WPF / .NET Technology

• Created entirely for WPF and .NET 3.5, written in C# and XAML.
• Complete source code of the base controls is available in the Blueprint Edition.
• XBAP-friendly, CLS compliant. No unsafe blocks are used and no special permissions are required, so they can run within the limited permission set granted to XBAP applications.
• Support for the WPF command infrastructure.
• Comprehensive documentation fully integrated into Visual Studio is provided.
• Support for Right-To-Left and Inking.
• Support for regional settings including numbers, money type, dates, etc.
• All error handling works through .NET exception classes.
• Can also be used in your Windows Forms applications.

Included themed/themable editor controls (7 base controls, 5 derived controls)

• DatePicker/Calendar: An important editor control not available in WPF.
• MaskedTextBox: Another important editor control not available in WPF, which specifies a mask format that is applied to the input text.
• CheckBox: Themed and themable (see Themes section above), unlike the stock WPF control.
• AutoSelectTextBox: Content is selected when the editor receives focus. The control also performs automatic focus navigation when the caret reaches the end of the text field.
• ValueRangeTextBox: Adds range validation to ensure that the parsed value that results from the input text is between the MinValue and MaxValues or equal to NullValue. Also verifies the type.
• NumericTextBox: Specifies what number styles are permitted in the text field.
• DateTimeTextBox: Provides a date- and time-specific version of the MaskedTextBox that only allows date and time values to be input.
• Several editors available in the “Advanced Editor Controls” sample:
  • IP address
  • Phone number (North American format)
  • Currency
  • Exponent
  • DateTimeTextBox using ShortDate, ShortTime, ShortDateAndShortTime, and ShortDateAndLongTime formats

Themes

Thirteen striking themes in all:

• Glass, Windows Media Player 11, and Zune
• Basic Microsoft Windows themes: Classic (NT), Luna (Normal/Olive, Metallic/Silver, Homestead/Blue), Aero (Vista), and Royale (Media Center).
• Office 2007: Blue, Black, and Silver.
• 3D view, multi-surface: Chameleon.

Major features

• Combinability/modularity: Embed controls into one another to create flexible, innovative new controls.
• Extensibility: All controls can be extended to implement custom features, appearance, and behavior.
• Full support for WPF data binding.
• Customizable “today” label in the Calendar.
• The editors manage “null” and “DbNull” values.