ComponentSource News | Actipro Ribbon for WPF

Actipro Ribbon adds title centering

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:18:00 GMT

A Office style ribbon bar showing theme color picker.

Version 2011.1 RibbonWindow title will now center itself when possible as in Office 2010.

Actipro Ribbon for WPF provides an Office 2007-like ribbon user interface that can be used in any WPF application and adheres to Microsoft's ribbon requirements. Features include ribbon resizing, application menu, QAT, many control types, multiple layout options, key tips, screen tips, usage of the WPF command model, several themes, XAML layout, RTL support, XBAP compatibility, and much more. Actipro Ribbon for WPF is part of the Actipro WPF Studio. All Actipro WPF component licenses include one year of free upgrades to any major/minor new versions. Actipro Ribbon for WPF Source Code available. Run time Royalty Free.

Actipro Ribbon for WPF can also be bought as part of Actipro WPF Essentials and Actipro WPF Studio.

Updates in 2011.1

Updated the RibbonWindow title to center itself when possible, similar to Office 2010.

About Actipro Software

Actipro Software LLC, founded in 1999, is a cutting-edge provider of .NET controls for developers. Always striving to generate the highest possible return-on-investment for customers, Actipro Software's products are specifically engineered with customizability and productivity as primary design goals. Actipro has been creating user interface control products for Windows Forms and the .NET framework since their inception. More recently, Actipro has begun developing components for .NET 3.0's Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) framework. In fact, Actipro Software is the very first control vendor to release a commercial WPF control. Actipro's development staff is highly skilled in .NET and applies its knowledge and experience towards providing the best products possible. Actipro Software is always willing to listen to its users. A firm belief central to the core of the organization is that product development should be driven by the needs of the users.

Ribbon for WPF adds Office 2010 themes

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:20:00 GMT

A Office 2007 style ribbon bar showing theme color picker.

Actipro Ribbon for WPF 2010.2 also adds new Backstage, BackstageTab, TaskTabControl and TaskTabItem controls.

Actipro Ribbon for WPF provides an Office 2007-like ribbon user interface that can be used in any WPF application and adheres to Microsoft's ribbon requirements. Features include ribbon resizing, application menu, QAT, many control types, multiple layout options, key tips, screen tips, usage of the WPF command model, several themes, XAML layout, RTL support, XBAP compatibility, and much more. All Actipro WPF component licenses include one year of free upgrades to any major/minor new versions.

Actipro Ribbon for WPF can also be bought as part of Actipro WPF Essentials and Actipro WPF Studio.

Updates in 2010.2

Added Office 2010 themes with glass extensions into the tab area
Added new Backstage, BackstageTab, TaskTabControl, and TaskTabItem controls. Updated the main demo and added a new QuickStart to show off Backstage
Added the Ribbon.IsApplicationMenuOpenChanged event, which also fires for Backstage
Added the Ribbon.ApplicationButtonLabel property, which allows dynamic changing of the Scenic application button's text at run-time. Updated related QuickStart to show new feature
Added the ComboBox.StaysOpenOnClick property
Updated Tabs so that pressing Tab will enter the group items
Fixed a bug where key tips with partial matches weren't marking the key down event has handled
Fixed a bug where number keys could access a disabled RecentDocumentMenu

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Actipro WPF Studio updated

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:31:00 GMT

WPF controls including gauges, ribbon bar, explorer and docking.

Version 2009.2 adds designer support for Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Blend 3.

Actipro WPF Studio comprises all WPF components produced by Actipro Software including:

All included products are written 100% in C#, are compatible with XAML and can be used in XBAPs. They all have extensive Visual Studio 2008 designer functionality as well. WPF Studio licensees enjoy one year of free upgrades to any new WPF product versions and also any new WPF component products introduced. Source Code available. Run time Royalty Free.

Updates in 2009.2

Designer support for Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Blend 3.

About Actipro Software

Actipro updates Ribbon for WPF

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A Office 2007 style ribbon bar showing theme color picker.

Version 2009.1 adds support for Windows 7 and Microsoft Expression Blend.

Actipro Ribbon for WPF provides an Office 2007-like ribbon user interface that can be used in any WPF application and adheres to Microsoft's ribbon requirements. Features include ribbon resizing, application menu, QAT, many control types, multiple layout options, key tips, screen tips, usage of the WPF command model, several themes, XAML layout, RTL support, XBAP compatibility, and much more. All Actipro WPF component licenses include one year of free upgrades to any major/minor new versions. Actipro Ribbon for WPF source code is available and Run time Royalty Free. It is also available as part of the Actipro WPF Studio.

Updates in 2009.1

Windows 7 Compatible
Expression Blend Compatible
Fixed a bug where run-time label changes to contextual tab groups or tabs in them may not resize the controls appropriately
Fixed a bug where RibbonWindow content could be clipped when glass is active in .NET 4.0 beta 2

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Actipro updates WPF Essentials

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Examples of Docking & MDI, NavigationBar and Wizard components.

Latest release adds compatability with Windows 7 and Microsoft Expression Blend.

Actipro WPF Essentials includes six WPF components produced by Actipro Software. The suite includes one year subscription and it is runtime royalty free.

Updates in 2009.1

General updates

Windows 7 Compatible
Expression Blend Compatible

Individual product updates

Actipro Docking/MDI for WPF

Fixed a bug where an exception could be thrown when using non-hosted auto-hide popups in .NET 4.0 beta 2

Actipro Editors for WPF

Added new PartValueCommitTriggers.EnterKeyDown trigger which commits any part changes when the Enter key was pressed
Changed the DataGrid Interop columns default value for the PartValueCommitTriggers property to better match DataGrid standard behavior
Exposed PartEditBox slot properties from the DataGrid Interop columns
Exposed PartEditBox slot properties from the PropertyGrid Interop property editors
Fixed issue when entering data in Double, In32, Int32Rect, Point, Rect, Size, and Vector editors

Actipro Navigation for WPF

Updated NavigationPane tooltip to only apply to the associated button

Actipro Ribbon for WPF

Fixed a bug where run-time label changes to contextual tab groups or tabs in them may not resize the controls appropriately
Fixed a bug where RibbonWindow content could be clipped when glass is active in .NET 4.0 beta 2

About Actipro Software

Actipro WPF Studio 2009.1 released

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A selection of WPF controls including gauge, docking and color picker.

New version adds support for Windows 7 and Microsoft Expression Blend.

Actipro WPF Studio includes all WPF components produced by Actipro Software. The following products are also available for individual purchase:

Actipro Bar Code for WPF - bar code generation
Actipro Docking & MDI for WPF - docking tool windows and multiple document interface
Actipro Editors for WPF - part-based & masked edit controls, with advanced date/time picker
Actipro Gauge for WPF - circular, linear, and digital gauge controls
Actipro Navigation for WPF - navigation bars including Outlook 2007, Windows explorer bar, etc
Actipro PropertyGrid for WPF - brings the power of the native Windows Forms PropertyGrid to WPF applications
Actipro Ribbon for WPF - Office 2007-like user interface
Actipro SyntaxEditor for WPF - a syntax-highlighting code editor control and parsing suite
Actipro Wizard for WPF - wizard dialogs that follow the Wizard97 specifications

All included products are written 100% in C#, are compatible with XAML and can be used in XBAPs. All components have extensive Visual Studio 2008 designer functionality. WPF Studio licensees enjoy one year of free upgrades to any new WPF product versions and also any new WPF component products introduced. Source code is available and the suite is runtime royalty free.

Updates in 2009.1

General updates

Windows 7 Compatible
Expression Blend Compatible

Individual product updates

Actipro DataGrid for WPF

Fixed issue with Office 2007 styles for DataGridColumnHeader not respecting HorizontalContentAlignment or VerticalContentAlignment

Actipro Docking/MDI for WPF

Fixed a bug where an exception could be thrown when using non-hosted auto-hide popups in .NET 4.0 beta 2

Actipro Editors for WPF

Added new PartValueCommitTriggers.EnterKeyDown trigger which commits any part changes when the Enter key was pressed
Changed the DataGrid Interop columns default value for the PartValueCommitTriggers property to better match DataGrid standard behavior
Exposed PartEditBox slot properties from the DataGrid Interop columns
Exposed PartEditBox slot properties from the PropertyGrid Interop property editors
Fixed issue when entering data in Double, In32, Int32Rect, Point, Rect, Size, and Vector editors

Actipro Gauge for WPF

Added DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content) attribute to read-only collection properties so they can be properly serialized

Actipro Navigation for WPF

Updated NavigationPane tooltip to only apply to the associated button

Actipro PropertyGrid for WPF

Added PropertyGrid.IsSummaryResizable property which can be used to prevent the summary area from being sized by the end-user

Actipro Ribbon for WPF

Fixed a bug where run-time label changes to contextual tab groups or tabs in them may not resize the controls appropriately
Fixed a bug where RibbonWindow content could be clipped when glass is active in .NET 4.0 beta 2

Actipro SyntaxEditor for WPF

Improved the text exporters to not add style update tags if a highlighting style had all default values
Fixed a bug in the Language Designer where the code generated for classification type providers should have indicated a Default underline instead of None
Fixed a bug in the Language Designer where machines with non-English cultures could output an invalid xmlns for language project and definition files