Appearance Customization for PDF Viewer

• Aug 23, 2024
• 2 minutes to read

Change the Application’s Skin

Design Time

Invoke the DevExpress Project Settings page and select a desired skin in the Skin Options group.

Runtime

Call the UserLookAndFeel.Default static object’s UserLookAndFeel.SetSkinStyle method:

• C#
• VB.NET

using DevExpress.LookAndFeel;
// ...
UserLookAndFeel.Default.SetSkinStyle("Office 2019 Colorful", "Fire Brick");

Imports DevExpress.LookAndFeel
' ...
UserLookAndFeel.Default.SetSkinStyle("Office 2019 Colorful", "Fire Brick")

Use Bitmap or Vector Icons

The newly created PDF Viewer application uses vector icons. This ensures that the application is rendered correctly on high-DPI devices.

Set the static WindowsFormsSettings.AllowDefaultSvgImages property to DefaultBoolean.False at application startup to use bitmap icons in your application.

• C#
• VB.NET

static void Main()
{
    DevExpress.XtraEditors.WindowsFormsSettings.AllowDefaultSvgImages = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False;
    // ...
}

Sub Main()
    DevExpress.XtraEditors.WindowsFormsSettings.AllowDefaultSvgImages = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False
    ' ...
End Sub

The following images illustrate the standard PDF Viewer’s ribbon UI with default vector and bitmap icons:

SVG Icons Bitmap Icons

Use Skinned Open/Save File Dialogs

You can replace standard WinForms Open File and Save File dialogs with skinned DevExpress counterparts.

Set the static WindowsFormsSettings.UseDXDialogs property to DefaultBoolean.True at application startup to enable skinned dialogs in your application.

Note

Add the required assembly references to use skinned DevExpress dialogs. Refer to the Deployment topic for more information.

• C#
• VB.NET

static void Main()
{
    DevExpress.XtraEditors.WindowsFormsSettings.UseDXDialogs = DefaultBoolean.True;
    // ...
}

Sub Main()
    DevExpress.XtraEditors.WindowsFormsSettings.UseDXDialogs = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True
    ' ...
End Sub