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My team and I recently upgraded to the new version of the .NET toolset which includes the C1.Win.C1Commands.2.dll version 2.0.20073.19306. We've upgraded from version 2.0.20053.139. This change has led me to understand that the LookAndFeel property has been replaced by the VisualStyle property. But this has had a huge impact on our GUI. Attached is a picture which shows the difference between the looks that we had and now have. Let me explain what we previously had.

 
Peviously, I had toolbars, menus, and contextmenus use the LookAndFeel property with the Office2003 style. From their, I would set blue backgrounds as can be seen in the attachment. This would give a blue toolbar with gradient backgrounds (and menus with gradient sides).

 
Now, with the new VisualStyle property, I must set it to Custom in order to set my custom colors, HOWEVER, i've lost all gradients on toolbars and menus, thus giving an old and ugly look.

 
How can I achieve my custom colors and gradients with the new controls ???

 
Thank you for your help !
 

Can anyone from C1 explain this please?

I'm still waiting for some help on this issue...

 
Thank you. 

This is a bit of a workaround, but you can do OwnerDraw for the CommandLinks and fill the buttons with a gradient

For Each lnk As C1CommandLink In C1ToolBar1.CommandLinks
lnk.OwnerDraw = True
Next

The code above gives a gradient for the buttons normal state.  Or you could set the background image of the C1ToolBar to a gradient strip like the one attached. 

Hope that helps,
Greg

 Thank you Greg, I appreciate it, I will give it a try.    :)

Hello everyone,

We have faced the same issue. So the question (for the C1 team) is - do you plan to restore the ability to set custom gradients in C1Toolbar? Without such a feature the toolbars are much less useful for us as we don't want to stick to the one of the predefined color sets.

Regards,

Grzegorz