"Geoff" wrote:

> for my sins (in a .net 1.1 app) I have created several css files with the
> same styles and then at runtime decided which css to use. For instance I have
> a chat control that when in public mode uses one css and when in private mode
> uses another. Now I could go through the private css and make sure all of the
> entries are unique. However, I use the same control for both private and
> public (hence the reason for same class names).
>
> I have just converted this code to use themes/skins and this has left me
> with a problem. As I have lots of css files all with same values and that the
> themes in .net 2.0 automatically import ALL css files with the selected theme
> folder, it always takes the styles from the last css it includes.
>
> It seems like the logical answer is rather than have a 3 themes with 2 css
> files, i should created 6 themes. This means a lot of extra images are
> duplicated on the server and then downloaded to the client.
>
> Instead of doing what I said above is there an easier way?
> Maybe tell it which css files to use/exlude?
>
> Thanks
> Geoff