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C1 Studio for Windows Phone adds new Tile Controls

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:25:55 GMT

Example apps developed with ComponentOne Studio for Windows Phone.

Easily replicate the Windows 8 start screen experience in your own app.

ComponentOne Studio for Windows Phone expands your toolbox with UI controls for data visualization, rich text, data input and layout. Designed to enhance the user experience of Windows Phone 7 apps, these ComponentOne controls provide you with powerful functionality allowing you to build better and more attractive mobile applications.

Updates in 2013 v1

New Tile Controls - Create tiled displays and navigation hubs with ComponentOne Tiles for Windows Phone. Tiles make it easy to replicate the Windows 8 start screen experience in your own app. Get several different tile controls that support sliding and flipping animations with live updates. Combine tiles with different containers to achieve endless layout possibilities.
Windows Phone 8 - New control library fully tested with the Windows Phone 8 SDK.
PDF - PdfViewer now supports reading encrypted files.

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ComponentOne headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leader in the Microsoft Visual Studio component industry. The company believes the key to successful implementation of business solutions is providing customers with a premier studio of innovative components and tools. On July 1, 2012, ComponentOne and GrapeCity joined forces, creating ComponentOne, a division of GrapeCity. The US GrapeCity PowerTools division was renamed to ComponentOne.

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ComponentOne Studio for Windows Phone adds ListBox

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:58:34 GMT

Example apps developed with ComponentOne Studio for Windows Phone.

Display lists with tile layouts or with optical zoom.

Updates in 2012 v3

New ListBox Controls - Display lists with tile layouts or with optical zoom using the C1ListBox and C1TileListBox controls. These controls support UI virtualization so they are fast while able to display thousands of items with minimum performance loss.
Chart Selection - Implement selection interaction when the user taps a specific plot element.
Chart Animation - Easily add loading animations to make your charts feel more alive.
Series Data Binding - New properties allow for automatic series generation.
Performance Enhancements - The C1PdfViewer control has been refactored using the new C1ListBox control for faster performance and smoother scrolling.
Slim Down Your XAP Size - Reduce the size of your XAP up to 70% and secure your code with obfuscation.

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ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2012 v2 released

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:36:00 GMT

ComponentOne samples showing Silverlight, WinForms, and iPhone controls.

Includes additional controls and enhancements across ASP.NET, Windows Forms, WPF, Silverlight and Windows Phone.

ComponentOne Studio Enterprise includes components from all ComponentOne Studio subscriptions offering you over 200 components for .NET, ASP.NET, WPF, Silverlight, ActiveX, and Mobile Devices.

Updates in 2012 v2

Studio for WinForms 2012 v2 - Adds new control designed for project management, GanttView for WinForms, as well as support for Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 across the entire Studio.
Studio for Silverlight 2012 v2 - Features six new themes inspired by Microsoft Office, enhanced support for Chinese cultures in several controls, new Charting features, enhancements for Silverlight 5, and more.
Studio for WPF 2012 v2 - Six new themes inspired by Microsoft Office, enhanced support for Chinese cultures in several controls, new Charting features, a complete PDF library and more.
Studio for ASP.NET Wijmo 2012 v2 - Adds an AutoComplete control for creating user friendly apps, iCal support in EventsCalendar, plus enhancements across the control suite.
Studio for Windows Phone 2012 v2 - Supports Chinese localized resources for all controls, as well as enhancements to Chart, PdfViewer/ReportViewer, RichTextBox, DockControl, and Maps as well as six new themes inspired by Microsoft Office.

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Four new controls for Windows Phone

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:10:00 GMT

Example apps developed with ComponentOne Studio for Windows Phone.

ComponentOne Studio for Windows Phone 2011 v3 adds ContextMenu, DateTimePicker, ProgressBar and ToggleSwitch controls.

ComponentOne Studio for Windows Phone expands your toolbox with UI controls for data visualization, rich text, data input and layout, as well as four class libraries which speed up development time. Designed to enhance the user experience of the Windows Phone 7, these ComponentOne controls provide you with powerful and unique functionality allowing you to build better and more attractive mobile applications.

ComponentOne Studio for Windows Phone is also included in ComponentOne Studio for Silverlight, ComponentOne Studio Enterprise and ComponentOne Ultimate.

Updates in 2011 v3

C1ContextMenu Control - Provides touch-sensitive menus that can display additional commands while saving UI space.
C1DateTimePicker Control - Provides a single, intuitive UI for selecting date and time values.
C1ProgressBar Control - Visually indicates the progress of an operation.
C1ToggleSwitch Control - Provides a simple, gesture-friendly on-off switch for user input.
Excel - Read and write Microsoft Excel files (XLSX) with this easy-to-use class library.
FlexGrid - Display tabular data across columns and down rows with this simple, yet powerful grid control.
Gauges - Visualize your data and create dashboard apps with attractive gauges.
Imaging - Edit images (PNG and JPEG) and display animated GIFs on the Phone.
PDF - Create dynamic PDF files within your Phone apps.
Zip - Compress data sent over the wire and use isolated storage efficiently and securely.
Improved PdfViewer - Performance has been drastically improved and the rendering has been enhanced with hardware-accelerated bitmap caching.
Enhanced Chart - Improved touch interaction.

About ComponentOne

ComponentOne has received numerous industry and user accolades including awards from SDTimes, The Code Project, TechWeb, Software Development Magazine, Visual Studio Magazine, Society for Technical Communication and SQL Server Magazine.

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, ComponentOne is a privately held company with offices throughout the world.

ComponentOne Studio for Windows Phone launched

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:57:00 GMT

Example apps developed with ComponentOne Studio for Windows Phone.

Enhance your Windows phone applications with this collection of over 15 user interface components.

Features

15+ Windows Phone Controls and Growing
ComponentOne Studio for Windows Phone includes over 15 UI controls for data visualization, text editing, layout, and navigation. Plus, you get four code libraries which speed up development time. Studio for Windows Phone not only fills the gap with what's missing in the standard toolkit, but it adds more enterprise-level features you can't get in the box.

Metro UI Design
Studio for Windows Phone supports the Metro UI design and interaction guidelines as specified by Microsoft. Each visual control supports a Metro theme used by default, so you can feel confident that your apps will look nice on the device.

Supports Default Phone Theme
Studio for Windows Phone controls automatically inherit the Windows Phone theme by default, but using a custom theme is just as easy.

ClearStyle Technology for XAML Styling Made Easy
ComponentOne ClearStyle technology allows developers to easily change control colors without having to modify control templates. By just setting a few brush properties in Visual Studio you can quickly give a unique look to any UI control without having to work in Expression Blend or hire a professional designer.

Advanced Data Visualization
With over 30 chart types, and a wide range of color palettes, your charting apps are just a few clicks away. Chart brings animation, advanced features, and user interaction capabilities to your Windows Phone applications. With a variety of designs and shapes, Gauges give you dashboard-style visualization perfect for the mobile platform. Or you can visualize your data geographically with Maps.

Tabular Data Editing
The FlexGrid control provides you with tabular data editing on the Windows Phone. Display data records across columns and down rows with this simple, yet powerful grid control. Plus, unlock advanced features such as sorting, cell merging, and even editing with a platform-specific UI.

Display and Edit Rich Text
ComponentOne RichTextBox for Windows Phone is a Windows Phone 7 control which enables rich text editing in both RTF and HTML formats.

Code Sharing with Silverlight
Studio for Windows Phone controls share the same codebase with ComponentOne's Studio for Silverlight. Developers already familiar with Silverlight will be able to create new applications for Windows Phone without a steep learning curve. Reuse code and XAML and save development time.

ComponentOne Studio for Windows Phone includes:

Chart - Visualize your data with advanced charts supporting all popular chart types, interaction, data labels, and animations
CoverFlow - Visually navigate through items in an animated, three-dimensional graphical UI
DockPanel - Dock elements to the top, bottom, left, and right edges of any parent container
Excel - Read and write Microsoft Excel files (XLSX) with this easy-to-use class library
FlexGrid - Display tabular data across columns and down rows with this simple, yet powerful grid control
Gauges - Visualize your data and create business dashboards with attractive gauges
Imaging - Edit images (PNG and JPEG) and display animated GIFs in your apps
LayoutTransformer - Rotate, skew, translate, and scale any elements of your UI with ease
Maps - Display map tiles, or render KML files, and superimpose your own data onto the maps with this smooth viewer control
MaskedTextBox - Provide input mask validation such as phone numbers
NumericBox - Display and edit formatted numeric values such as currencies and percentages
PDF - Create dynamic PDF documents within your phone apps
PdfViewer - Add PDF viewing capabilities to your Windows Phone apps
Reflector - Display a 2D or 3D reflection of any element
RichTextBox - Display and edit RTF and HTML with support for common text decorations, hyperlinks, tables and more
UniformGrid - Neatly display child elements of equal size in rows and columns
WrapPanel - Create flowing layouts that wrap content vertically or horizontally
Zip - Compress data sent over the wire and use isolated storage efficiently and securely

About ComponentOne

ComponentOne has provided a wide range of Microsoft Visual Studio components, IDE platform development tools and applications for over 22 years. This includes ComponentOne Studio Enterprise, which represents a broad and complete set of tools and solutions for Microsoft Windows, Web and Mobile application developers. ComponentOne has continued leadership in the Microsoft Visual Studio component industry and is a premier partner of Microsoft. It also offers ComponentOne SharePoint Web Parts, custom Web Parts that enable you to deliver rich, compelling SharePoint sites without writing a line of code; ComponentOne Doc-To-Help, a long-recognized product for technical communicators who write and develop Help systems; and ComponentOne DemoWorks, a screen recording tool to produce WMV, Flash, GIF, AVI, EXE and Java files.

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, ComponentOne is a privately held company with offices throughout the world.