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 propertie, 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 file, own TsAlphaImageList component
Drawing of components is produced in several layer, so components may be alpha-blended, can have nice realistic border, 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 skin, 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 drawing, 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