ComponentArt / ASP.NET Controls (Web Forms Controls)

ComponentArt

ComponentArt is a leading component vendor specializing in the creation of user interface and data visualization software for Microsoft's .NET platform. The company'sprimary goal is to help developers worldwide advance their software development effort by providing powerful building blocks that allow them to focus on the business logic, core value, and primary function of their application or website. ComponentArt has consistently been at the leading edge of technological innovation - from its first ASP.NET user interface component launch in 2002, parallel with the launch of the Microsoft ASP.NET platform - to the breakthrough release of Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX, parallel with the Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX framework launch (now a part of ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008).

ASP.NET Controls (Web Forms Controls)

What is ASP.NET? ASP.NET is a part of the Microsoft .NET Framework that enables Web developers to create Web sites and corporate Intranet sites more easily. ASP.NET can be viewed as the next step on from the Microsoft ASP technology where Microsoft first provided Active Server Page (ASP) technology to allow programmers to create Web apps. ASP.NET is a progression from ASP, (initially it was known as ASP+, before being named ASP.NET), in that it is part of the .NET Framework and hence applications built with it are easier to use and maintain, as they are based on the solid .NET Framework component model. For example, one benefit of ASP.NET over ASP is that ASP pages were written in a script or language that was interpreted at run-time, whereas ASP.NET uses compiled code and hence ASP.NET apps generally run faster than ASP based apps. Within ASP.NET there is a screen design and presentation technology, collectively called Web Forms, that ASP.NET developers can use to create user interface screens as Web pages.

What is an ASP.NET control? An ASP.NET control is a reusable .NET software component that can be used by the application user to: enter data, display data, chart data, manipulate data and generally interact and control the ASP.NET application they are using. Examples of ASP.NET controls include ASP.NET datagrids used to enter and/or display data in a grid or datatable format. An extension of this might be an ASP.NET spreadsheet control that would allow you to add full spreadsheet calculation capability to your ASP.NET based Web site. An ASP.NET developer can download and integrate an ASP.NET control as a reusable software component inside his/her to add new functionality fast to their Web site, Intranet, Web app or Web service.

Within the ASP.NET framework there are 3 main ways to implement your your app. You may use Web Forms, a collection of technologies that enable you to create Web pages as Web Forms in a similar manner that you would top client/server or desktop app based WinForms. The Web Forms technology allows you to create menus, screens, data input forms, data visualization screens and data output pages for use on your Web based app. Sometimes programmers refer to ASP.NET controls as Web Forms controls, as ASP.NET controls can be integrated and embedded on a Web Form. See also our ASP.NET AJAX controls page for another type of ASP.NET implementation model that uses the AJAX approach.

There is also the ASP.NET MVC implementation approach for your app - this is more recent and stands for Model View Controller. This is a more recent announcement from Microsoft with a first release in early 2009 and it is currently on ASP.NET MVC 2.0 based on the release made in March, 2010. The Model may be used to represent data by mapping it to data in a database, this data will include information about the application state or status. The Controller controls the change of state or monitors the change of status of the application and may update the data in the Model. The developer can then present Views of this data to the application user. ASP.NET MVC helps programmers logically design their apps based using a structured state machine approach.

In this ASP.NET control product gallery, you will find ASP.NET custom controls that you can use as Web Form controls or as part of your next ASP.NET MVC project. These ASP.NET controls are software components built by experts in their field of study, as such you can not only reuse the software code written by someone else in your app, you can also add their knowledge and expertise to your app to give you more functionality. Why would you waste the time to write a spell checker ASP.NET control for your app, when you can buy one that has been pre-built by experts in spell checking with a variety of language dictionaries immediately available to your users? There are a wide variety of Web Forms controls available, so if you are creating a serious ASP.NET app that may need complex data input or data visualization, you will find lots of useful ASP.NET charting controls, OLAP cubes, ASP.NET gauges, ASP.NET dials etc. to enable you to build great ASP.NET dashboards or ASP.NET BI apps (Business Intelligence applications).

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1. ComponentArt UI Framework for .NET  Average Review: based on 1 review

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Publisher: ComponentArt  Primary Category: User Interface Collections  Product Type: Component / ASP.NET WebForms / ASP.NET AJAX (ATLAS) / Silverlight / AJAX

The complete framework for building next generation WPF, AJAX and Silverlight Rich Internet Applications. ComponentArt UI Framework for .NET includes ComponentArt Win.UI for WPF, ComponentArt SOA.UI for .NET, ComponentArt Web.UI for ASP.NET MVC, ComponentArt Web.UI for Silverlight and ComponentArt Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX. ComponentArt SOA.UI for .NET is a framework for building web services specialized to serve the user interface tier. It enables full server-side code reuse between ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight front ends. ComponentArt Web.UI for Silverlight offers user interfaces to Silverlight-based Rich Internet Applications. All Web.UI for Silverlight controls ship with five professionally-design built-in themes. ComponentArt Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX offers client-side richness and user interface performance. Now offering second generation web service binding through SOA.UI, ComponentArt Web.UI delivers full server-side code reuse with Silverlight applications. ComponentArt components are designed for and have been tested with all modern browsers. C# Source Code and 1 Year Subscription included.
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2. ComponentArt Calendar for ASP.NET

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Publisher: ComponentArt Primary Category: Calendar / Schedule Product Type: Component / ASP.NET WebForms / ASP.NET AJAX (ATLAS) / AJAX

An Integrated Calendar and date picker for your ASP.NET applications. ComponentArt Calendar for ASP.NET supports a variety of date and date-range selection types, without requiring postbacks for month paging or date selections. ComponentArt Calendar enables easy implementation of stand-alone calendars, date pickers, pop-up calendars, and date range pickers. ComponentArt Calendar features include: Multi-month display, multi-date selection, custom days collection, disabled days collection, keyboard control and more. ComponentArt Calendar has been tested with all modern browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera and Safari. ComponentArt Calendar for ASP.NET can only be bought as part of ComponentArt Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX.
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3. ComponentArt CallBack for ASP.NET

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Publisher: ComponentArt Primary Category: Web Site Product Type: Component / ASP.NET WebForms / ASP.NET AJAX (ATLAS) / AJAX

A lightweight Universal AJAX Wrapper. ComponentArt CallBack for ASP.NET adds cutting-edge AJAX functionality to the other components in the ComponentArt Web.UI suite and AJAX-enables virtually any ASP.NET control. ComponentArt CallBack for ASP.NET features the ability to efficiently execute server-side logic without going through the pages life cycle. ComponentArt CallBack for ASP.NET has been tested with all modern browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera and Safari. ComponentArt CallBack for ASP.NET can only be bought as part of ComponentArt Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX.
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4. ComponentArt Charting for .NET

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Publisher: ComponentArt Primary Category: Charting and Graphing Product Type: Component / ASP.NET WebForms / ASP.NET AJAX (ATLAS) / 100% Managed Code / AJAX

Advanced 3D charting for ASP.NET AJAX, Windows Forms and SQL Server Reporting Services. ComponentArt Charting for .NET delivers high quality visually stunning chart and graph images. ComponentArt's original 3D rendering engine processes lights, reflection and transparency to produce near ray-tracing quality of graphics in a fraction of a second. The Controls support easy data binding with XML structures, SQL databases, Excel spreadsheets, text files, as well as .NET arrays and collections. More than 175 pre-defined chart types are included with the product, with extensible architecture for defining new chart types & styles. ComponentArt Charting for .NET also includes interactive AJAX features like drill-down, zooming, scrolling, setting view angle, along with a number of other visual settings through the toolbar user interface. All AJAX features are implemented through the ASP.NET AJAX-compliant client-side API of the WebChart control.
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5. ComponentArt ColorPicker for ASP.NET

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Publisher: ComponentArt Primary Category: User Interface Product Type: Component / ASP.NET WebForms / ASP.NET AJAX (ATLAS) / AJAX

Add color selection functionality to your websites. ComponentArt ColorPicker for ASP.NET is an all-in one solution for adding color selection to websites and applications. ComponentArt ColorPicker for ASP.NET Features multiple interfaces to suit different needs as well as a client-side API for easy integration into any application. ComponentArt ColorPicker for ASP.NET has been tested with all modern browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera and Safari. ComponentArt ColorPicker for ASP.NET can only be bought as part of ComponentArt Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX.
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6. ComponentArt ComboBox for ASP.NET

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Publisher: ComponentArt Primary Category: User Interface Product Type: Component / ASP.NET WebForms / ASP.NET AJAX (ATLAS) / AJAX

An advanced AJAX Combobox. ComponentArt ComboBox for ASP.NET enables easy creation of sophisticated dropdowns and dynamic auto-complete textbox lists with top performance and client-side programmatic control. ComponentArt ComboBox features client-side caching of data loaded through callbacks, and client-side use of custom data fields. ComponentArt ComboBox for ASP.NET has been tested with all modern browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera and Safari. ComponentArt ComboBox for ASP.NET can only be bought as part of ComponentArt Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX.
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7. ComponentArt Dialog for ASP.NET

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Publisher: ComponentArt Primary Category: User Interface Product Type: Component / ASP.NET WebForms / ASP.NET AJAX (ATLAS) / AJAX

Create custom dialog boxes with the ability to show, hide, move, and resize customer ASP.NET content with optional modal display. ComponentArt Dialog for ASP.NET features standard server APIs and client APIs used for creating new instances, populating content, returning result values, and to show/ hide/ move/ resize/ focus methods and events. ComponentArt Dialog for ASP.NET has been tested with all modern browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera and Safari. ComponentArt Dialog for ASP.NET can only be bought as part of ComponentArt Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX.
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8. ComponentArt Editor for ASP.NET

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Publisher: ComponentArt Primary Category: Editing Product Type: Component / ASP.NET WebForms / ASP.NET AJAX (ATLAS) / AJAX

Add an advanced editor to your ASP.NET applications. ComponentArt Editor for ASP.NET is a WYSIWYG Editor control that overcomes browser inconsistencies, delivering consistent XHTML output across all modern browsers. ComponentArt Editor for ASP.NET exposes industry-leading client-side API, allowing developers to fully customize the look, feel and behaviour of the control. ComponentArt Editor for ASP.NET has been tested with all modern browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera and Safari. ComponentArt Editor for ASP.NET can only be bought as part of ComponentArt Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX.
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9. ComponentArt Grid for ASP.NET

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Publisher: ComponentArt Primary Category: Datagrids Product Type: Component / ASP.NET WebForms / ASP.NET AJAX (ATLAS) / AJAX

Add an advanced Grid component to your ASP.NET applications. ComponentArt Grid for ASP.NET is a fast, light and feature rich ASP.NET AJAX grid that offers comprehensive AJAX support, the ability to operate in Client, Callback, and Server modes. ComponentArt Grid for ASP.NET features include column resizing and reordering, hierarchical display of tables, selection of multiple records, record editing, conditional formatting, context menus, keyboard control and more. ComponentArt Grid for ASP.NET has been tested with all modern browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera and Safari. ComponentArt Grid for ASP.NET can only be bought as part of ComponentArt Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX.
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10. ComponentArt Input for ASP.NET

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Publisher: ComponentArt Primary Category: Data Entry Product Type: Component / ASP.NET WebForms / ASP.NET AJAX (ATLAS) / AJAX

An Advanced Input Component for your ASP.NET applications. ComponentArt Input for ASP.NET offers Rich Masked and Numeric Input. ComponentArt's MaskedInput and NumberInput controls turn your textboxes into integrated client-side UI controls in minutes. ComponentArt Input for ASP.NET has been tested with all modern browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera and Safari. ComponentArt Input for ASP.NET can only be bought as part of ComponentArt Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX.
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