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Controls Suite
Version 4.5 |
 | What's New |
 | Overview |
| Key Features |
 | Quick Start |
 | Licensing |
| Individual controls |
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Customizing the look-and-feel of APNSoft control is accomplished through the following steps:
- Specifying the XML Structure or Data Source.
The control like a Menu or TreeView uses XML for defining structure since XML is the most convenient format for structured data. You can save the XML structure as a file and bind the control by specifying the StructureFileURL property. Also, you can set the DataSource property to specify a source of data and call the DataBind() method. APNSoft controls provide an extremely rich and powerful server-side API allowing developer to add, remove or edit elements and element collections programmatically. Each component has initial data structure to see the result immediately.
- Applying the Skin.
A Skin is a folder with CSS Style and a set of graphic files that determine the way the control is going to look. A CSS Style consists of predefined classes. You use the SkinFolder property to link the control with Skin. The collection of ready-to-use skins is included in installer. Each component has a default Skin to see the result immediately.
- Setting properties.
To customize behavior and the look and feel of APNSoft control, you set the properties. Properties can be set in three ways:
- Properties panel in IDE (Visual Studio)
- ASPX (the Source View)
- Code Behind (C# or VB.NET)
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