If you want your Win7 mobile application to mimic the theme/system colors your users phone is using you can do so through the the use of the Theme Resources.

For example, the color of each of the tiles in your phone is called the “Accent” color. To obtain this color simply call:

SolidColorBrush brush=Application.Current.Resources["PhoneAccentBrush"] as SolidColorBrush;

Background and Foreground colors:

background = Application.Current.Resources["PhoneBackgroundBrush"] as SolidColorBrush;

foreground = Application.Current.Resources["PhoneForegroundBrush"] as SolidColorBrush;

For more details on the other colors available see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff769552(VS.92).aspx

Thanks,

–Mike

As you might know I am currently using WordPress for my blog engine. Recently, when browsing the web for a high-end professional looking theme, I came across a company called “WooThemes”.

Overall, I am very impressed with how professional and easy to use their themes are. After browsing through their library of themes I decided to go with one title “Retreat” that is currently in use in this blog.

If you are interested, you can check them out yourself by going to http://www.woothemes.com.

Let me know what you think of this new theme as well as Woo Themes in general!

Thanks,
–Mike