AlphaControls 2015

AlphaControls 2015

A package of standard and unique skinable VCL's for professional UI design development using "AlphaSkins". AlphaControls is an easy-to-use universal and powerful tool for developing original skinned and non-skinned business/media applications. We have also added some properties, which make AlphaControls (and the applications that use them) unique.

Skinning of standard and 3rd-party components and over 80 own controls which are optimized for using with skins and have own additional features

System dialogs automatic skinning

Skinable forms (SDI & MDI) and menus

Possibility of components using without skins

Native support of PNG files, own TsAlphaImageList component

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

Support of packed and unpacked skins

Easy embedding of any skins within the Exe-file for easy deployment

The elements of each control are calculated in real-time, so any control can be freely moved and resized at run-time

Style Hints control make hints to be displayed alpha-blended and you can choose from many ways to display (PNG templates are supported)

Added caption properties for position and rendering

Mouse event added provide great possiblities

Easy and powerfull skin-engine supports of internal and external skins, one type of control can have some kinds in skin. All drawings (patterns except) supports of alpha-masks

Controlling of application skin from one point (TsSkinManager)

Original fast algorithms of drawings, many graphical and other functions in the package library

Designing in design-time in IDE

Ready-to-use skins with possibility for expanding and own skins developing

Animation effects in some controls

Frames full automatic support

Forms with shadows and translucent borders

Unicode support if TntControls or BDS 2009 used

Working with the components is very easy