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I'm a novice programmer writing my first program (it's in C#), and having to learn as I go. I'd love to have a WPF gui but that might be biting off more than I can chew right now, so I'm looking for examples of good, fresh looking, attractive, UIs done in WinForms that are free.
Thanks.
Edit: I'm not sure I was totally precise about what I am asking about. I'm looking for links (if possible) to good looking application UI's written using Windows Forms. I am wanting to see how good a program UI built using Win Forms can look, but with free stuff only, of course.Thanks.
ChrisC
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Plastic SCM from Codice Software is a very nice example of what a non-traditional, cross-platform WinForms application could look like. It almost has a WPF look and feel to it - but is completely written using standard WinForms (and NO 3rd-party controls!). The screenshots I linked to above to could be good inspiration for you.
The application has a trial period in which you could download it an play around in the UX that they build. The developers are easy-going and would probably even be able to find some time to answer some 'how did you do xxx' questions.
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Also take a look at Krypton - there is a free control library.
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I guess when you talk about 'UIs done in WinForms' you mean UI or widgets framework?
Free:
OpenTheme: A free basic theme library.
Dock Panel Suite: Similar to the panel system in Visual Studio 2003.
Winform Metro Ui Free
RCM: Another free skin library.
XPTable: An extended list view.
And you can find a lot of custom controls in a place like CodeProject.
But, if you are willing to pay you can find gorgeous UI frameworks on the market. Generally, they offer a free trial:
..and many more.
Francis B.Francis B.6,2682 gold badges29 silver badges53 bronze badges
Telerik has an exceptional set of winforms and WPF controls. It is not cheap but they may have 'Free' versions.
Edited:
Actually found a free component from Telerik. I have not used this before however.
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Personally, I'm a Devexpress addict. It's serious company, exist from a long long time. They was already there when I used Delphi a long time ago and the VCL (Delphi) are still supported. The support answer, help quickly and the community is very active.
It's not free (there is a free 60 controls pack I think) but I never see a professional controls pack for .NET free, up to date, with (long time) support ...
Kris-IKris-I8,39247 gold badges130 silver badges210 bronze badges
you can go for
Krypton toolkit
for better winform UI. Download xbox 360 save files.Sujith H SSujith H S
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