NetAdvantage for Silverlight LOB adds Word library

NetAdvantage for Silverlight Line of Business enables you to include islands of richness into your existing Web-based applications, giving end-users an experience that goes leagues beyond what can be accomplished with mere HTML. These controls are built from the ground-up for the Silverlight platform and take full advantage of its incredible capabilities. NetAdvantage Silverlight controls for line of business are part of the NetAdvantage for Web Client toolset which also includes ASP.NET and also the complete NetAdvantage for .NET package — which includes all four .NET platforms — Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET and Silverlight. NetAdvantage Silverlight Line of Business controls clinch your ability to produce compelling and impactful Web 2.0 applications. NetAdvantage Silverlight Line of Business Controls includes xamWebGrid (a Silverlight Data Grid), xamWebTree (a Silverlight Tree View for natural navigation), xamWebChart (Silverlight charting), xamWebOutlookBar (Outlook-style Navigation for Silverlight), xamWebDialogWindow (modal and non-modal dialog windows), xamWebEditors (data entry control), Infragistics.Excel (a class library that runs completely independently of Microsoft Excel), xamWebMenu (multi-level menus), xamWebSpellChecker (Silverlight spellchecker), xamWebTagCloud (Tag display control), xamWebTileView (an animated panel), and more.

Updates in 2011 Volume 1

• Microsoft Word Library – NEW! - The new Word Library gives you the ability to create and work with Microsoft Word document files.  The library features the ability to write out styled text, hyperlinks, images, tables and shapes.  In addition, it provides you with document-specific features that allow you to specify the page size, margins, page breaks, and set header/footer information.  You can easily integrate this library into your Silverlight applications.
• IG Theme – NEW! - The IG Theme was created to allow application developers a complete visual theme, so modern applications can be created without having to rely on the Microsoft Office brand.
• xamGridWordWriter – NEW! - This is a new lightweight control that enables you to stream the xamGrid to a Microsoft Word document. Its implementation makes creating a Word document as simple as writing only a couple of lines of code.
• xamDockManager– NEW! - The new Silverlight docking control offers you the ability to build highly flexible layout experiences into your Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) that mimic the power and versatility provided by the Visual Studio 2010 environment.
• Calendar – NEW! - A Silverlight compatible calendar control that mimics the experience of the Windows 7 system calendar.
• xamSchedule - Enhanced!
  • Date Navigator (NEW!) - A calendar control that is tightly integrated with xamSchedule to highlight dates with activity and display informative tooltips for each day that summarizes the activities scheduled for that day. The Date Navigator is also tightly integrated with the new Outlook Calendar View control to support synchronized date selection.
  • Outlook Calendar View (NEW!) - A new control that synchronizes Selection/Activation across any combination of DayView, MonthView and ScheduleView controls to simulate the look and behavior of Outlook’s calendar view.
  • Dialogs – New custom dialog windows for Tasks and Journals allow you to more completely mimic the Microsoft Outlook 2010-style user experience.
  • Resize Day View Headers - The Day View's header can now be resized and scrolled.
  • Resize Schedule View Headers - The Schedule View's header can now be resized.
  • Calendar Group Resizing and Scrolling - Where the xamSchedule controls allow the ability to display multiple groups of calendars; all groups are of equal size.  We've enhanced this so that you can now resize the calendars, or scroll different groups of calendars into and out-of-view.
• xamGrid - Enhanced!
  • Merged Cells – Merged cells enables like-data in a given column to be merged together with adjoining cells such that it appears to be in a single cell.
  • Data Annotations – Now honor data annotations in the Silverlight grid for greater RIA Services integration, through DisplayAttribute, EditableAttribute, DisplayFormatAttribute and TimestampAttribute.
  • ComboBox Column – A ComboBox column makes it simple for you to embed the Silverlight ComboBox control into the Silverlight data grid’s cells.
  • Active Item – Developers using a Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) architecture can now easily access the currently active data item (related to the currently ActiveCell) in the root-level ColumnLayout.
  • Date Format – You can now set the SelectedDateFormat string for the embedded date picker control that appears in the DateColumn.
  • Add New Row Template – Allows you to customize the element tree within the Add New Row area into which new rows can be entered.
• Localization Support – NEW! - Now support localized resource files for all of the Silverlight Line of Business controls. Developers can easily localize their application for specific cultures, locales, or languages.

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