Howdy Good People!

Today we releasing 11.2 version of DotNetBar with Visual Studio 2012 inspired Light and Dark themes. Here are two screen-shots of Light and Dark theme from our sample:

And dark theme:

Hello Good People,

Today we released new version of DotNetBar with SuperGrid Data-Grouping feature. The SuperGrid now supports single and multiple Column grouping, with the ability to specify the sort direction for each group. It provides the end-user with user interface for creating groups and sorting. The grouping section displayed on top of the grid shows current grouping. To perform data-grouping you simply drag & drop column into the group section. Following screen-shot shows grouping in SuperGrid control:

The SuperGrid supports user rendering of additional “detail” group rows through the dynamic use of the GetGroupDetailRows event. Group Detail Rows are temporary rows that can be added by the application following a SuperGrid grouping operation. Group Detail Rows are automatically removed when the grouping changes (either cleared or set/reset to another group criteria). Group Detail Rows are totally defined and rendered by the user application – the row’s content is neither known nor managed by the grid. Following screen-shots from sample app included with DotNetBar shows how detail group rows are used to add totals to the SuperGrid:

There are 60 new features and fixes in this release. Here are detailed Release Notes. If you have current DotNetBar license download latest release on Customer Only web site. Fully functional trial version is also available. Thank you for using our controls and please let me know how you like them.

Hi Everyone,

Today we released new DotNetBar for you with first implementation of Metro Office styling, VS.NET 11 support and more. Here is screen-shot of all new Metro Office styling:

Since final look and feel of Metro Office is not known you can expect our style to change so to match final look and feel of next version of Office. We have also added new StyleManagerAmbient component which is used to manage Metro style ambient properties assignment for child controls on the form. You can read about that in Metro KB article.

We also added support for Visual Studio 11 which is in Beta right now. You should see DotNetBar controls appear in VS.NET 11 toolbox. VS.NET 11 has completely new property grid so if you experience any design-time issues with DotNetBar and VS.NET 11 please let us know.

Also new is year/century selector for our month calendar control. Here is small animated image showing selector in action:

Please do not forget that our online Knowledge Base is getting updated constantly and is great source of information and tips on DotNetBar usage.

If you have current DotNetBar license download latest release on Customer Only web site. Fully functional trial version is also available. Thank you for using our controls and please let me know how you like them.

Today we have another new DotNetBar release for you with 2 new controls: Binding Navigator and RichTextBox controls. Both controls are designed to be replacement for corresponding system controls so you can maintain consistent look and feel with our other controls and visual styles. Here is screen-shot of both controls:

Other changes in this release:

• MetroForm support for SETTINGS and HELP buttons in form caption added
• MessageBoxEx.TextMarkupEnabled property added to control whether text-markup is rendered
• TouchKeyboard.CurrentKeyboardTarget property added to retrieve current target control for keyboard input
• Many improvements to SuperGrid control
• And much, much more…

All in all, there are almost 60 new features and enhancements in this release.

Here are detailed Release Notes.

If you have current DotNetBar license download latest release on Customer Only web site. Fully functional trial version is also available. Thank you for using our controls and please let me know how you like them.

New Year starts with the bang so here is new DotNetBar for you. 2 new controls: SuperGrid a powerful data-grid we built from scratch and worked on for better part of last year and MetroTilePanel a dedicated Metro Tile panel control with touch support.

SuperGrid

SuperGrid is complete grid/editors control for your applications. It includes built-in data-binding, numerous editors, master-detail support, nested tables, built-in virtualization and much more. Here is screen-shot to give you just small taste of what this control can do:

Some features of SuperGrid control:

• Master-Detail Views
• Nested Tables
• Virtual Data Support
• Numerous Cell Editors + Custom Editor Support
• Data-Binding to DataSets, IList, IListSource, IBindingList etc.
• Office 2010/2007 and Metro Styling
• Complete Custom Grid Styling
• Built-In Formula Engine
• Sorting
• Much, much more…

To get you started please check out SuperGrid Quick Start Guide in our Knowledge Base.

We’ve been working on this control for good part of last year and this is just beginning. There is much more planned in coming months… Please see SuperGrid sample project you can find at My Documents\DotNetBar WinForms Samples\SuperGrid.

MetroTilePanel

Metro Tile Panel is dedicated control to host Metro Tiles. It has built-in support for drag & drop arranging of tiles and it includes very nice tile move animation after drag & drop is performed. Of course touch support is included. Check it out in MetroTilePanel sample. Here is screen-shot of MetroTilePanel control in action:

All in all, there are over 60 new features and enhancements in this release.

Here are detailed Release Notes.

If you have current DotNetBar license download latest release on Customer Only web site. Fully functional trial version is also available. We are working on even more major new exciting features, but please do not hesitate to send me your feedback and wishes. Thank you for using our controls and please let me know how you like them.