KryptonManager

Use the KryptonManager component to modify global settings that affect all the Krypton controls in your application. Note that the global settings affect all controls and not just those on the same form as the KryptonManager instance.

BaseFont

The BaseFont controls the global font used within the toolkit. Changing this property will change the font used by controls. By default, it is set to Segoe UI, 9pt. From here, you can customize the Font Name, Size, styling etc.

GlobalPaletteMode

Each individual Krypton control will by default inherit its display values from the global palette that is specified by the KryptonManager. This makes it easy to change the global palette and have all Krypton controls update their appearance in one step.

GlobalPaletteMode is an enumeration that specifies which palette to use as the global palette. You can either choose one of the built-in palettes such as the Professional - Office 2003 or specify use of a custom palette.

GlobalPalette should be used when you need to use a KryptonPalette instance instead of one of the built-in palettes. Once you assign a reference to this property the GlobalPaletteMode will automatically be changed to the Custom enumeration value.

Note that you are not allowed circular references in the use of palettes. So if you define the global palette to be a KryptonPalette and then try to make the base palette of the KryptonPalette the Global value then it will cause an error. Whenever you alter the global palette or the base palette of a KryptonPalette it will check the inheritance chain to ensure no circular dependency is created.

GlobalAllowFormChrome

When your Form derives from the KryptonForm base class the caption and border areas will be custom painted if the associated Form palette indicates it would like custom chrome. For example the Office 2007 builtin palettes all request that the form be custom drawn to achieve a consistent look and feel to that of Microsoft Office 2007 applications. If you would like to prevent any of your KryptonForm derived windows from having custom chrome then set this property to False. This setting overrides any requirement by a palette or KryptonForm to have custom chrome.

GlobalApplyToolstrips

In order to ensure your entire application looks consistent the KryptonManager will create and assign a tool strip renderer to your application. Whenever you change the global palette or the palette has a tool strip related value changed the tool strip renderer is updated to reflect this. If you prefer to turn off this feature so that you control the tool strip rendering manually then you just need to assign False to the GlobalApplyToolstrips property.

GlobalCustomPalette

If you have loaded a custom palette into a KryptonCustomPaletteBase control, then you will need to assign it to the GlobalCustomPalette property. When this property is set to use a KryptonCustomPaletteBase, the GlobalPaletteMode will automatically be set to Custom.

If the GlobalCustomPalette is subsequently reset back to its default value, then the GlobalPaletteMode will automatically be set to its default value, which is Microsoft 365 - Blue.

ToolkitImages

The ToolkitImages property is where you can define your own images that are used throughout the toolkit. The KryptonIntegratedToolBar uses these set of images to display on toolbars, as well as the KryptonAboutBox.

ToolkitStrings

The KryptonMessageBox has buttons that use the string values from this section. If you would like to alter the strings displayed on those buttons then you can do so by altering the values in this area. If you have set the Localization property on your Form to True then these values will be stored on a per-language setting allowing your message box to have different display strings per language you choose to define. The ToolkitStrings also contains strings used throughout the toolkit that you can customize. You will note that sub-sections are labelled accordingly to which sections of the toolkit they will affect.