Xceed SmartUI for WinForms v3.6 Documentation
Getting Started

Xceed SmartUI for WinForms provides the visual controls you need to create user-friendly, state-of-the-art Windows Forms applications quickly and easily. It supports real themed or simulated Windows XP, Office XP and classic Windows styles.

Basic Concepts

Xceed SmartUI for WinForms provides a variety of SmartControls that can be used to customize the look and feel of your application. The following list provides information on how to use each SmartControl:

Each SmartControl contains various SmartItems which can be used to customize your SmartControl. 

Each SmartControl (or SmartItem) has a selection of preferred SmartItems. These are the SmartItems which make the most sense to use for a specific SmartControl (or SmartItem). For example, all the preferred SmartItems of the SmartToolBar SmartControl will be tools while all the preferred SmartItems of the SmartStatusBar SmartControl will be panels.. Although via the designer only the preferred SmartItems can be added to a SmartControl, via code, any SmartItem can be added to any SmartControl.