DotNetBar

DotNetBar for WinForms 10.9 released with Toast Notifications component

In Main, WinForms, by Denis Basaric

Today we’ve released new version of DotNetBar with brand new Toast Notification component. Toast notifications are messages that appears on the surface of the specified parent control for a short period of time. They do not receive focus (or pause the current activity), so they cannot accept any user input. They are ideal for status update type of the message. Here is an example of two toast notifications in different color schemes:

And here is how toast notification appears when used in an app:

Toast notifications are really simple to use and single line of code is used to display them, for example:

        ToastNotification.Show(this, "Establishing connection...")

We have also added very simple Line control. While drawing lines is easy, sometimes its much more convenient to have control which draws a line. This control is for those times.

There are more than 70 new features and fixes in this release. Here are detailed Release Notes.

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 so much for using our controls.

On 10.16.12

DotNetBar for WinForms 10.8 Released with Office 2013 Styling and 220 Symbols Included

In Main, WinForms, by Denis Basaric

Today we released new version of DotNetBar with world’s first Office 2013 style Ribbon control. Then we top that with built-in 220 symbols library which can be used on our buttons (courtesy of FontAwesome). And there is much more. Here is screen-shot of new Office 2013 style:

We’ve also updated the Backstage Application Menu to fit new Office 2013 appearance:

Our new Office 2013 styling comes with unlimited color schemes generator which will generate complete color scheme based on single color you specify:

We have also included 220 symbols library (courtesy of FontAwesome) that you can use instead of images on our buttons. Simply set Symbol and SymbolSize properties using designer. Nice thing about these symbols is that they are vector based which means they will render well in wide range of sizes and they will use current color scheme settings for button to render themselves. They are perfect fit for Office 2013 and Metro/Modern UI applications. Here is screen-shot of symbols:

And here is a simple button using a Symbol as image:

There are more than 65 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.

On 08.15.12

DotNetBar for WinForms 10.1 Released with 3 NEW controls

In Main, WinForms, by Denis Basaric

We have another big DotNetBar release for you with 3 new controls: Time Selector, Touch Keyboard and Page Slider controls.

Time Selector

Time selector enables easy time input without typing. It works great with mouse but also on touch enabled screens. DateTimeInput will also use it automatically if it requires time input. Control supports 12-hour and 24-hour formats completely automatically. Here is image of Time selector with 12 and 24-hour views:

Touch Keyboard

Touch Keyboard is an multi-touch enabled virtual keyboard control that you can attach to controls, customize its layout, change colors and render completely on your own. What is special about our keyboard is that it has built-in multi-touch support which makes it possible to type fast on multi touch screens:

Control supports multiple layouts out of box:

And you can render all parts of control yourself if you choose:

Page Slider

PageSlider control is an multi-touch page slider control which can be used to present any content on pages. Pages can be changed using the optional scroll-bar or by dragging the page with mouse into the view. However, preferred method of operation is using touch gestures to flick pages in and out of the view. Page slider also support inertial scrolling so if you quickly flick with the finger on the screen it will continue page scrolling and slow down gradually.

All in all, there are over 55 new features and enhancements in this release. And 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.

On 11.01.11

New Numeric Indicators for Gauge WinForms Control

In Main, WinForms, by Denis Basaric

Today’s release of DotNetBar for Windows Forms includes all new numeric indicators for our great gauge control. We included mechanical and digital styles. First screen-shot shows what we call mechanical indicators you can add to your gauges:

You can see variety of styles and options you have to display the status on gauge. You can fully customize appearance of every single part.

Following image shows the digital indicators:

And additional style for the digital indicator:

We also included these useful state indicators with completely customizable appearance:

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 that I can’t wait to share with you…. Let me know what else you need from DotNetBar.

On 03.04.11

DotNetBar for WPF 6.0 Released with NEW Multi-Column Tree Control

In Main, WPF, by Denis Basaric

Today we are releasing DotNetBar for WPF 6.0 with all new Advanced Multi-Column Tree Control and over 60 new features and enhancements:

Tree Control includes following major features:

Multi-Column Support
Nested Columns per Node
Data-binding with 2 Virtualization modes
Multiple node and/or cell selection
Automatic built-in, no code, drag & drop support
Extensible cell editing and custom editor support
Office 2010 and Windows 7 styling

Please review 3 new Tree control samples included in both C# and VB.

Also in this release are following new features for our Schedule control:

Appointment Images
Week and Day view time-slot color customizations
ICS (Internet Calendaring and Scheduling – RFC5545) import/export support

Detailed release notes are also available.

DotNetBar for WPF now includes 19 controls that help you create professional WPF Applications with ease. If you have DotNetBar for WPF license, you can download latest release from our Customer Only web site now. Trial version is also available.

On 02.01.11

DotNetBar for Silverlight 2.0 RC with Office 2010 style Ribbon Control Released

In Main, Silverlight, by Denis Basaric

I am happy to announce that we have new version of DotNetBar for Silverlight 2.0 RC released today and it includes all new Office 2010 style Ribbon Control. 100% native Silverlight. We have also created completely new Live-Demo which shows off all controls. Make sure to try it out. DotNetBar for Silverlight now includes Ribbon, Schedule/Calendar, Navigation Pane and Clock controls.

Here is screen-shot of Ribbon built-in styles and one style with generated color theme:

There is lot of functionality in this release:

Popup menus with menu-items and horizontal menu commands
Office style Galleries with popup gallery support
Automatic Ribbon sizing
Collapsed, minimized Ribbon
Super-Tooltips that you can re-use anywhere in your app
MVVM fully supported with samples provided
Much, much more…

Fully functional trial version is also available. Click-here to download.

We are working hard on adding following features to Ribbon to drive that control to completion so you can expect these in coming weeks:

Quick Access Toolbar support
Application menu with Backstage support

Here is mini web-site. Please let me know what you need and how you like these new controls.

On 10.15.10

DotNetBar for WinForms 9.0 Released

In Main, WinForms, by Denis Basaric

It is out and about. New version, 9.0 of DotNetBar is released and we included two huge new components. And best of all the price remains the same. It is still same low price. DotNetBar now includes 55 controls and it is unparalleled value.

First DotNetBar now includes unique TreeGX control that you can use to present hierarchical data in a different way. Here is screen-shot of TreeGX control when compared to standard tree:

TreeGX is very rich control so make sure to check out sample projects that you can find in DotNetBar samples folder.

Second component we are adding is windows style Task-Dialog component. You use is in manner similar to MessageBox but have plenty of additional options. Task-dialog component is dialog that is used to display information and receive simple input from the user. Screen-shot below shows task-dialog with all key parts visible:

Task-dialog Header, Body and Footer text all support our text-markup. The radio-buttons and command buttons are managed using our Commands component.

We also include 10 color schemes for dialog background so you can categorize your messages. Here are couple of screen-shots of themes for task-dialog:

If you have current DotNetBar license download latest release on Customer Only web site. Fully functional trial version is also available. We are full steam on even more exciting features that I can’t wait to share with you, but only after they are fully baked :-) Our product development pipeline is full for whole next year. You’ll love what we have in store for you.

On 09.24.10

DotNetBar for WinForms 8.9 with new Switch Button control released

In WinForms, by Denis Basaric

We just released new DotNetBar for Windows Forms 8.9 and it includes all new Switch Button control. Here is screen-shot that shows sample usage for new Switch Button control:

In screen-shot above we customized OFF state background on middle switch to better express the state control represents. Following screen-shot shows the default appearance of control in Office 2010 style:

Control colors can be completely customized per-instance and for all instances by changing Office2007Color table. Here is screen-shot that shows control with customized colors:

Switch button will also animate the state transition to provide pleasing visual effect:

In this release we also added iCal import/export to our Calendar/Schedule control. iCal is an industry standard (RFC5545) for calendar data exchange. For more details on how to use that see Schedule Control Knowledge Base article.

There are 50 new features and enhancements in this release. Here are detailed Release Notes.

If you have DotNetBar license download latest release on Customer Only web site. Fully functional trial version is also available.

On 08.16.10

DotNetBar for WinForms Going Backstage

In Main, WinForms, by Denis Basaric

You asked and we did it. Latest version of DotNetBar for Windows Forms 8.8 includes Office 2010 Backstage support for the Ribbon control and it works really nice. Setting this up is piece of cake and I will go over that later but for now… Behold, the Backstage:

Here are more Backstage views from RibbonPad sample that we included with DotNetBar:

DotNetBar Backstage support also implements KeyTips for keyboard access that are displayed if you use Alt key to open up the Application Menu:

And you can easily switch between Office 2010 style Backstage Application menu and Office 2007 style Application menu using single property. Click-here to read Knowledge Base article that covers the Ribbon Backstage setup with DotNetBar.

If you have current DotNetBar license download latest release on Customer Only web site. Fully functional trial version is also available. We are full steam on more exciting features that I can’t wait to share with you, but only after they are fully baked 🙂

So yeah, this would be official announcement of 8.8 release.

On 06.21.10

DotNetBar for Windows Forms 8.6 Released

In Main, WinForms, by Denis Basaric

Hello Good People,

We just released new DotNetBar for Windows Forms 8.6 with over 45 new features and enhancements. This release includes all new Knob, dial control with 4 visual styles.

Here are screen-shots of two out of 4 styles included with new knob control:

Some of the improvements made in latest release:

Schedule control now supports time indicators/markers
Schedule control now supports keyboard navigation
AdvTree now can format cell Text for display using Cell.TextDisplayFormat property
AdvPropertyGrid supports PasswordPropertyTextAttribute
Schedule control supports custom appointment colors
Much, much more… Here are detailed Release Notes.

Thank you everyone so much for using our controls. We are full speed on new features and new products 😉

Hello Good People,
We just released new DotNetBar for Windows Forms 8.6 with over 45 new features and enhancements. This release includes all new Knob, dial control with 4 visual styles.

Here are screen-shots of two out of 4 styles included with new knob control:

On 04.27.10

DotNetBar for WinForms 10.9 released with Toast Notifications component

DotNetBar for WinForms 10.8 Released with Office 2013 Styling and 220 Symbols Included

DotNetBar for WinForms 10.1 Released with 3 NEW controls

Time Selector

Touch Keyboard

Page Slider

New Numeric Indicators for Gauge WinForms Control

DotNetBar for WPF 6.0 Released with NEW Multi-Column Tree Control

DotNetBar for Silverlight 2.0 RC with Office 2010 style Ribbon Control Released

DotNetBar for WinForms 9.0 Released

DotNetBar for WinForms 8.9 with new Switch Button control released

DotNetBar for WinForms Going Backstage

DotNetBar for Windows Forms 8.6 Released

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