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StyleControls VCL v. 4.62 released!
StyleControls VCL is a powerful, stable package of components, which uses Classic drawing, system Themes, GDI+ and VCL Styles.
This package contains the unique solutions to extend standard VCL controls and also has many unique, advanced controls to create applications with Fluent UI design.
Also with this package you can really improve applying and using of VCL Styles in your application.
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StyleControls VCL v. 4.60 released!
StyleControls VCL is a powerful, stable package of components, which uses Classic drawing, system Themes, GDI+ and VCL Styles.
This package contains the unique solutions to extend standard VCL controls and also has many unique, advanced controls to create applications with Fluent UI design.
Also with this package you can really improve applying and using of VCL Styles in your application.Key new feature is a Fluent UI Light Effect on buttons!
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StyleControls VCL v. 4.55 released!
StyleControls VCL is a powerful, stable package of components, which uses Classic drawing, system Themes, GDI+ and VCL Styles.
This package contains the unique solutions to extend standard VCL controls and also has many unique, advanced controls to create applications with Fluent UI design.
Also with this package you can really improve applying and using of VCL Styles in your application.
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New multi-platform FM Style "Midnight Express" just released!
This is first style with additional new feature for desktop platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux) - touch (mouse click) animation effect on buttons (like Android styles).
https://delphistyles.com/fmx/MidnightExpress.html
We have plans to add this new effect to all existing desktop styles, which you can enable / disable in templates.
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StyleControls VCL v. 4.54 just released!
StyleControls VCL is a powerful, stable package of components, which uses Classic drawing, system Themes, GDI+ and VCL Styles.
This package contains the unique solutions to extend standard VCL controls and also has many unique, advanced controls to create applications with Fluent UI design.
Also with this package you can really improve applying and using of VCL Styles in your application.In new version we improved styled form behavior and Fluent UI support.
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We are glad to introduce new multi-platform FM Styles:
Waikawa Light:
https://delphistyles.com/fmx/WaikawaLight.html
Waikawa Dark:
https://delphistyles.com/fmx/WaikawaDark.html
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We are glad to introduce new VCL Styles:
Manatee (includes light and dark variants):
https://delphistyles.com/vcl/Manatee.htmlWaikawa (includes light and dark variants):
https://delphistyles.com/vcl/Waikawa.html
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We continue to add Fluent UI demos with our StyleControls VCL.
Now you can see project template with UI like MS Paint3D...
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21 hours ago, Gary Mugford said:Almediadev Support,
Thanks for the reply. I DID look at your third party list as I mentioned in my comment and saw a large proportion of my libraries there, but not all. (By the way, the link included above doesn't lead anywhere). That said, the question remains, what does the presence of say a NextSuite tabbed notebook look like on a page of your otherwise themed form WITH controls that are themed? Does the parentage of it being the NextSuite control mean the theming doesn't apply, or do the controls theme regardless of ownership? As for the dialogs, I'm curious, but they are not a show stopper for me. In fact, having dialogs that STAND OUT from the background would be something good rather than not good.
Frankly, the overall look isn't something I'm overly sensitive to. What I AM sensitive to is that the default Windows 10 'theme' is horrible. The white window title bar header is beyond useless against a sea of windows with white from edge to edge. In the old days, I had control of things. A simple GREEN for active window and RED for inactive windows made screen recognition easy. But through aero and glass and all that, Windows became something that almost beggared being run full screen. Which I hate as I remote in to see all my apps being run full-screen. I run multiple monitors with maybe a half-dozen windows open at any given time, usually more, and some of them over-lapping. Title bars that instantly show me active status help immensely. What I particularly like about your StyleControls is control over the title bar.
One last question if I may. I have a project I'm updating from D7 to XE7. On the form, I have a lot of controls where I've manually set the colour, the font specs and various other visual bits (transparency, alignment, etc.) Now I have the form ready for the addition of your StyleControl, which I assume is a non-visual control. On it, I pick one of your themes. What happens next? Do all the defaults I have NOT adjusted switch to the theme, but the ones I manually set stay the same? Or does everything switch over? e.g. If I have the font.color set to clNavyBlue, but the theme I've set it all to is orange and black, does the font colour still stay blue or does it switch to black (or orange) in my example? Does the theming over-ride Transparent?
Thanks, GM
Fixed link:
https://delphistyles.com/vcl/tlist.html
VCL Styles is a build-in Delphi solution. NextSuite has support of them, but you can write to BergSoft with this question for more details.
StyleControls VCL with TscStyledForm component improves default solution and also you can add buttons and tab in styled NC area of the form.
About Colors adjustment of controls and VCL Styles.... All controls has a StyleElements property to adjust colors and elements from style.
For example, if you disable seFont value then font color stays as you adjusted (seClient - background color).
But this is individually for each control, because it must has a support of it (all controls from StyleControls VCL have support of StyleElements property, for example).
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8 hours ago, Gary Mugford said:I've looked at your product several times over the years. But being mostly D7 programming into a Windows 7 environment, I let the urge pass. NOW, I'm stuck re-doing a project that is the hodge-podge result of about 35 years of programming starting in the era of DOS and Paradox 1.11i. We now face the Win 10 apocalypse that broke BDE almost completely. The result, well now I am looking at homogenizing things moving forward. I like the TMS and JV sets of components and I have a variety of other ones that I dip into (DevExpress, Woll2Woll, etc) as the case may be. But what I don't see on your list of compatible component sets are NextSuite and ESB controls. There are others that are more single use than most. What is the ... compatibility with what to you are third-party components, while vitally necessary to me?? If they aren't compatible and WON'T be moving forward, what is their look on one of your themed forms?? And dialogs. I use the JSDialog's with D7 and then their more-or-less descendent NG dialog pack from LMD in DXE7. Do they stand out (which I'm NOT against), or get themed too??
I'm aware you have your own controls. But I KNOW the options and coding of the others. The learning curve and versatility vs. the Known. It's a big thing. The pricing is quite reasonable. The time might not be. So, you see I'm fence-sitting willing to teeter or totter depending on what you say.
Thanks for taking the time. GM
Thank you for interest in our products.
Main goal of StyleControls today is creating modern UI core using latest system features, UI trends and all the innovations in Delphi.
We also develop based on the wishes of our customers, the experience of custom UI development service.
Also, of course, StyleControls can be used with any third-party controls.
If you a want to use native Delphi's VCL Styles, please, look at this page: https://delphistyles.com/vcl/tlist.html. You can see that most of popular third-party controls have support of VCL Styles and all of them can looks in one style without any additional line of code - just enable style.
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StyleControls VCL v. 4.53 just released!
StyleControls VCL is a powerful, stable package of components, which uses Classic drawing, system Themes, GDI+ and VCL Styles.
This package contains the unique solutions to extend standard VCL controls and also has many unique, advanced controls to create applications with Fluent UI design.
Also with this package you can really improve applying and using of VCL Styles in your application.
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We just added 2 new demos with Fluent UI to show how form and controls can work in multi-level transparency....
On the pictures you can see fluent acrylic blur background + semi-transparent wallpaper + transparency of our controls.
All demos are fully scalable and support any DPI.
Also you can enable / disable fluent acrylic blur background in all demos.
Home: http://www.almdev.com
Fluent UI demos: http://www.almdev.com/prods/stylecontrols/files/fluentuidemo.zip
High-DPI UWP demos: http://www.almdev.com/prods/stylecontrols/files/schidpidemo.zip
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In new version we continue to improve Fluent UI support for forms and controls.
We added new and updated all Fluent UI demos - now you can choose Fluent UI background (None / Blur / Acrylic Blur) in all of them + some improvements.
Also some features and controls requested by clients have been added.
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4 hours ago, Микола Петрівський said:What API are you using? As far, as I know, Acrylic Blur is not documented for classic Win32 apps. And using undocumented API is not a good idea.
Yes, we use some undocumented API, but in small part. But you can see that it works.
Without the use of an undocumented API, you would never see custom user interface solutions such as skins, VCL styles, etc.
We can't agree with you!Also demos show how you can on / off Fluent UI background for form and controls.
So, you can make it as some option of your application.
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StyleControls VCL v. 4.50 just released!
In new version we added Fluent UI Acrylic Blur background support for forms and controls.
You can see how it works with our new Fluent UI Demo pack...http://www.almdev.com/prods/stylecontrols/files/fluentuidemo.zip
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StyleControls VCL v. 4.41 just released!
StyleControls VCL is a powerful, stable package of components, which uses Classic drawing, system Themes, GDI+ and VCL Styles.
This package contains the unique solutions to extend standard VCL controls and also has many unique, advanced controls to create applications with UWP-like design.
Also with this package you can really improve applying and using of VCL Styles in your application.
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StyleControls VCL v. 4.40 just released!
StyleControls VCL is a powerful, stable package of components, which uses Classic drawing, system Themes, GDI+ and VCL Styles.
This package contains the unique solutions to extend standard VCL controls and also has many unique, advanced controls to create applications with UWP-like design.
Also with this package you can really improve applying and using of VCL Styles in your application.In the new version, we have improved RTL support and added many new properties for controls, which our customers requested.
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You can try our StyleControls VCL.
It includes TscStyledForm component - it solve all problems with VCL Style for current form on High-DPI systems + you can add buttons and tabs in caption area.
Also it has TscStyleManager component (one for application) to solve all problems with styled menus and common dialogs.
For scaled messages you can use our scdialogs unit with scMessageDlg method and more.
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StyleControls VCL v. 4.31 just released!
You can create nice UI core with this package.
Solutions to create standard, UWP-like applications with High-DPI support are really unique!
Adjustment of controls is flexible with system Themes or with VCL Styles.In new version we improved customization of some our controls and create new Ribbon UI analogue demo with
semi-transparent ribbon control (TscGPToolPager) and other controls with techno design idea.New project can be used with system themes or with VCL Styles (dark and light).
It includes special additional custom forms, which can be used for other windows in application and for messages also.
All images, icons are fully scalable and project looks fine on High-DPI systems!
All windows has a DWM system shadow with hit test on Windows 10 and Windows 7 systems.If you want we can adjust application for you + create custom VCL Style with our partner www.delphistyles.com!
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StyleControls VCL v. 4.30 just released!
You can create nice UI core with this package.
Solutions to create standard, UWP-like applications with High-DPI support are really unique!
Adjustment of controls is flexible with system Themes or with VCL Styles.
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Fellow Delphi Developers!
We updated our ribbon skins collection for BusinessSkinForm VCL.
Now it includes skins for new office ribbon UI, which MS provided in latest updates for Office.
See Office2019_* skins in collection.
BusinessSkinForm VCL library helps you to create applications with skins support for forms, menus, hints, many standard and DB controls. This library includes Office 2010 / 2013 / 2016 / 2019 Ribbon UI control, Ribbon UI Application Menu and skins. You can create your skins with special editor. Use the latest generation of Ribbon UI and you'll be on the wave of the latest trends!
Package can be used since Delphi 5 version, has a cool performance and support of OS since Win 98 version!Regards,
Almediadev
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StyleControls VCL is a powerful package of components, which uses Classic drawing, system Themes, GDI+ and VCL Styles.
This package contains the unique solutions to extend standard VCL controls and also has many unique, advanced controls to create Windows 10 Modern UI Applications (UWP design).
UWP-like form can be used with VCL Styles or System Themes, because controls have flexible solutions for adjusting.
Note, that all windows has a native DWM system shadow (and with VCL Styles too).
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2 hours ago, Cristian Peța said:Is there is a list of DevExpress controls that can be styled with VCL styles?
Controls, which have LookAndFeel property only.
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StyleControls VCL is a powerfull package of components, which uses Classic drawing, system Themes, GDI+ and VCL Styles.
This package contains the unique solutions to extend standard VCL controls and also has many unique, advanced controls to create Windows 10 Modern UI Applications (UWP design).
Also with this package you can really improve applying and using of VCL Styles in your application.
You can see out demos with latest VCL Styles "Sky Blue" and "Bunker Gray" from DelphiStyles.com...
ANN: StyleControls VCL v. 4.63 just released!
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StyleControls VCL v. 4.63 released!
http://www.almdev.com
StyleControls VCL is a powerful, stable package of components, which uses Classic drawing, system Themes, GDI+ and VCL Styles.
This package contains the unique solutions to extend standard VCL controls and also has many unique, advanced controls to create applications with Fluent UI design.
Also with this package you can really improve applying and using of VCL Styles in your application.