ActiveThreed Plus

ActiveThreed Plus is a set of 11 32-bit ActiveX controls that give your applications the look and feel of Microsoft PowerPoint and Internet Explorer. ActiveThreed Plus now includes a powerful new Resizing control and the ability to create irregularly (nonrectangular) shaped controls, buttons, forms and splash screens. The SSSplitter control is also enhanced to allow forms to be dropped into the panes it creates. ActiveThreed Plus also includes four new controls SSResizer, SSScroll, SSSplash, and SSTransition.


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ActiveThreed Plus 3.0 (CD Key) allows you to turn the ActiveThreed Plus 3.0 demo into a full working product with a key that you purchase from Xtras.

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Explore New Horizons

With ActiveThreed Plus, you can easily add the look and feel of Windows Explorer to your apps. Only the finest 'ingredients' have been used in developing this sweet set of ActiveX controls. You can use them with confidence because they are enhanced replacements for the standard Windows controls. ActiveThreed Plus includes SSCommand, SSCheck, & SSOption buttons, and an SSFrame control. It also has the SSPanel container control and the SSRibbon (toggle) button. And there's an extra surprise - a brand new control called the SSSplitter which lets you add a multipane effect (just like Windows Explorer) to your applications. It consists of resizable panes divided by movable splitter bars. This set of controls is pure 32-bit ActiveX-compatible. It's framework based and it doesn't even require MFC DLL. This is one very cool tool!

Jazzy Effects

ActiveThreed Plus also includes multimedia features that give you the jazzy effects you see on the Internet. Any control can have a horizontal- or vertical-moving caption. Captions can blink, stop, or reverse direction. Sound effects can be added to any control easily. All controls can be transparent and all pictures or animations can have transparent areas. This collection of controls is so cool, you may not be able to resist buying it. Order today!

ActiveThreed Plus is a set of eleven 32-bit ActiveX controls that give your apps the look and feel of today's most popular interfaces: Office '97, PowerPoint, the Internet, and more. Your apps come alive with powerful new controls that give you the freedom and flexibility to be as creative as you wish. ActiveThreed Plus is like having all the functionality of seven interface-enhancing products rolled into one. Resize and reshape your forms and controls virtually any way you wish. Our new enhanced set of controls helps you stretch your imagination to the limits.

With SSResizer, you can dynamically resize and reposition your controls, including fonts, without writing a single line of code. As the size and shape of the form changes, the controls are automatically resized and repositioned to maintain their original layout. With SSScroll, you can optimize your use of limited screen space by placing your controls into a virtual area that can be scrolled into and out of view. Scrolling can be done at both design-time and run-time, so users can access more of your application than would otherwise fit on the screen. Astound your users with Sheridan's exclusive PictureRegion technology, incorporated in SSSplash, and the seven original controls. Allow your forms and controls to adopt virtually any shape you can imagine. Rounding out our new controls is SSTransition, which helps you attract attention to certain areas, highlight information, and emphasize dramatic changes. With 37 presentation-style transitions, you can control the effect and speed of the transition for maximum graphic impact.

We've also added greater dynamic functionality to our existing controls. For example, now you can place forms in Splitter Panes as easily as setting a property. Enjoy the flexibility of creating custom button shapes in any contour you choose. Automatically generate disabled button graphics for controls that support disabled states. Save and restore Splitter layouts just the way you want them. Enjoy a finer degree of animation control, varying the speed of the animation as it is running. Bind SSOptions to a data source to simplify data entry for your users. Incorporate "Active" colors that respond to mouse movements; your controls will light up when the cursor passes over them, a common sight for anyone who browses the web.

But that's not all. ActiveThreed Plus is also a great deal. The eleven ActiveX components of ActiveThreed Plus contain so much power and functionality that it would cost more than $1,300 to get it all in a combination of different packages. That's 7 times the cost and 7 different vendors to deal with, when you could pay only $179 for one: ActiveThreed Plus.

Components Included in ActiveThreed Plus

SSCommand The SSCommand control emulates the standard CommandButton control, but can additionally employ a transparent background, animated picture, an active border style, and marquee caption that scrolls, slides, bounces, or blinks. Now enhanced to support PictureRegion technology, active colors, a "hyperlink hand" cursor, and automatic rendering of disabled images!

SSPanel The SSPanel is a container control that can utilize a transparent background, animated picture, marquee caption, and even a background image that may be centered, tiled, or stretched. It's also the perfect progress bar replacement. Now enhanced to support active colors, a hyperlink hand cursor, and automatic rendering of disabled images!

SSRibbon The SSRibbon control is a multi-state push button that may be set up in groups to behave like option buttons, or arranged together to emulate a toolbar. The SSRibbon can utilize a transparent background, animated picture, an active border style, and a marquee caption. Now enhanced to support PictureRegion technology, active colors, a hyperlink hand cursor, and automatic rendering of disabled images!

SSFrame The SSFrame control emulates the standard Frame control, which enables a graphical and functional grouping of controls. Unlike the standard control, however, the SSFrame can additionally employ a transparent background, animated picture, marquee caption, and even a background image that may be centered, tiled, or stretched. Now enhanced to support active colors, a hyperlink hand cursor, and automatic rendering of disabled images!

SSCheck The SSCheck control duplicates the functionality of the standard CheckBox control, but can additionally employ a transparent background, custom CheckBox graphic, animated picture, marquee caption. Now enhanced to support active colors, a hyperlink hand cursor, and automatic rendering of disabled images!

SSOption Similar to the SSCheck control, the SSOption control emulates the standard OptionButton control, but can utilize a transparent background, custom OptionButton graphic, animated picture, and marquee caption. Now enhanced to support active colors, a hyperlink hand cursor, and automatic rendering of disabled images!

Splitter The Splitter control is the ultimate container control. It organizes its child controls into resizable panes, which are separated by splitter bars that may be dragged, providing the ability to create a completely adjustable interface for you users. Now enhanced to allow containership of forms and the saving and restoring of Splitter layouts!

Resizer Resizer control works with a container to provide dynamic resizing and repositioning of the container's controls. Simply place a Resizer control on a form with your existing controls, and you have instantly created a fully-resizable version of your application that can be expanded or contracted by the user at run-time, all without a single line of code!

Scroll Break down the barrier imposed by limited screen space with the new Scroll control, which provides a scrollable virtual container for controls. Users of your application simply use the familiar scrollbars to access more of your application than will fit on the screen at once. Because it intuitively functions the same way at design-time and at run-time, you'll quickly become acquainted with this invaluable control.

Splash The new Splash control uses ActiveThreed Plus' powerful PictureRegion technology to produce forms and containers that can take on any shape you can imagine. Use the built-in timer to display an attention-getting "splash" screen for a few moments when your program first loads, or design custom application forms in any shape you choose for a really distinctive interface!

Transition Television shows and presentation graphics programs use transitions to indicate to the viewer that a change has occurred. Now you can incorporate these same transitions into your application to attract and direct the user's attention with the new Transition control. Select any one of 37 visually aesthetic effects, or select one randomly!