Office 2013 and Windows 7 skin?

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   When I select the Office 2010 theme, I can set the corresponding Office 2010 skin, which then draws the frame as it should be for Office 2010.

However, if I set the Office 2013, or Windows 7 themes, there are no corresponding skins for these, so it's left with the old transparent frame which doesn't look good.

Are there skins for these themes, and if so where?

Thanks,

Brian

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brianh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 30 April 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 83	Post Options Post Reply Quote brianh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Office 2013 and Windows 7 skin? Posted: 12 August 2015 at 6:20am
	When I select the Office 2010 theme, I can set the corresponding Office 2010 skin, which then draws the frame as it should be for Office 2010. However, if I set the Office 2013, or Windows 7 themes, there are no corresponding skins for these, so it's left with the old transparent frame which doesn't look good. Are there skins for these themes, and if so where? Thanks, Brian

astoyan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 24 August 2013 Status: Offline Points: 302	Post Options Post Reply Quote astoyan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 August 2015 at 11:37pm
	We don't provide skins for Office 2013 and Window 7 themes. Setting those themes properly should not leave any transparent frame as their standard Microsoft analogues do not have transparent frames either. Please refer to RibbonSample for proper appearance of those themes and the proper way to get them applied in code. Thank you. Regards, Alex

brianh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 30 April 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 83	Post Options Post Reply Quote brianh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 August 2015 at 3:55am
	Hi Alex, I already looked at that sample, and I know that if I use a ribbon bar I can get the frame to look correct, but converting our application to use a ribbon bar is not a simple operation, and not necessarily something we want to do at this time. With the Office 2010 themes there is a skin, and this does change the frame, even when you don't use a ribbon bar. This is what we want to do with the Office 2013 theme in particular. If you have a skin for Office 2010, then why not for Office 2013? Is there any easy way to get the look of the Office 2013 frame without using a Ribbon bar? Thanks, Brian