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Actipro Icons - Over 1,750 unique icon designs for your applications

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:05:52 GMT

Actipro Icons provides a low-cost, yet complete solution for your graphics needs when building applications. It is a professionally-designed bundle of 10 categorized icon sets, containing over 1,750 unique icon designs, all in the Office 2007 style. Multiple size, state, and format variations are included for each icon design.

In development at Actipro - November 2008

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:33:06 GMT

Actipro talks about some new features planned for their SyntaxEditor for WPF and Editors for WPF products.

Major new Gauge for WPF features and controls

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:28:29 GMT

Actipro describes new features found in their latest Gauge for WPF control product update.

WPF Ribbon and NavigationBar get new Aero themes

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:40:15 GMT

Actipro's WPF Studio adds brand new Vista-like Aero themes for their Ribbon and NavigationBar WPF controls.

New PropertyGrid features and other WPF Studio build 471 updates

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:56:28 GMT

Actipro shows off some new features of their PropertyGrid for WPF control such as filtering and read-only mode. Several other new features of the latest WPF Studio maintenance release are discussed as well.

PropertyGrid for WPF released as part of WPF Studio v4.5

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:33:44 GMT

Actipro releases their new PropertyGrid for WPF control, a WPF control that allows for easy run-time editing of .NET objects. The functionality is similar to what is found in the Windows Forms property grid, or in applications like Visual Studio and Expression Blend.

PropertyGrid for WPF is almost ready

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:09:43 GMT

Actipro reviews a couple innovative new features for their upcoming PropertyGrid for WPF control, due in mid-September.

SyntaxEditor for WPF will support bi-directional text (Arabic, etc.)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:34:21 GMT

Actipro shows off how their SyntaxEditor for WPF code editor control will fully support bi-directional entry/selection of text.

Actipro's WPF Product Roadmap - August 2008

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:07:46 GMT

Actipro shows off some features of their upcoming PropertyGrid for WPF control, along with a status update on development of SyntaxEditor for WPF, their code editor control.

WPF Studio gets the Royale treatment

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:36:27 GMT

Actipro shows some screenshots of the new themes that are now available for their WPF Ribbon, Docking/MDI, ExplorerBar, Breadcrumb, NavigationBar, and Wizard controls.

What features do you want to see in PropertyGrid for WPF?

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:15:36 GMT

Actipro asks which features you'd like to see in their upcoming PropertyGrid for WPF control.

WPF Studio v4.0 Released Adding Docking/MDI and Gauge Products

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:12:24 GMT

Actipro has released WPF Studio v4.0, adding new Docking/MDI and Gauge control products that can be easily integrated into your WPF Applications.

Sneak Peek: Gauge for WPF - Flight Simulation Gauges

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:00:45 GMT

A preview of various flight simulation gauges that can be created with the upcoming Gauge for WPF product.

Sneek Peek: Gauge for WPF - Automotive Gauges

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:40:33 GMT

Take a first look at how Gauge for WPF can be used to recreate a car dashboard, with features like real time data binding, dampening, smooth animation, and more.

Actipro's WPF Product Roadmap - June 2008

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:15:18 GMT

Actipro reveals its current WPF product development roadmap, announces its upcoming PropertyGrid for WPF product, and asks for customers to rate what products they would like to see added to WPF Studio in the future.

Sneak Peek: Docking for WPF (Part 4 - RibbonWindow with Docking/MDI)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:49:26 GMT

Actipro reveals another screenshot showing how their Ribbon user interface can be used with the docking window and MDI functionality found in their upcoming Docking for WPF product.

First Look: Gauge for WPF

Fri, 30 May 2008 19:45:48 GMT

Actipro announces a new product coming soon to WPF Studio v4.0: Gauge for WPF. Gauge for WPF includes customizable implementations of circular, linear, and digital gauges... all vector drawn. Common usage scenarios for gauges include business intelligence dashboards, executive summary dashboards, industrial or medical controls and readouts, software interaction with electronic equipment, simple digital readouts, vehicle simulation and much more.

Sneak Peek: Docking for WPF (Part 3 - Office 2007 Themes)

Tue, 20 May 2008 19:10:14 GMT

Shows a screenshot of one of the Office 2007 themes that is being implemented for our upcoming Docking for WPF product, a docking tool window and MDI platform for WPF applications.

How to prevent blurry images and lines in WPF

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:32:06 GMT

One issue with WPF is that it's very easy for images and lines to become blurry when they are not positioned directly at integer pixel locations, even when SnapsToDevicePixels = true. This post introduces the PixelSnapper decorator that makes it easy to work around this problem.

Sneak Peek: Docking for WPF (Part 2 - XBAP Functionality)

Wed, 14 May 2008 01:53:44 GMT

Actipro provides a second look at its upcoming Docking for WPF product, this time highlighting some of its capabilities like floating tool windows, even in XBAPs.

Sneak Peek: Docking for WPF

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:08:16 GMT

A sneak peek at Actipro's Docking for WPF product that is currently in development. The product provides docking window and MDI management functionality similar to Visual Studio 2008 for WPF applications.

ExplorerBar Goes Aero

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:58:23 GMT

Actipro has released a new built-in Vista Aero theme for their ExplorerBar for WPF control.

Actipro WPF Studio v3.5.0425 is live!

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:22:09 GMT

A huge new build of WPF Studio includes many new WPF controls and components such as Breadcrumb, AeroWizard, CommandButton, AnimatedProgressBar, PopupButton, GlassWindow, and more.

First Look: Breadcrumb for WPF

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:32:00 GMT

A first look at the new Breadcrumb control that will appear in an upcoming WPF Studio maintenance release. The Breadcrumb control mimics the Windows Vista explorer interface and has some special features that even Vista doesn't have. Use it in addition to or as a replacement for a TreeView that navigates through any sort of data hierarchy.

First Look: PopupButton for WPF

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:09:39 GMT

A first look at another control coming very shortly to WPF Studio, the PopupButton. PopupButton has content and popup portions that can be displayed in numerous modes (split, combined, etc.). The popup portion, when clicked, displays any WPF content in a popup, or alternatively a ContextMenu.