter. Here is an example:
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dxe" Namespace="DevExpress.Web.ASPxEditors" Assembly="DevExpress.Web.ASPxEditors.v8.2" %>
<dxe:ASPxButton runat="server"
CssFilePath="~/App_Themes/BlackGlass/{0}/styles.css" CssPostfix="BlackGlass">
</dxe:ASPxButton>
Hi Neal,
The ProjectConverter updates the version in the css file, for a theme included in a web application.
Thanks,
Plato