AlphaControls Lite Edition is 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. AlphaControls Lite Edition is a useful application in VCL development.

Here are some key features of "AlphaControls Lite Edition 2009":

· Skins are upgradeable and have a very simple structure
· 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 some other beautiful effects
· It is possible to embed any skins within the Exe-file for easy deployment
· Working with the components is very simple and intuitive

Requirements:

· Borland Delphi 5/6/7/2005/2006/2007/2009 / C++ Builder 6/2006/2007/2009

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Completely changed algorithm of forms initializing before skinning
· Improved animation of forms and dialogs showing, added new AnimEffects.FormShow.Mode (atFading, atAero) property in the SkinManager component
· Work of the TsPanel.OnPaint event was improved
· Improved painting of the TsCheckBox and TsRadioButton controls in skinned mode when ImageList property or custom Glyphs are used
· Solved problem with form maximizing when BorderStyle is bsNone