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What is K-Form?

K-Form:

• is an ActiveX component for Visual Basic.

• was designed to add enhanced interaction from your users and applications with minimal programming effort (just drop and go). 

• reduces time to make complex windows forms resizable increasing productivity

• exposes new functionality to your standard controls

• gives easy access to advanced functions

• customization options make your application stand out from the competition

• Instant new look & feel to your windows, simply drop K-Form control onto your existing application forms for an instant modern look.
  • Fully customisable colour scheme for all aspects of the form (form colour, shadow, foreground, etc…)
  • Customise the window title text, Font, Colour, Size
  • Make Your application stand out from the rest.
  • Have separate text for window title and taskbar button (Brief for taskbar, Detailed for window)
  • Built-in icons for form and taskbar button or use your own
  • Separate icon for window and taskbar button
  • Position window icon in one of 3 positions (not limited to window title bar)
• Instant functionality enhancement, in addition to a new windows look, K-Form adds enhanced user productivity functions to your application. Including:
  • Drag any part of the application window, Not limited to the title bar to position the window.
  • Pass-through functions to allow window dragging from most user controls
  • Snap to screen edge when moving. When the window edge approaches the edge of your screen, the windows will snap to the edge (Disable by holding the shift key while moving)
  • Drag form above desktop top. (Standard form cannot be moved where that window title is off screen)
  • Double click any part of the form to expand full screen
  • Right click any part of the form to minimise window (and all docked windows)
• Auto window rise, After a preset delay the window under the mouse cursor will rise above other windows of your application
• Form title auto-scroll. Where the window title text is too long to fit the current dimensions, options to auto scroll the text or scroll text with mouse over. (Optional user defined/supplied separator icon, scroll speed)
• Windows always OnTop, Simple push button will keep the current window above all others (also effects all currently docked windows)
• Transparent windows. Under Windows 2000 and WindowsXP, Right click of the OnTop button displays a window transparency level menu. Use to show the underlying windows through your application.
• Limit Window resize dimensions. Easily set limits on your applications window dimensions. (In design mode simple button to set current.)
  • Disable Double click to full screen, right click to minimize
  • Enable/Disable resize handle
• Easy advanced resize of contained controls
  • Quickly and easily make your application window resizable without a line of code! (Save minutes/hours of development time)
  • Makes window resize code un-cluttered and easy to understand
  • Uses the controls Tag parameter to code complex resize actions
  • Allows users of you application to take advantage of larger screen resolutions without eliminating users with legacy hardware.
• Built-in Mouse over effects for standard components.
  • Instantly add mouse over highlight effects to common controls (Command buttons, Labels, Checkbox, etc…)
  • Underline with mouse over for text labels (webpage link effect)
• Mouse over effects for any control
  • Any control with a MouseMove event
  • Add automatic highlight effects for controls with foreground/background colour parameter
  • Receive mouse over event for any control for custom effects (E.g. border with mouse over, pop-up messages, etc…)
• Launch URL and file types
  • When used with mouse over effects to launch a URL in the current default web browser
  • Launch any file in it's respectful application
• Add Tray icon
  • Simple to add tray icon for your application
  • Remove the taskbar icon clutter and desktop presence whilst remaining a simple click away.
  • User defined icons
  • User defined mouse over text
  • Events for all common tray icon actions (click, double click, etc…)
  • Easy to setup mouse over icon change, right click menu pop-up
  • Built in standard functionality (Icon click will bring associated parent window to foreground when minimised)
  • Built in icons
• Window Docking (User)
  • Window docking allows the user to link windows together and treat as one.
  • Move window group as one
  • Minimise one docked window will minimise the group
  • Built-in functionality to assist user (E.g. closing a window docked between others will bring top and bottom widows docked together closing the gap)
  • Docked window group will snap to desktop edge as one group (dragged from any part of any window)
• Window Docking (Application)
  • Sliding dock windows allows two windows to be linked as one
  • Multiple level sliding dock windows supported
  • Child window can be hidden under parent (Slide window in and out from under)
  • Ideal to display preview windows, additional information/commands relevant to parent window
  • Closing Parent will close all child windows Docked as sliding (Auto dock group re-arrange to join gap)

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