What is BCGControlBar Library for .NET?

BCGControlBar Library for .NET is 100% managed code toolkit which is written in C++/CLI and targeting Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 or higher. The library contains a number of highly customizable, fully designable components that enable you to create the most sophisticated user interface. The library includes fully-customizable Office 2000-2016-style toolbars and menus, VS 2005-2022-style docking bars, Office 2007-2016-style ribbons, auto hide control bars, MDI tabs, gauges, grid and report controls, flexible visualization managers and more.

Highlighted product features:

Microsoft Office-style Ribbon Bar

• Identical look and feel to Microsoft Office Ribbon Bar

• Office 2007-2016 visual themes

• More than 20 types of ready-to-use controls

• Ribbon Backstage View with built-in and custom pages

• Customization of Quick Access Toolbar and keyboard shortcuts

• Ribbon mini-toolbar and context menus

Visual Themes

• More than 20 built-in visual themes

• Microsoft Office 2000-2016 look

• Visual Studio 2008-2019 look

• Native Windows theme

• Windows 10 or later accent color support

• Windows 7 or later DWM support

• High contrast modes support

• Custom visual themes

Visual Studio-like Docking Panes

• The advanced docking algorithms allow to set up the docking windows as you like

• Docking to an application window and MDI children

• Autohide mode

• Tabbed docking panes

• Floating panes

• Docking panes containers

• Visual Studio-like docking markers

• Persistent docking panes layout

Customizable Toolbars and Menus

• Microsoft Office and Visual Studio-like customization

• Persistent toolbars and menus customization state

• User-defined toolbars, menus, labels and icons

• Keyboard shortcuts customization

Grid and Report controls

• Various cell types: text, numeric, combo box, date/time, color picker, check box and others

• Custom-type cells

• Virtual mode

• Rows grouping

• Built-in field chooser

• Filters

• Merged cells

Gauges

• Various types of the gauges that allow the developer to create a digital dashboards

• Circular gauges

• Linear gauges

System Requirements