Hi,

First of all, I'd like to say I love this book. It's very informative and easy to use.

My question is this: Why would you use theme instead of stylesheettheme? I can't think of a situation where a stylesheettheme could be overriden, unless specifically programmed.


In brief, in what situation would using theme be required instead of stylesheettheme?

Thanks

Thank you!

The main reason the Theme option was introduced in ASP.NET is the ability to modify existing web sites without the need to change their source code. So, if you have an old web site you want to give a new appearance but you don't have access to its source (or you don't want to modiy it), you can use a Theme to enforce a global look and feel.

In addition, you can use a Theme to programamtically override settings.

In most other cases, a styleSheetTheme should be the preferred option.

Cheers,

Imar

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