Style Property

Gets/sets the style of the desktop alert windows displayed by this UltraDesktopAlert instance.

[Visual Basic]
Public Property Style As DesktopAlertStyle

[C#]
public DesktopAlertStyle Style {get; set;}

Remarks

The UltraDesktopAlert component supports two display styles, 'Office2007' and 'WindowsLiveMessenger'. When the Style property is set to 'Office2007', the desktop alert windows emulate the look and feel of the Outlook 2007 New Mail Desktop Alert. When the Style property is set to 'WindowsLiveMessenger', the desktop alert windows emulate the look and feel of the Windows Live Messenger notification window.

Note: Changing properties of the UltraDesktopAlert component when one or more desktop alert windows are open is not recommended; such changes will not be fully applied for desktop alert windows that are currently open. The HasOpenWindows property should be used to determine whether any desktop alert windows are currently open for this instance before changing property values.

Example

The following code sample demonstrates how the appearance related properties of the UltraDesktopAlert component can be used to customize the appearance of all desktop alert windows displayed by the component:

[Visual Basic]

Imports Infragistics.Win

Imports Infragistics.Win.Misc





    Private Sub SetAppearances()



        '  Use the link appearances to get a consistent foreground color across

        '  all links, and also so the font attributes are realized through the

        '  formatting and not the appearances.

        Dim normalLinkAppearance As New Infragistics.Win.Appearance()

        normalLinkAppearance.FontData.Bold = DefaultableBoolean.False

        normalLinkAppearance.FontData.Italic = DefaultableBoolean.False

        normalLinkAppearance.FontData.Underline = DefaultableBoolean.False

        normalLinkAppearance.ForeColor = SystemColors.WindowText



        Me.desktopAlert.CaptionAppearance = normalLinkAppearance

        Me.desktopAlert.TextAppearance = normalLinkAppearance

        Me.desktopAlert.FooterTextAppearance = normalLinkAppearance



        '  Use the link hot track appearances to get a consistent foreground

        '  color across all links

        Dim hotTrackLinkAppearance As New Infragistics.Win.Appearance()

        hotTrackLinkAppearance.FontData.Bold = DefaultableBoolean.False

        hotTrackLinkAppearance.FontData.Italic = DefaultableBoolean.False

        hotTrackLinkAppearance.FontData.Underline = DefaultableBoolean.True

        hotTrackLinkAppearance.ForeColor = Color.Blue



        Me.desktopAlert.CaptionHotTrackAppearance = hotTrackLinkAppearance

        Me.desktopAlert.TextHotTrackAppearance = hotTrackLinkAppearance

        Me.desktopAlert.FooterTextHotTrackAppearance = hotTrackLinkAppearance



        '   Store the Appearance objects we created in the Appearances

        '   collection

        Me.desktopAlert.Appearances.Add(normalLinkAppearance)

        Me.desktopAlert.Appearances.Add(hotTrackLinkAppearance)



        '  Set the GripAreaAppearance or CaptionAreaAppearance depending

        '  on the resolved Style...the GripAreaAppearance applies to the

        '  Office2007 style, and the CaptionAreaAppearance applies to the

        '  WindowsLiveMessenger style.

        If (Me.desktopAlert.StyleResolved = DesktopAlertStyle.Office2007) Then

            Dim gripAreaAppearance As New Infragistics.Win.Appearance()

            gripAreaAppearance.BackColor = Color.White

            gripAreaAppearance.BackColor = Office2007ColorTable.Colors.ToolbarGradientLight

            gripAreaAppearance.BackGradientStyle = GradientStyle.VerticalBump

            Me.desktopAlert.GripAreaAppearance = gripAreaAppearance

        Else

            Dim captionAreaAppearance As New Infragistics.Win.Appearance()

            captionAreaAppearance.BackColor = Color.AliceBlue

            Me.desktopAlert.CaptionAreaAppearance = captionAreaAppearance

            Me.desktopAlert.CaptionAreaImageSize = New Size(12, 12)

        End If



    End Sub

[C#]

using Infragistics.Win; 
using Infragistics.Win.Misc; 
using System.Diagnostics; 
 
    private void SetAppearances() 
    { 
        //  Use the link appearances to get a consistent foreground color across 
        //  all links, and also so the font attributes are realized through the 
        //  formatting and not the appearances. 
        Infragistics.Win.Appearance normalLinkAppearance = new Infragistics.Win.Appearance(); 
        normalLinkAppearance.FontData.Bold = DefaultableBoolean.False; 
        normalLinkAppearance.FontData.Italic = DefaultableBoolean.False; 
        normalLinkAppearance.FontData.Underline = DefaultableBoolean.False; 
        normalLinkAppearance.ForeColor = SystemColors.WindowText; 
 
        this.desktopAlert.CaptionAppearance = normalLinkAppearance; 
        this.desktopAlert.TextAppearance = normalLinkAppearance; 
        this.desktopAlert.FooterTextAppearance = normalLinkAppearance; 
 
        //  Use the link hot track appearances to get a consistent foreground 
        //  color across all links             
        Infragistics.Win.Appearance hotTrackLinkAppearance = new Infragistics.Win.Appearance(); 
        hotTrackLinkAppearance.FontData.Bold = DefaultableBoolean.False; 
        hotTrackLinkAppearance.FontData.Italic = DefaultableBoolean.False; 
        hotTrackLinkAppearance.FontData.Underline = DefaultableBoolean.True; 
        hotTrackLinkAppearance.ForeColor = Color.Blue; 
         
        this.desktopAlert.CaptionHotTrackAppearance = hotTrackLinkAppearance; 
        this.desktopAlert.TextHotTrackAppearance = hotTrackLinkAppearance; 
        this.desktopAlert.FooterTextHotTrackAppearance = hotTrackLinkAppearance; 
 
        //   Store the Appearance objects we created in the Appearances 
        //   collection  
        this.desktopAlert.Appearances.Add( normalLinkAppearance ); 
        this.desktopAlert.Appearances.Add( hotTrackLinkAppearance ); 
 
        //  Set the GripAreaAppearance or CaptionAreaAppearance depending 
        //  on the resolved Style...the GripAreaAppearance applies to the 
        //  Office2007 style, and the CaptionAreaAppearance applies to the 
        //  WindowsLiveMessenger style. 
        if ( this.desktopAlert.StyleResolved == DesktopAlertStyle.Office2007 ) 
        { 
            Infragistics.Win.Appearance gripAreaAppearance = new Infragistics.Win.Appearance(); 
            gripAreaAppearance.BackColor = Color.White; 
            gripAreaAppearance.BackColor = Office2007ColorTable.Colors.ToolbarGradientLight; 
            gripAreaAppearance.BackGradientStyle = GradientStyle.VerticalBump; 
            this.desktopAlert.GripAreaAppearance = gripAreaAppearance; 
        } 
        else 
        { 
            Infragistics.Win.Appearance captionAreaAppearance = new Infragistics.Win.Appearance(); 
            captionAreaAppearance.BackColor = Color.AliceBlue; 
            this.desktopAlert.CaptionAreaAppearance = captionAreaAppearance; 
            this.desktopAlert.CaptionAreaImageSize = new Size( 12, 12 ); 
        } 
    }

See Also

Language

Style Property

Remarks

Example

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