Actipro Ribbon for WPF - Summary

by Actipro Software - Product Type: Component / .NET WPF / 100% Managed Code / Source Code

Summary

Actipro Ribbon for WPF by Actipro Software

Add an Office 2007 ribbon user interface to your WPF applications. 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 is a control suite that implements an Office 2007-like user interface for the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and meets all of the core Microsoft licensing requirements for implementation of a ribbon user interface. Actipro Ribbon for WPF is part of the Actipro WPF Studio. Actipro WPF Studio currently includes: Actipro Ribbon, Actipro Wizard, Actipro Bar Code and the Actipro Shared Library. Actipro WPF Studio licenses include one year of free upgrades to any new WPF product versions and also any new WPF component products introduced. All components included in the suite have extensive Visual Studio 2008 Designer functionality.

Actipro Ribbon for WPF has been designed from the ground up to follow WPF best practices, be extremely configurable, use a command-driven model, and allow for reproduction of nearly all the user interface features found in Office.

Control Features

Full implementation of the core Microsoft ribbon user interface requirements.

Ribbon bar that has tabs containing groups capable of hosting child controls.

Built-in control types include buttons, checkable buttons, popup buttons, split buttons, checkable split buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, textboxes, comboboxes, font family comboboxes, font size comboboxes, separators, labeled separators, in-ribbon galleries, popup galleries, and color picker galleries.

Gallery controls that can be used in-ribbon or on popups and support data binding to any source, rendering via templates or custom draw, animated scrolling, multiple resizing options, selection tracking, categories, filtering, and zooming-in on item mouse over.

Color picker gallery control supports multiple categories of colors and optionally auto-generates lighter/darker shades of colors.

Use any built-in ribbon control standalone anywhere outside of the ribbon.

Ability to add any control, including UserControls, anywhere into the ribbon, popups, menus, or the application menu.

Multiple ways to lay out controls on the ribbon via the use of various panels.

Application menu, with menu items and footer buttons.

Ability to place any control on the right side of the application menu, such as a recent documents list.

Quick access toolbar that can be displayed above or below the ribbon.

Powerful cloning framework for customizing the QAT and persisting changes between application sessions. Full source for a Customize QAT dialog page is included.

Contextual tab groups whose visibility can be toggled on and off.

RibbonWindow class that can be used to provide a Office-like window appearance, even without the use of a ribbon control.

Appearance Features

Visual styles that match Office 2007.

Built-in blue, black and silver color schemes, with the ability to generate an entire custom color scheme based on a single color.

Any of the hundreds of colors in a color scheme may be individually modified as needed.

Reuse stock brushes and colors on external controls such as ListBoxes to keep a consistent UI.

Styles for StatusBars and their items, ScrollViewers, ScrollBars, and numerous other controls.

Fade and other color animations throughout the user interface.

Vista glass support.

Layout, Globalization, and Accessibility Features

Automated ribbon control resizing that can be fully customized so that less important controls scale down or collapse sooner.

Ability to save on screen real estate by minimizing the ribbon.

Ribbon can collapse when it becomes smaller than a certain width or height.

Key tips that provide quick keyboard access to any control.

Screen tips that can be assigned to any control and support on-the-fly content creation.

Right-to-left support is fully integrated for languages such as Hebrew or Arabic.

Scale the ribbon up or down to any size.

Command Model

Takes full advantage of the WPF command model.

Commands can provide various UI elements such as labels and images so that controls with the same command can automatically get the same user interface.

Code and Requirements

Includes detailed documentation and a sample project that demos nearly every feature.

Written in 100% pure C# and is based on the Windows Presentation Foundation framework.

Requires the .NET 3.0 or 3.5 run-time framework.

Full XAML support and XBAP compatibility.

Extensive Visual Studio 2008 designer capabilities.

Visual Studio 2008 and/or Expression Blend are recommended development tools for this product.

PartNumbers: PC-518151-142932 518151-142932 PC-518151-142933 518151-142933 PC-518151-142944 518151-142944 PC-518151-142945 518151-142945 PC-518151-142934 518151-142934 PC-518151-142935 518151-142935 PC-518151-142940 518151-142940 PC-518151-142941 518151-142941 PC-518151-142936 518151-142936 PC-518151-142946 518151-142946 PC-518151-142947 518151-142947 PC-518151-142937 518151-142937 PC-518151-142938 518151-142938 PC-518151-142939 518151-142939 PC-518151-142942 518151-142942 PC-518151-142943 518151-142943

PurchaseOptions: Actipro Ribbon for WPF V3.5 1 Developer Subscription License (Includes 12 months of updates, both minor and major, email and forums based support and more) , Actipro Ribbon for WPF V3.5 1 Developer Subscription License, per license for 2 licenses (minimum quantity 2) (Includes 12 months of updates, both minor and major, email and forums based support and more) , Actipro Ribbon for WPF V3.5 1 Developer Subscription License, per license from 3 up to 4 licenses (minimum quantity 3) (Includes 12 months of updates, both minor and major, email and forums based support and more) , Actipro Ribbon for WPF V3.5 1 Developer Subscription License, per license from 5 up to 7 licenses (minimum quantity 5) (Includes 12 months of updates, both minor and major, email and forums based support and more) , Actipro Ribbon for WPF V3.5 8 or More Developer Subcription Licenses, Price per license (minimum quantity 8) (Includes 12 months of updates, both minor and major, email and forums based support and more) , Actipro Ribbon for WPF V3.5 1 Site Wide License (Allows Unlimited Developers at a Single Physical Address) (Includes 12 months of updates, both minor and major, email and forums based support and more) , Actipro Ribbon for WPF V3.5 1 Enterprise License (Allows Unlimited Developers throughout your entire organization, regardless of location) (Includes 12 months of updates, both minor and major, email and forums based support and more) , Actipro Ribbon for WPF V3.5 1 Blueprint License - (Source Code License) (Current Developer, Enterprise or Site License Subcriptions Required) (Includes 12 months of updates, both minor and major, email and forums based support and more) , Actipro Ribbon for WPF - Renewal 1 Developer Renewal License (if you have a current Developer Subscription or if your Developer Subscription expired within the past 30 days) , Actipro Ribbon for WPF - Renewal 1 Developer Renewal License, per license for 2 licenses (minimum quantity 2) (if you have a current Developer Subscription or if your Developer Subscription expired within the past 30 days) , Actipro Ribbon for WPF - Renewal 1 Developer Renewal License, per license from 3 up to 4 licenses (minimum quantity 3) (if you have a current Developer Subscription or if your Developer Subscription expired within the past 30 days) , Actipro Ribbon for WPF - Renewal 1 Developer Renewal License, per license from 5 up to 7 licenses (minimum quantity 5)(if you have a current Developer Subscription or if your Developer Subscription expired within the past 30 days) , Actipro Ribbon for WPF - Renewal 8 or More Developer Renewal License, Price per license (minimum quantity 8) (if you have a current Developer Subscription or if your Developer Subscription expired within the past 30 days) , Actipro Ribbon for WPF - Renewal 1 Site Wide Renewal License (if you have a current Site Wide Subscription or if your Site Wide Subscription expired within the past 30 days) , Actipro Ribbon for WPF - Renewal 1 Enterprise Renewal License (if you have a current Enterprise Subscription or if your Enterprise Subscription expired within the past 30 days) , Actipro Ribbon for WPF - Renewal 1 Blueprint Renewal License (if you have a current Blueprint Subscription or if your Blueprint Subscription expired within the past 30 days)

Resources: Read the Actipro WPF Studio help file, Read the Actipro Software End User License Agreement, Download the Actipro WPF Studio V3.5 evaluation on to your computer - Expires after 21 days

Operating System for Deployment: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

Architecture of Product: 32Bit, 64Bit

Product Type: Component

Component Type: .NET WPF, 100% Managed Code, Source Code

Built Using: Visual C# .NET

Compatible Containers: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Basic 2008, Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, Microsoft Visual C# 2008, Microsoft Visual C# 2005, .NET Framework 3.5, .NET Framework 3.0

Product Class: User Interface Components

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