Karna .NET is freeware C# library for fast developing widgets, docks, screenlets and other types of Internet Desktop Applications, that merges the best qualities and behaviors of the the web and desktop in both end-user experience and in development and deployment.

Advantages of this approach

• Consistent runtime target.
• Full control of the user experience
• Modern interface
• Usage of .NET Framework together with Windows native API
• Low cost setup

Karna namespaces

Karna.Windows.UI - main namespace of the library. This namespace contains the following controls:

• GradientPanel
• LayeredBackground
• Notebook
• WaterImage

and classes for building widgets interface:

• LightWindow
• LayeredWindow
• GlassWindow
• PhotoFrameWindow
• SunkenWindow
• VistaWindow

Karna.Windows.Dock namespace contains the following controls:

• CarouselDockPanel
• FishEyeDockPanel
• CarouselDockWindow
• FishEyeDockWindow

Karna.Windows.FXShow - contains image slider control with 172 transitional effects. When use Karna.Windows.FXShow do not forget to distribute FXKit.dll with your application

Karna.Windows.Magic

• MagicFire
• MagicNight
• MagicWaves

Karna.AddIn

Anybody that has built an application that supports AddIns (aka add-in, plug-in, etc) knows that there are many design decisions to make and quite a few subtleties in implementing those decisions in particular when it comes to discovering addins, version resiliency, isolation from the host etc. Karna .NET supports AddIns technology for making modular applications. Karna.AddIn classes support the following AddIn features:

• Discovery
• Activation
• Isolation
• Lifetime management

There is built-in support for application domains of AddIns. The system handles loading application domains, activating each AddIn in the separate application domain and shutting them down after their add-ins have stopped running.