.NET: Looking for C# GUI libraries
Trying to build a list of C# GUI libraries.
- Catalogue of libraries on http://www.componentsource.com/. Click here.
- http://www.dotnetmagic.com/ Went through the demo app. They provide Office 2003 menus.
- Xceed Smart UI for .NET - $341 - classic, Office and Office 2003 controls - looks very good and complete. I started evaluating it. Created a small app with it. Very easy to use. Apps created with the demo version of the libraries will fail to run/compile after the license has expired (45 days). However if you re-install the demo, a new license key will be generated, giving 45 days again, so you can take your time to evaluate.
The code samples are a little bit weak.
http://www.xceedsoft.com/download/downloadform.aspx?produitID=289
- SharpLibrary. $300. Looks very good too
http://www.sharplibrary.com/ - Advanced Topics in Building Applications found on http://www.windowsforms.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=4&tabid=49 The ticker (CustomDrawListView) is neat (uses gradients). Apart from this nothing really great.
- XP Common Controls (XPCC) from http://www.steepvalley.net/dev/downloads.aspx. Very good looking controls written in VB. Clean documentation (in MSDN .NET format). This is a kind of windows explorer that allows sorting and switching between tile/detail/… view. Not sure it can be usefull to me.
- Extend toolbars so that each button can handle its own events
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/menu/extendedtoolbar.asp - Rebar implementation in C#
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/menu/rebarcontrol.asp - Office 2003 menus
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/menu/MhOffice2003
Menus.asp?df=100&forumid=33798&exp=0&select=804285 - Infragics
http://www.infragistics.com/products/NetAdvantage/default.aspx
