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Will you be provideing the theme templetes for the dialog boxes such as Appointments, reminders etc or will that be dependent upon the developer?  It would seem that the same themes should carry over to all of the parts that make up the Schedule component.  Thanks

We discussed this question, but we didn't come to an agreement.

In the current version, all dialog boxes use current system theme, as almost any other window in your system. What will you do if we provide themes for our dialogs, but you won't be able to use the same themes for your own dialogs or for simple MessageBoxes? The correct answer for this question is to provide themes for all WPF controls, but in such case you still might have problems with controls of other vendors or with your custom styles and templates.

So, it's an open issue, we may consider it once more later.

I see your point.  However, I've come to the conclusion that dialog boxes that are associated with the application should have the same look and feel as the application.  External resources can be windows based, such as in Adobe Reader 8.  File open, Save etc are windows based so they can look like ugly Windows.  However if I want to change an appointment that is only used in “my” application then I want an Application look and feel.   If I give to my end user a mixture or themes then they will look at it as an incomplete application. Some third party companies are already working on replacing some of the standard dialogs and a custom form will replace the standard messagebox.

Please reconsider and carry over the same themes.  Please, please don't take this wrong, but I look at it as an incomplete project and would never include those in an application.