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title: "[Cool component suite] NetXP"
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canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/5/1/cool-component-suite-netxp.html"
published: "2004-05-01T14:33:00"
updated: "2004-05-01T14:33:00"
tags: [".Net Quotations"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Mike points to a (free for personal and freeware use) cool components and controls suite: NetXP. Some cool stuff there including: Components and extender providers Command bars, list bar, and status bar Various Windows…"
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# \[Cool component suite\] NetXP

By Roy Osherove May 1, 2004 In [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations)

**Historical article** · Originally published May 1, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

[Mike points](http://www.larkware.com/Articles/TheDailyGrind361.html) to a (free for personal and freeware use) cool components and controls suite:

NetXP. Some cool stuff there including:

- [Components and extender providers](http://www.dacris.com/netxp/Showcase/Components.aspx)
- [Command bars, list bar, and status bar](http://www.dacris.com/netxp/Showcase/Bars.aspx)
- [Various Windows Forms controls](http://www.dacris.com/netxp/Showcase/Controls.aspx)
- [Docking manager and related controls](http://www.dacris.com/netxp/Showcase/Docking.aspx)
- [Task pane control suite](http://www.dacris.com/netxp/Showcase/TaskPane.aspx)
- [Reusable forms](http://www.dacris.com/netxp/Showcase/Forms.aspx)
- [Utility library and wrappers](http://www.dacris.com/netxp/Showcase/Library.aspx)
- [Other components](http://www.dacris.com/netxp/Showcase/Other.aspx)

nice!

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