There are a few shareware / freeware docking panels, but I concur with the view that a suite like DevExpress is better value (for more $ of course).
The best-known free docking panel is WeifenLuo's DockPanel Suite which is on Sourceforge, but often used and written about on CodeProject. http://sourceforge.net/projects/dockpanelsuite/ But a search of CodeProject and CodeGuru will find others, I'm sure. ________________________________ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shai Shandil [QFG] Sent: Friday, 17 September 2010 10:40 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Lider Panel Control (?) like the ones in the VS Component One do a "Docking Tab" that has similar functionality. Shai -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keir Nathan Sent: Thursday, 16 September 2010 10:38 To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Lider Panel Control (?) like the ones in the VS In my experience the problem with using free or open source controls is that you only get one or two specific things in each package. Then you try to add something else later and they won't work properly together or the style doesn't match or something. That's why I finally bit the bullet and bought the entire DevExpress WinForms package (not only convinced them to purchase it at work but also got my own licence for personal use). Because they have pretty much everything you could ever need, all in the same structure, and an awesome skinning system to boot which works with everything they make. If you just need the one control then by all means use an open source one, but if you want to keep using them over time in multiple projects I think you'll find that's a problematic way to go. Regards, Nathan Keir -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arjang Assadi Sent: Thursday, 16 September 2010 9:53 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Lider Panel Control (?) like the ones in the VS Thank you all, For sure Devexpress is the would be the first choice but I found this http://avalondock.codeplex.com/ the demo project seemed good. Will try to give it a spin. Is anyone aware of open source control libraries for .net? If anyone ever worked with Delphi there was the project Jedi Component Library having few hundred controls, I have been looking for something simialr in .net but no luck so far. Regards Arjang On 14 September 2010 07:07, Gordon Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not sure if this helps but I seem to remember that someone has written > a similar control at CodeProject > http://www.codeproject.com/ > I am sorry - I cannot remember the details and I may be wrong, but from what > you describe it sounds similar, you will however have to do a search of code > project. > > > >> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:10:03 +1000 >> Subject: Re: Lider Panel Control (?) like the ones in the VS >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> My Apologies, >> >> What I meant to say was Slider Panel , Sildiging Tab ( like the >> Solution Explorer , etc. ) >> in the VS. >> >> Thank you Ian >> >> Regards >> >> Arjang >> >> On 13 September 2010 15:06, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >> > The only thing remotely like what you mentioned is a part of is/was >> > called >> > vBulletin Project Tools, and was for the vBulletin community forum >> > software >> > / CMS. >> > It's not .NET afaik since vBulletin is PHP-powered, MySQL back-end >> > server. >> > But it's a free project. >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] >> > [mailto:[email protected]] >> > On Behalf Of Arjang Assadi >> > Sent: Monday, 13 September 2010 12:34 PM >> > To: ozDotNet >> > Subject: Lider Panel Control (?) like the ones in the VS >> > >> > Anyone knows what are those controls called? and of there is an open >> > source control library for .net that contains it? >> > >> > Regards >> > >> > Arjang >> > >> > >
