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VIBlend WinForms Controls v5.0 - Released

Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:59:31 GMT

Key benefits of the new release are: - 2 new themes for all VIBlend WinForms Controls - Pivot Design panel - DataGrid Localization Provider - Improved Ribbon Bar performance and rendering - Quick Start projects now have a full support for VS 2010 which will decrease development time

Use IProgressDialog to show a "native" Progress Dialog in Windows

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:17:13 GMT

Here's an example of how to use the IProgressDialog Win32 Interface to harness the power of the Built-in Progress Dialog in Windows within your own .NET applications. I have test this on WIndows 7, but it should work as expected on Windows XP and Vista. The MSDN Documentation for IProgressDialog says it's minimum supported operating systems are Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

DataGridView Tricks #2: Set Tooltip on Individual Cell or Entire Row

Mon, 25 May 2009 22:16:42 GMT

Here's another gem if you wish to display ancillary data in a tooltip to your users, this method can be used to display varying information dependant on which cell they have hovered over, or could be used to display a tooltip over the entire row, no matter what cell they are on.

DataGridView Tricks #1: Set Hand Cursor for Entire Cell

Mon, 25 May 2009 22:15:33 GMT

I remember trying a few different solutions for this a couple of weeks ago, none of which would work enabling me to set the "Hand" cursor when hovering your mouse over a particular DataGridView row's cell.

Programming for Vista, Part 2: Adding Aero Glass in Managed Code

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:01:26 GMT

In part 1 of my Vista programming series I discussed how to add CommandLink's to your application. In part 2 this chapter, I wish to discuss how you can enhance your Windows smart client application (primarily targetting Windows Forms in this example) adding a Windows Vista Aero "glass" effect to your application.

Add Image Column to DataGridView with Enum Support

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:04:44 GMT

I will describe an easy way to use an inherited DataGridViewImageCell and inherited DataGridViewColumn control to achieve an image per row in your DataGridView with Enum support.

Unexpected Results using InvokeRequired and Multi-threading Secrets!

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:29:46 GMT

Before you rush and view my blockquote and jump to the conclusion "oh, it's just that standard threading issue", well let me assure you this is different to the norm, and please.. Yesterday, was a very annoying day dealing with multi-threading in my app, you would think I would be good at this by now considering I blogged about it not too long ago acting like I knew what I was talking about.

Programming for Vista, Part 1: Creating a CommandLink in Managed Code

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:21:09 GMT

This article demonstrates creating an elegant native Vista "CommandLink" with pre-Vista OS compatibility in a few easy steps. Also all the steps are wrapped up into a sample application with source code posted below for immediate use.

Vista-style dialog using TaskDialog (with Windows XP emulation!)

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:16:51 GMT

Examples and explanation on integrating a lightweight slick Vista-style task dialog (extended message dialog) within managed .NET code. Both Vista and lower compatible through emulation techniques.

9 Examples of creating a fast and responsive UI with multi-threading

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:46:04 GMT

9 C# examples of creating a fast and responsive UI with multi-threading, very clear and streamlined examples to get up and running quickly.

Writing Windows C# Programs

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:53:55 GMT

Learn to write C# programs for the Windows platforms.

Commercial Skip and Instant Replay for Any Computer

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:47:55 GMT

This simple program allows you to add remote control, commercial skip, and instant replay functionality to any Windows computer - not just Media Center.

WPF or WinForms

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:29:25 GMT

Nice ideas of what we should thing if choosing between WPF and WinForms.

Move Controls using arrow keys

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:56:08 GMT

Simple fast way to move controls using keyboard arrow keys

Custom Controls Design Time Support Part 7: UITypeEditor Introduction

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:01:03 GMT

This post gives a brief introduction on what is an UITypeEditor and what enhancements it gives for the design time environment, and some built in examples.

Custom Controls Design Time Support Part 6: Custom TypeConverter 2

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:01:03 GMT

This post shows how to implement a custom TypeConverter for Enums and how to use the SupportedValues to show a custom values list .

Custom Controls Design Time Support Part 5: Custom TypeConverters

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:46:06 GMT

This post shows how to implement a custom TypeCoverter for a Point3D structure.

Custom Controls Design Time Support Part 5: Custom TypeConverters

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:46:06 GMT

This post shows how to implement a custom TypeCoverter for a Point3D structure.

Microsoft building yet another new UI framework?

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:54:41 GMT

Bearing in mind the arsenal of Windows UI frameworks that exists today - Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight, Windows Forms, Win32, Media Center Markup Language, Microsoft Foundation Classes and more from third parties; Microsoft has decided to build yet another one "to enable new UI experiences in future versions of Windows".

WPF Equivalent of InvokeRequired

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:02:04 GMT

This article describes the logical equivalent of Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeRequired in WPF.

Custom Controls Design Time Support Part 3: Adding Image in the Toolbo

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:31:03 GMT

This part is how to make Custom Controls have a custom image in the toolbox using the ToolboxBitmapAttribute

Custom Controls Design Time Support Part 2: More Design Time Attribute

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:16:02 GMT

Custom Controls Design Time Support Part 2: More Design Time Attribute

Custom Controls Design Time Support Part 1: Design Time Attributes

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:46:02 GMT

Design Time Attributes for custom controls

Krypton 2.7.0 UI Controls released

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:16:02 GMT

Phil Wright has released the latest version of his awesome .net UI toolkit with loads of new UI components. It's great, and a fair chunk of it's free too.

Aero Glass: Create Special Effects With The Desktop Window Manager

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:47:48 GMT

I always look forward to new releases of Windows. It's fun to poke around MSDN® and the SDK documentation looking for the latest innovations to play with and build upon, to amaze friends and coworkers and-if you're lucky-your employer. Windows VistaT contains a lot of goodies in this regard. I've been particularly looking forward to getting my hands on this release ever since I heard that it integrates a 3D/compositing layer into the desktop. I've written a ton of 3D applications over the years, and one thing I always found annoying was being able to provide cool user-interface eye-candy in a 3D application but not in a non-3D app. With Windows Vista and the Desktop Window Manager (DWM), this is starting to change (see Figure 1).