Hi NeoXeo,
Thank you for sharing these ideas, I will try to address some of them here.
The converter for WinForms/WPF forms was discussed in a different post:
Once it’s available, we will certainly create a tutorial for it
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We have two public GitHub repositories, one with managed source code, and another with examples. You can post issues to both of them:
https://github.com/alternetsoft/alternet-ui
In the version we’re working on(and will be releasing as the first public release once we finish with testing), we have added API and a couple of examples of custom controls, here’s a screenshot of an example project:
We would definitely engage with the community and possibly other component vendors to facilitate the development of the new custom controls. This may include advanced controls like charts, grids, schedulers, etc. We will be also creating a cross-platform version of our Code Editor product with AlterNET UI.
Right now our first priority is to release Community Edition, and then we will start working on the Professional one. One of the productivity features we have in mind is XAML-like Form designer for UIXML files, based on our WPF Form Designer control:
There’s no license as such for the Community Edition, and it’s not going to expire. Most likely there will be licensing mechanism for the Professional Edition. Please refer to the license agreement here:
Custom Themes will support a custom look and feel for the standard controls, so they look the same on all supported platforms (similar to how Avalonia UI controls look).
.NET Framework 4.6 is a minimal requirement for Windows and .NET 6 for macOS/Linux.
You can certainly use AlterNET UI with other versions of .NET Frameworks, such as 4.8 and 7.0.
As we go forward, we will be supporting missing standard controls, like Datetime picker, RichEdit, etc., and also will look at supporting AlterNET UI extension for Visual Studio Code and Rider.
Kind regards,
Dmitry