Unique innovations

• Provided for free to owners of Xceed Grid for .NET v3.0+. The Editor controls are fully integrated into Xceed Grid for .NET, are used as the grid's default editors, and can be used outside of the grid for a more uniform user interface.
• Combinability/modularity: The ability to embed controls into one another to create flexible, innovative new controls.
• Fully visual approach: Powerful designers help make development faster and easier.
• Dropdown feature: Any Windows Forms control can dropdown any other control, allowing for absolute flexibility and innovation.
• Extensibility: All controls can be extended to implement custom features, appearance, and behavior.
• Themes: Support for Windows Vista themes, including custom themes; support for Windows XP and Windows Classic themes and the ability to adapt to the current Windows theme.
• Integral resizing: Forces display of the last item in its entirety.
• Optimized compatibility with Xceed Input Validator for .NET.
• Custom painting: Provides more meaningful user feedback.

Base Controls

• Buttons: Built-in button types; embeddable in WinComboBox, WinDatePicker, WinCalendar and WinTextBox; theming.
• Calculators: Theming.
• Calendars: Multiple or single months; integral resizing; Day mouse events; owner-drawing and custom margins; theming; key and mouse navigation; button.
• Check boxes: Theming.
• Combo boxes: Data binding; multiple columns; mask support; theming; image support.
• Date pickers: Distinct edit and display formats; theming.
• Horizontal and vertical scrollbars: Theming.
• Numeric text boxes: Mask support; support for SideButtons; enhanced BorderStyles.
• Panels: base container for dropdown support; theming; enhanced BorderStyles
• Text boxes: Mask support; support for SideButtons; enhanced BorderStyles.

Sample Composite Controls

• Custom calendar.
• Optional textbox.
• Option picker.
• Picture viewer.
• Scrolling textbox.
• Spin edit.
• Customized WinComboBox dropdown.
• Toolbar (available in its own demo app).
• Stretchable agenda (available in its own demo app).

.NET technology

• Written entirely in managed C# code (source code to be available in a future Blueprint Edition).
• Includes VB.NET and C# samples.
• Object-oriented design created exclusively for version 2.0 and up of the .NET Framework.
• Comprehensive documentation fully integrated into Visual Studio .NET.
• All error handling works through .NET exception classes.
• CLS compliant (Common Language Specification).
• Does not use unsafe blocks to minimize security risks.