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 part of Microsoft VSIP program
Support
 help file (also integrated within Visual Studio)
 online FAQ, Tips & tricks and knowledge base
 online support includes real time 'how to' demos
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Layout designer
 auto Align
 auto set Size
 auto set Anchor
 auto set Prompt
 auto set MaxLength
 auto set TabIndex order (horizontal / vertical)
 auto set SemanticsGroup
 auto set Form.MinimumSize
 auto set Form.MaximumSize
 auto set Multiline
 auto set DestinationTextControl of LookupButton
 auto set TextAlign of Label
 auto Anchor validation & overlapping prevention
 auto adjust width of TextBoxes
 auto adjust column width of Labels
 support for default sizes
 margins & spacing per parent control
 flexible settings
 Spacer control
 switch RightToLeft reading order
 powerful application wide layout actions
 application wide migration support
 resize & ready (auto layout when resizing)
 Visual Destination Indicator (VDI)
 AlignmentPanel (left/center/right - top/middle/bottom)
 easily move controls between TabPages
 supports 3rd party controls
 supports UserControls
 touch, drop & ready
Quick design
 quick & easy adding new controls
 quick & easy maintenance
 auto add accelerator & colon
 accelerator check
 auto apply your preferred naming convention (*)
 set MaxLength & initial value
 set required entry & expression validation
Control naming convention
 use your preferred naming convention
 flexible settings
 auto applied by Quick design (*)
 auto applied by MenuManager
Menu & toolbar management  
 auto start a form (select from a list)  
 toolbar button related to menu item   
 extends MenuStrip/Menu  
 handling of checked menu items  
 autosaves last used window positions  
 autosaves last used window sizes
 autosaves last used DataGrid(View) column sizes
 autosaves data in XML file (general / per user)
 easy statusbar/statusstrip message support
 auto creation of statusbar/statusstrip
Control state designer  
 auto enabling controls
 auto hiding controls
 auto assigning values to controls
 auto set required entry
 auto set BackColor, ForeColor and Font of controls
 auto follow enabled / visible state of controls
 invert actions
 use of semantics group
 support for complex conditions and actions
 also supports MenuItem/ToolStripItem actions
 validates required entries
 validates expressions
Application Form
 'RADvolution Windows Application' template (VB / C#)
 Tabbed MDI behavior like IE7
 Application wide icon support
 Easily translate application wide texts at once
 Remembers last used window positions (in XML)
 Supports your own MessageBox implementation
 Set status message from everywhere in your project
 Supports application wide database connection
RADvolution Form
 'RADvolution Windows Form' template (VB / C#)   
 layout engine
 control state designer
 handy functionality within reach
 show simple MessageBox independent messages
RadioButtonGroupBox
 available as Control
 available as Component (to extend your own GroupBox)
 handles mutually exclusive RadioButton choices
 easy eventhandling (just 1 instead of many)
 drop & ready
NullDateTimePicker
 available as Control
 auto handles null values
NullTextBox
 available as Control
 available as Component (to extend your own TextBox)
 auto handles null values
Lookup buttons
 datarow
 file
 folder
 font
 color
 printer
 custom (manage your own lookup)
 null supported
 available as Component (to extend your own Button)
 drop & ready
DataRowLookup button
 allows user to select a row from a list
 auto set other Control values when row is selected
 auto validate correct input
 auto set input Control(s) to ReadOnly
 supports updatable lookups
   (auto add/change/remove a record in the lookup table)
Form buttons
 OK
 Cancel
 Close
 Help
 double click & ready
Encryption helper
 simply encrypt/decrypt texts
 uses TripleDES 192 bits encryption key
 includes encrypted text creator tool
 handy to save/load encrypted user passwords or
    connections strings  
DataGrid & management
 available as a DataGridView / DataGrid Control
available as Component
 uses DataAdapters & DataSets as input
 works together with any DataAdapter
    (such as a SqlDataAdapter, OleDbDataAdapter, etc.)
 supports Just In Time DataSet loading at TabPages
includes update management (for insert, change, delete)
 includes locator management (find & filter)
 includes shuffle management (for moving rows up/down)
 supports parameterized queries
    (with auto notification by dependent Control / value)
 edit in place (inline editing) support in DataGridView
 fast load performance for large table/views ( > 10.000)
Master - detail DataGrid(View)s on same Form
 master row selection auto shows detail (= child) rows
 supports multiple children per master (= parent)
 child(DataGrid) can be parent of another child (DataGrid)
Locator (find & filter)
filters rows
 allows a simple quick find
 allows more complex queries by expanding the locator
 incremental search (direct results while typing)
 very easy to use for novice users
 auto populates a 'Find ComboBox' with all column names
 'Any column' find
 supports many operators. Such as:  
     =, <>, > , <, <=, >=,
    (not) containing, (not) nothing or empty,
    (not) starting with, (not) ending with
 supports logical operators. Such as 'and', 'or'.
 boolean finds auto uses a CheckBox
 (Alpha)numeric find auto uses a TextBox
 date finds auto uses a DateTimePicker
 supports locate by finding a child table value