In Visual Studio, the C1ThemeController component in Themes for WinForms includes a smart tag. A smart tag represents a short-cut tasks menu that provides the most commonly used properties in each control.

To access the C1ThemeController Tasks menu, click the smart tag in the upper right corner of the C1ThemeController component. This will open the C1ThemeController Tasks menu.

The C1ThemeController Tasks menu operates as follows:

Clicking Set themes… opens the C1ThemeController dialog box. For more information see C1Theme Controller Dialog Box.

Clicking Add theme… opens the Select Theme dialog box where you can browse to the location of your theme and add it to the C1ThemeController. Once you select your theme, it will be registered to your project and in Visual Studio a Themes folder will appear in the Solution Explorer. Once the theme has been added you apply it to the Theme or ApplicationTheme properties.

Clicking Reload themes reloads all themes used by the current application.

Clicking About C1ThemeController reveals the About dialog box. This dialog box displays the version number and licensing information for the ThemeController product.