SharpUI for .NET is a fully managed component and provides integration with the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET IDE.
SharpUI Toolbars features a command-based architecture, dockable toolbars, menus, and tool windows, built-in keyboard state labels for status bars, Office 2003, 2000, XP and Internet Explorer toolbar styles, an easy-to-use layout designer, an icon editor, layout files that can be saved to XML or stream, and full run-time customization.
SharpUI Input controls include an enhanced textbox with mask edit and hint text options, a multi-column combo box, a barcode control, date and time pickers, a gradient progress band, scrollbars, and more. The ability to subscribe the input controls to a style manager allows flexible design customization and makes it easy to keep a user interface appearance consistent across applications.
SharpUI Panel controls include an Outlook-style list bar, a Windows Explorer-style task bar, a tab view control, and an ItemsView panel. The panels feature animated group expand/collapse, run-time drag and drop operation, the ability to subscribe panels to a style manager and more.
The SharpUI StyleManager control offers an easy-to-use style designer, complete styles customizability, the ability for styles to be saved to and loaded from XML-formatted files at design time or run time, default styles for input and panel controls, and the ability to easily create, modify, or delete styles. The StyleManager enables a uniform UI look and feel to be effortlessly created and maintained.
Note: SharpUI is a WinForms only control and is not supported over Web-Based environments.
Requirements
Design Time
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
- Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 2003 Server
- Microsoft .NET Framework v1.0 or v1.1
Run Time
- Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server
- Microsoft .NET Framework v1.0 or v1.1
Supported Languages
- Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
- Microsoft Visual C#
Features
Design Time
- Features fully managed C# code
- Provides integrated online help, complete with samples and walkthroughs
- Provides an easy-to-use toolbars layout designer
- Provides an icon designer with a capture tool
- Includes a multi-column combo box
- Provides a text box with mask edit and hint text capability
- Provides date and time pickers
- Includes an Outlook-style ListBar panel
- Provides an Explorer-style TaskBar panel
- Includes an easy-to-use style designer
- Provides styles customization for any subscribed input or panel controls
Run Time
- Supports full toolbar customization
- Provides personalized menus
- Provides drag-and-drop support for panel items
- Provides animated panel groups expand/collapse
- Allows styles to be loaded and applied to controls