XAML icons

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   Hi,

I'm looking for a bit of information. It seems that if I get a XAML icon that is usable in WPF, it is not usable in our CodeJock MFC app.

Is there a difference between the two? We tried an Adobe tool and a couple free ones I found on line to create XAML icons but they wouldn't display. So, I grabbed one from the CJ source and used it with no problem. I seem to recall the two were just using different elements in the XAML code.

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rdhd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 13 August 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 886	Post Options Post Reply Quote rdhd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: XAML icons Posted: 05 August 2022 at 9:03am
	Hi, I'm looking for a bit of information. It seems that if I get a XAML icon that is usable in WPF, it is not usable in our CodeJock MFC app. Is there a difference between the two? We tried an Adobe tool and a couple free ones I found on line to create XAML icons but they wouldn't display. So, I grabbed one from the CJ source and used it with no problem. I seem to recall the two were just using different elements in the XAML code.

markr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 August 2004 Status: Offline Points: 443	Post Options Post Reply Quote markr Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 August 2022 at 6:48pm
	Codejock's custom XAML rendering engine is solid (and useful), but far less feature-rich than WPF. My advice is to test all icons in Codejock's MarkupPad utility before trying to use them, and be prepared to tweak the paths to get elements to align correctly, etc. Also some icons just won't work because they use incompatible features (path clipping, etc.). Check out Axialis icons. Many of them work well with XTP with minimal tweaking.

rdhd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 13 August 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 886	Post Options Post Reply Quote rdhd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 August 2022 at 11:03am
	If CJ has gone rogue and just implemented their own XAML, does CJ have a tool that let's one create these images?

dbrookes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 30 August 2019 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 70	Post Options Post Reply Quote dbrookes Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 August 2022 at 5:14am
	This plugin https://www.mikeswanson.com/xamlexport/ for Adobe Illustrator exporting to "XAML for Silverlight" (instead of "XAML for WPF") has provided good results for me when creating/editing icons. Some XAML icon sets like the Visual Studio one tend not to work as they use elements like DrawingBrush, GeometryDrawing and PathGeometry that XTP XAML does not support. XTP's XAML is enough to get by. +1 for Axialis icon sets as well.