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A free localizable MonthCalendar

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:03:20 GMT

A new custom MonthCalendar has been added to the VisualHint's products and it is also free when used standalone.

Frames per second in the DateTimePicker and TimeSpan editor

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:13:57 GMT

Smart FieldPackEditor.Net adds a new "Frames per second" field for datetime and timespan types in their respective editors.

jQuery for ASP.NET MVC unleashed!

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:46:05 GMT

jQuery plugins for the ASP.NET MVC framework

Spark and NHaml - Crazy ASP.NET MVC ViewEngines

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:46:07 GMT

Scott Hanselman's talks about two ASP.NET MVC view engines.

Jump between braces in Visual Studio.

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:01:09 GMT

Move fast between open and close braces. No more scrolling to find beginning of that illusive if statement.

PagedList Strikes Back

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:46:12 GMT

A few months ago I posted about my changes to Rob Conery's PagedList class. Since writing that article many comments have been left about how to further improve the design, which have since been incorporated into a new, further improved PagedList class.

MVC Membership with Preview 3

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:01:03 GMT

The MVC Membership Starter Kit has been updated to work with Preview 3 of the ASP.Net MVC framework.

The ASP.NET MVC Information Portal

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:46:02 GMT

A content aggregator of everything related to ASP.NET MVC

Screencast of the new TimeSpan editor for .Net

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:13:32 GMT

As promised last week, here is a screencast showcasing the features of the new TimeSpan editor and especially its powerful format string letting you input a duration the way you want.

Rhino Mocks 3.5 beta released

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:01:16 GMT

Odd this hasn't been submitted before. Rhino Mocks is one of the leading mock frameworks for unit testing in the dotnet world. This version fully supports the 3.5 fx.

Flash Component for .NET

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:01:03 GMT

Sometime ago I had a task: to create a flash projector (something like Zinc or mProjector) with C#. This program should convert input SWF files and other resources into single EXE file that should work in semitransparent or window mode. Optionally, flash.ocx / flash9.ocx can be included into final exe file. After surfing over Internet, I've found this interesting product. I hope we will create a good flash projector with it :)

A TimeSpan editor for .Net

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:46:16 GMT

At last there is now an editor to enter a duration with the format you want and with the usability brought by Smart FieldPackEditor.Net. It can be used standalone, in the DataGRidView and in the PropertyGrid.

Krypton - A Free Winforms Controls Toolkit

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:05:10 GMT

As I have just been asked to prototype the front end application for the reference architecture that I have recently designed, I was in need of some help. The Krypton Toolkit to the rescue.

How to synchronize two side by side PropertyGrids

Wed, 21 May 2008 17:04:14 GMT

A screencast about the synchronization of 2 PropertyGrids and the source code of the synchronizer class.

How to host a color picker combobox in Windows Forms DataGridView Cell

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:23:00 GMT

Download code Introduction The .NET framework provides quite a rich collection of UI controls and components for WinFroms development. There is one particular control that has been missing. I am talking about color-picker control with drop down color selection capabilities, just like the...

Krypton 2.7.0 UI Controls released

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:16:02 GMT

Phil Wright has released the latest version of his awesome .net UI toolkit with loads of new UI components. It's great, and a fair chunk of it's free too.

Two values in a DateTimePicker

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:00:12 GMT

This post from VisualHint shows how Smart FieldPackEditor can be used to show two editable and independant values in a single DateTimePicker.

Screencast: a FieldPackEditor is not just for dates and times

Thu, 24 May 2007 18:12:36 GMT

How the FieldPackEditor component, usually serving as a DateTimePicker replacement, can also be used to build rich rule-based field editors.

Screencast: a DateTimePicker and a DataGridView in a perfect world

Fri, 25 May 2007 06:31:01 GMT

This video shows how Smart FieldPackEditor.Net can completely replace the DateTimePicker and how it can provide the perfect experience to bind itself to nullable date and time columns.

Screencast: a full featured DateTimePicker

Thu, 24 May 2007 07:16:01 GMT

The first screencast of a series of four to showcase what the new DateTimePicker replacement can do.

StyleSpread 2.1 Ships, And Bloggers Can Get A Free Copy

Mon, 21 May 2007 18:47:07 GMT

StyleSpread 2.1 is out the door, and if you've got a blog, you can get a yourself a free copy.

The ten deceptions of the DatTimePicker

Fri, 04 May 2007 00:31:01 GMT

Details all the shortcomings of the MS DateTimePicker control. Seems it will provide a solution...

PropertyGrid, value validation and Visualtips

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:57:30 GMT

Here is a preview of what value validation will look like in Smart PropertyGrid.Net. It merges a reworked validation engine (validation will be done against TypeConverters and custom validator classes) and a new compatibility with the free VisualTips product.

Programmatically resizing a column in a propertyGrid

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:38:45 GMT

A great hack for a missing feature of the MS PropertyGrid. The site is also a good list of resources for who often works with this component.

Smart PropertyGrid.Net - TAB navigation

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:31:01 GMT

Microsoft people, look at this, and please, add TAB browsing in the PropertyGrid embedded in Visual Studio.