Sexy winform controls for C#

Question

I am starting a new project and i need some very pretty controls. The ones that come with VS2010 aren't going to cut it.

This application will be very simple, but I want it to look very appealing.

Any suggestions for 3rd party controls that can help me do that?

Open source, or pay.

Thanks

Answer 1

Telerik has some nice WinForms controls.

Answer 2

Have you looked at DevExpress? http://www.devexpress.com/ There stuff works very well, the look and feel is very customizable.

Answer 3

There are a number of big suppliers:

http://www.telerik.com

http://www.infragistics.com

http://www.devexpress.com

http://www.componentfactory.com - Krypton Suite

All of these have WinForms, WPF, ASP.NET and Silverlight controls so you can choose how you build your application.

You'll find full pricing info on their sites - I won't quote it here as it will become out of date very quickly.

You might even find some specific controls on Code Project.

Answer 4

The most popular ones are www.telerik.com www.infragistics.com and www.devexpress.com

Answer 5

These guys sell a really cool GridView I use extensively:

http://www.divelements.co.uk/

Answer 6

If you want something completely sexy, I am afraid that you'll have to hit the Graphics yourself.

All the control suites are generalized and for 'all purpose'. To create something really unique, well, no control suite should give you what you need.