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User Interfaces in VB .NET: Windows Forms and Custom Controls
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A panel control with positionable captions and icon for windows forms
A panel control with caption support which can also dock the child controls properly.
1 Jun 2006, 02:20:00 Source: A panel control with positionable captions and icon for...
Tags: GUI
Components
Using Masked Textbox control
During 1.x days one of the missing controls in Windows Forms was Masked Edit control. Fortunately it has been introduced in 2.0. The Masked Textbox control of Windows Forms 2.0 allows you to restrict data entry as per certain pattern. Common examples being dates, currencies and upper case characters. This demo illustrates how to use various properties and events of the Masked Textbox control.
Changing the look and feel of the propertygrid
Make the propertygrid control look like the one provided in the VS 2005 IDE: illustrates changing the propertygrid toolbar renderer with ToolStripRenderer and more.
Take Avalon to the Next Dimension to Achieve 3D Effects
Find out how to use Expression, Microsoft's new XAML design tool, to build advanced user interfaces that incorporate 3D effects and inheritable control styling—and still interact seamlessly with your Visual Studio projects.
8 May 2006, 10:04:27 Source: Take Avalon to the Next Dimension to Achieve 3D Effects
Tags: Software
GUI
Print Preview Control Bar
A toolbar for controlling print previews.
DataGrid with built-in filter functionality
A reusable component which extends the DataGrid and adds functionality for real time filtering.
28 Apr 2006, 10:19:00 Source: DataGrid with built-in filter functionality
Tags: GUI
Components
Database
ToolStrip Custom Renderers
An article on creating custom renderers for a ToolStrip
BarTender - Group your contents
An outlook bar like control with generic contents and animation effects.
PropertyGrid utilities
An article on sorting and globalization of properties in a PropertyGrid.
Extended .NET 2.0 WebBrowser Control
Extending the .NET 2.0 WebBrowser control.

