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Welcome

The Ascend.NET controls are a collection of Windows Forms controls written in C# targeting Visual Studio 2005 and .NET 2.0.
The intent is to provide controls that are flexible but easy to use that will hold up well under heavy usage.

Highlights

Help us determine the controls that would best benefit the community.
Version 1.5 planning and specifications.
Version 2.0 planning.
Examples
Project tools list.
Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Turkish language versions of the controls are also now in the works.
English RTM Production 1.0.0.6 is now available.

The controls are currently available in English and Chinese (simplified).
Version 1 has the following controls:

GradientLine

A line control that supports solid, gradient and glass modes. The colors, direction and gradient modes are customizable.
GradientLine Images

GradientPanel

A panel control that supports solid, gradient and glass modes. The colors, direction, highlight transition percent, luminance and gradient modes are customizable. The borders are also completely customizable and includes curved corners.
GradientPanel Images

GradientCaption

A caption control that supports solid, gradient and glass modes. The colors, direction, highlight transition percent, luminance and gradient modes are customizable. The borders are also completely customizable and includes curved corners. Supports independent text and image alignment. Unlike the .Net label control if the image and text are aligned to the same side the image and text will not overlap.
GradientCaption Images

GradientSplitBar

A split bar like control that supports solid, gradient and glass modes. The colors, direction, highlight transition percent, luminance and gradient modes are customizable.
GradientSplitBar Images

GradientNavigationButton

A navigation button control that supports solid, gradient and glass modes. The highlight transition percent, luminance and gradient modes are customizable. The colors are customizable for each button state. The borders are also completely customizable and includes curved corners. Supports independent text and image alignment. Unlike the .net label control if the image and text are aligned to the same side the image and text will not overlap. Both mouse and tab focus highlighting are supported.
GradientNavigationButton Images

GradientAnimation

An animation control that supports gradient mode. The colors, borders and gradient modes are customizable.
GradientAnimation Images

NavigationPane

A navigation control that supports solid, gradient and glass modes. The colors, text and image alignment are customizable for all parts of the control. End user button visibility and order customization is also supported.
NavigationPane Images


RTM 1.0.0.6 is available and supports Office 2007 gradient look and feel!



If you are interested we invite you to join this project. Just post what you would like to help with in the Project Management Forum in the discussions tab. Even if you don’t see yourself working in the control code we need structured testers, help file and simple example developers. The less time the control developers spend in these areas the more cool tools and features we can develop.