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Maya .Net API - Wpf Dark Scheme by Cyrille Fauvel - Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) January 2014

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Maya .Net Dark Scheme for WPF

see also the blog post here

The MayaTheme assembly provides the XAML definition to replicate the Maya Dark Color Scheme on WPF Window/Control. It is not error proof, so feel free to contact me to get them fixed.

The code is designed to change all WPF window/controls color scheme at once and at runtime. That means all already running windows will be affected as well. You just need to initialize the system in your C# plug-in (or standalone application) using this code

MayaTheme.Initialize (null);

The MayaWpfTheme assembly has no dependency on Maya so it can run anywhere. There was the option to bind the WPF resources to QT in real-time, but the performance was not good. Instead this assembly does provide a definition of the Maya Dark Scheme and will not take into account changes you made in Maya. You can still apply your color changes at runtime by merging a new dictionary after the Maya Theme is loaded and initialized. You can retrieve the Maya Theme dictionary using

Application.ResourceAssembly = typeof (MayaTheme).Assembly;

Due to a bug in WPF, there is no way to redefine the Window style. Instead, you will need to either modify the icon and background color by code, or to include a style or background statement in your XAML window definition.

a) the background option

`<Window x:Class="MayaWpfThemeTest.WpfThemeTestWindow"
	xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
	xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
	Title="Maya Theme Test" 
	Height="900"
	Width="656"
	Background="{DynamicResource WindowBrush}"
	>

b) the style option (preferred)

`<Window x:Class="MayaWpfThemeTest.WpfThemeTestWindow"
	xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
	xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
	Title="Maya Theme Test" 
	Height="900"
	Width="656"
	Style="{DynamicResource MayaStyle}"
	>`

c) changing the background color

	WpfThemeTestWindow wnd;
	wnd = new WpfThemeTestWindow ();
	var bc = new BrushConverter();
	wnd.Background =(Brush)bc.ConvertFrom("#FF444444");
	wnd.Show ();

d) changing the window icon for the Maya icon (optional)

	WpfThemeTestWindow wnd;
	wnd = new WpfThemeTestWindow ();
	MayaTheme.SetMayaIcon (wnd);
	wnd.Show ();

These 2 samples (MayaWpfPlugin and MayaWpfStandalone) are a reworked version of the Maya devkit plug-in wpfexamples. The plug-in version was enhanced to preview multiple objects, with camera, shaders and lights. The standalone version is to demonstrate how to write a Maya standalone application using the Maya .NET API (they both use the Maya Dark Scheme assembly present on this repo).

For the standalone sample. Important! because Maya .NET assemblies aren;t signed and not in the GAC the executable should be in the Maya directory where resides the Maya API .NET assemblies (I.e. openmayacpp.dll / openmayacs.dll). For example, create a PostBuild event like this:

copy "$(TargetPath)" "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2014\bin"

Written by Cyrille Fauvel (Autodesk Developer Network)
http://www.autodesk.com/adn
http://around-the-corner.typepad.com/

Note: Maya 2014 requires using the VC 10.0 Service Pack 1 runtime and the .Net Framework 4.0. You can use Visual Studio 2012/2013 to develop C# plug-ins, but have to use the .Net 4.0 framework.