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Convert old winforms program to syncfusion office 365 look

Good morning
I want to convert my current application with old dev components to the syncfusion components wih an office 365 look.
See a screen shot of the current project. We use allready the sfdatagrid (very good component).
But i want to use themes look a like office 365). 85% of the screens are CRUDS with a master detail look (see screenshot)
Do you have some crud samples to give me some ideas how i can convert to Sfform or do i have to use metro style form.
Can you send me some samples please. Also sample with toutch support are welcome.
I need to have some ideas and thne we will choose a new layout with only syncfusion components
Thanks for the help

Attachment: sample_crud_795a6168.zip

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AA Arulraj A Syncfusion Team October 4, 2018 10:56 AM UTC

 
Thanks for using Syncfusion product. 
 
Query 
Response 
Do you have some crud samples to give me some ideas with master detail look 
SfDataGrid does have the support to perform the CRUD operations. If you bound ObservableCollection or BindingList with SfDataGrid, the changes will be reflected automatically. If you bind the other collection with SfDataGrid, you could use the View.Refresh method to update the changes. Please refer the following cod example, 
 
Code example 
This.sfDataGrid1.View.Refresh(); 
 
We have prepared the SfDataGrid sample for CRUD operations with Observable collection as the underlying dataSource. Please refer the following sample, 
Please refer the following UG link to know about the SfDataGrid, 
 
DataBinding 
 
Data Manipulation 
 
MasterDetail 
  
Office 365 look 
To change the Form like Office365 look and feel, you could customize the caption bar using Style.TitleBar property. Please refer the following UG link, 
 
Color codes for Office 365, 
 
Colorful 
this.Style.TitleBar.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(16, 110, 190); 
Black 
this.Style.TitleBar.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(38, 38, 38); 
White 
this.Style.TitleBar.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 255); 
DarkGray 
this.Style.TitleBar.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(102, 102, 102); 
 
How I can convert to Sfform or do I have to use metro style form. 
Can you send me some samples please 
 
To use the SfForm, you could use the Syncfusion.Core.Winforms.dll and Syncfusion.WinForms.Controls namespace in your project. 
Please refer the below UG link to know about the SfForm, 
 
We suggest to use the SfForm because our SfForm is more effective to use compare than MetroForm.   
Also sample with touch support are welcome. 
By default, SfDataGrid does have touch support for resizing, sorting, filtering, (etc).  
 
Please refer the following UG link to know about the touch support 
 
 
Please let us know if you need any further assistance on this. 
 
Regards,  
Arulraj A  


CV Chris Vandewiele October 5, 2018 10:46 AM UTC

Thanks

I can start with this.
Whitch panel can i use, if i want the styles of office 365. OR can i do this with the default panel component in windows forms?



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AA Arulraj A Syncfusion Team October 8, 2018 07:33 AM UTC

Hi Chris, 
 
Thanks for your update. 
 
Yes, you can use the windows panel to achieve your requirement by setting the desired color. You can refer the shipped sample “Outlook Demo” from the following location where the color is set related to Outlook theme for Panels too. 
 
<InstalledDrive>:\Users\Public\Documents\Syncfusion\Windows\<version>\Showcase\Outlook Demo\CS 
 
Please let us know whether this helps and have any further queries on this. 
 
Regards, 
Arulraj A 


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