The GotDotNet web site has a Visual Basic Power Pack that you can download for free at www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=. This Power Pack includes seven controls written in Visual Basic .NET 2003. The following list summarizes the seven controls.
BlendPanel - Provides a background with linear gradient shading. Note that the WPF LinearGradientBrush class provides a similar, but more flexible, effect. Other WPF classes such as RadialGradientBrush provide even more shading features.
UtilityToolbar - A toolbar that has a look and feel similar to the Microsoft Internet Explorer toolbar.
ImageButton - A button with a transparent background. You can use it, for example, to display a round button over a gradient shaded, or complex background, without messing up the background.
NotificationWindow - Displays text and graphics in a popup notification window.
TaskPane - A container that provides collapsible panes similar to the WPF Expander control.
FolderViewer - Displays a hierarchical view of a directory tree.
FileViewer - Displays a list of the files in a directory.