[Tool]DotNetBar[Components]

**NextGen1** · 04-06-2011

DotNet Bar by Dev Components

What is dotnetbar?

DotNetBar is an easy to use components pack for Winforms, It is the lesser of the components (IMO) but the easiest to use. Just seems "Played out", So I urge anyone using this pack to attempt to use it in a original way, don't just drop a ribbon control onto the form and call it 'Sexy"

DotNetBar Suite for Windows Forms is toolbox of 61 stunning components for creating professional user interface with ease. For over 9 years DotNetBar is helping developers like you create sleek professional Windows Forms (WinForms) user interfaces with unparalleled ease

Here is a partial list of Ribbon Control Features.

Partial list of DotNetBar Ribbon Control features:
Office 2010 Styling with new Application Button and Windows 7 and Windows Vista Glass support
Office 2010 style Backstage Application Menu
Windows 7 Styling
Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) support with full customization and placement control
Black, Silver and Blue color schemes included
Office 2010, Windows 7 and Office 2007 Style Application Button
Office 2010, Windows 7 and Office 2007 Style form support
Office 2010, Windows 7 and Office 2007 Style popup Galleries
Integrated support for Contextual Tabs concept
Predefined color schemes for tabs and tab groups
Office 2010, 2007 style KeyTips (accelerator keys) both single key and multi-key are fully supported
You can create Drop-down menus, even drop-down toolbars are fully supported
You can add any standard DotNetBar items to the RibbonControl header
One or more tabs can belong to Tab Groups. Tab groups are used to visually group similar tab commands. Usually they are used for contextual tabs that are shown based on active selection and disappear once something else is selected
Full control over Tab Group header is provided. It can be hidden, font changed, height changed and appearance completely customized through ElementStyle appearance object (in Office 2003 style)
You can add any VS.NET Windows Forms control to a Ribbon tabs.
Keyboard Shortcuts are fully supported as well
Windows Vista Glass support
Custom Office 2010, Windows 7 and Office 2007 style color scheme generator based on single color
Intelligent resizing of buttons on the Ribbon to fit the screen size

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What is Ribbon Control?

[quote]
Office 2007 introduced the Ribbon as a core component of the new user interface experience. Ribbon is the one and only one place to look for functionality in a product. Ribbon replaces the many entry points of toolbar and menu hierarchy with the one consolidated entry place. Instead of looking through large number of toolbars and cascading menus, you can look into the single place and drastically reduce the scope of your search for application commands. Through the testing and research it has been revealed that people discover how to do things easier and are more inclined to explore the UI looking for better ways to get things done using the Ribbon.[quote]

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Note: The attached version is 9.0, one version earlier then the latest, it is missing 5 of the components as listed on the site, making it 55 components.

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How do I use it?

Simply download & Install, Then add the components dll into your toolbar, then Drag and Drop your controls the same way you would standard window controls.

if you would like your form to inherit the properties/style of the ribbon form to allow quick & easy theme changes then.

Change Form inheritance found in the form designer for the form upi want to edit from Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form to a. Inherits DevComponents.DotNetBar.Office2007Form if you want standard form without ribbon control
Inherits DevComponents.DotNetBar.Office2007RibbonForm if you want to use Ribbon Control with start button on that form. Usually there is only one form in application that inherits from Office2007RibbonForm

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