Actipro Shared Library - Common components for WinForms

Common Controls and Components

The Actipro Shared Library contains a number of useful controls and components, along with the base framework used by our other WinForms control products. The Shared Library is included free with any of our WinForms control products.

Features at a Glance

WinUICore Platform

Base UIControl and UIElement types that allow for easier development of custom controls

Drawing Framework

Background fills that support gradients, images, hatch marks, and solid colors
Common border rendering options
Double-buffering
UIColor object that supports powerful color manipulations
Built-in color schemes

Controls

ColorListBox - A ListBox that can render a collection of colors
ColorPalettePicker - A palette used for color selection
MarkupLabel - A rich-formatted label driven by mini-HTML markup
Owner-Draw Menus - A modern appearance for standard menus
ScrollBar - A scrollbar control that supports custom rendering
StandardColorPicker - A color picker that combines multiple forms of color selection