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What Is New In Q2 Release
1. Custom Forms - One of the most unique features of our User Interface Library isthe ability display forms with custom non-client metrics and painting. Overcome thelimitations of the system default frames and create your own ones. Specify global orlocal templates or use the embedded modern ones including the famous "Vista Slate"and "Vista Royal". Being completely custom our Forms allow you to specify additionalcaption buttons, specify their appearance and track their click events. Usingcomplex render logic our forms look smooth, professional and will certainly giveyour applications out-of-the-box appearance.
2. Rich Text label - Enter the next-generation presentation layer by experiencingour NRichTextLabel component. Ever been impressed from the way you may format textsin HTML and *.rtf files? Our label will allow you to do this in exactly the same wayand will definitely give your applications distinguished appearance. The control isa combination of NShadowDecorator, NUIItem and NTextDocument instances which allowyou to modify both the filling, border and shadow information and text, image,alignments, etc.
3. Font Combo And Font List - Base on the NComboBox and NListBox respectively thesetwo controls will displays all installed fonts in a stylish and professional way.Three different modes are supplied: Name, NameInFont and NameAndSample.
4. Navigation Pane - Experience professional and visually appealing custom controlidentical with the navigation bar found in Microsoft Outlook 2003. OurNNavigationPane is an excellent component which not only gives your applications anadvanced navigation feature but provides you with the smooth, pixel-perfectappearance of Office 2003. Complete design-time support is provided making thecreation of complex hierarchies of user interface components a snap.
5. Decorators - Based on the generic Decorator design-pattern our Decorators areextremely useful controls enabling you not only to experience all of the predefinedcomponents that ship with the library but to create and decorate your own customones with ease. Modern effects like Glass, Gel and Vista are a piece of cake toproduce with our decorators. And yet another unique feature is the support forshadow - either solid or linear blur. All fill, stroke and shadow information isgrouped by objects so that you can customize the look-and-feel of your applicationusing only the Windows Forms Designer.
6. Extended Group Box - Based on the NShadowDecorator control our extended group boxdemonstrates the capabilities of our Decorators. The component extends the plainappearance of the standard group box and adds pleasant look-and-feel and lots ofcustomization features.
7. Grouper - Based on the NShadowDecorator control our NGrouper component willenable you to group your controls in a visually appealing manner. The control comeswith a "Header" and "Footer" UI elements allowing for emphasizing on the meaning ofthe group.
8. Expanders - Inspired from the excellent Windows XP Explorer Bar Nevron NExpandercontrol brings to you the same functionality including even the smoothcollapse/expand animation effect. The control is completely customizable in eachaspect of visual representation, animation properties and functionality.
9. Explorer Bar - Based on the core NExpander component our NExplorerBar brings toyou the look-and-feel of the Windows XP Shell Explorer. Our component is the onlyone on the market which implements the smooth animation effects available in theoriginal Explorer Bar. A custom auto-scroll behavior is provided and the user caneasily navigate to the hidden expanders.
10. Image Animation - Our UI suite provides you with the ability to apply standardanimations like fade, slide, scroll, etc. upon bitmaps. A unique Animator - Surfacemodel is used allowing for comprehensive and straight forward animation processing.A basic implementation of the INImageAnimationSurface interface is supplied with thelibrary.
11. Command Bars - Extended Image Support - Now our command bars provide youcomplete control over the image per command instance. Specify alpha value, sourcerectangle, size mode and more to achieve the desired effect.
