.NET Components and .NET Controls / Visual Studio LightSwitch

.NET Components and .NET Controls

What is a .NET component? .NET components are pre-built pieces of software that you can re-use within the Microsoft .NET Framework (pronounced dot net framework) to help you create your application faster and hopefully with fewer bugs. By re-using .NET software components you not only save time and money, but you also get the opportunity to use other people's expertise and knowledge that will give your app extra functionality and features - fast. In this filtered view of our product catalog you will only find .NET compatible products, these products include both .NET Components and .NET Controls as .NET downloads for you to try and buy.

What is a .NET Control? A .NET Control has a visual aspect and can be used on a form or Web page to control the behavior of the user interface, so the user of the app can use a .NET UI Control to: enter data, click on a button, select from items displayed on a drop down list, draw a chart or graph based on data that they have entered into a .NET datagrid control etc.

What is the difference between a .NET Component and a .NET Control?

A .NET Component does not always have to have a visual interface, for example a .NET Component could work behind the scenes on a server and be used to calculate the tax due on an invoice for goods sold to a customer or to create a PDF version of that invoice and then email it to the customer's email address. .NET Controls are User Interface (UI) controls and they are a subset of .NET Components and as such all .NET Controls are therefore .NET Components, however, the reverse is not true, a .NET Component is not also a .NET Control, as a .NET Component does not have to have a visual or visible interface and it does not have to appear on a Windows form, Web Form or Web page as part of the UI.

In this .NET Components marketplace you will find both .NET Controls and .NET Components - available as commercial grade, quality .NET software component products. You will find ASP.NET controls that you can use as an ASP.NET developer for your latest Web site or Intranet project, VB controls for your Visual Basic app and there are numerous VB .NET control products listed here as VB.NET Controls. If you are a C# developer looking for a C# component or C# controls you will also find a wide selection of C# .NET controls, C# .NET component products and .NET custom control products that will meet your needs.

The range of .NET Component and .NET Control products includes: .NET WinForm Controls, ASP.NET Controls, ASP.NET AJAX Controls, .NET Class Components or .NET Class Libraries, .NET Web Services, .NET Compact Framework (.NET CF) products for mobile & hand-held device apps, .NET LINQ Classes for data access, WPF Controls or Windows Presentation Foundation Controls and Silverlight Controls for the latest .NET Framework 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 environments. Finally you will also find a special form of ASP.NET server control that can be used inside SharePoint, these are called Web Part Controls.

Our .NET component product range will give you a choice of controls for .NET, whether you are using them as a control in C# or as VB NET controls for your next VB project or in any other .NET development language or .NET based IDE that supports the use of .NET software components. There are well over 1,000 commercial grade, high quality .NET component based products available in this .NET component product gallery that you can search for, compare, download, review, try and buy!

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WebUI Studio 2011 R2 SP1 for Silverlight and WPF by Intersoft Solutions Corporation

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Wow!! These amazing controls never stop giving a developer the wow factor. I have used quite a number of controls before discovering the Intersoft Solutions Corporation Controls, and I have to say there is not much they have not thought of. The controls are extremely well architected, well documented, and the support is top-notch. Intersoft Solutions Corporation has a permanent place at the to ...
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WebUI Studio 2011 R2 SP1 Premier by Intersoft Solutions Corporation

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Wow!! These amazing controls never stop giving a developer the wow factor. I have used quite a number of controls before discovering the Intersoft Solutions Corporation Controls, and I have to say there is not much they have not thought of. The controls are extremely well architected, well documented, and the support is top-notch. Intersoft Solutions Corporation has a permanent place at the to ...
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DXperience DXv2 WinForms by DevExpress (Developer Express)

Average Review: based on 16 reviews.

I have been working with their products for years. Many of the components are good. I really like the Vertical Grid, and Grid control Something’s I was disappointed in. Documentation. I have come across worse but generally speaking for what you pay they simply don’t understand how to write meaningful documentation. I probably ignore 50% to 70% of what is there because of the struggle to figure t ...
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DXperience DXv2 ASP.NET by DevExpress (Developer Express)

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ASPxperience (DXperience ASP.NET): good concept, frequent updates with corrections and new functionalities. Responds well to needs of real world.
DXperience DXv2 by DevExpress (Developer Express)

Average Review: based on 15 reviews.

Take my word... DXperience Suite is one of the best ASP.NET Suite of controls I've ever worked with... Hands down... No Competition... I have been using DevExpress controls over the past few months and am pleasantly surprised with the quality of their controls... I love XPO and XAF... I played with lot of ORM frameworks before XPO. Although most of them have their advantages, XPO is very simple ...
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DXperience DXv2 by DevExpress (Developer Express)

All the Visual Studio .NET component suites, libraries and IDE tools produced by Developer Express in one package. DXperience DXv2 includes all the Developer Express .NET Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Silverlight and WPF components plus IDE tools (CodeRush and Refactor!), eXpress Persistent Objects (a Business Application Framework) and eXpressApp Framework. The Windows forms products are 100% C# based and fully optimized for Visual Studio 2008/2010. With just a couple of mouse clicks you can add navigation and docking facilities using the XtraBars and XtraNavBar suites, provide data browsing and editing by means of the XtraEditors, XtraGrid, XtraTreeList, XtraVerticalGrid suites and enhance your applications with the XtraPrinting Library and XtraReports Suite which are really easy-to-use flexible printing and reporting tools. WPF components include: DXEditors for WPF, DXGrid for WPF, DXCharts for WPF, DXBars for WPF and DXDocking for WPF. Silverlight components include: AgDataGrid, AgRichEdit, AgLayoutControl, AgControls and AgEditors for Silverlight. DXperience DXv2 Enterprise/Universal Subscription includes source code for all WinForms, ASP.NET AJAX, WPF, Silverlight controls and ORM Library. Priority technical support is also included when you buy DXperience DXv2 Universal or DXperience DXv2 Enterprise.
DXperience DXv2 WinForms by DevExpress (Developer Express)

All the WinForms component suites and libraries produced by DevExpress in one package. DXperience DXv2 WinForms includes the following products: XtraGrid Suite, XtraBars Suite, XtraPivotGrid Suite, XtraScheduler Suite, XtraReports Suite, XtraTreeList Suite, XtraVerticalGrid Suite, XtraCharts Suite, XtraLayoutControl Suite, XtraNavBar, XtraEditors Library, XtraPrinting Library, XtraSpellChecker. DXperience DXv2 Winforms Subscription includes 1 Year Subscription for all DevExpress WinForms products included in the suite.
DXperience DXv2 ASP.NET by DevExpress (Developer Express)

All award-winning ASP.NET AJAX and MVC component suites, libraries, and extensions produced by DevExpress in one integrated package. DXperience DXv2 ASP.NET includes over 110 controls, including the following products that have been fully optimized for the ASP.NET WebForms platform: reporting and printing, charting, grid and data editors, scheduling and calendars, HTML editor, TreeView-ListView, pivot grid and analytics, menus, toolbars, navigation bars, spell shecking, multi-purpose controls and an ORM Library. If you are targeting the MVC platform, DXperience DXv2 ASP.NET includes a rich collection of ASP.NET MVC Extensions. This package includes a 1 Year Subscription to all DevExpress ASP.NET products.
SharePoint Data Provider for ADO.NET from RSSBus by RSSBus

Access SharePoint from .NET. SharePoint Data Provider for ADO.NET from RSSBus gives developers the ability to easily connect .NET applications to SharePoint Server data including Lists, Contacts, Calendar, Links, Tasks, and more. The SharePoint Data Provider makes these Sharepoint services look like SQL tables in your applications. With the SharePoint Data Provider for ADO.NET developers can simply DataBind to data, just like using SQL Server.
QuickBooks Data Provider for ADO.NET from RSSBus by RSSBus

Easily build applications that connect to QuickBooks in minutes using standard Visual Studio wizards. RSSBus Data Providers let you databind to applications, databases, and services and provide full create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) support. RSSBus Data Providers need no coding and come with royalty-free licensing. The QuickBooks Data Provider provides complete read-write access to QuickBooks & QuickBooks Online enables developers to search (customers, transactions, invoices, sales receipts, etc.), update items, edit customers, and more, from any .NET application.

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