AlphaControls Lite Edition 6.15

AlphaControlsLite Edition 6.15 offers an effective tool which helps develop original skinned and non-skinned business/media applications. A package of standard and unique skinable VCLs for professional UI design development using "AlphaSkins". We have also added some properties, which make AlphaControls (and the applications that use them) unique.

AlphaControls Lite Edition is a part of the AlphaControls package which can work without any limitations in Delphi 5/6/7/2005/2006/2007/2009 and C++ Builder 6/2006/2007/2009 under Windows XP and newer. By using these components you can see the basic ideas behind AlphaControls which distinguish these components from similar packages. PNG format is supported in all versions of Delphi and C++ Builder.

List of available components :

1. TsSkinManager
2. TsSkinProvider
3. TsEdit
4. TsCheckBox
5. TsPanel
6. TsButton
7. TsBitBtn
8. TsScrollBar
9. TsLabel
10. TsWebLabel
11. TsLabelFX
12. TsComboBox
13. TsListBox
14. TsCheckListBox
15. TsGauge
16. TsAlphaImageList

Also supported such standard controls as TEdit, TMemo, TMaskEdit, TLabeledEdit, THotKey, TListBox, TCheckListBox, TRichEdit, TDrawGrid, TTreeView, TListView, TButton, TComboBox, TColorBox, TStatusBar and some others (WARNING! SkinManager.ThirdParty property must be defined).
AlphaControls Lite Edition is free for any type of projects and haven't any limitations

AlphaControls is a collection of standard and original skinned controls with new properties added in order to enhanced program interface and add behaviors to common controls and with some using.
With AlphaControls, use a new modern way to design enhanced interfaces and make your application more attractive... while adding pleasure and fun to end users.

Major Features:

1. Skins are upgradeable and have a very simple structure
2. The elements of each control are calculated in real-time, so any control can be freely moved and resized at run-time
3. Drawing of components is produced in several layers, so components may be alpha-blended, can have nice realistic borders, shadows and some other beautiful effects
4. It is possible to embed any skins within the Exe-file for easy deployment
5. Working with the components is very simple and intuitive
6. Over 80 skinable controls and invisible components
7. All elements of controls are drawn with alpha-channel using (control may be alpha-blended, can have realistic borders, shadows or other fine and unique effects)
8. Flicker free
9. TsHintManager make hints to be displayed alpha-blended, with HTML-formatting and you can choose from many ways to display
10. Added caption properties for position and rendering
11. Mouse event added provide great possiblities
12. Skinned forms and menus.
13. Easiest and powerful skin-engine supports of internal and external skins, one type of control can have some kinds in skin. All drawings (patterns except) supports alpha-masks
14. Controlling of application skin from one point (TsSkinManager component)
15. Possibility of components using without skins. Standard kind of controls is supported (XP themes using is possible)
16. Original fast algorithms of drawings, many graphical and other functions in the package library
17. Designing in design-time in IDE
18. Ready-to-use skins with possibility for expanding and own skins developing. Freeware skin editing tool is available.
19. Animation effects in some controls and forms
20. Skinned windows shell controls
21. Billions of effects full supported
22. Full standard windows help file describing all properties, events and methods of the component and related objects
23. Possibility of the skins embedding in the single Exe-file by few mouse clicks

Requirements:

1. For Delphi 5/6/7/2005/2006/2007/2009, C++ Builder 6/2006/2007/2009
2. Compatible with Windows XP, Vista
3. DLL's don't required