AlphaControls 2014 (version 9 Beta)
AlphaControls package for Delphi / C++ Builder- Easy skinning of existing projects
- Application appearance is independent from Windows OS version
- Controls inherits all standard features and possibilities
- A lot of free and ready to use high-quality skins
- Over 90 own controls which have standard behaviour, optimized for using with skins and have own additional features
- Skinning of standard and 3rd-party components (list of supported controls constantly arises)
- Powerful tooltip manager
- Skins are upgradeable and have a very simple structure. Read more about a creation of skin here. The ASkinEditor tool is free for using.
- The elements of each control are calculated in real-time, so any control can be freely moved and resized at run-time
- Drawing of components is produced in several layers, so components may be alpha-blended, can have nice realistic borders, shadows and other beautiful effects
- Native support of PNG files, own TsAlphaImageList component with handy design-time editor
- Unicode support (read this info for details how to install it on old Delphi versions)
- Skinned forms, menus and common Windows dialogs and messages. Full SDI & MDI forms support
- Easiest and powerful skin-engine supports of internal and external skins, one type of control can have some kinds in skin. All drawings supports alpha-masks.
- Controlling of application style from one point
- Possibility of components using without skins. Standard styles of controls are supported
- Animation effects in controls and forms
- No DLLs or any additional files are required for Exe deploying
- Changing of HUE and saturation for current skin
- Possibility of the skins embedding in the single Exe-file by few mouse clicks (easy deployment)
- A lot of additional useful and amazing features and possibilities, the list of them increases constantly
Supported Delphi 5/6/7/2005-2010/XE-XE5 and C++ Builder 6/2006-2010/XE-XE5
Compatible with Windows XP and newer
Platforms: Win32 and Win64
Installation:
Manual installing in two steps:
Compile acnt*_R.dpk file;
Install acnt*.dpk file.