Using Corrina Barber's Silverlight 2 Control Skins

April 30, 2008 · 1 min read

Last weekend, I decided to take time off from what I was supposed to be doing (shh... don't tell, ok?)... and take a whack an an idea I have for extending one of the great Silverlight 2 control skins that Corrina Barber provided for us.

Not to take anything away from her work, but I'd like to use it as a jumping-off point to produce something of my own, and one of my ideas is a small rotation off one of hers.

So my idea was to:

  1. Get something running, and

  2. Make some modifications in Blend 2.5 using my prior knowledge of skinning.

I failed on both points... lol

But all was not lost. I blundered my way through item 1 using answers from her comments to other folks on her blog. Then I worked through one of the items in number 2, but hit a stuck-point with the other one. After an email exchange with her, all was well, and while I still don't have a skin to show, at least I have this, and maybe it will help someone else.

And the skin?... well, watch my blog, you'll wake up one morning and find I've been playing hooky again:)

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This article is part of the GWB Archives. Original Author: Dave Campbell

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