Ribbon bitmaps are jagged after switching to .NET 4.0

Hi Chris,

.NET 4.0 is supposed to have code to make images align to pixels better, which should generally help if anything. However you said you are using 256x256 images in your ribbon. That is never a good idea because then they will be scaled down and will not be nearly as clear as using 16x16 and 32x32 images in the appropriate large/small image sources.

I'd always recommend using images designed for 16x16 or 32x32 in ribbon and other places in your app that take those sizes of images. A 256x256 image scaled down to 16x16 or 32x32 would look horrible in any of those spots regardless of which .NET framework you target.

Thanks for the response. Not all of the images are 256 (some smaller) and it rendered beatifully under .NET 3.5. Another component developer has confirmed that .NET 4.0 uses a lower sampling rate on their images so that explains the difference. We noticed the problem on a standard listview. That's a shame - we'll have to create anti-aliased versions or each size in the application. I just wanted to let anyone else know that this isn't specifically an Actipro problem.

For those of you following or experiencing this problem, my wonderful architect found a solution. You must add the following to your XAML (WPF apps):

RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="HighQuality"


Apparently, this is a 4.0 framework optimization that burned us. Now our regular listboxes and the ActiPro ribbon display our images correctly.