Free controls?

Question

Hello everyone.
I am looking for controllers for download and free, so be glad if you bring me download links (also possible to link single controllers, all of which would be welcome)
Because I'm a programmer as a hobby, I do not want to spend hundreds of dollars on this (and I do not have the ability) so it's not an option to buy for me.

 *i know only about Krypton toolkit...

Answer 1

Hi,

Welcome to the MSDN forum.

I’m afraid that I can’t find the meaning of the “controllers” in your thread.  I’d like to give you a link about all the software which is provided by Microsoft freely. You also can use some toll software in 3 months freely.

And here is the link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/aa570309

If you have any concerns, please feel free to let me know.

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Answer 2

Hi,

Welcome to the MSDN forum.

I’m afraid that I can’t find the meaning of the “controllers” in your thread.  I’d like to give you a link about all the software which is provided by Microsoft freely. You also can use some toll software in 3 months freely.

And here is the link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/aa570309

If you have any concerns, please feel free to let me know.

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I meant to components, like here:

http://www.componentfactory.com

 

Thank you.

Answer 3

Some controls are created by programmers themselves. And some is created for make money. you can serch the free controls by google.   

Answer 4

Based on link you have provided, it seems that you want to need the following controls:

 

Ribbon control: Ribbon, Fluent Ribbon Control Suite

 

Outlook Bar: XAML Outlook Bar, WPF Outlook Bar

 

AvalonDock: Avalon dock

 

Calendar: WPF Outlook Calendar

 

If I have misunderstood anything, please feel free to let me know.

 

 

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Answer 5

Thank you, bringing really useful things. But there's one little problem, I need it to VB.net and not for WPF.

Answer 6

Hi,

According your description, you may need some Winform controls. And here are three about third party websites about Winform Controls. You can find some controls suit for you. But some of them are not free. I’m afraid that you can’t find the free one which suit for you perfectly.

Devexpress: http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/Controls/WinForms/Grid/

Infragistics: http://www.infragistics.com/dotnet/netadvantage/winforms.aspx#Overview

Telerik: http://www.telerik.com/products/winforms.aspx

If you have any concerns, please feel free to let me know.
 
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Answer 7

I think you mean you need it for winforms not WPF. You can do write WPF apps in VB.NET, I've written several LOB and digital media solutions in WPF using VB.NET

 

This does the job exactly but is using 3rd party components.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/menus/NaviPane.aspx

Uses this free to use (non-commercial) library (looks nice)

http://www.guifreaks.net/index.php?action=feat3

 

You can go another way and host WPF controls in Winforms. You could use this WPF control and host it in winforms.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/WPFOutlookBar.aspx

There’s guidance here to host the WPF control in Winforms

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742215.aspx

Go to the “Implementing the Windows Forms Host Application” bit. You can do vis-versa and host Winforms controls in WPF.

I'd look at WPF or silverslight as winforms is no longer developed by MS, I wouldn't say it's dead as VB6 apps are still alive and well but it's fully matured.

 

Answer 8

I think you mean you need it for winforms not WPF. You can do write WPF apps in VB.NET, I've written several LOB and digital media solutions in WPF using VB.NET

 

This does the job exactly but is using 3rd party components.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/menus/NaviPane.aspx

Uses this free to use (non-commercial) library (looks nice)

http://www.guifreaks.net/index.php?action=feat3

 

You can go another way and host WPF controls in Winforms. You could use this WPF control and host it in winforms.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/WPFOutlookBar.aspx

There’s guidance here to host the WPF control in Winforms

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742215.aspx

Go to the “Implementing the Windows Forms Host Application” bit. You can do vis-versa and host Winforms controls in WPF.

I'd look at WPF or silverslight as winforms is no longer developed by MS, I wouldn't say it's dead as VB6 apps are still alive and well but it's fully matured.

 

Thanks, really helped me here.