Flash Components & Flex Components (Adobe Flex) / Microsoft (Tools & Add-ins, Controls & Components)

Flash Components & Flex Components (Adobe Flex)

What is Flex? Flex is an open source software application development framework from Adobe that allows you to create rich Internet applications (RIA). Flex was originally created by Macromedia, sometimes called Flex Server software, and both Flex 1.0 and Flex 1.5 were released by Macromedia along with the Flex Builder (IDE) and Macromedia Flash components, prior to Macromedia being acquired by Adobe. Since then Adobe has carried on with the development of the Adobe Flex platform and Adobe Flex RIA environment, with the release of Adobe Flex 2.0 in June 2006, that significantly changed the licensing and deployment model, making the adoption of Adobe Flex 2 SDK more widespread.

Adobe Flex 3.0 was released in Feb 2008 and this added Adobe AIR support for Flex developers to use inside the Flex 3 SDK . Most recently in Mar 2010, Flex 4.0 (known as project Gumbo when it was in development) was released and with this launch the Flex Builder IDE was renamed to Flash Builder.

What is a Flex component? A Flex component is a pre-built piece of software or code that you can re-use inside your Flash application or Flex app. Flex components usually have a visual interface as part of the Flex GUI (Flex Graphical User Interface) and these Flex controls or Flex widgets can be used to add additional functionality to your Flash app. For example, you can get Flex components that help you visualize your data in a map display format (Flex maps), or a Flex component that shows your data in a gauge display (Flex gauges), in fact you can build a Flash BI app (Flex Business Intelligence) or a Flex dashboard to display your data using Flash components very easily. ActionScript, the Adobe Flex scripting language, allows you to control the user interface and app behavior dynamically at run-time, giving you great flexibility to change the look and feel of your app with ActionScript based Flex components.

In this filtered view of our product catalog, you will find Flex compatible products that have been pre-built by software experts for you to re-use in your next Flex project. You can read about the products, evaluate the products using our Flex downloads, compare the Flex components and read Flex reviews from your fellow Flex programmers. If you like what you see, you can also buy and license the Flex product of your choice. Finally there is also a Flex News RSS data feed for you to subscribe to, to be kept up to date with all the new releases we add to our Flex component product catalog.

Microsoft (Tools & Add-ins, Controls & Components)

The Microsoft software platform provides Microsoft developers with an array of Microsoft tools to create solutions for their customers and end users. The Microsoft applications that programmers develop can be created using the MS Visual Studio range of Microsoft development tools, including: MS Visual Basic; MS Visual C# (C-sharp); MS Visual C++ (C Plus Plus), as well as older MS dev languages and MS IDEs, such as MS Visual FoxPro. MS Visual Studio, the Microsoft .NET Framework and the more mature Microsoft COM platform can be extended to provide additional functionality to help MS developers create solutions faster. For example, there is a Microsoft add-in model that allows a Microsoft tool to be extended by other third-party companies, as long as they comply with the Microsoft addin model. As a result you can get a Microsoft extension for Visual Studio to refactor your Visual Basic code to make it easier to read or maintain and to speed up your coding by helping with code layout. Many Visual Studio add-ins are available, including add ins to do C# code generation for you, giving you a faster way to create an application from scratch.

Microsoft Visual Studio software can also be extended beyond the Microsoft controls and Microsoft components that are supplied within the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (VS IDE) to give additional functionality. You can get Microsoft .NET components from companies that specialize in writing Internet communications components or eCommerce components that can be programmed like any other Microsoft component and save you a vast amount of time and money in programming your next Microsoft project. Or you can get an advanced Microsoft control for charting that enables you to draw many more styles of charts and graphs than are available inside the standard Microsoft controls in Visual Studio. These Microsoft components are available in many different forms as: Microsoft DLLs or as a Microsoft library, or as a Microsoft ActiveX or COM component supporting the COM object model or for the .NET Framework as Microsoft WinForms controls or ASP.NET controls, or as Microsoft WPF controls for Windows Presentation Foundation applications or as Silverlight controls for Microsoft Silverlight developers to use.

In this Microsoft marketplace you will find lots of different MS UI controls, as well as non-visual components, Microsoft utilities and Microsoft plug-ins to help you program in Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual C++ & Visual C#. You will also find Microsoft visual tools written by ISVs that can be used by MS Access developers or by MS Office programmers as Office components to be embedded inside their MS VBA or VSTO apps. There are also SharePoint tools and SharePoint Web Parts for MOSS bases apps being created by SharePoint developers. Plus for SQL Server you will find Microsoft utility products that allow you to access or bind to your data sources, compare data, manage your data, backup your data efficiently and much more. There are over 1,800 commercial products compatible with Microsoft software shown here in this Microsoft product gallery and many come with free downloads or free software trials for you to use listed in our Microsoft downloads product pages.

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FusionCharts XT by FusionCharts

Animated Flash Charts and graphs for your dynamic web applications. FusionCharts XT is an industry leading JavaScript charting component. Leveraging the power of JavaScript (HTML5), FusionCharts XT functions seamlessly on PCs, Macs, iPads, iPhones and a majority of other mobile devices. It is a perfect addition to your reports, dashboards, surveys, monitors and analytics. Its comprehensive range of chart types with smart reporting capabilities, animations and interactivity are bound to make your apps look stunning and power-packed. It works with both JSON & XML data, and can integrate with any server-side technology (ASP.NET, PHP, Python, Java, Ruby on Rails etc.) and database you use. With the extensive documentation and readymade demos it offers, you will need just 15 minutes to create your first chart. FusionCharts XT is the trusted charting component of over 21,000 customers, including a majority of Fortune 500 companies, and 450,000 developers in over 118 countries.
FusionCharts Suite XT by FusionCharts

Animated Flash charts, Flash maps, rich Internet charts and a collection of gauges and instrumentation controls. FusionCharts Suite XT is an industry leading JavaScript charting library that offers a unified experience across all devices and browsers (including IE 6, 7 and 8). It can render over 90 charts and gauges in JavaScript (HTML5), along with 965 data-driven maps. Its interactive features like tool-tips, clickable legend keys, drill-downs, scrolling and zooming enable a rich user experience for your data-driven applications. FusionCharts Suite XT works well with both XML and JSON data, and can be easily integrated with any JavaScript framework or a server-side technology e.g., ASP.NET, PHP, Python, Java, Ruby on Rails etc. FusionCharts Suite XT comes pre-packaged with extensive docs, ready-to-use business demos and code samples that allow you to create your first chart in under 15 minutes. 21,000 customers and 450,000 developers in 118 countries use FusionCharts Suite XT.
Aurigma Upload Suite by Aurigma

Powerful file upload capabilities for your website users on PC and Mac. Aurigma Upload Suite allows your website users to upload multiple files and folders to your server or Amazon S3 cloud storage with a single click. Aurigma Upload Suite works on any browser and any platform, simplifying image uploads with an intuitive upload GUI and pre-upload image manipulations such as resizing, crop, rotate, watermark and EXIF manipulation. Aurigma Upload Suite can upload any file type of any size and version 8 is more versatile with Flash and HTML5 uploaders. Aurigma Upload Suite 8 lets you use any of four uploaders (Flash, HTML5, Java, ActiveX) now all under the same license.
IBM ILOG Elixir Standard V3.0 by IBM ILOG

Data visualization components for Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR. IBM® ILOG Elixir® Standard 3.0 is a market leading data visualization component set for Adobe Flex 4 and Adobe AIR rich Internet application (RIA) developers (please note you will also get IBM ILOG Elixir 2.5 for Flex 3 when you buy Elixir 3.0). IBM ILOG Elixir 3.0 provides 10 graphical data-display components and helps turn raw data into clear, actionable information through a highly graphical and interactive user experience. For a productive design-time experience, IBM ILOG Elixir is tightly integrated with Adobe Flash Builder 4 software. Using a component of IBM ILOG Elixir is easy; just drag and drop it into place and set its properties from within your Flash Builder development environment, add Elixir libraries to your projects in one mouse click; use wizards to create custom gauges; access the Elixir ASDoc reference documentation when you hover over a type in the editors or full documentation set from within your Flash Builder IDE.
FusionMaps XT by FusionCharts

Display geographical data like revenue by regions, election results and office locations effectively using interactive maps. FusionMaps XT helps you display geographical data distributed by category, regions or entities using JavaScript (HTML5). You can use it to plot business data like revenue by regions, census data like population by state, election results, flight routes, office locations and survey results effectively. FusionMaps XT offers over 965 maps including all continents, major countries and all US states. The maps are driven by XML data source and you can integrate them with any web technology (ASP.NET, PHP, Python, Java, Ruby on Rails etc.) and database. You can set up a map in a couple of minutes and then extensively customize them using the XML/JSON API they expose. FusionMaps XT also comes with a visual map builder that helps you enter data and set all configurations of the map. FusionMaps XT is a part of the FusionCharts Suite XT, but functions independently of the other products in the suite as well.

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