EscControlsActiveX from Binary Computing Ltd was a powerful, versatile, easy-to-use and customizable set of ActiveX visual components for quickly creating professional applications with the latest visual styles and advanced features seen in Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and 7 – regardless of the operating system. It consisted of many controls, each bringing a fresh new look and rich features to your applications.
Features and benefits
- SQLite engine included and full Unicode support.
- Look and Feel Technology – XP, Vista and 7 look under Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8 with different color schemes.
- Lua scripting – built-in scripting with the Lua programming language, so you can offer scripting to the customers of your product.
- Advanced alpha-blending – background pictures in DTPicker, ListBox, Picture, TreeView and Frame.
- Auto completion in the ComboBox.
- Auto width – automatically fit all displayed columns within the ListBox or ComboBox to remove the horizontal scrollbar.
- Automatic formatting – conditional formatting in the ListBox with a single line of code.
- Context menus built into the Picture control.
- Compression – includes the zlib library.
- Embedded database – includes a SQLite3 engine.
- Encryption support built in.
- Fade-in and fade-out effects for the Form control.
- Hyperlinks – the Label links to any web resource, from URLs to email addresses.
- Hex conversion, CRC32 and MD5 functions.
- MySQL COM client – described by the developer as faster and better than the VB MySQL API.
- Masks – TextBox input masks for anything from passwords to phone numbers.
- Multi-column header in the ComboBox.
- Ping and trace route in the MyWinsock control.
- Built-in search and filter dialog in the ListBox and MyADODC controls.
- Animated GIF playback in the Picture control, from a file or a recordset.
- Reduced coding – engineered to cut and simplify your code.
- Save and open dialogs built into the TextBox.
- Send email and FTP upload/download in the MyWinsock control.
- Bound and unbound modes for most controls.
- XP, Vista and 7 themes in separate OCX/DLL files to reduce overall size – use only the theme set you need.
Status: the developer's domain (escsoft.com) is now listed for sale on HugeDomains, so the library is no longer offered.