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Actipro Software has been creating .NET user interface control products for Windows Forms since its inception. More recently, Actipro has become a pioneer in the .NET 3.0 WPF control development arena.
Monday, 10 November 2008 00:24 by Bill Henning

Major new Gauge for WPF features and controls

Our Gauge product has just been updated with two new controls, lots of new features for the existing controls, and several bug fixes.  This update is part of build 4.5.0480 that was released this past Friday.

Here are some details on some of the major new features and controls...

New Features

Logarithmic Scales

The CircularGauge and LinearGauge now support logarithmic scales with a configurable base. Logarithmic scales can be useful when more sensitivity is needs for lower values, since smaller values are spaced further apart.

CircularGaugeLogarithmic

A CircularGauge with a logarithmic scale using a base of 10

Glass Effect and Frames

All the gauge controls allow more customization of the frame rendered. The frame rim is now independent of the frame background, which allows you to mix and match the various effects supported by each. In addition, a new glass effect has been added, which produces a more stunning look.

CircularGaugeGlass     CircularGaugeNoGlass

A CircularGauge shown with (left) and without (right) the new glass effect

Dynamic Sizing

The gauges now support being resized dynamically, so that the inner elements resize proportionally. This is accomplished by specifying percentage-based sizes, but fixed-based sizes can still be used if desired.

DynamicSizeSmall   DynamicSizeLarge

A CircularGauge sized 200x200 (left) and 300x300 (right)

Scrolling Text

The DigitalGauge can now scroll the text displayed to the left or right using a configurable interval. This allows long text to be presented to the end-user using a marquee effect.

Marquee

A DigitalGauge using the new dot matrix character type with scrolling marquee functionality

New Controls

Two new controls come with this update, an Led control and a ToggleSwitch control.

Led Control

The Led control is great for presenting simple state (on, off, blinking) information to the end-user. The led light is fully animated and customizable, with options for the light shape and colors.

Led 

An Led with a red light

ToggleSwitch Control

The ToggleSwitch control works much like the native WPF ToggleButton, but looks like a real-life switch. The switch is fully animated and customizable, with 2 styles to choose from.

ToggleSwitch

A ToggleSwitch with a circular look 

Summary

There are too many other new features to list here, but check out the latest build to try them out for yourselves.

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