Adjust a Control Template and still respect the Theme of the OS?

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Published on 2009-06-11T08:56:51Z Indexed on 2010/03/30 19:53 UTC
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In WPF how do I modifiy the template for a standard control in a way that it will respect the current Theme of the Operating System later on? If I just "edit a copy" of the template in blend, it will just give me the template of the currently running theme. Is this correct? So when I apply the modified template and run the app on different themes it will always look the same.

For custom controls and even for data templates the problem is similar. How do I provide a template that respects all possible themes of the OS?

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