Monday, March 03, 2008

Windows Vista Controls for .NET 2.0 - Give your .Net applications on Vista the "Vista look"...

CodePlex - Windows Vista Controls for .NET 2.0

"This project aims to create a Windows Control Library that provides controls reproducing the appearance of Windows Vista objects, like buttons and links with shield icon, textboxes with cue banner, etc.

demoapp2

taskdialogs

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Windows Vista Controls for .NET 2.0 - v1.3 Release

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The source code is in C#. Currently, the controls use the native APIs available on Windows Vista. The controls have not yet been tested on earlier versions of Windows and do not provide non-native fallback alternatives (they will most likely crash on earlier versions of Vista). A simple interface for checking OS support is available: it is however up to the user to provide UI alternatives for older Windows platforms or for Mono.

What's in this release

  • Controls
    • ShieldButton
    • ComboBox with cue banner
    • CommandLink
    • ListView
    • ProgressBar
    • TextBox with cue banner
    • TreeView
    • ThemedText label (Text on glass effect)
    • SplitButton
  • Modules
    • DWM module (Live thumbnails and glass sheet effect)
    • ThemedText module
    • Task Dialog module (alternative to classic Message boxes)
  • Support
    • OS support (checks if Vista libraries are supported)
    • Glass sheet helpers
  • ..."

    This is a cool suite of controls for your Vista running .Net application.

    (via Reflective Perspective - The Morning Brew #44)

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