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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
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DotNetBar for WPF 5.4 with Office 2010 style released

In Main, WPF, by Denis Basaric

We just posted new build of DotNetBar for WPF 5.4 and we included all new Office 2010 style with silver color scheme. Here is screen-shot, it looks absolutely beautiful on Windows 7 or Vista with Glass enabled (click on image for full-size):

DotNetBar for WPF with Office 2010 Style, Silver color scheme

Now, the Office 2010 is still in beta and visuals are being worked on so you can bet that styling will change in final release. This is just first cut and we will track and make changes as the designs are finalized. You can also expect more color schemes in future.

Hope you like it. Full functional trial version can be downloaded by clicking here. Customers please visit Customer Only web site to download latest build.

We are already working on next release. Let me know what you need and would like us to include in future releases.

On 10.19.09
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DotNetBar for Windows Forms 8.2 released with Office 2010 and Windows 7 styles

In Main, WinForms, by Denis Basaric

Here we go again. New version of DotNetBar is out and this time we included Office 2010 beta style and Windows 7 style for Ribbon control and they look absolutely stunning. DotNetBar is worlds’ first control to include Office 2010 and Windows 7 styles. Not surprising because we also released worlds’ first ribbon control for both Windows Forms and WPF :-)…

While Office 2010 is still in beta and we expect that color schemes will change in final release, main design elements will most likely not change. So expect that we will tweak the Office 2010 styling in coming months as the design finalizes.

Office 2010 style looks gorgeous running on Windows 7 or Windows Vista with glass enabled. Here is screen-shot of new styling with desktop background image visible so you can see how glass extends into ribbon tab area:

DotNetBar RibbonPad sample with Office 2010 style running on Windows 7

And here is Windows 7 style screen-shot:

DotNetBar RibbonPad sample in Windows 7 Style

There are over 55 new feature and enhancements in this release. Here are detailed Release Notes.

How to use new StyleManager

We often received requests for an easier way to change style for all DotNeBar controls in application. To do that now there is a StyleManager component. StyleManager has instance and static properties that you can use to switch the style on all controls that have Style=StyleManagerControlled property set. You can use it to do color tinting of current style as well. Just set ColorTint property.To use it in existing application follow these two steps:

  1. Set Style=StyleManagerControlled on all your controls
  2. Add StyleManager to your main form, or if you do not have main form use static properties on StyleManager object to set style for all controls

This new release will take your apps to the new visual level. Try it out. If you already have DotNetBar license go to our Customer Only web site and download latest build. Fully functional trial version can be downloaded by clicking here.

On 10.05.09
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