LidorSystems.Collector

What's new in V1.7.x?

• IntelliSense support
• Floating and Framed windows can change their border size
• DesignTime support for inherited classes
• Full support of controls under Windows Vista

General

• Design-time support with WYSIWYG functionality while designing containers
• Built-in context menu for easy manipulation with controls
• Supports complex nested hierarchical structure of Collector controls
• User interface created with Table Layout Engine for accurate position of Windows Forms
• Headers with optional display of move, close, context-menu, auto-hide and expand/collapse button
• Windows can be expanded/collapsed to maximize screen real-estate
• Animated expand/collapse of windows for a great visual appeal, with controlled speed of animation
• Ability to cancel the closing of tool and document windows
• Detailed, highly flexible object and event model
• Integrated help documentation
• Illustrative sample projects and tutorials

Rendering and Styles

• Rendering interface with five Visual Styles (Default, Classic, Office 2003, Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Visual Studio 2005)
• Support for WindowsXP Themes and color schemes (Blue, Olive Green, Silver and Windows Classic Styles)
• Choose from 21 integrated color schemes or set your own color for every single part of the user interface
• Gradient fill with 6 pre-build fill styles plus flat style
• Support for Transparency (Alpha Blending)
• Style inheritance
• Automatically resize the controls based on the current font size
• Add images to headers and tabs from a file or an ImageList
• Watermark effect with a container image in Page control
• AutoHide bar can resize to accommodate the size of tab's image

Docking Features

• True WYSIWYG docking functionality
• Manage advanced layouts on a form, like the one in Visual Studio .NET
• Group several tool windows in one container, displayed with tabs
• Tabs of tool windows can be aligned on any side of docked container
• Tear off tabs from tool or document windows to create floating windows
• Collapse tool windows in AutoHide Mode on any side of client area
• Multiple Dock-Hint Styles for exact dock location and size when a window is dragged over a potential dock target (RubberBand, TranslucentClone and TranslucentFill)
• Reposition docked windows quick and easy with drag/drop
• Each window can be in Static, Docked, Floating and Framed control state
• Tool windows can be programmatically docked anywhere in the layout
• Dynamically create new tool windows and document windows
• Docking permissions and drag/drop operations for additional control over your application
• Resize docked container controls with integrated ResizeBand
• Resize floating tool windows at run-time

Tab and Tabbed MDI Features

• Tab Control and Tabbed MDI functionality in one place
• Tabbed MDI layout mode with optional display of close, select and scrolling buttons
• Smooth scrolling of tabs with scrolling buttons
• Standard MDI with tiled and cascaded windows
• Groups or Pages can be displayed with tabs in container control
• Drag tabbed MDI tabs to create new horizontal or vertical tab groups
• Tabbed MDI documents can be converted in and from tool windows simply with drag/drop
• Reorder tabs with drag/drop
• Move tabs between containers at design-time or run-time simply by dragging and dropping on the exact location and position you want
• Align tabs on any side of container control
• Render tabs and tabbed MDI in five Visual Styles; OneNote look is easy to achieve
• Render tabs and tabbed MDI in five Visual Styles; OneNote look is easy to achieve
• Three size modes of tabs for great control over their appearance (AutoSized, Compressed and Justified)
• Tabs can be displayed with a disabled style
• Control the tab size with spacing and padding properties
• Access to the standard Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab methods for switching windows
• Group and Page control can be set to be hidden

Visual Appearance

• ToolWindow - emulates the docking functionality of Visual Studio .NET
• Vertical - achieve the look of Outlook 2003 Navigation Pane
• Horizontal - multiple layouts of tabs with all combinations of top, left, right and bottom orientation
• Selection - rotate through your panels with scrolling buttons, similar to Task Pane in Office products; each panel can contain multiple page tabs

Table based Layout Engine

• Align controls in nine positions,
• Choose from three different size types of rows and columns (autosized, fixed and free) to easily arrange your controls,
• Work with nested tables,
• Merge and split cells,
• Select, insert and delete rows, columns and table,
• Operate with each cell, row or column in order to form, align and arrange the controls in the cells to achieve the best look for your application,
• Right-click context menu for easy manipulation with table
• Table Properties dialog box