Frequently Asked Questions

This section addresses some of the most frequent questions asked by users of NetXP.

Q: Are upgrades free after purchasing NetXP, or if not, is there a discount?
A: When a newer version of NetXP is released, it will be offered to existing customers at a 30-50% discount compared to the full version.

Q: Is NetXP compatible with COM/VB6/Office applications?
A: No.

Q: Can I run a NetXP-based application in a reduced security context?
A: No, because NetXP uses extensive Win32 API calls.

Q: Are the XML files in the Assembly folder necessary or can these be disabled when you deploy solutions?
A: You do not have to include them in your deployment solutions. They are used simply for providing IntelliSense data in Visual Studio.

Q: Is there design-time support for the CommandBarDock control in VS.NET as a standalone control?
A: No, you cannot add a CommandBarDock manually. You can only add a CommandBarManager which adds a CommandBarDock to each edge of the form, or a standalone CommandBar.

Q: How do I dock two controls so that they are both on one side of my form and they both have their own docking window? I don't want them to be tabbed.
A: Set the TabbedMode property of the docked controls to False.

Q: When adding a button to a command bar, is there a way to set the index of the button so that you can place it in certain slots instead of just adding it to the end of the toolbar?
A: Yes. You can do this by calling the Insert method of the CommmandBarItemCollection as opposed to the Add method.

Q: When I use the SkinnedPanel with the silver color scheme of Windows XP's visual style, the background is not displayed correctly. What's going on?
A: This problem is due to the way Windows XP's Luna skin was made. Apparently the Silver color scheme has a very low-quality (grainy) tab page background bitmap. We still haven't figured out how Windows XP itself gets around this problem.