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FPS Mega Icon Pack

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:00:23 GMT

FPS Components comes closer and closer to their clients, we ready to help them in any time when they really need. we spend on it every time more and more time trying to satisfy most of costumer needs. We take note of every voice or comments every time when starting new products or projects which goes on market.No any excuses this time also, we take decision of uniting couple of Icon packs in one Mega Icon Pack. It's great deal with great future.

What costumers gets after this is:

More than 700 Professionally designed icons 256x128 pixels, 32-bit alpha-blended PNG 128x64 pixels, 32-bit alpha-blended PNG 64x32 pixels, 32-bit alpha-blended PNG

Upon purchase this product will be supported with bug fixes, minor and major updates for 12 months

XAML version of all icons is also supplied, it works under Silverlight and WPF, under .net 3.0 and 3.5

Royalty-free. Use them in all your applications!

P.S. Do not delay, do it today! We offering to you this unique discount only in August. Next month you will have to pay a full price.

July Discounts - Virtual Keyboard

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:08:23 GMT

Just a small update, till the end of July we propose 50% discount on all license types of FPS Virtual Keyboard component.

Please hurry up to get what you deserve ;)

More information you can find here: FPS Virtual Keyboard

Live Icons Demos in Silverlight

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:13:27 GMT

Just a small update...

All FPS Components icons products are updated with LIVE demos using Silverlight, rahter it was done with WPF Browser application which was not so usable and cross-browser and cross-platform.

All the best, Oleh Mykhaylovych, CEO at FPS Components.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com. Follow us to get common updates in Silverlight development direction coming.

FPS Virtual Keyboard Updated and .NET 4.0 Release

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:28:18 GMT

We received few feedbacks that supposed to be taken into account so today an update for FPS Virtual Keyboard for WPF v.2.0.0 is now available for public to download and evaluate. Special build for .NET 4.0 also can be downloaded from FPS Components website.

Here is a list of updates:

version is still 2.0 so please remove previous installation and put new one.
version in .NET 4.0 is now available.
bug with CAPS Lock is fixed, it was stuck on pressed state and was not working correctly afterwards.
bug with switching language fixed, occured when switch is done but language was not changed until user will move the mouse.
bug with Language button, it shows now current language is being selected.
bug when pressing the “SHIFT” button, it locked down until pressed again. Now it works as on real keyboard.
Improvements: Better inbuilt themes, we added better behaviour for mouse over action on buttons in Virtual Keyboard control.

What do you receive: Buying any license of FPS Virtual Keyboard for WPF, you can use it with no royalties in any of your applications. All major and minor updates and fixes for one year are guaranteed. We are always glad to hear what people say about our products, and we would like to provide you with desired updates in a short period of time.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

FPS Virtual Keyboard v.2.0.0 (old name FPS Input Controls)

Sat, 29 May 2010 02:04:29 GMT

FPS Virtual Keyboard for WPF v.2.0.0 is now available for public to download and evaluate.
First of all I would like to thank all users for feedbacks. This gives us more strength to move further and release new versions for you.

Here is a list of updates:

For better user experience FPS Input Controls now changed to FPS Virtual Keyboard
X64 platform support: In this release we delivered version that is not targeted to any of platforms, so it can be used in your projects with ANY CPU or particular architecture
FPS.VirtualKeyboard Creator Tool comes on a new level. We added Zoom features, Snap lines for better positioning of keys Drag and drop from top toolbar, bottom menu: Copy, Paste and Delete, multiple Keys selections and manipulation and other
A key setup was changed, now you only need to give a single character. There is a possibility to give it a different visual name: try to setup Content on right side of VirtualKeyboard Creator
Repetition is for adding the same multiple keys within 1 button, for example www
Alt, AltGr, Control, Shift Locking property can be used if you want to setup something like ALT + 2, and result will be output of @ symbol, which can be done with one key
Improved examples for Visual Studio 2008, 2010 with the ability to see custom style, custom layout with special buttons like: Clear, www., google.com
New property Default Layout is used to setup default layout for all languages, however every language has different keys on different places, we recommend being careful with this feature
IMPORTANT: old XML layout files from version 1.3.1(formerly from FPS Input Controls) won't be loaded by this version as format was slightly changed.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

Website Linking change

Thu, 27 May 2010 16:56:56 GMT

Hello, Friends!

This is just a small post due to switch to more human read format. As you might have already noticed our website link-name structure has been changed.

Due to the following pages URLs: product links, downloads links, blog and KB posts links are now different. I hope you find it fun and more readable instead of http://fpscomponents.com/Products.aspx?id=10 you can now use http://fpscomponents.com/Products/WPF/maps.aspx, but the old way of using links is still working.

Note. To those who are waiting for the release of FPS Input Controls: we are in a testing process of new version and should deliver it tomorrow. IMPORTANT: we decided to change product name in terms of usability and user experience, FPS Input Controls will be renamed to FPS Virtual Keyboard. This was quite obvious step to do and we would be glad to hear any comments from you on this matter.

All the best, Oleh Mykhaylovych, CEO at FPS Components.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

Customer Development Model and Feedback tool

Thu, 13 May 2010 17:51:31 GMT

FPS Components,as it was mentioned before, is on the way to customer development model. This approach will give our customers exactly what they want and we will improve products while approving feedbacks.

FPS Components integrated customer feedback tool. To get it evaluated and used you just need to open FPS Components Website and press Leave Feedback button on left side of your browser window. This will bring you to popup windows with the ability to leave feedback, submit comment or report bug features.

"Oh, I saw it before" - you might say, but feedback tool we use has greater hidden power. Name of the tool is "Beta Easy" might tell what it does, however explanation is simple. Beta Easy is a tool to build user beta groups that will lead for better software production on early stages and excellent user experience.

If you ever need such kind of thing on your website or software (they propose integration of feedback tool inside desktop software which is awesome) please check Beta Easy Website. It is not a referral link, just friendly advice.

Our team would be glad to receive feedbacks, comments or bugs ;( on our software components or website.

All the best, Oleh Mykhaylovych, CEO at FPS Components.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

FPS Input Controls for WPF v.1.3.1 Release

Tue, 04 May 2010 18:54:12 GMT

FPS Input Controls for WPF v.1.3.1 is now available for public to download and evaluate.
First of all I would like to thank all users for feedbacks. This gives us more strength to move further and release new versions for you. This is a minor version change but major update in terms of usability and fixes!

Here is a list of updates:

Layouts folder is not needed now for detault layouts, Any language that is located at user Windows instalation will be recognized and TouchScreenKeyboard will react on language switch at a runtime.
FPS.Keyboard Creator Tool is much improved, as it generates any language with default (QUERTY) layout this operation can be done within two clicks of a mouse.
Additional properties to control what to show on the keyboard button: ShowUpperCase, ShowLowerCase and VirtualCode are now used instead of KeyCode and ShiftKeycode.
Due to a lot of requests we targeted all our libraries and samples to X86 platform, and we are working to release CPU independent version, as X64 doesn't work now, development in X64 platform is possible while using X86 targeting of your project.
Important Feature: if a user keeps pressed button, it will repeat keypressing, like any regular keyboard.
Added Visual Basic. NET samples
Added Visual Studio 2010 solution and samples.
Product installation includes documentation in a way "Howto" use TouchScreen Keyboard component. This is done with a common PDF files format providing many screenshots.

What do you receive: Buying any license of FPS Input Controls for WPF, you can use it with no royalties in any of your applications. All major and minor updates and fixes for one year are guaranteed. We are always glad to hear what people say about our products, and we would like to provide you with desired updates in a short period of time.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

HURRY UP & ORDER our product for 40% DISCOUNT!

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:59:07 GMT

First of all take our team best wishes on coming holidays and New Year to those who celebrates! We wish you bug-less year, stable income and strong health!

PS. Please take time to check our proposal for 40% discounts on every product we currently have released.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

Have an idea? Share with us! Win a prize!

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:06:23 GMT

Dear customer, you have an idea of any component to be done (WPF and Silverlight as top priority) and can give real facts of its need on the worldwide market then share it with us. Best ideas will be awarded by our component packs on Monthly basis and when product will be completed you can be seens as idea-creator of that product.

It can be innovative way to organize and visualize data, a need of components as port from desktop wolrd into web world to use in RIA applications (throught Silverlight). We will evaluate ideas from most detailed ones with compehensive list of features and possible future plans for updates and will try to reply to each and every such request. Please do not hesitate to contact us via email contact @ fpscomponents.com (remove spaces).

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

Major Update of FPS Input Controls for WPF

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:59:11 GMT

New version of FPS Input Controls for WPF is now available for public to download and evaluate.

Per number of requests, we have reworked this product and implemented few important features. These are:

1) Additional tool has been added into the product package. Now your own layouts and languages can be added with a simple drag-drop operations and can be saved into XML files.

2) Custom themes support added an example of how to create users’ own themes.

3) The ability to switch current language of windows system by new keyboard function.

4) Some minor fixes provided

5) Standalone freeware application, that can be used by anyone for free, it shows ability to use our Keyboard Component in touchscreen or desktop application. Read more here : Web Touch

What do you receive: Buying any license of FPS Input Controls for WPF, you can use it with no royalties in any of your applications. All major and minor updates and fixes for one year are guaranteed. It might be: adding new Language layouts, skins/themes, adding new features and bug fixing if any. We are always glad to hear what people say about our products, and we would like to provide you with desired updates in a short period of time.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

Save 50% on any of FPS Components products

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:20:33 GMT

Greetings. Please visit our website and check discounts that are available only a few days.

You can save around 50% on every our product, due to American holidays and Black Friday, we give you such a great opportunity. Save 50% or buy 2 products at the same price as yesterday you could do only one.

This proposal is valid from now (November 27th , 2009) untill 30th November 2009.

FPS Components team wishes our customers and website visitors Good luck and happy celebrations.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

FPS Maps for WPF Released

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:03:10 GMT

We are proud to announce next component pack for WPF.

FPS Maps for WPF is a brand new component with a set of built-in country maps. List of Countries can be found below in Key Features list. We have provided samples of how to create and customize maps with some additional information that can be received from any data source and Layers support.

15 Inbuilt Countries: There are such countries as: Canada, the USA, Australia, France, Ukraine, China, India, Mexico, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, England, Italy, Poland, Spain.

Navigation: Maps navigation can be performed via Navigation bar which supports Themes and mouse. You can pan with mouse or zoom in/out with mouse scroll. More options will be added in future releases.

FPS Maps for WPF contains samples of how to work with it and customize:

What do you receive: Buying any license of FPS Maps for WPF, you can use it with no royalties in any of your applications. All major and minor updates and fixes for one year are guaranteed. It might be: adding new features and bug fixing if any. We are always glad to hear what people say about our products, and we would like to provide you with desired updates in a short period of time.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

Good News. We joined Microsoft BizSpark program

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:30:20 GMT

We are proud to announce that we got BizSpark program membership as a new IT startup.

We are happy to use all of this program benefits to produce better quality products to our customers. Thank you Microsoft for such a good idea.

PS. Just some stats, over 12 000 companies have received BizSpark membership.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

FPS Controls for WPF Released

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:35:47 GMT

We are proud to announce next component pack for WPF.

FPS Controls for WPF contains : Navigation Control, DateTime Picker, Month Calendar, Multimonth Calendar, Color Picker. using 8 predefined themes as for previous our components.

What do you receive: Buying any license of FPS Controls for WPF, you can use it with no royalties in any of your applications. All major and minor updates and fixes for one year are guaranteed. It might be: adding new features and bug fixing if any. We are always glad to hear what people say about our products, and we would like to provide you with desired updates in a short period of time.

We're in beta testing of few other WPF Components, that will be presented on website next few weeks. These components as well as old ones will be supplied as 1 pack: FPS Studio for WPF!

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

Updates for FPS Wizard and FPS InputControls

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:13:22 GMT

New version FPS Input Controls and Wizard for WPF is now available for public to download and evaluate.

MAC Os like theme is now available for Wizard and InputControls
Minor fixes and features added for FPS InputControls These are: 1) design time issue fixed. 2) Setup visibility of some buttons on NumPad. Check all options of visibility features in new VirtualKeyboard sample, that is coming in latest installer.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

Update: FPS Input Controls for WPF is released

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:58:58 GMT

New FPS Input Controls for WPF is now available for public to download and evaluate.

Per user requests, we have added new features and possibilities to this product. These are: 1) ability to change visibility to common system buttons, such as F1..F2, Escape, TAB, CTRL, MENU, Win, Alt. 2) IsStandAloned property for keyboard control makes ability to use it in one window as usercontrol or as standalone application, that is similar to Windows Keyboard or real hardware keyboard.

What do you receive: Buying any license of FPS Input Controls for WPF, you can use it with no royalties in any of your applications. All major and minor updates and fixes for one year are guaranteed. It might be: adding new Language layouts, skins/themes, adding new features and bug fixing if any. We are always glad to hear what people say about our products, and we would like to provide you with desired updates in a short period of time.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

FPS Input Controls for WPF Released

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:58:26 GMT

FPS Input Controls for WPF is now available for public to download and evaluate.

As far as we revised online it is first ever TRUE screen keyboard represented. It is divided into 2 controls such as main keyboard part and NUMPAD. You can use it for your touchscreen applications, for example, as keyboard takes input from active window. Other components like screen TAB Control and other touchscreen or just special input controls will be provided during this year.

What do you receive: Buying any license of FPS Input Controls for WPF, you can use it with no royalties in any of your applications. All major and minor updates and fixes for one year are guaranteed. It might be: adding new Language layouts, skins/themes, adding new features and bug fixing if any. We are always glad to hear what people say about our products, and we would like to provide you with desired updates in a short period of time.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

FPS Gauges for WPF Released

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:14:45 GMT

This WPF product contains number of linear,digital and radial gauges, that aim to visualize changing data.

This is a great set of components that can visualize data in a user friendly way. We propose number of gauges and related components for a low price, with support and updates ( New Components and features will be added within your subscription). Among components you can find a few general gauge types, such as linear, radial, dual radial, clock like. But also you can find something specific, such as thermometer, oil, speed or battery indicators.

What do you receive: Buying any license of FPS Gauges for WPF, you can use it with no royalties in any of your applications. All major and minor updates and fixes for one year are guaranteed. It might be: adding new gauges types to set, adding new features and bug fixing if any. We are always glad to hear what people say about our products, and we would like to provide you with desired updates in a short period of time.

Here is a small list of what we propose at the moment:

Linear gauges with custom stlye and a thermometer like gauge

Radial gauges, dual radial guages, clock like gauge

Automobile guages: Speedometer, Taxometer, Oil, Battery.

Clock Sample, is a sample of our unique clock style, you can use it upon purchasing our FPS Gauges product.

Each of the supplied Gauge Components (of course) can be tuned using themes, styles WPF technology.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

FPS Barcodes for WPF Released

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:25:15 GMT

FPS Barcodes for WPF is now available for public to download and evaluate.

We present it in WPF, so barcodes are showed in vector format and can be resized.The most common symbologies are all supported. Including EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, Code 39 (and full ASCII variant), Code 93 (and full ASCII variant), Code 128, Codabar, Interleaved 2 of 5, and Postnet.

What do you receive: Buying any license of FPS Barcodes for WPF, you can use it with no royalties in any of your applications. All major and minor updates and fixes for one year are guaranteed. It might be: adding new symbologies types, new features and bug fixing if any. We are always glad to hear what people say about our products, and we would like to provide you with desired updates in a short period of time.

We supply to customers WPF Barcode product with a few important features
Common Features are as follows: compatibility with XPS Documents, Render to bitmap, flexible Width, Height of barcode, with correct alignments. and other.
15 Common Symbologies Supported : EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, ITF14, Postnet, Code39, Code39 Extended, Code93, Code93 Extended, Code128 (Auto, A,B,C), Interleaved 2 of 5, Standard 2 of 5.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

FPS Wizard for WPF Released

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:54:55 GMT

New styled Wizard component for WPF with 10+ transition effects, 7 themes

WPF Wizard with defined custom window, with number of themes, navigation buttons and transitions. Robust event handling system, for common events such as NextPage, PrevPage, Finish, Help buttons Clicked.

What do you receive: Buying any license of FPS Wizard for WPF, you can use it with no royalties in any of your applications. All major and minor updates and fixes for one year are guaranteed. It might be: adding new themes, wizard styles and transition types, adding new features and bug fixing if any. We are always glad to hear what people say about our products, and we would like to provide you with desired updates in a short period of time.

We supply to customers WPF Wizard product with a few important features
Themes Support : 7 Predefined themes with custom styled window is supported: Office Blue, Silver, Black, Orange, Green, Vista (non transparent), Media Player 10. New themes will be developed in new versions of custom window and components that include this window.
Transition Effects : Currently you can use such transition effects as: Fade, NY Times, Rotate, Wipe, Zoom, Flip, Door, Rotate 3D, Skew, Roll, Page, Tranlate, Fade and Grow. Many more effects will be added in new versions of Wizard Component.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

FPS Food Icons Released

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:50:54 GMT

2 weeks after our first components were released, we propose our customers another Icons Pack. This is a food pack containing 200 icons for websites and applications, or even for XPS documents. The target platform can be any POS system, or Touch screen terminals in fast food or other related industry. We propose an innovative way in our services. Our innovation is that we supply raster icon format ( PNG, ICO) along with a pretty new vector format named XAML. XAML version of all icons is quite good for developers and designers working with Microsoft Expression Blend, or just with WPF, Silverlight applications.

What do you receive: Buying just 1 license of FPS Food Icons, you can use it with no royalties in any of your applications. All major and minor updates and fixes for one year are guaranteed. It might be: adding new icons to this pack, and fixing especially XAML format if any of issues or performance upgrades will be mentioned. We are always glad to hear what people say about our products, and we would like to provide you with desired updates in a short period of time.

So FPS Food Icons in details is : 200 icons of different formats and sizes:

PNG Format : 128x128 pixels 32BPP , 64x64 pixels 32BPP, 32x32 pixels 32BPP, 16x16 pixels 32BPP
ICO Format: 32x32 24BPP
XAML: designed under 128x128 pixels, but it's a vector format, so it can be resized without losing its quality.

This is totally 1200 icons made in this pack.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

FPS Road Signs Released

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:21:50 GMT

One more innovative product is released. This is a great suite containing 140 road signs for websites and applications, or even for XPS documents. We propose you an innovative way in our services. Our innovation is that we supply raster icon format (PNG, ICO) along with pretty new vector format named XAML. XAML version of all icons is quite good for developers and designers working with Microsoft Expression Blend, or just with WPF and Silverlight applications.

What do you receive: Buying just 1 license of FPS Road Signs, you can use it with no royalties in any of your applications. All major and minor updates and fixes for one year are guaranteed. It might be: adding new signs to this pack, and fixing especially XAML format if any of issues or performance upgrades will be mentioned. We are always glad to hear what people say about our products, and we would like to provide you with desired updates in a short period of time.

So FPS Road Signs Pack in details is : 140 icons of different formats and sizes:

PNG Format : 128x128 pixels 32BPP , 64x64 pixels 32BPP, 32x32 pixels 32BPP, 16x16 pixels 32BPP
PNG Format with gradient : 128x128 pixels 32BPP , 64x64 pixels 32BPP, 32x32 pixels 32BPP, 16x16 pixels 32BPP
ICO Format: 32x32 24BPP
ICO Format with gradient: 32x32 24BPP
XAML: designed under 128x128 pixels, but it's a vector format, so it can be resized without losing its quality.

There're over 1500 icons made in this pack.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

FPS Flags Pack Released

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:18:25 GMT

Yet another product is released. This is a pack containing 227 flags for all countries, and other organizations (e.g. UN). It can be used for websites and applications, or even for XPS documents. We propose an innovative way in our services. Our innovation is that we supply raster icon format (PNG, ICO) along with a pretty new vector format named XAML. XAML version of all icons is quite good for developers and designers working with Microsoft Expression Blend, or just with WPF, Silverlight applications.

What do you receive: Buying just 1 license of FPS Flags Pack, you can use it with no royalties in any of your applications. All major and minor updates and fixes for one year are guaranteed. It might be: adding few new icons to this pack, and fixing especially XAML format if any of issues or performance upgrades will be mentioned. We are always glad to hear what people say about our products, and we would like to provide you with desired updates in a short period of time.

So FPS Flags Pack in details is : 227 flags of different formats and sizes:

PNG Format : 256x128 pixels 32BPP , 128x64 pixels 32BPP, 64x32 pixels 32BPP

PNG Format with gradient: 256x128 pixels 32BPP , 128x64 pixels 32BPP, 64x32 pixels 32BPP

ICO Format: Not yet supplied, will be provided upon client's requests.

XAML: designed under 256x128 pixels, but it's a vector format, so can be resized without losing its quality.

There're over 1500 flags made in this pack.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com

FPS Icons Pack Released

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:02:26 GMT

First from future bunch of our products is released. This is a great pack that is containing 180 icons for websites and applications, or even for XPS documents. We propose an innovative way in our services. Our innovation is that we supply raster icon format ( PNG, ICO) along with a pretty new vector format named XAML. XAML version of all icons is quite good for developers and designers working with Microsoft Expression Blend, or just with WPF, Silverlight applications.

What do you receive: Buying just 1 license of FPS Icons Pack, you can use it with no royalties in any of your applications. All major and minor updates and fixes for one year are guaranteed. It might be: adding new icons to this pack, and fixing especially XAML format if any of issues or performance upgrades will be mentioned. We are always glad to hear what people say about our products, and we would like to provide you with desired updates in a short period of time.

So FPS Icons Pack in details is : 180 icons of different formats and sizes:

There're over 1000 icons made in this pack.

FPS Components is a .net component vendor that is standing on customer development model. Please check our products at fpscomponents.com