Janus UI Controls for .NET

What's New in Janus UI Controls v4?

• Office 2010 Visual Style
• Support for Visual Studio 2010 and .Net Framework client profiles:  Janus controls can now be used in projects targeting .Net Framework client profiles.
• Janus Ribbon v4: New Backstage menus and BackStage Tab functionality as in Office 2010 applications.

What's New in Janus UI Bars Controls V3.x?

• Janus UI Controls are 64bit compatible.
• New Office 2007 look and feel
• New DockingStyleMode property was added to the UIPanelManager to specify a VS 2005 docking or VS 2003 style
• New ContainerCaption property was added to the UIPanel and UIPanelGroup to allow you to set the caption bar of the panel as Container control.
• New Alignment property was added to the UICommand to allow you to set a left or right alignment for the commands
• New UITrackBar control was added.

What's New in CalendarCombo Control V3.x?

• New office 2007 look and feel
• New MaskedValidation property was added to specify whether the control will validate the new date entered when the control loses the focus or on every date part change
• New ActiveDatePortion property was added to allow you to set the active part of the control in code

What's New in ExplorerBar Control V3?

• New office 2007 look and feel
• The ability to specify a different format style for each item or group based on its state was added to the control

Janus UI Controls for .NET Overview

Janus UI Controls for .NET is a subset of the Janus WinForms Suite, includes Janus UICommand and UIPanel Managers, Janus Ribbon Control, Janus Button and Explorer Bars. This package does not include Janus GridEX or the Janus Schedule/Timeline Controls

The Janus UICommandManager component provides the means to easily create Windows Forms applications using a command-based architecture with advanced customization for dockable menus and toolbars. The control has several built-in VisualStyles capable of provide applications with a look similar to Office 2010, Office 2007, Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003 , etc..Janus UI Controls are 64-bit compatible. Janus UI Controls offers support for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework client profiles.

Also part of Janus UI controls is the Janus UIPanelManager component which permits you to deliver applications featuring advanced docking panes that mimics those found in MS Outlook or MS Visual Studio. By using this component developers can easily create SDI or MDI tabbed windows with auto hide and floating functionality that permits a better use of the application workspace.

Janus UITab Control has support for Windows XP themed or Office like appearance. Janus UI Controls also include many other essential user interface elements like UIGroupBox, UIProgressBar, UIStatusBar, UIButton, UICheckBox, UIRadioButtons, , UIComboBox, Janus CalendarCombo and DropDown pickers for Fonts and Colors.

Part of Janus UI Controls are the Janus ExplorerBar control featuring the look of Windows XP Taskbars which permits you to customize groups of links using icons, colors, and watermark images and the Janus ButtonBar control with support for small and large icons for groups and can be shown in vertical or horizontal alignment.

Both controls offer many advanced formatting features that will give the programmer total control over the appearance like support for Background pictures, Gradients, Blend colors and Transparency (Alpha Blending).

Groups in Janus ButtonBar and ExplorerBar Controls for .NET can be set as containers to hold whatever UI elements you like in them and the controls provide methods to preserve user changes to the layout.