Professional UI Solutions

Prof-UIS 2.93 Released!

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Prof-UIS v.2.93. This is primarily a maintenance release with some new features and bug fixes.

You can find the entire list of changes on the Version History page. The new version is available for immediate download from our web site.

Prof-UIS 2.92 Released!

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 05:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Prof-UIS v.2.92. The new major feature is popover scrollbars. They are invisible until the user performs some mouse movements over the scrollable window. Any grid cell now features a new content tip, which can host either plain text or HTML. The CExtRichContentScrollWnd control now allows you to attach a window handle to an HTML element by element ID.

You can find the entire list of changes on the Version History page. The new version is available for immediate download from our web site.

Elegant Ribbon 4.2 Released!

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon v.4.2. This is a release with several new features like ListBox and CheckedListBox, new controls supported in a popup menu and a list of other improvements.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website. If you have a valid maintenance subscription, you can get the license key for version 4.2 as it is described below:

Login at www.prof-uis.com
Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys and find the key in the list

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com

Elegant Ribbon 4.1 Released!

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon v.4.1. This is a minor release with several new features and bug fixes.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website. If you have a valid maintenance subscription, you can get the license key for version 4.1 as it is described below:

Login at www.prof-uis.com
Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys and find the key in the list

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com

Elegant Ribbon 4.0 Released!

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:00:00 EST

We are happy to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon 4.0. The new version introduces a multi-purpose Navigation Bar control that allows you to combine similar items in vertically stacked groups so that the user can easily navigate through and access these items. You can read about all new features and bug fixes here.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website. If you have a valid maintenance subscription, you can get the license key for version 4.0 as it is described below:

Login at www.prof-uis.com
Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys and find the key in the list

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com

Elegant Grid 3.8 Released!

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of version 3.8 of Elegant Grid for .NET Windows Forms. With the new version, you can use the very same set of visual themes and licensing mechanism that are used in Elegant Ribbon. Visual Studio 2010 is now supported. Please read the Version History for details.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website.

Elegant Ribbon 3.8 Released!

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the final release of Elegant Ribbon v.3.8. The major version delivers a lot of new features including an updated backstage view with pin list controls and three Office 2010 themes, new controls (SplitContainer, NotifyIcon, DropDownColorPicker, GroupBox, ScrollableControl), improved navigation and performance and more.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website. If you have a valid maintenance subscription, you can get the license key for version 3.8 as it is described below:

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Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys and find the key in the list

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com

Elegant Ribbon 3.8 Beta 2 Released!

Thu, 2 Dec 2010 05:00:00 EST

We are happy to announce the availability of the second beta release of Elegant Ribbon 3.8. The version introduces a number of new features including SplitContainer, NotifyIcon and GroupBox controls, three Office 2010 themes for the Backstage View and more. You can read about all new features and bug fixes on the Version History page.

You are welcome to download it, test it and discuss it in our forum. If you have a valid technical support subscription, you can get a license key for the new version from our web site.

Prof-UIS 2.91 Released!

Tue, 2 Nov 2010 07:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Prof-UIS v.2.91. The major new feature is a fully-fledged declarative UI we call HTML Everywhere. Now you can not only visualize UI elements with HTML but also subscribe and respond to events triggered inside those elements. A new backstage view control similar to that introduced in Microsoft Office 2010 is completely based on this declarative UI. A control like the backstage view has only one window handle and does not consume any additional window handles at all. HTML Everywhere, which first appeared as a beta version in v.2.90, is now much faster, supports most HTML and CSS features and can even visualize the HTML generated by Microsoft Word.

You can find the entire list of changes below. The new version is available for immediate download from our web site.

Elegant Ribbon 3.8 Beta Released!

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:00:00 EST

We are happy to announce the beta release of Elegant Ribbon 3.8. The new features include an updated backstage view with new pin list controls, scrollable containers and improved navigation, a color picker drop-down and a color picker dialog and more. You can read about all new features and bug fixes on the Version History page.

You are welcome to download it, test it and discuss it in our forum. If you have a valid technical support subscription, you can get a license key for the new version from our web site.

Elegant Ribbon 3.7 Released!

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon v.3.7. The new version introduces a Backstage View, a number of themed controls (Slider, MessageBox and PictureBox) and other improvements. You can read about all new features and bug fixes on the Version History page.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website. If you have a valid maintenance subscription, you can get the license key for version 3.6 as it is described below:

Login at www.prof-uis.com
Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys and find the key in the list

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com.

Prof-UIS 2.90 Released!

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Prof-UIS v.2.90. The version presents several important features that should make your MFC applications easier to interact with and more appealing to your users including support for displaying HTML content in the text area of almost any Prof-UIS control, a video control with a themed background, and themed scroll bars for the Visual Studio 2010 theme. You can find the entire list of changes on the Version History page.

The new version is available for immediate download from our web site.

Prof-UIS 2.89 Released!

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:00:00 EST

We are happy to announce the release of Prof-UIS v.2.89. The version includes a new Visual Studio 2010 theme, an updated Prof-UIS Integration Wizard, which now supports Visual Studio 2010, a lot of improvements and bug fixes. You can find the entire list of changes on the Version History page.

The new version is available for immediate download from our web site.

Elegant Ribbon 3.6 Released!

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon v.3.6. The new version introduces three new Office 2010 themes: Blue, Black and Silver. Elegant Ribbon is now compatible with Visual Studio 2010. There are some other new features, improvements and bugs fixes that you can read about on the Version History page.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website. If you have a valid maintenance subscription, you can get the license key for version 3.6 as it is described below:

Login at www.prof-uis.com
Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys and find the key in the list

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com.

Elegant Ribbon 3.5 Released!

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon v.3.5. This is primarily a maintenance release with some new features and enhancements. The Windows 7 theme is now available both for the ribbon and common controls so you can use this theme for your entire application. You can read the full version history here.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website. If you have a valid maintenance subscription, you can get the license key for version 3.5 as it is described below:

Login at www.prof-uis.com
Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys and find the key in the list

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com.

Elegant Ribbon 3.4 Released!

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:00:00 EST

We are happy to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon v.3.4. The new features include a Windows 7 visual style, a themed masked text box, cue banner support for text based controls and more. All known bugs and issues are fixed.

You can find the entire list of changes in the Version History section.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website. If you have a valid subscription, you can retrieve the license key for version 3.4 as it is described below:

Login at www.prof-uis.com
Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com.

Prof-UIS 2.88 Released!

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Prof-UIS 2.88. This version is a minor release with three new Office 2010 themes: Blue, Silver and Black. The new version is available for immediate download from our web site.

Prof-UIS 2.87 Released!

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Prof-UIS 2.87. The new version features a new Office 2010 theme and new controls and grid cells that allow the user to edit numbers and currency values. There are also a lot of improvements, particularly in the visual look of controls.

You can find the entire list of new features, improvements, and bug fixes on the Version History page.

The new version is available for immediate download from our web site.

Elegant Ribbon 3.3 Released!

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:00:00 EST

We are proud to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon v.3.3. The version introduces a new Office 2010 TP theme, better support for large dpi settings, eleven new localizations and a number of other features. All known bugs and issues are fixed.

You can find the entire list of changes in the Version History section.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website. If you have a valid subscription, you can retrieve the license key for version 3.3 as it is described below:

Login at www.prof-uis.com
Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com.

Elegant Ribbon 3.2 Released!

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon v.3.2. The version features a new theme consistent tab control with RTL support and a number of improvements. All known bugs are fixed.

You can find the entire list of changes in the Version History section.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website. If you have a valid subscription, you can retrieve the license key for version 3.2 as it is described below:

Login at www.prof-uis.com
Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com.

Prof-UIS 2.85 Released!

Sat, 23 May 2009 13:00:00 EST

We are happy to announce the release of Prof-UIS 2.85. The new version introduces a formula grid control with functionality similar to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, a set of geographic controls for editing and displaying latitude and longitude data and a lot of improvements to the generic grid control including region-based cell management and clipboard and OLE drag-and-drop support.

You can find the entire list of new features, improvements, and bug fixes in the Version History section.

The new version is available for immediate download from our web site.

Prof-UIS 2.84 Released!

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Prof-UIS 2.84. The new version introduces a lot of new controls, features, improvements and bug fixes. The new controls include a list view, a tree view, a masked edit, a message box, a scrollable container window and more. All controls are fully consistent with Prof-UIS themes and have an advanced feature set.

We are also excited to announce the availability of the first beta of a set of shell controls including a File Open/Save dialog, a Browse for Folder dialog and more.

You can find the entire list of new features, improvements, and bug fixes in the Version History section.

The new version is available for immediate download from our web site.

Elegant Ribbon 3.1 Released!

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon v.3.1. The version introduces a new visual theme, System, which provides a look native to the operative system on which the application is running. The theme is not based on bitmaps, so all the graphics is rendered programmatically depending on current Windows theme.

From this version on, each visual theme is represented by a separate assembly so you can simply exclude any visual themes that you are not using from your installer package. The new FAQ section, Visual Themes, should help answer question you may have in regard to using themes.

You can find the entire list of changes in the Version History section.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website. If you have a valid subscription, you can retrieve the license key for version 3.1 as it is described below:

Login at www.prof-uis.com
Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com.

Prof-UIS 2.83 Released!

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Prof-UIS 2.83. The new version introduces a lot of new features including skinned grids, frozen grid columns and rows, merged grid cells, a date browser control, support for a cue banner in the edit control and much more. You can find the entire list of new features, improvements, and bug fixes in the Version History section.

The new version is available for immediate download from our web site.

Elegant Ribbon 3.0 Released!

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:00:00 EST

We are happy to announce the new major release of Elegant Ribbon. Version 3.0 introduces right-to-left (RTL) support for all controls, MDI support for the ribbon, the ability to use ribbon galleries on forms, Calendar and Date/Time Picker controls and much more. You can find the entire list of changes in the Version History section.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website. If you have a valid subscription, you can retrieve the license key for version 3.0 as it is described below:

Login at www.prof-uis.com
Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com.

Prof-UIS 2.82 Released!

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Prof-UIS 2.82. The new major features include filtering and searching capabilities for Prof-UIS grid controls (CExtDataGridWnd, CExtTreeGridWnd and CExtReportGridWnd) and a Visual Studio 2008 theme with new docking markers. There are also lots of other new features, enhancements and bug fixes (see the complete list of changes).

Both Prof-UIS and Prof-UIS Freeware are available for immediate download from our web site.

Elegant Ribbon 2.2 Released!

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:00:00 EST

We are proud to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon 2.2. The new major release includes ribbon galleries, contextual tabs, context menus, radio buttons, Microsoft Active Accessibility support and more. All the features are fully supported in the Windows Forms Designer and fully compliant with the 2007 Microsoft Office System User Interface Design Guidelines.

You can find the entire list of new features, improvements, and bug fixes in the Version History section.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website. If you have a valid subscription, you can retrieve the license key for version 2.2 as it is described below:

Login at www.prof-uis.com
Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com.

Prof-UIS 2.81 Released!

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:50:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Prof-UIS 2.81. There are a lot of new features and improvements in this release including caption flashing for simple and dynamic control bars, which allows you to draw the user's attention to one or more control bars when a particular event occurs, and support for High Contrast color schemes, which is a Windows accessibility feature designed for people who have vision impairment. You can find the entire list of new features, improvements, and bug fixes in the Version History section.

Both Prof-UIS and Prof-UIS Freeware are available for immediate download from our web site.

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Elegant Ribbon 2.1 Released!

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:00:00 EST

We are happy to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon 2.1. The new version incorporates an advanced status bar similar to that in Microsoft Office 2007 ribbon-based applications, the Office 2007 Silver theme, Vista Glass support and more. All the implemented features are fully compliant with the 2007 Microsoft Office System User Interface Design Guidelines. You can find the entire list of new features, improvements, and bug fixes in the Version History section.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website. If you have a valid subscription, you can retrieve the license key for version 2.1 as it is described below:

Login at www.prof-uis.com
Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com.

Prof-UIS 2.80 Released!

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:40:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Prof-UIS 2.80. The new version introduces support for Visual Studio 9.0 and a lot of features and improvements primarily requested by our customers, including custom icon and text alignment for regular and toolbar buttons, multiline text in toolbar buttons and more. You can find the entire list of new features, improvements, and bug fixes in the Version History section.

The new version is available for immediate download from our web site.

Elegant Ribbon 2.0 Released!

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:08:01 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon 2.0. The new version introduces a number of important features, which make Elegant Ribbon fully compliant with the 2007 Microsoft Office System User Interface Design Guidelines. The new features include the Ribbon Application Menu, large buttons and button-based controls in pop-up menus, Minimize the Ribbon feature, support for two vertically distributed controls in a ribbon group and more.

We renewed the Ribbon UI sample with new tab pages and controls, so the Elegant Ribbon now looks and feels like the Ribbon in Microsoft Word 2007. We also added a new sample, Data Binding, which illustrates how to use complex data binding with Elegant Ribbon controls on the form.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website. If you have a valid subscription, you can retrieve the license key for version 2.0 as it is described below:

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Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com.

Elegant Ribbon 1.2 Released!

Fri, 25 May 2007 16:17:01 EST

We are happy to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon 1.2. The new version introduces three major features: Quick Access Toolbar, KeyTips and the ability to use even more controls both on the ribbon and on the form. All the implemented features are fully compliant with the 2007 Microsoft Office System User Interface Design Guidelines.

You can learn about how to use the new features from the following two articles: Working with Quick Access Toolbar and Keyboard Navigation with KeyTips. We also added a new sample Elegant Controls, which demonstrates the features of context-sensitive controls on the form. You can read the full list of changes in the Version History section.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website.

If you have a valid subscription, you can get the license key as it is described below

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Click My Account in the top right corner
Click My License Keys

If your subscription includes the source code, please request it via email at support@prof-uis.com.

Prof-UIS 2.70 Released!

Thu, 17 May 2007 16:33:01 EST

We are pleased to announce the new major release of Prof-UIS for MFC developers. Version 2.70 introduces a lot of new features, improvements and bug fixes and also includes the features and samples added in the minor releases 2.61 - 2.64. The documentation is updated. You can find the entire list of changes in the Version History section.

Prof-UIS 2.70 is available for immediate download from our website.

Website Updated

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:45:00 EST

We are delighted to announce that we changed the look and feel of our web site and hope you will find it more pleasing to the eye and easier to navigate.

Elegant Ribbon 1.1 for .NET Released!

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:00:00 EST

We are happy to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon 1.1. The new version introduces a number of common controls: a combo box, an up-down control, panel, horizontal and vertical scroll bars, and a label. The combo box, up-down control, and text box are context-sensitive, which means they can be used both in the ribbon and on a form. You can read the full list of changes in the Version History section.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website.

Prof-UIS 2.64 Released!

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST

We are proud to announce the release of Prof-UIS 2.64. The new version introduces printing and preview support for all grid classes, key tips for the ribbon control, new controls and grid cell types and much more. You can find the entire list of new features, improvements, and bug fixes in the Version History section.

The new version is available for immediate download from our web site.

Elegant Ribbon 1.0 for .NET Released!

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:00:00 EST

Today we are proud to announce the release of Elegant Ribbon v.1.0, a set of Windows Forms controls that allow you to quickly and easily provide your application with a new-generation user interface like that introduced in Microsoft Office 2007.

Elegant Ribbon provides many powerful features like context-sensitive and windowless controls, command-oriented programming interface, XML-based skinning with Blue and Black themes provided, WYSIWYG and rich design-time support in Visual Studio, one of the fastest automatic scaling of controls and much more.

The new product is designed for Visual Studio 2005. You are welcome to download and evaluate Elegant Ribbon.

Introducing the new product, we are glad to announce a limited-time offer: a 50% discount off of the regular price.

Elegant Ribbon Beta 1 for .NET Released!

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of the first beta of the Elegant Ribbon UI for .NET Windows Forms. The beta includes cascading pop-up menus, support for keyboard navigation, new controls and more. You are welcome to try it out and use it for free during beta testing. Any feedback, bug report or suggestion will be much appreciated.

The first beta is available for immediate download from our web site.

Prof-UIS 2.62 Released!

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:00:00 EST

We are proud to announce the release of Prof-UIS 2.62. The most important feature of the new version is that Prof-UIS is now fully compatible with Windows Vista's Desktop Windows Manager (DWM). That means you can be sure that your Prof-UIS-based application can be seamlessly run and is fully supported on any OS from Windows 9x/NT to Vista.

The other new features include support for the Right-To-Left (RTL) layout in the ribbon control, a windowless slider/scroll bar cell, support for the Close button in every tab in tab controls like in Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.0 and much more. The documentation is updated with new FAQ articles and information on new classes. You can find the entire list of new features, improvements, and bug fixes in the Version History section.

The new version is available for immediate download from our web site.

Elegant Grid v.1.3 Released!

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:00:00 EST

We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3 of the Elegant Grid for .NET Windows Forms. The new functionality, which was mostly requested by our customers, includes exporting grid data to a file/stream in several formats, row headers, a tooltip for cells whose text does not fit inside the cell area and more. The documentation is updated to reflect the changes made to the API. Please see the Version History section for a detailed description of the new version.

The new version is available for immediate download from our website.

Prof-UIS 2.61 Released!

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:00:00 EST

We are happy to announce the release of Prof-UIS 2.61. The new version contains a silver theme similar to that introduced in Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2, many new features and enhancements to the ribbon bar including customization and smooth scaling at different DPI screen resolutions and much more. You can find the entire list of new features, improvements, and bug fixes in the Version History.

The new version is available for immediate download from our web site.

Elegant Ribbon Alpha for .NET Developers Released!

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:00:00 EST

We are proud to announce the first alpha release of the Elegant Ribbon for .NET Windows Forms developers and it is available for immediate download and testing.

The new features since the first preview include skinning support for the non-client area of a form, a pop-up window that can be the parent both for menus and regular controls, and a set of controls that can be used in the ribbon bar and in the form.

The beta is coming soon, so stay tuned!