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

Specifications:
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.