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Where are examples of great program UI's built free with Winforms?

I'm trying to decide between Winforms and WPF for a C# application. I want a good free UI and I know WPF would make a great one. But how good can a free UI look built on Winforms?

I've read that Paint.net was built on Winforms, but I don't think the UI is very attractive. I'm looking for the freshest looking free UI's that can be built on Winforms, so I can see what it can do and decide between it and WPF.

Thanks.

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Robert Harvey  2009-07-28 03:24:17
Thanks. The Telerik stuff looks great but unfortunately I don't think it's free.
ChrisC  2009-07-28 03:45:23
I haven't seen really compelling free Winforms controls. However, see my other posted answers. The time it would take you to make controls as pretty as Telerik or DevExpress would pay for the controls many times over.
Robert Harvey  2009-07-28 04:07:08
I hear you. I don't have time to make any controls, that's why I'm here asking about already existing free controls.
ChrisC  2009-07-28 04:11:25
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Krypton is the prettiest free one I've found so far: http://www.componentfactory.com/

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Ascend.NET is at http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=ASCENDNET.

There is also the 40 free Winforms controls at http://www.devexpress.com/Products/Free/WebRegistration/index.xml

Robert Harvey  2009-07-28 04:02:01
Thanks for the links Robert.
ChrisC  2009-07-28 04:10:04
See also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/66172/krypton-controls-anyone
Robert Harvey  2009-07-28 04:21:54
That Krypton is nice.
ChrisC  2009-07-28 04:22:29
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David Anderson  2009-07-28 04:17:11
I agree with you on program design and quality 100%, but I want it to be attractive to look at too. I'm going for looks and brains.
ChrisC  2009-07-28 04:21:33

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