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Essential Studio for WinRT adds DataGrid

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:46:40 GMT

Sample DataGrid created using Syncfusion Essential Studio for WinRT (XAML).

Features include editing, unbound columns, paging, stacked headers and exporting to Excel.

Syncfusion Essential Studio for WinRT (XAML) includes a comprehensive range of user interface controls and document-manipulation libraries. Highlights include a fast chart WinRT chart control (handles 100,000 points < 1 second), gauges, maps, diagrams, hub tiles, radial menus and a date-time picker. For reporting, the suite includes a set of components for reading and writing Microsoft Excel, Word and PDF documents in your apps. From high-performance enterprise applications to touch-enabled dashboards, all your Windows 8 tablet applications will benefit from Syncfusion's UI and reporting solutions. Full-featured, easy to style and customize, optimized for the Windows Store, and backed by a dedicated support team, the Syncfusion Essential Studio for WinRT (XAML) suite will help you quickly and easily meet your users on their WinRT devices.

Updates in 2013 Vol 2

DataGrid - Features include editing, unbound columns, paging, stacked headers and exporting to Excel.
TreeMap Control - Used to effectively visualize flat or hierarchical data as clustered rectangles.
Sparkline Control - Lightweight Sparkline charts to quickly visualize trends.
Grid Splitter - Used to effectively manage the screen real estate of dashboards.
Calculator Control - Provides a basic calculator interface that enables end-users to perform simple calculations.
Touch-Friendly Scheduler Control - Advanced touch interactions such as resizing, copying and pasting appointments.
Range Navigator Control - An interface to select a time range from a date axis.
Rich Text Editor Enhancements - Touch-friendly editing capabilities.
PDF Viewer - Touch-friendly and optimized to handle large documents.

About Syncfusion

Founded by industry experts in 2001, Syncfusion provides a broad range of enterprise-class software components and tools for the Microsoft .NET platform. Their award-winning .NET components and controls are designed to meet evolving development needs, whether working in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC or Silverlight. Syncfusion strive for excellence in order to offer the very best value to customers - from small ISVs to Fortune 100 companies.

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Did you know that you can also buy Microsoft Visual Studio along with an MSDN Subscription from us? Or that in Europe and Japan we also have all the Embarcadero products available to purchase, such as Delphi, C++ Builder and RAD Studio!

Essential Studio Windows Form improves PivotGrid

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:47:38 GMT

Pivot grid created using Essential Studio.

Display any one of 12 included barcode types within your applications.

Syncfusion Essential Studio Windows Forms helps you rapidly create high-performance, user-friendly .NET applications. The suite's UI offerings include a powerful grouping grid, a cell-oriented grid, charting, diagramming, syntax-editing, scheduling, a docking manager, menus, calendars, Ribbons, editors and wizards. It also includes libraries that enable your applications to read and write Microsoft Excel, Word and Project files and to create and view PDF files. For business intelligence needs, the suite offers a BI PivotGrid.

Updates in 2013 Vol 2

Barcode Control - Display any one of 12 included barcode types within your applications. Supported symbologies include the popular QR code.
BI PivotGrid Enhancements - Conditionally format cells based on specified criteria.
Essential Grid Enhancements - Paging support has been provided in Essential Grid for Windows Forms to improve performance.
Carousel Control - Arrange items in a layout that is optimized for easily browsing a list of items.
Essential Diagram Enhancements - Changing label orientation, and the ability to have reject point connections.
Calculate Enhancements - 11 new functions added to the Calculate control.

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Essential Studio Windows Phone adds Map Control

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:47:08 GMT

Mapping app created using Essential Studio.

Powerful data-visualization control used to articulate data as a map.

Syncfusion Essential Studio Windows Phone 8 helps you easily create rich mobile applications. The suite includes charts, gauges, barcodes, tiles, navigation controls and numerous editors. All the controls are optimized for touch, supporting common gestures like zooming, panning, selecting, double-tapping, rotating and resizing.

Updates in 2013 Vol 2

TreeMap Control - Used to effectively visualize flat or hierarchical data as clustered rectangles.
Sparkline Control - Lightweight Sparkline charts to quickly visualize trends.
Range Navigator Control - Provides an interface to select a time range using touch.
Map Control - Powerful data-visualization control used to articulate data as a map. It is frequently used in financial dashboards for plotting sales across geography.

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/n software Red Carpet adds WinRT Editions

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:03:14 GMT

Credit card authorization demo in /n software Red Carpet Subscription.

Internet connectivity for Windows 8 apps.

/n software Red Carpet Subscription gives you everything in one package including communications components for every major Internet protocol, SSL and SSH security, S/MIME encryption, Digital Certificates, Credit Card Processing, ZIP compression, Instant Messaging and e-business (EDI) transactions. It supports several platforms including .NET, Java, COM, C++ and Delphi, together with per developer licensing, free quarterly update CDs and free upgrades during the subscription term.

Updates in Q2 2013

ERP Integrator V2 for SAP - New components for SAP IDoc manipulation, ABAP code execution and SAP table management.
SharePoint Integrator V4 - SharePoint 2013 and integrated SharePoint Online connectivity, Unicode updates and improved paging.
BizTalk Adapters V4 - Includes new adapters for LDAP and SCP, BizTalk 2013 support and enhanced Unicode and internationalization.
WCF Channels V4 - Fully-managed .NET Transport Channels that integrate with Windows Communication Foundation.
WinRT Editions - All IP*Works! V9 Products and E-Business Integrators.

About /n software

Since 1995, /n software has established itself as a leading provider of cross-platform software components for communication, security, and e-business development. /n software is committed to providing enterprise-class tools and components enabling developers to rapidly build robust Internet enabled web and desktop applications. Software developers for nearly every Fortune 500 and Global 2000 company worldwide use /n software's products to build powerful connected applications. All /n software products are backed by an excellent record of accomplishment based on providing robust enterprise-class solutions backed by professional technical support.

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DevExpress DXperience 13.1 released

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:16:00 GMT

Image slider.

New WinForms Spreadsheet control, endless paging for ASP.NET apps and MVC image slider extensions.

DevExpress DXperience includes all the Developer Express Windows 8, Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Silverlight and WPF components plus IDE tools (CodeRush and Refactor!), eXpress Persistent Objects and eXpressApp Framework.

Updates in 13.1

WinForms Spreadsheet Control - Deliver Excel inspired capabilities with ease.
WinForms Map Control - Support for Bing Maps and OpenStreetMap data providers.
Live Tile Manager Component - Transfer data to Windows 8 tiles so that multiple tile frames can be set up for animation.
Endless Paging ASP.NET Apps - Indefinite data loading when paging or scrolling GridView, DataView, NewsControl and ImageGallery.
MVC Image Slider Extension - Touch gesture support with horizontal and vertical image orientation modes.
MVC File Manager Extension - File multi-select support with two view modes, Details and Thumbnails.
MVC Captcha Extension - Customizable element appearance with custom character sets.
WPF Chart Control Wizard - Quickly build charts of any complexity and customize existing charts.
Property Grid Control - Display and edit properties of any object.
Range Control - Help end-users select intervals and data ranges. When integrated with the DevExpress Scheduler Control, it behaves like a timeline track bar, and allows quick timeline navigation and selection of date intervals.
Windows UI Style Controls - FlipView, PageView and SlideView.
Touch-Friendly Date Picker Control - Edit both the date and time portions of the DateTime value.
Touch-Friendly Range Control - Easily define a DateTime range.

About DevExpress (Developer Express)

DevExpress (Developer Express) is a software development company based in the United States. It produces coding assistance tools and components for Delphi, C++ Builder and Microsoft Visual Studio developers. The major part of its product line is VCL, .NET WinForms and ASP.NET components that replicate the UI of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office applications. Developer Express has won many industry awards for its products.

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DevExpress Silverlight improves Data Grid

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:14:52 GMT

A sample touch-ready app built using DevExpress Silverlight.

Arrange column headers into Bands and create multi-row layouts.

DevExpress Silverlight includes Data Grid, Menu-Toolbar, Layout Manager, Rich Text Editor, Data Editor, Spell Checker, Book and Upload controls. They offer full support for Visual Studio and application-wide theme support.

Updates in 13.1

Data Grid Enhancements - Arrange column headers into Bands and create multi-row layouts. Print selected rows and group summaries aligned by columns.
Map Control Enhancements - Automatically color map shapes (added manually or loaded from different shape formats) based on geographic data.
Visual Studio Template Gallery - A unified way to use DevExpress templates. It features filtering and searching mechanisms and contains sample images and descriptions for each template. It simplifies the way in which selections are made for individual projects.

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DevExpress Universal adds Document Server

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:12:35 GMT

Document server creating a PDF file.

Generate XLS, XLSx, DOC, DOCx, RTF, CSV and Snap Report files without using Microsoft Office automation.

DevExpress Universal Suite is a comprehensive software development toolset for .NET developers and contains the DevExpress DXperience and DXTREME products. It helps you build applications for Windows, Web, mobile and tablet, including WinForms, ASP.NET, WPF, Silverlight and Windows 8. It includes DXTREME, tools for building multi-channel applications for iPhone and Android smartphones and for iPad and Microsoft Surface tablets. It also includes CodeRush and the award winning eXpress Application Framework (XAF).

Updates in 13.1

Compression and Archive Generation - A .NET Compression Library, available in Medium-Trust environments that can perform stream and memory compression and decompression operations.
DevExpress Document Server - Generate XLS, XLSx, DOC, DOCx, RTF, CSV and Snap Report files without using Microsoft Office automation.
Spreadsheet Document Server - Create and manage spreadsheet reports within the Enterprise.
Rich Edit Document Server - A word processing engine designed to fully automate common word processing requirements.
Snap Document Server - Create and customize Snap documents on the server via its straightforward API.
Barcode Generation Library - Easily generate barcode images within your .NET application.
WinForms Spreadsheet Control - Deliver Excel inspired capabilities with ease.
WinForms Map Control - Support for Bing Maps and OpenStreetMap data providers.
Live Tile Manager Component - Transfer data to Windows 8 tiles so that multiple tile frames can be set up for animation.
Endless Paging ASP.NET Apps - Indefinite data loading when paging or scrolling GridView, DataView, NewsControl and ImageGallery.
MVC Image Slider Extension - Touch gesture support with horizontal and vertical image orientation modes.
MVC File Manager Extension - File multi-select support with two view modes, Details and Thumbnails.
MVC Captcha Extension - Customizable element appearance with custom character sets.
WPF Chart Control Wizard - Quickly build charts of any complexity and customize existing charts.
Property Grid Control - Display and edit properties of any object.
Range Control - Help end-users select intervals and data ranges. When integrated with the DevExpress Scheduler Control, it behaves like a timeline track bar, and allows quick timeline navigation and selection of date intervals.
Windows UI Style Controls - FlipView, PageView and SlideView.
Touch-Friendly Date Picker Control - Edit both the date and time portions of the DateTime value.
Touch-Friendly Range Control - Easily define a DateTime range.

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DevExpress WinForms adds Spreadsheet Control

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:14:11 GMT

A sample spreadsheet created using DevExpress WinForms controls.

Read and write XLSx, XLS, CSV and TXT Files.

DevExpress WinForms includes XtraGrid Suite, XtraBars Suite, XtraPivotGrid Suite, XtraScheduler Suite, XtraReports Suite, XtraTreeList Suite, XtraVerticalGrid Suite, XtraCharts Suite, XtraLayoutControl Suite, XtraNavBar, XtraEditors Library, XtraPrinting Library and XtraSpellChecker. DevExpress Winforms Subscription includes 1 Year Subscription for all DevExpress WinForms products included in the suite.

Updates in 13.1

WinForms Map Control - Support for Bing Maps and OpenStreetMap data providers.
WinForms Spreadsheet Control - Deliver Excel inspired capabilities with ease.
Live Tile Manager Component - Transfer data to Windows 8 tiles so that multiple tile frames can be set up for animation.
TreeListLookUpEdit - A lookup editor that utilizes the TreeList for its drop-down list.
SparklineEdit - Sparklines are used to visualize data in a highly condensed manner allowing end-users to quickly consume and compare data.
PopupGalleryEdit - A new drop-down editor that displays a GalleryControl within its popup.
DevExpress Image Picker and Icon Library - A collection of icons and images created by the DexExpress design team.
Grid Pixel Scrolling - The WinForms grid now provides pixel-based vertical scrolling.
WinForms Data Source Wizard - Available via a Smart Tag or the clickable label on any DevExpress data-aware control, this wizard helps you set up your Data Source in three easy steps.
Visual Studio Template Gallery - A unified way to use DevExpress templates. It features filtering and searching mechanisms and contains sample images and descriptions for each template. It simplifies the way in which selections are made for individual projects.

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DevExpress WPF adds Chart Control Wizard

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:13:27 GMT

A sample chart created using DevExpress WPF.

Quickly build charts of any complexity and customize existing charts.

DevExpress WPF includes a grid control with support for table as well as card data layouts along with many view types for 2D and 3D charting. It also includes advanced data editors with comprehensive data validation and masked input support, a fully-functional navigation system allowing you to build toolbars, menus, status bars and context menus, a docking window library, three types of navigation bars and data export library allowing you to export to many popular file formats.

Updates in 13.1

Chart Control Wizard - Quickly build charts of any complexity and customize existing charts.
Property Grid Control - Display and edit properties of any object.
Range Control - Help end-users select intervals and data ranges. When integrated with the DevExpress Scheduler Control, it behaves like a timeline track bar, and allows quick timeline navigation and selection of date intervals.
Windows UI Style Controls - FlipView, PageView and SlideView.
Touch-Friendly Date Picker Control - Edit both the date and time portions of the DateTime value.
Touch-Friendly Range Control - Easily define a DateTime range.
WPF Wizards and Design-Time Extensions - Set common properties and modify the layout of controls (for instance, add a column to the Grid Control and BarItem to the RibbonControl).
Scaffolding Wizards - Allow you to create MVVM applications with ease. All wizards are available from the DevExpress Template Gallery.
Instant Layout Assistant - Create complex layouts with a few clicks.
Themes and Visual Effects - Border highlighting effects, glow color customization and a new TouchlineDark theme designed to support touch screen devices.
Visual Studio Template Gallery - Provides a unified way to use DevExpress templates. It features filtering and searching mechanisms and contains sample images and descriptions for each template. It simplifies the way in which selections are made for individual projects.
WPF Data Source Wizard - Available via a Smart Tag or the clickable label on any DevExpress data-aware control, this wizard helps you set up your Data Source in three easy steps.

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DevExpress ASP.NET adds Endless Paging Apps

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:15:37 GMT

Endless paging app created using DevExpress ASP.NET.

Indefinite data loading when paging or scrolling GridView, DataView, NewsControl and ImageGallery.

DevExpress ASP.NET is a multi-purpose toolset that includes ASP.NET and MVC controls for navigation, data editing, file management, image selection, reporting and charting. Create compelling business solutions that emulate the look and capabilities of Microsoft Outlook and present data to your end users in an easy-to-use and customizable way.

Updates in 13.1

MVC Image Slider Extension - Touch gesture support with horizontal and vertical image orientation modes.
MVC File Manager Extension - File multi-select support with two view modes, Details and Thumbnails.
MVC Captcha Extension - Customizable element appearance with custom character sets.
Endless Paging ASP.NET Apps - Indefinite data loading when paging or scrolling GridView, DataView, NewsControl and ImageGallery.
Thumbnail View - Loads images from a bound data source or a folder.
ASP.NET Image Slider Enhancements - Slideshow mode, binding to binary data and template support.
Metropolis Blue Theme - The DevExpress theme collection has been extended with the newest app-wide theme.
Visual Studio Template Gallery - A unified way to use DevExpress templates. It features filtering and searching mechanisms and contains sample images and descriptions for each template. It simplifies the way in which selections are made for individual projects.
SharePoint 2013 Support - You can now use DevExpress ASP.NET Controls and SharePoint Extensions with SharePoint 2013.

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DevExpress VCL Subscription improves Compatibility

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:03:20 GMT

Sample Windows UI-inspired VCL application developed with Developer Express VCL Subscription.

New version adds support for Delphi XE4 (32-bit and 64-bit) and C++Builder XE4 (32-bit and 64-bit).

DevExpress VCL Subscription includes VCL components for data entry, charting, data analysis, navigation, layout, grids, scheduling, styling, reporting, printing and planning. The subscription includes full source code plus a 12 month window where all new product releases are delivered automatically. Developer Express VCL Subscription includes current and new products, product upgrades (major and minor) and access to all betas in active development. In addition, when you subscribe to Developer Express VCL Subscription, all your support inquiries will be given top priority.

Developer Express VCL Subscription is also available as part of DXperience and VCL Subscription Bundle.

Updates in 12.2.6

Full support for Delphi XE4 (32-bit and 64-bit) and C++Builder XE4 (32-bit and 64-bit).

About DevExpress (Developer Express)

DevExpress (Developer Express) is a software development company based in the United States. It produces coding assistance tools and components for Delphi, C++ Builder and Microsoft Visual Studio developers. The major part of its product line is VCL, .NET WinForms and ASP.NET components that replicate the UI of Microsoft Windows and Office applications. Developer Express has won numerous industry awards for its products.

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Xceed Extended WPF Toolkit Plus adds PileFlowPanel

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:22:48 GMT

Sample controls available in Xceed Extended WPF Toolkit Plus.

Items flow smoothly to the left and right of the central, selected element.

Xceed Extended WPF Toolkit Plus includes 30+ controls including PropertyGrid, Wizard, MaskedTextBox, BusyIndicator and DateTimePicker. Xceed Extended WPF Toolkit Plus is based on the popular CodePlex project and will continue to evolve at a much faster pace with better support.

Updates in V2.0

WPF Chart Control - Display rich, configurable charts with multiple areas. Supports area, column (bar), line and pie charts.
Docking Window Control - Create customizable layouts.
PileFlowPanel Control - Items flow smoothly to the left and right of the central, selected element.
Listbox Control - Combines the streamlined form factor of a listbox with path views.
StylableWindows - Style the chrome of a window. This class possesses all the typical features of a normal window, but its elements can all be styled.
ChildWindow - Several new properties that allow the window to be styled. The window can also be resized and maximized.
Windows 8 Theme - Now supported by all of the controls in the toolkit.

About Xceed Software

Xceed Software has been creating professional software components for nearly 20 years. Their current product line boasts 140 professional components, which are used by more than 100,000 professional developers worldwide. Their focus is on creating and marketing UI controls that help developers and designers create a compelling user experience. Their extensive offering also includes popular UI controls and data manipulation libraries for .NET (such as Zip and FTP), as well as controls and libraries for Silverlight, Windows Phone and ActiveX/COM.

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MindFusion.Silverlight adds Side-by-side Reports

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:11:10 GMT

A scheduling application created with MindFusion.Silverlight Pack.

Report items can now be arranged in parallel.

MindFusion.Silverlight Pack includes gauges, diagramming, scheduling and reporting features. It includes components that can create complex graphs, flowcharts, schemes, class hierarchies, genealogy trees, org charts, gauges, calendars, schedules, timetables, resource tables and business reports.

Updates in 2013.R1

Radar and Polar Charts - Supports unlimited data series, custom labels and label borders.
Hit Testing - Each chart element has properties that help you identify the data that it represents.
Visual Effects - Each chart supports System.Windows.Media.Effects.DropShadowEffect and System.Windows.Media.Effects.Blur effects.
Diagram Node Effects - Two visual effects, GlassEffect and AeroEffect, can be applied to nodes.
Themes and Theme Editor - A theme in DiagramLite is a set of styles, each associated with specific item type. When the theme is applied to a diagram, the styles registered in the theme affect all objects.
Diagram Documents and Tabbed Views - New pages can be added to the document and existing pages can be removed or re-ordered.
Layers - Layers can be hidden, locked or moved up and down in the Z order.
Layer List Control - Provides user interface for working with Layer objects.
Magnifier - Allows users to interactively zoom in or out of the diagram. The magnifier's zoom factor and size can be customized.
Side-by-side Report Containers - Report items can now be arranged in parallel.

About MindFusion Group

MindFusion Group was founded 2001 in Bulgaria by providing outsourcing services to clients from all over the world. During 2003 MindFusion developed its first ActiveX diagramming control. MindFusion quickly became dedicated to the development of reusable software components focusing on software engineers from all over the world.

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DXTREME MOBILE 13.1 released

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:09:11 GMT

Sample application built using DXTREME MOBILE.

Windows Phone applications now look and behave just like a native app.

DXTREME MOBILE helps you create stunning, multi-screen applications across platforms and devices including Windows 8, Android, iPad and iPhone. Take advantage of digital touch points by creating applications that users can interact with and enjoy. You can even submit your applications to the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. Build your app once and see how it automatically looks native to the iPhone, iPad, Android or any Windows 8 device.

Updates in 13.1

Windows Phone 8 Support - Built-in predefined layouts have been extended and a new theme added so your Windows Phone applications look and behave just like a native app.
dxDropDownMenu - A drop-down menu that provides additional actions for a toolbar.
dxAutocomplete - A textbox that suggests ways to complete the text being typed.
dxToast - Auto-disappearing pop-up notification.
dxTextArea - A multi-line text field with CSS specific to each supported platform and MVVM support.
dxActionSheet - Provides a set of choices related to a particular task.
User Action UI Feedback - All user interactions within an application's UI are highlighted visually. For instance, if a user taps a button, it changes its background.
Loading Indicator - DXTREME Mobile layouts have been updated in order to notify users about long actions during the 'show-view' cycle. When a view is not in the cache, the user will see a loading indicator until the view is rendered.
New Build Package Wizard - A straightforward way to build native packages is now available.
Build a PhoneGap-Ready ZIP package - The Build Package Wizard allows you to create a zip package for PhoneGap.
Custom Native Application Template Support - A native package can be built using custom application templates. This makes it easier for you to add extended app functionality by using PhoneGap plugins.
New Series Types - New series types have been added to the dxChart widget, step line and step area.
Custom Bar Width Support - A custom bar width can be set for bar series in the dxChart widget.
Empty Points Support - Missing points are indicated in a chart. The series presentation stops before the missing point and then continues after the point.
Multiple Series/Points Selection - Multiple series and point selection is now supported in a chart.

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MindFusion.Scheduling improves Exporting

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:38:01 GMT

Silverlight and WPF scheduling demos created with MindFusion.Scheduling Pack.

New version includes PdfExporter to export calendars to PDFs.

MindFusion.Scheduling Pack helps you create scheduling applications for Java, VB.NET, C#, Silverlight, WinForms, Windows Phone or ASP.NET platforms. Each component in the pack offers six data views that let you display a range of days, weeks or months. You can also show a timetable for a given day or a table for the resources in your project.

Updates in 2013.R1

MindFusion.Scheduling for WinForms

Exporting - Use the PdfExporter to export calendars to PDFs.
Improved Custom Drawing - Items can be custom drawn using the ItemDrawing event.

MindFusion.Scheduling for Silverlight/WPF

Improved Item Presenter - Provide start and end times through the StartTime and EndTime properties.
Improved Recurrence - The Recurrence class now exposes a new event, ValidateOccurrence, which can be used to validate and customize the occurrences of a recurrence pattern.

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Altova MissionKit improves Database support

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:37:03 GMT

An organization chart shown in XML code view and schema view.

New release adds support for Informix 11.70, PostgreSQL 9.2.1, MySQL 5.5.28, IBM DB2 10.1 and SQL Server 2012.

Altova MissionKit is an ideal product suite for the XML developer who needs sophisticated XML development, data integration and XSLT stylesheet design capabilities. It provides standards-compliant support for all XML related technologies including XSLT 1.0/2.0, XML Schema and XQuery.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2013 Release 2

FOP 1.1 support - New processor for PDF generation.
Deploy to FlowForce Server - Easily deploy mapping projects to FlowForce Server for automation.
MapForce Server Development - Allow users to automate execution of MapForce mappings on a local system, with faster performance and reduced memory footprint.
Support for New Databases - Informix 11.70, PostgreSQL 9.0.10/9.1.6/9.2.1, MySQL 5.5.28, IBM DB2 9.5/9.7/10.1, SQL Server 2012, Sybase ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) 15/15.7 and Access 2010/2013.
Support for Deploying StyleVision Designs to FlowForce Server - Automate multi-channel document and report generation.
Support for Creating and Editing Oracle PL/SQL Packages - PL/SQL packages are a core Oracle feature and can be found in existing databases when connecting with DatabaseSpy.
Support for Logical Files in IBM iSeries Databases - Implements functionality with a wider range of IBM DB2 databases.

About Altova

Altova accelerates development and integration projects with software, services, and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. Altova is the choice of over 1.5 million clients worldwide and virtually every Fortune 500 company. With customers ranging from vast development teams in the world's largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova's line of software applications and custom-tailored professional and educational services fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent development solutions that are powerful, affordable, and easy-to-use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria.

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NetAdvantage for Windows Forms 2013 Vol 1 released

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:41:09 GMT

Various controls included in Infragistics NetAdvantage for Windows Forms.

New version adds touch, panning and multi-gesture support.

Infragistics NetAdvantage for Windows Forms provides developers with UI controls to rapidly build and style line-of-business applications with the look and feel of Microsoft Office. Developers receive controls needed to create superior user experiences with stability, performance and robustness including data grids, trees, toolbars, calendars, editors, charts, gauges and scenic ribbons.

Updates in 2013 Volume 1

Grid - Full touch support, alternate row formatting, hot tracking and the ability to export drop-down lists to Excel.
Touch Experience - Touch, panning and multi-gesture support for the Editor, Grid, Tabs, List View, Tree and Value List controls.

About Infragistics

Infragistics has been the market leader in the presentation layer components industry for over 18 years. With a comprehensive portfolio of multi-platform Enterprise Software products and services, they have achieved global reach in nearly every Fortune 2000 company. Infragistics empowers developers to build and style great application user interfaces for Windows Forms, ASP.NET, WPF and JSF, and additionally offers user interface test tools, support, training and consulting services.

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Codejock Xtreme Toolkit Pro 2013 released

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:04:00 GMT

Charts created using Codejock Toolkit Pro.

New version adds Office 2013 Style Ribbon and Menus, Office Style Calendar and Windows 8 Skinning.

Codejock Toolkit Pro provide Windows developers with a sophisticated set of components to give applications a professional and modern appearance. The products include charts, calendars, grids, toolbars, docking and theming features.

Updates in 2013

Full support for Visual Studio 2012 - The library has been tested with Visual Studio 2012 and fully supports it. Visual Studio 2012 has been integrated into the Deployment Wizard.
Full support for Windows 8 - The Toolkit Pro library has been tested with Windows 8.
Office 2013 Themes - Give your application Office 2013 style themes.
Visual Studio 2012 Themes - New support for Visual Studio 2012 Dark and Light themes.
Windows 8 Skin - With the new Windows 8 skin your application can look like its running on Windows 8 even in older operating systems.
Flow Graph Updates - Flow Graph architecture has been extended to support XML, turning it into a fully featured diagram control.
Chart Trend Lines - Trend Lines show the general direction that data seems to be heading over time.
Chart Error Bars - These bars give you a general idea how accurate (or inaccurate) the data is.
Code Base Refactor - Many areas of the Toolkit Pro library have been refactored to provide a more stable and easier to use toolset.

About Codejock Software

Codejock Software was formed in 1998 with the goal of making software development easier and more cost effective. Their primary focus was to provide Windows developers with professional user interface components for their desktop applications. Today, they continue to lead the way by providing cutting-edge interface components that empower customers with the tools to quickly deliver a polished presentation. Their line of development tools continue to evolve as enhancements and product releases are driven by both the trends in software development and the requests of customers.

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NetAdvantage for .NET adds Windows UI Controls

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:27:35 GMT

Touch enabled application created using Infragistics NetAdvantage for .NET.

Build business and leisure applications in HTML or XAML.

Infragistics NetAdvantage for .NET provides developers with flexible, advanced controls to rapidly build high-quality Data Visualization applications, Line of Business Reports and application user interfaces for Windows UI, Windows Forms, ASP.NET, WPF, Silverlight and jQuery. Developers receive every control needed to produce superior user experiences with stability, performance and robustness. An annual subscription is also provided for developer support, source code, updates, upgrades, documentation and samples.

Updates in 2013 Volume 1

Desktop and Mobile Touch Optimization - Key controls across jQuery/HTML5, ASP.NET, Windows Forms, Silverlight, WPF and Windows UI have been optimized for touch.
NetAdvantge Windows UI - Dozens of controls for HTML or XAML.
More Control and Feature Parity - Across the XAML and Ignite UI products including new cross-platform addition of the Radial Gauge control.
XAML - Release of the XAML Syntax Parsing Engine and enhancements to the Menu/Context Menu, Gantt and Data Chart controls.
Maps - Advanced features for XAML's Geographic Map, including Esri ArcGIS support.
Ignite UI - Pivot Grid, Pivot Data Selector, Pivot View, Tile and Layout Manager controls and KnockoutJS support for Grid, Tree, Combo and Editors controls.
ASP.NET MVC - New wrappers for Ignite UI's newest controls.
Indigo Studio - New tool for creating rapid, interactive UI prototypes of your desktop, web and mobile applications.

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NetAdvantage Ultimate 2013 Volume 1 released

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:32:42 GMT

Sample application built using Infragistics NetAdvantage Ultimate.

Build business applications and engaging leisure apps in WinJS or XAML.

Infragistics NetAdvantage Ultimate provides advanced controls to build user interface and data visualization applications for Windows Forms, ASP.NET, WPF, jQuery and Silverlight. With Reporting and Windows Phone in the same package, developers can create high performance, robust, stable solutions across browsers, platforms and devices. An annual subscription is also provided for developer support, source code, updates, upgrades, documentation and samples.

Updates in 2013 Volume 1

Desktop and Mobile Touch Optimization - Key controls across jQuery/HTML5, ASP.NET, Windows Forms, Silverlight, WPF, NucliOS and Windows UI have been optimized for touch.
NetAdvantge Windows UI - Dozens of controls for HTML or XAML.
More Control and Feature Parity - Across the XAML, Ignite UI, and NucliOS products including new cross-platform addition of the Radial Gauge control.
XAML - Release of the XAML Syntax Parsing Engine and enhancements to the Menu/Context Menu, Gantt and Data Chart controls.
Maps - Advanced features for XAML's Geographic Map, including Esri ArcGIS support.
Ignite UI - Pivot Grid, Pivot Data Selector, Pivot View, Tile and Layout Manager controls and KnockoutJS support for Grid, Tree, Combo and Editors controls.
Enhancements - Data Grid and Data Chart across the XAML, Ignite UI and NucliOS products.
ASP.NET MVC - New wrappers for Ignite UI's newest controls.
NucliOS - Xamarin.iOS (MonoTouch) bindings across NucliOS controls to enable native iOS development in C#.
Indigo Studio - New tool for creating rapid, interactive UI prototypes of your desktop, web and mobile applications.

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MadPak launched

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:29:17 GMT

MadCap Flare included in MadPak.

The ultimate technical communication suite.

MadPak includes six fully integrated technical communication tools for authoring, publishing, analysis, reporting, translation management and multimedia enhancements. Tight integration between products provides you with a complete suite of tools for all of your technical communication needs. MadPak includes MadCap Flare, Contributor, Analyzer, Lingo, Mimic and Capture.

Features

MadCap Flare - Documentation for any audience, language or format. The most complete technical authoring and publishing solution for web, desktop, mobile and printed documentation.
MadCap Contributor - Document contribution and review. MadCap Contributor makes it simple and easy for anyone in your organization to review and contribute content to your documentation.
MadCap Analyzer - Analyze, report and improve your project content. Increase project efficiency and consistency with powerful analytic tools.
MadCap Lingo - Your completely independent translation management solution. Improve translation efficiency with a streamlined workflow using built-in Translation Memory technology (TMX support), detailed reporting capabilities and advanced translation features such as alignment and termbases.
MadCap Mimic - Create fully interactive demos, videos, tutorials and software simulations. MadCap Mimic is an easy-to-use software simulation and multimedia tool that lets you create fully interactive movies, videos, simulations, presentations and tutorials of software or systems.
MadCap Capture - Screen captures made easy. Capture, edit and enhance images from your computer screen.

About MadCap Software

Founded in early 2005, MadCap Software is a trusted resource for authoring and publishing solutions, including multimedia and translation management. Their products are used to create corporate intranets, online Help systems, manuals, video tutorials, knowledge bases, ebooks and user guides. They are based in San Diego, California.

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DXperience 12.2.7 released

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:17:23 GMT

Windows 8 look and feel.

Maintenance release includes updates to CodeRush and DXGrid.

DXperience DXv2 includes all the Developer Express Windows 8, Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Silverlight and WPF components plus IDE tools (CodeRush and Refactor!), eXpress Persistent Objects and eXpressApp Framework.

DevExpress Universal Suite is a comprehensive software development toolset for .NET developers and contains the DXperience Enterprise and DXTREME Enterprise products. It helps you build applications for Windows, Web, mobile and tablet, including WinForms, ASP.NET, WPF, Silverlight and Windows 8. It includes DXTREME, tools for building multi-channel applications for iPhone and Android smartphones and for iPad and Microsoft Surface tablets. It also includes CodeRush and the award winning eXpress Application Framework (XAF).

Updates in 12.2.7

CodeRush for Visual Studio .NET

Training Window now shows suggestions.

Dashboard

Added ConfigureDataConnection event to change database connection settings at runtime.
Populate data sources after loading dashboards.

DXBars

Serialize BarManager and RibbonControl events the DXSerializer.SerializationID property are now assigned.

DXDocking for WPF

XDocking DocumentPanel tab headers can now be customized using the Appearance setting.

DXGrid for WPF

Now sort Double type fields correctly.
Obtain unloaded row objects in server mode.

DXPivotGrid for WPF

Improved FieldCellTemplateSelector help topic.

DXTreeList for WPF

TreeListControl now tracks changes in child property once a value has been obtained.

eXpress Persistent Objects

Support WCF Data Services v5.3 using OData.

eXpressApp Framework

Improved ErrorMessages.GetRelatedMessage method to avoid interruptions while debugging.
Support multiple default Object Space Providers in XafApplication.
Customized base class for many-to-many association intermediates.

MVC Extensions

Highlight main implementation details in Layout Management demo.
You can now set CallbackRouteValues via RouteValueDictionary.

About DevExpress

DevExpress is a software development company based in the United States. It produces coding assistance tools and components for Delphi, C++ Builder and Microsoft Visual Studio developers. The major part of its product line is VCL, .NET WinForms and ASP.NET components that replicate the UI of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office applications. Developer Express has won many industry awards for its products

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C1 Studio for WinForms improves Report control

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:23:50 GMT

Ribbon UI, grid and charting demo in ComponentOne WinPortfolio.

Quicker report generation, performance improvements and improved memory consumption.

ComponentOne Studio for WinForms contains over 65 .NET Windows Forms components, including grids, charts, barcodes, scheduling and reporting controls.

Updates in 2013 v1

Tile Control

Develop desktop applications with a Windows 8 application look and feel. Automatically create tile layouts with data binding features.

Reports

View your C1PrintDocuments in an easy-to-use, standalone application.
Stretch rendered barcodes so that they fit the overall look and feel of the design.
Improved the rendering of dashed lines in PDF.
Quicker report generation, performance improvements and improved memory consumption.
Print directly from the C1Report object.

Editor

Comments can be added to text.

GanttView

Added new properties (FirstMonthOfFY and UseStartingYearForFY) which enable you to specify the first month of the fiscal year and the year when the fiscal year starts.
Show progress lines for individual tasks.

Scheduler

View the next seven days schedule from the context menu.

About ComponentOne

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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MindFusion Pack for Windows Forms 2013.R1 released

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:26:44 GMT

MindFusion.Reporting, Planner.NET and FlowChart.NET windows.

New version improves selection, exporting and rendering.

MindFusion Pack for Windows Forms includes components to create workflow, process diagrams, database entity-relationship diagrams and organizational charts. It also includes charting and mapping components that feature graph, line, area, bar, pie and doughnut functionality.

Updates in 2013.R1

Preserve Tree Layout Order - Keep the original geometric order of child nodes when arranging them under their parent.
Item Rendering Improvements - Effects can now be applied to CompositeNode objects.
Export Improvements - The PaintControl event is now raised when exporting ControlNode objects to PDF, SVG or WMF.
Selection Improvements - Let users select existing items, but not modify them or draw new ones.
Exporting - A new exporter has been added which enables calendars to be exported PDF.

About MindFusion Group

MindFusion Group products and services are based on the advanced technologies of industry leaders like Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Macromedia as well as open-source products. The professionals working with the MindFusion Group specialise in different areas of application and web development, database design and management, systems and network integration. They utilize the available technologies to maximum extent to create manageable, cost-efficient and flexible software solutions.

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C1 Studio Enterprise adds Tile Control

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:52:06 GMT

Sales Dashboard created using ComponentOne Studio.

Add Windows 8 look and feel to your WinForms, WinRT XAML, Silverlight, WPF and Windows Phone apps.

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 2013 v1

Touch support and MVC 4 Scaffolding in Studio for ASP.NET Wijmo.
New Tile Control for WinForms, WinRT XAML, Silverlight, WPF and Windows Phone.
New MVC 4 tools.
A new way of using the ReportViewer control in MVC.
Feature enhancements for WinForms Reports, Editor and Scheduler.
C1CollectionView, C1FlexGrid and the new C1Tile control for creating Windows 8 live tile experiences in all platforms.