Various third party .NET Controls available on web

As of today there are many .NET controls developed for various technologies such as ASP.NET, Windows forms, HTML, Jquery, compression etc. Here are the list of controls available in detail.

Developed By	Controls for	Features	Comments
DevExpress	WinForms ASP.NET ASP.NET MVC WPF SilverLight Windows 8 IOS Touch Enabled Apps	Reporting Charting Data Grid & Rich Text Editors Ribbon, Menu, Docking Pivot Grid,Scheduler, Tree List & Gauges Property Grid Layout Manager Navigation Bar Editors & Controls Printing-Exporting Spell Checker Wizard Control Application Skins Themes & Skins MVC Extensions	Advantages Demos available for almost each and every controls Support available Source code available if purchased Universal or Enterprise Documentation provided along with examples
Telerik	WinForms ASP.NET ASP.NET MVC WPF SilverLight Windows 8 Windows Phone Ready for Touch	Reporting Data Management Editors Scheduling Spell Checking Ajax Layout Navigation Visualization Upload Theming Social Performance Interactivity Charting	Advantages Demos available for almost each and every controls Support available Documentation provided along with examples Disadvantages Source code not provided
Infragistics	WinForms ASP.NET ASP.NET MVC WPF SilverLight Windows 8 Windows Phone Sharepoint JQuery	Editors Frameworks Office Support Grids Interactions Layouts Lists Menus Schedules Charts	Advantages Demos available for almost each and every controls Support available Documentation provided along with examples Source code available if purchased NetAdvantage Ultimate
Xceed	WinForms ASP.NET WPF Silverlight Compression Networking Encryption	Chart Grid Compression Zipping Encryption FileTransfer	Advantages Demos available for almost each and every controls Support available Documentation provided along with examples Source code available if purchased BluePrint subscription
VIBlend	WinForms WPF Silverlight	Data grid Navigation bars Ribbon Interface Treeview, calendar, combo box etc Menu	Advantages Demos available for almost each and every controls Support available Documentation provided along with examples Source code available if purchased with VIBlend Premium
9Rays.NET	WinForms WPF Silverlight Encryption Obfuscator Decompiler	Grid Tree view Obfuscator Decompiler	Advantages Demos available for almost each and every controls Support available Documentation provided along with examples Source code available if purchased with Enterprise License

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Alert dialogue with DevExpress controls

Although DevExpress provides various set of ASP.NET control, but still sometimes all controls that are available out of the box might not be suited to what you would like to achieve. One such simple requirement is display customized alert dialog box.

Let look into detail explanation of how this can be achieved. All you need is to add ASPxPopupControl as the last element of your master page

Write a common java script function that will display the alert dialogue.

Now all everything is setup just call the function as and when requried

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain. ~J.K. Rowling

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Display loading panel while page loads

Recently I started using DevExpress controls and am quite suppressed at how easy they are to be used. On one occasion the requirement was to show a loading text/gif until processing is completed on the server.
Here is how this can be achieved.

1. First place a "ASPxLoadingPanel" to show loading text

2. Add "ASPxCallbackPanel"

3. Add script block to show loading panel and send request for server side processing

4. Add server side processing code

protected void callbackPanel_Callback(object sender, CallbackEventArgsBase e)
{
}

That's it all done.

Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight? ~Al Boliska

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