A multi-purpose XP Office 2003 Style hover and flat button with container bar

Download :

lybralibrary_demo.zip

99.67 KB

lybralibrary_src.zip

19.14 KB

Introduction

This control (HoverGradientButton) is very easy to use; graphic and chromatic interface results have a great impact. The original idea is from a good article by Victor Boba (thanks Victor!). HoverGradientButton has a lot of properties, but default properties let the programmer to have a full ready-to-use interface with Office 2003 style. The component supports three different styles: HoverNormal, HoverCheck andHoverOption, that make the HoverGradientButton work respectively as normal Button, CheckBox, and RadioButton. The core component HoverGradientButton is shipped with a versatile container (HoverButtonBand) with an additional AutoArrange property.

Furthermore, the library contains GradientPanelXP, a specialized component, inherited from Panel, with some additional features such as Gradient.

CopyRight : http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/lybralibrary.aspx

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OutlookBar: A Simplified Outlook Style Sidebar Control

Download :
OutlookbarApp_demo.zip
OutlookBarAppVB_src.zip
OutlookbarApp_src.zip

Introduction

I'm currently working on a personal project in which I want to build a small application with an Outlook 2003 style of navigation. This includes the Outlook sidebar containing the colorful buttons. I have been looking for this control here on CodeProject, so far I could only find one written in C++ with WTL.

I decided to write my own Outlook sidebar usercontrol in and for C# (2.0) so it can be easily extended and custimized to the developer's need. This project therefore contains all the sources which may be modified by any means and for any purpose.

Note that the usercontrol does not contain any 2.0 runtime specific code so it should be fairly easy to port it back to 1.1 projects if needed.

CoppyRight : http://www.codeproject.com/KB/menus/OutlookBar.aspx

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