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DotNetBar does seem pretty good. I'd say the docking in youre controls is probably closer to Visual Studio.Net than DotNetBar's, you also certainly win on pice too. DevComponents are doing a 40% off discount until the end of the month, which would be quite a nice saving. We are looking at getting a license for 10 developers , I guess you have a single developer license. We are in a bit of a rush sadly, I'll certainly keep an eye out for updates on youre web site. The designer integration on youre components is particularly impressive.

Well we defenitley want something 100% .Net so if thats true about Infragistics then theyre off the list. The only complaint I have about the DevExpress components is that the toolbars have a rather thick title bar when dragged off of a form, i havent had an oportunity to see if this can be changed. I know im being far to picky about it, but we supply software to a number of other IT companies and they really pick up on the details.

Oh I have done, I'm trialling commercial components from the following companies, its proving to be quite a task. Codejock Developer DevComponents Infragistics Innovasys Syncfusion Xceed I've also looked at the ComponentOne stuff included in the VB resource kit, but we were pretty dissapointed with there menus. If you move between menus quickly you can still see the previous one with the new menu on top.

The http://www.codejock.com/ components certainly look very good, and they even have a an office 2003 style. I prefer the Office XP look myself but i think some of our coustomers would be impressed by the 2003 look. Sadly the price is not cheap that really would be hitting the limit of the budget ive been given. The older version of dotnetmagic is available here, i assume theres nothing wrong with this link. http://sourceforge.net/projects/dotnetmagic Any more oppinions? Im trying to narrow my search down to a few suites. I know i shouldnt be so lazy, but its hard to get a good feel for components without using them for a while first.

I wouldnt say i really dislike any of the controls I've looked at so far. divil's controls are pretty good and for the price i dont think you could ask for much more, the only problems I've found with them are fixed(unmoveable) toolbars and when clicking on the top left corner of an application using the controls (The close/minimize/maximize menu) it kind of looks flatened with a white edge. I hope that made some sense. I'm somewhat less clear on the http://www.dotnetmagic.com/ controls, I've found an older version on sourceforge, but they appear to no longer be free. Do you have to purchase these controls or can the older version still be used for free?

I appologise if this question has been asked many times, I tried searching but didnt find an awfull lot. I've been given the task of deciding which (UI)component suite to buy or which free components that the company i work for will standardise on. The basic controls we want in Visual Studio.Net/Office XP and possibly Office 2003 style are as follows: Menus Toolbars Docking Tabbed MDI I'm aware of the controls available from http://www.divil.co.uk/net and I've tried a selection of the commercial controls such as dotnetbar. Since I'm not paying the cost isnt as big a concern, but its proving to be a tricky desicsion to make. I would be ver gratefull for youre oppinions on such controls, which controls are in youre toolbar?