Updated: Dec 16, 2023
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AlphaControls package for Delphi / C++ Builder
  • Easy skinning of existing projects
  • DPI aware + extended support of custom DPI
  • Application appearance is independent from Windows OS version
  • Full support of the RightToLeft BidiMode
  • Controls inherits all standard features and possibilities
  • Over 100 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)
  • 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)
  • Powerful tooltip manager
  • 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, saturation and brightness for current loaded skin
  • Extended work with fonts, storing of custom fonts, using of characters in the TsCharImageList as custom glyphs
  • 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 XE2 .. DX 10.2 Alexandria, Builder XE2 .. CX 10.2 Alexandria
  • Compatible with Windows XP and newer
  • Platforms: Win32 and Win64
Installation

Manual installing in two steps:

  1. Compile acnt*_R.dpk file;
  2. Install acnt*.dpk file.

Here are detailed instructions for the package installing.

Installing, using and licensing the demo programs © Sergii Goncharov, Ukraine, Odessa 2004-2023