SmartContainer for .NET is a Windows Form Container Control that can provide extended features to enhance the appearance of your application.

When you drop a control onto the SmartContainer, a buddy label with 3D text will be generated around the control automatically. This buddy label is not a true label control but instead is a special label rendered by SmartContainer.

In addition, shadows can be dropped for controls inside the smart container. You can decide the shadow styles and hide/display shadow effects for all controls or individual control. SmartContainer will give your application attractive, unique UI effects.

SmartContainer takes advantage of the property extender technique provided by .NET framework, you can directly access the extended properties of controls, just like the properties are defined by the control itself.