NetXP Controls Suite

ControlList

This is essentially a list of Control objects. It allows maximum flexibility in the drawing and behavior of list items while still maintaining the basic layout and functional characteristics of a list control. An example of a use for such a control is the Wireless Network dialog in Windows XP.

Example

Auto-Complete Text Box

This control is basically a text box with auto-complete (MRU) support.

Example

Balloon Tips

This type of balloon tip, unlike the one shown by notify icons, is not shown in the system tray. You can specify any parent control for the balloon tip, and the tip will be anchored to that control.

Example

Color Picker Button

This control is a button that shows a color in the center, with a drop-down arrow. It invokes a color picker form when it is clicked.

Example

Extended Combo Box

This control extends a combo box, mainly adding support for images and reading history items. You can also show all the history and recent documents in this combo box.

Example

Desktop Alert

This form is similar to the notification that Outlook shows when you receive a new email message. This form can be used to notify the user of a new email message.

Example

Drop-Down Tree View

The drop-down tree view control is essentially a combo box whose drop-down control is not a list box but a tree view.

Example

Graph

This control is a highly versatile graph control supporting bar graphs, line graphs, and pie charts, all in the same control. You can configure the graph and its items through various properties. Furthermore, you can save the graph at any time as a bitmap. You can save in any image format supported by GDI+.

Examples

Bar Graph

Line Graph

Pie Chart

Masked Text Box

The masked text box control enhances the functionality of the standard Text Box control by supporting a mask for validating user input. This control supports masks for date, IP address, SSN, phone number, digits, and decimals. It performs the validation, and automatically sets the delimiters to the appropriate locations.

Example

Skinned Panel

This panel control draws the background for a tab page under Windows XP (when the current application is skinned).

Example

XP Style Button

This control offers several enhancements to the standard Windows Forms button control. First of all, it uses System flat style by default, which means it's always skinned, provided that the application has a manifest. It also supports images, with System flat style, which is not possible with the standard Button control. Finally, as an added eye-candy effect, the button gradually fades between normal and hover states, with minimal CPU usage.

Example