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Theme.CachePaletteThemes Property

Gets or sets whether to cache the current palette theme assembly. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Core

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

#Declaration

public static bool CachePaletteThemes { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Description
Boolean

true, to cache the current palette theme assembly; otherwise, false.

#Remarks

You can cache the current palette theme’s assembly to reduce the theme loading time. The application uses the cached assemblies at the current and the following application runs.

#Specify the Cache Location

Use the Theme.PaletteThemeCacheDirectory property to specify the cache directory. The default cache directory is %LocalAppData%\DevExpress\PaletteThemeCache. The following code sample changes the default cache directory:

Theme.PaletteThemeCacheDirectory = "C:\\DevExpress\\PaletteThemeCache";

#Clear the Cache

To remove the directory with the cached assemblies, use the Theme.ClearPaletteThemeCache method:

Theme.ClearPaletteThemeCache();

#Example

The following code sample enables the palette theme assemblies caching to a default directory and applies the Office2019Colorful theme with the RedWine predefined palette to the application:

Theme.CachePaletteThemes = true;
Theme.RegisterPredefinedPaletteThemes();
ApplicationThemeHelper.ApplicationThemeName = "RedWineOffice2019Colorful";
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