---
title: "Free GUI component for VS .NET users"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/3/13/free-gui-component-for-vs-net-users.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/3/13/free-gui-component-for-vs-net-users.html"
published: "2003-03-13T12:53:00"
updated: "2003-03-13T12:53:00"
tags: [".Net Original", "Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Developer Express have released a cool GUI component XtraNavBar and it's completely FREE if you use VS.NET (You don't need to prove that you use it though.. :) ) It sure looks nice, don't it? Thanks, Dev Express! Get it…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Free GUI component for VS .NET users

By Roy Osherove March 13, 2003 In [.Net Original](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-original), [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published March 13, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

Developer Express have released a cool GUI component [XtraNavBar](http://www.devexpress.com/products/net/xtranavbar/msdn/index.asp) and it's completely FREE if you use VS.NET (You don't need to prove that you use it though.. :) )

It sure looks nice, don't it?

Thanks, Dev Express! Get it [Here](http://www.devexpress.com/downloads/net/msdn/xtranavbar/index.asp):

[![](https://osherove.com/img/wb/ac9d4180_www.devexpress.com_products_net_xtranavbar_msdn_images_collage3.jpg)](http://www.devexpress.com/downloads/net/msdn/xtranavbar/index.asp)

## More in .Net Original

[All posts in .Net Original](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-original)

- Apr 11, 2003

    ### [Resolving Debugger Problems in VS.NET](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/4/11/resolving-debugger-problems-in-vsnet.html)

- Mar 31, 2003

    ### [ASP.NET is cool + DataGrid Designer Tips](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/3/31/aspnet-is-cool-datagrid-designer-tips.html)

- Mar 5, 2003

    ### [Explorer Tips and tricks for the keyboard junkie](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/3/5/explorer-tips-and-tricks-for-the-keyboard-junkie.html)

- Feb 22, 2003

    ### [App.Config Magic](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/2/22/appconfig-magic.html)


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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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