New UI theme
A new UI theming system is provided to allow for codeless
approach to how your application UI is rendered. For detailed
instructions on how to use the new UI theme, refer to the section called “Specifying a theme for the application UI” in Users Guide.
System themes and custom
themes
Four new system themes (Flat Design Blue, Flat Design Dark, Flat
Design Grey, and Flat Design Silver) are provided for you to apply to
the window, DataWindow, and all visual controls (except Line, Oval,
Rectangle, RoundRectangle, Picture, PictureHyperLink, and Animation)
in your applications. You can also customize these system themes or
create your own themes based on these system themes.
Applying a theme
To apply a theme to an application, you can either set it in the
Themes tab in the Additional Properties of an application object, or
use the ApplyTheme function to set the theme dynamically.
The theme will work in runtime, and has no effect in design
time.
Modifying the settings of a
theme
If after applying a theme, you want to further adjust the
display of certain controls/states, you can open the “theme.json” file
of the theme in the default or specified directory, and change the
corresponding theme settings (with caution).
In case you want to restore the settings of a system theme to
its original state, you can do it using the Restore button provided in
the Themes tab in the Additional Properties of an application object.
The Restore button is only effective when the system theme is located
in the default directory.
What can be set by a
theme
Due to technical difficulty, a few controls and their states
won’t reach desired UI effects even through you apply a theme. For
more information on what can be set by a theme and what cannot, refer
to the section called “Specifying a theme for the application UI” in Users Guide.