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Common WPF Resource Dictionaries

Skinning a WPF application is as simple as adding an assembly reference (PresentationFramework.Aero) and xml config change. See below.

<Application.Resources>
<Application.Resources>
  <ResourceDictionary>
    <!-- -->
    <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
      <ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Aero;component/themes/Aero.NormalColor.xaml"/>
    </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
  </ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>
</Application.Resources>

Other sources:

<ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Aero;component/themes/Aero.NormalColor.xaml"/>
<ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Classic;component/themes/Classic.xaml"/>
<ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Royale;component/themes/Royale.NormalColor.xaml"/>
<ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Luna.Homestead;component/themes/Luna.Homestead.xaml"/>
<ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Luna.Metallic;component/themes/Luna.Metallic.xaml"/>
<ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Zune;component/themes/Zune.NormalColor.xaml"/>

References
StackOverflow, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2075720/windows-7-theme-for-wpf

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Ronnie Diaz is a software engineer and tech consultant with over a decade of experience building software and systems. Ronnie started his career in ecommerce, service industries and remote education. He transitioned from traditional desktop client-server applications through early cloud development. Software included human resource management and service technician workflows, online retail e-commerce and electronic ordering and fulfillment, IVR customer relational systems, and video streaming remote learning SCORM web applications. Hands on server experience and software performance optimization led to creation of a small business focused on collocated web hosting and data center services. This led to specialized expertise in large file storage and video streaming and opened the door at Amazon Prime Video. Ronnie now builds and leads teams to build software and systems which stream live sports and events for millions of viewers around the world.
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