Overview
VistaSkin.Net transforms your .NET GUI applications to mimic the new Windows Vista look and feel. Your applications can now ship with a highly professional Vista appearance no matter what platform they are deployed on. The component has many advanced features and is able to skin the entire set of windows forms controls and components. Just drop the component onto the main form of your application, select a few properties and away you go, you won't need to modify anything in your project or source code.
Dynamic form shadows
VistaSkin now supports dynamic alpha-blended drop shadow effects on all forms and dialogs, a feature unique to our product and available on all platforms. Your application forms will literally spring to life popping right out of the screen.
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ToolStrip Rendering
VistaSkin will completely skin all windows forms tool strip controls including the ToolStrip, MenuStrip and StatusStrip controls. There is a choice of 3 professional tool strip rendering styles to choose from as follows :-
| The System style draws ToolStrips using skinned elements. |
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| The Professional style draws ToolStrips using skinned gradients and colors. |
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| The Mixed style draws ToolStrips using a combination of skinned and gradient styles. |
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Built-in Skins
VistaSkin.Net is supplied with 10 embedded color schemes, allowing you to skin your applications from a choice of wide palette. The color scheme can be changed at runtime, your application GUI is automatically updated with the new visual style. Please click on an image below to sell a full skin preview.
| Vista Basic | Black Color Scheme | Silver Color Scheme |
| Green Color Scheme | Khaki Color Scheme | Teal Color Scheme |
| Cadet Blue Color Scheme | Olive Color Scheme | Terracotta Color Scheme |
| Tan Color Scheme |






