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I'm a novice programmer writing my first program (it's in C#), and having to learn as I go. I'd love to have a WPF gui but that might be biting off more than I can chew right now, so I'm looking for examples of good, fresh looking, attractive, UIs done in WinForms that are free.
Thanks.
Edit: I'm not sure I was totally precise about what I am asking about. I'm looking for links (if possible) to good looking application UI's written using Windows Forms. I am wanting to see how good a program UI built using Win Forms can look, but with free stuff only, of course.Thanks.
Plastic SCM from Codice Software is a very nice example of what a non-traditional, cross-platform WinForms application could look like. It almost has a WPF look and feel to it - but is completely written using standard WinForms (and NO 3rd-party controls!). The screenshots I linked to above to could be good inspiration for you.
The application has a trial period in which you could download it an play around in the UX that they build. The developers are easy-going and would probably even be able to find some time to answer some 'how did you do xxx' questions.
Personally, I'm a Devexpress addict. It's serious company, exist from a long long time. They was already there when I used Delphi a long time ago and the VCL (Delphi) are still supported. The support answer, help quickly and the community is very active.
It's not free (there is a free 60 controls pack I think) but I never see a professional controls pack for .NET free, up to date, with (long time) support .....