ComponentSource Topic | Silverlight Controls

ImageGear for Silverlight enhances File Formats

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:02:29 GMT

Image manipulation using ImageGear for Silverlight.

Read and update Metadata without decoding/recompressing image data.

ImageGear for Silverlight is an imaging SDK designed specifically for Silverlight. Seamlessly move programs from desktop to browser with responsive imaging and annotation controls. ImageGear for Silverlight provides functionality for image compression and display, interactive annotations and color image editing and processing.

Updates in v20.0

DICOM Multi-Planar Reconstruction (MPR) display components
Read and update Metadata without decoding or recompressing image data
Load headerless RAW data files to create smaller file sizes
Annotation security control enables more granular control
NotateXpress XML Annotation format reader

About Accusoft

Accusoft was founded in 1991 in Tampa, Florida, Accusoft is one of the largest providers of imaging software development kits (SDKs) and image viewers. Imaging technology solutions include barcode, compression, DICOM, editing, forms processing, OCR, PDF, scanning, video and viewing. Multiple 32bit and 64bit platforms are supported including Windows, Windows Mobile, Linux, Sun Solaris, Mac OSX and IBM AIX.

Red Carpet Subscription updates TSYS Integrator

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:01:44 GMT

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

New features include support for TSYS Host Capture and Heartland Payment Systems processing.

/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 2012

TSYS Integrator V6 - Powerful new capabilities including support for TSYS Host Capture and Heartland Payment Systems processing. Significantly reduce security and compliance-related issues when processing through TSYS.

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 2,000 company worldwide use /n software's products to build powerful connected applications. All /n software products are backed by an excellent seven-year record of accomplishment based on providing robust enterprise-class solutions backed by professional technical support.

WebUI Studio Premier supports Silverlight 5

Tue, 15 May 2012 16:06:00 GMT

An example application built with WebUI Studio 2011 R2 Premier.

Service Pack also includes Document Viewer and Visual Studio Project template improvements.

WebUI Studio includes advanced components for ASP.NET, WPF and Silverlight application development. It empowers Rich Internet Applications development by offering a solid architecture and tight integration between each product with support for any web browser. WebUI Studio Premier offers advanced functionality like smart batch update, high-performance client binding, integrated spell checking and real-progress AJAX file uploading. Product updates and upgrades are included for a full year from the purchase date as well as priority support via phone calls, live chat or conference meetings, as well as direct collaboration with engineers. The following editions are available:

Updates in 2011 R2 SP1

Native Silverlight 5 Support - New release now ships with Silverlight 5 compiled assemblies and also includes many improvements and new features
Document Viewer - XPS and SQL reporting document viewers have been enhanced to support vector printing mode
Improved Visual Studio Project Templates - Project templates feature a new wizard that prompts Silverlight target version during project creation, and automatically picks up the proper assemblies depending on the selected Silverlight version
WCF RIA Services - Project templates have been redesigned to work flawlessly regardless of the WCF RIA Services installed

About Intersoft Solutions Corporation

Intersoft Solutions Corporation provides a broad range of innovative, high performance ASP.NET, Silverlight and WPF tools. The company is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia with partners and resellers worldwide. Intersoft Solutions Corporation has built over 30 state-of-the-art components since 2002, empowering millions of users with richer, more intuitive Web applications.

Essential Studio BI adds ActivePivot support

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:50:00 GMT

Sample Business Intelligence applications.

Bind with ActivePivot server databases and customize the data by pivoting, slicing and dicing.

Syncfusion Essential Studio Business Intelligence Edition includes BI Grid, BI Client, BI Chart, BI Gauge and BI PivotGrid controls to help manage OLAP data. You can also build reports interactively with the included Report Designer.

Updates in 2012 Volume 2

All new support for editing and updating Pivot Grid data
Support for adding calculated measures interactively using the provided OLAP Client UI
Support for Quartet FS' ActivePivot engine
PivotGrid allows users to summarize selected columns and rows of data in a database table to organize it in a cross-tabulated form
View MDX queries displayed in a separate dialog

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.

Essential Studio adds ASP.NET MVC Project Wizard

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:49:08 GMT

Sample applications written using Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise Edition.

Create starter projects that have all Syncfusion library references automatically added.

Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise Edition lets you create rich applications that integrate business intelligence analysis and reporting with ease. It includes software components that enable developers to produce quality software for the most demanding of environments. It includes all the tools and libraries that are produced by Syncfusion in one package.

Updates in 2012 Volume 2

New advanced project wizard for ASP.NET MVC
New PivotGrid control for Windows Forms
Support for Quartet FS' ActivePivot engine
Custom XlsIO pivot engine for runtime manipulation of pivot tables
WPF/Silverlight - New transparent theme for all framework and Syncfusion controls
All new support for editing and updating Pivot Grid data
Support for adding calculated measures interactively using the provided OLAP Client UI
PDF - support for Tagged PDF when converting from HTML to PDF
PDF Viewer - support for embedded fonts and several additional image formats
XlsIO - Custom pivot engine for the runtime manipulation of pivot tables

About Syncfusion

Essential Studio Reporting 2012 Volume 2 released

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:48:14 GMT

Applications created using Syncfusion Essential Studio Reporting Edition.

Render text elements in PDF documents using embedded fonts.

Syncfusion Essential Studio Reporting Edition is an reporting solution that allows you to integrate document-based reporting (PDF, Excel, Word) into Windows and Web applications. It includes Essential XlsIO, Essential DocIO, Essential PDF, Essential PDF Viewer, Essential Report Writer, Essential Report Viewer, Essential Grouping, Essential Calculate, Essential Spreadsheet and Essential ProjIO.

Updates in 2012 Volume 2

Tagged PDF Support - Essential PDF now adds support for tagged PDFs during HTML-to-PDF conversion, making content accessible to users who have visual impairments
Converting XPS to PDF - An XPS (XML Paper Specification) document standardized by Ecma International can now be easily converted to PDF using Essential PDF
Rendering TIFF Images - Essential PDF Viewer provides support for decoding TIFF images so that users can directly view the images in a PDF document
Text Rendering Using Embedded Fonts - Essential PDF Viewer now features embedded fonts to render text elements in a PDF document
Rendering PNG Images - Essential PDF Viewer for Windows Forms now provides support for rendering PNG images using soft masking
Editing Report Item Properties - Essential Report Designer now provides editing support for its controls, enabling users to edit properties of report items (such as text boxes, images, rectangles, lines, etc.) similar to Microsoft Report Builder
Support for Preserving Content Control - Essential DocIO now provides limited support to preserve the Content control
Pivot Engine Integration - Essential XlsIO now provides support for setting up a pivot table. Using this feature, pivot table content can be accessed dynamically. Report filters can also be applied to the pivot table

About Syncfusion

Essential Studio UI adds Cell Merging

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:46:51 GMT

Sample applications built using Syncfusion Essential Studio User Interface Edition.

Merge adjacent cells in a grid and perform sorting and grouping on columns containing merged cells.

Syncfusion Essential Studio User Interface Edition includes grids, docking and menu frameworks, data binding controls, scheduler, data visualization charts, gauges and diagrams. It includes Essential Grid, Essential Tools, Essential Chart, Essential Diagram, Essential Schedule, Essential Edit, Essential PDF Viewer (Windows Forms, WPF), Essential HTMLUI (Windows Forms), Essential Gauge, Essential Gantt (WPF, Silverlight), and Essential Maps (WPF, Silverlight, Windows Phone).

Updates in 2012 Volume 2?

Visual Studio Wizard for Project Creation and Manipulation - When users select products from the MVC Project Configuration Wizard, a template automatically adds the respective assemblies and references to the application based on control type and theme
Sub-Gauges - Visualize two different data types within the same space
Merging Cells - Merge adjacent cells in a grid and still perform sorting and grouping on columns containing merged cells
Data Table Support - Essential Grid supports data tables in two modes: server and JSON. Both modes allow sorting, grouping, and all the other basic functions you would expect in a grid, but with JSON mode, data rendering occurs on the client side, greatly improving grid performance
All-day Appointments - Create an engagement spanning an entire day or longer
Dragging Appointments Between Resources - An appointment can be dragged from one resource to another
Support for Date Ranges - You can set minimum and maximum dates to create a range of dates that can be selected in a schedule
Customizing the Schedule View - The viewable area of a schedule can be customized to show times within a certain range
Customizing Appointment Appearance - The background, font style and other visual elements of appointments can be customized based on resource, category, or custom CSS
Customized Date Highlighting - The navigation panel in the Schedule control can highlight dates to indicate coming events
Localization Support - Choose which language the user interface elements will be displayed in
Support for Custom CSS - In addition to having 14 built-in skins, the look and feel of the Schedule control can be customized using your own CSS

About Syncfusion

DevForce adds Visual Studio 11 Beta support

Thu, 10 May 2012 11:54:00 GMT

Build business applications using DevForce.

Design and build time support is now automatically installed into Visual Studio 11 Beta.

DevForce gives you the ability to quickly build data-rich applications for multiple client technologies by taking care of the back-end infrastructure and logic so you can focus on client-side development. It's a framework for building and operating applications which provides the tools, techniques and libraries that you need to build powerful business applications fast. The following editions are available:

Updates in 2010 (V6.1.7)

Visual Studio 11 Beta Support - DevForce design and build time support is now automatically installed to Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 11 Beta. Please note: the DevForce EDM Designer Extension for VS11 only supports projects targeting .NET 4.0
Performance Improvements - Performance issue with property accessors in Silverlight 5 fixed
Multiple Validation Improvements - Additional improvements in validation, including improved support for ComplexTypes and free-from verifier results

About IdeaBlade

As an early pioneer in .NET application development, IdeaBlade provides a mature and extensible platform for the development and deployment of enterprise .NET applications. IdeaBlade's DevForce framework enables enterprise developers to build, deploy and maintain n-tier .NET applications with ease.

NetAdvantage Reporting adds HTML5 Report Viewer

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:14:24 GMT

Print reports from the report viewer.

Render NetAdvantage Reporting Reports within Web and desktop applications, and mobile devices.

NetAdvantage Reporting is a XAML reporting solution for Silverlight and WPF reporting applications. You can create elegant and easy-to-design reports engineered to help you deliver information to your end users in the shortest possible time. It offers report design, report viewing and an Expression Assistant. Other features and functionality include: integrated charting support (based on Infragistics data visualization charting controls), SQL data access, and the ability to easily connect to the most popular data sources like Entity Framework and RIA Services (using client-side rendering). You can even export your reports to a PDF format without any round trips back to the server.

Updates in 2012 Volume 1

HTML5 Report Viewer - Render NetAdvantage Reporting Reports within Web and desktop applications, and mobile devices
Touch/Gesture Support - Get multi-touch and gesture support (such as panning and flick scrolling) for the Silverlight, WPF and WinForms report viewers
jQuery UI Compatible - NetAdvantage Reporting supports ThemeRoller, a tool which facilitates the creation of custom themes that are compatible with jQuery UI widgets
Change Connection Strings - Offer your users a convenient way of changing the connection string of a report's SQL data source at run-time
Report Loading at Run-Time - Using new URI Resolvers, you can specify how the report definition is loaded - from a location in your file system, a web URL or streams

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.

NetAdvantage for .NET 2012 Volume 1 released

Fri, 04 May 2012 16:12:25 GMT

Pivot grid and data chart sample application.

Now includes Data Visualization and Business Intelligence components.

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 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 2012 Volume 1

Introduced the Metro Theme across jQuery, Silverlight and WPF controls, to add sleek, modern styles to your Window 8-ready apps
Better Mobile UI, including mobile-centric List View and Rating controls for jQuery
Touch support for jQuery, Silverlight, WPF and ASP.NET controls - with larger buttons and gesture support for tapping, pinching, flicking and zooming
High-performance Data Chart and geospatial Mapping capabilities for NetAdvantage for jQuery
Addition of Spark and Point Charts to data visualization controls
More styling capabilities with the new Color Tuner for Silverlight and WPF
Gantt Printing control in the Windows Forms toolset
Compatibility with Visual Studio 2011 Beta
Now includes all NetAdvantage Silverlight and WPF controls

About Infragistics

NetAdvantage Ultimate 2012 Volume 1 released

Fri, 04 May 2012 16:15:13 GMT

Create charts and graphs with Infragistics NetAdvantage Ultimate.

Adds mobile and touch-friendly gesture support, Metro UI styling and enhanced data visualization controls.

Infragistics NetAdvantage Ultimate provides advanced controls to build user interface and data visualization applications for Windows Forms, ASP.NET, WPF, jQuery and Silverlight. With SharePoint Web Parts, 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 2012 Volume 1

Introduced the Metro Theme across jQuery, Silverlight and WPF controls, to add sleek, modern styles to your Window 8-ready apps
Better Mobile UI, including mobile-centric List View and Rating controls for jQuery and a Tabular Grid experience for Windows Phone
Touch support for jQuery, Silverlight, WPF and ASP.NET controls - with larger buttons and gesture support for tapping, pinching, flicking and zooming
High-performance Data Chart and geospatial Mapping capabilities for NetAdvantage for jQuery
Addition of Spark and Point Charts to data visualization controls
More styling capabilities with the new Color Tuner for Silverlight and WPF
Gantt Printing control in the Windows Forms toolset
Compatibility with Visual Studio 2011 Beta
Includes all NetAdvantage Icon packs
Includes Quince, a UX and UI pattern library tool

About Infragistics

CodeFluent Entities supports Visual Studio 11 Beta

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:42:00 GMT

Create applications using CodeFluent Entities.

Automatically create applications within Visual Studio 11 Beta.

CodeFluent Entities is a model-first tool that automatically generates application layers (user interface, services, business tier and database). Define your business model, choose your target platform, generate, add your custom business rules and compile.

Updates in 2012

Support for Visual Studio 11 Beta
Support for CTRL+A has been added to the Method Editor form
Implements and SetImplements rules are now supported at project level by the BOM producer
Added Transaction Rule support for methods other then Save and Delete
Support has been added to the Visual Studio Integrated modeler for custom aspects compiled in .NET assemblies
Enumeration declaration now supports named values
Added support for SQL Server 2012
Added non Latin character support to CFQL

About SoftFluent

SoftFluent is a privately-owned company that delivers software and development services. Their management team is composed of several Microsoft veterans that have significant experience including personal involvement with more than 600 different customers.

Chant Developer Workbench supports VS 11 Beta

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:03:00 GMT

Create Grammars using Chant Developer Workbench.

Includes Visual Studio 11/.NET 4.5 component libraries and samples.

Chant Developer Workbench is comprised of essential tools and components for developing software that speaks and listens. As an interactive toolset, it provides a development and testing environment for working with the component libraries and the speech technology objects they manage. You can manage grammars, profiles, lexicons, recognizers, synthesizers and text-to-speech markup interactively within the application software you develop and deploy.

Updates in 2011 (Build 4.0.9.0)

New Visual Studio 11/.NET 4.5 component libraries and samples for all products
Support for Nuance VoCon 3200 Hybrid V4.3 enables remote queries (dictation recognition and commands) with the Nuance Mobile Application Server (NMAS)
New Chant Application Framework classes simplify vocabulary management and UI voice-enablement
New Chant .NET libraries for SAPI System.Speech and Microsoft.Speech libraries

About Chant

Chant is a provider of software and services that help organizations gain competitive advantage using speech technology. They are focused on providing solutions that enable you to do more with your computer by talking with it. Chant was one of the first companies to provide engine-independent components for developing desktop, Web-enabled and telephony applications that use speech technology.

Add PDF Creation to your Applications

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:02:16 GMT

Create PDF files using DotPdf.

Generate output from reports, e-mail attachments and printable versions of web-pages.

DotPdf allows you to PDF-enable your .NET applications. Add the ability to create PDFs or manipulate the pages of existing PDF files. DotPdf is licensed per developer with royalty free deployment options. DotPdf is also available as part of Atalasoft DotImage Pdf Bundle.

Features

Create invoices, POs, quotes, receipts, archival records
Generate output from reports, e-mail attachments and printable versions of web-pages
No need to understand PDF Specification
Create blank PDF templates that you can fill with data
Use a sophisticated shape library to layout pages, including vector drawing (lines, rectangles, paths), text and images
Manipulate the pages of a PDF by reordering, removing or adding pages
Add and edit the bookmarks of a PDF
Add encryption to any PDF
Add/Edit the metadata of a PDF
Integrate with DotImage to include advanced codecs like JPEG2000, JBig2 or vector versions of 1D and 2D barcodes

About Atalasoft

Atalasoft is a provider of a high-performance imaging libraries targeted towards authors of document processing systems and photographic imaging. The components quickly add imaging functionality to applications thus saving money and reducing development time. Atalasoft's customers include Fortune 500 companies, medical imaging corporations, aerospace engineering, software development firms and Web developers from all over the world.

Red Carpet Subscription adds Google Integrator

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:31:00 GMT

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

Includes connection to Google Docs, Google Calendar and Gmail.

/n software Red Carpet Subscription gives you everything in one package: 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++, Delphi, everything is included, together with per developer licensing, free quarterly update CDs and free upgrades during the subscription term.

Updates in Q1 2012

Google Integrator - Easy to use components for integrating connectivity with Google Cloud Storage and Google Apps like Google Docs, Google Calendar and Gmail.
ERP (SAP) Integrator - Integrate connectivity with SAP R/3 and NetWeaver. Easily call BAPIs and function modules, no complex schema knowledge required.

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 seven-year record of accomplishment based on providing robust enterprise-class solutions backed by professional technical support.

DevForce updated

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:30:38 GMT

Build business applications using DevForce.

Updates in 2010 (V6.1.6)

Design-time data using Code First entities now works in Expression Blend
Provide single sign-on/sign-off by default within an application
CodeSecond generation now adds CodeFirst connection string to appropriate .config file
The EntityManager now raises a ConnectionStateChanged event upon connect/disconnect
Prevent accidental code regeneration
Load and probe (recompose) dynamic DevForce assemblies via the CompositionHost.Add(assemblyCatalog) method
The Silverlight Business Application templates no longer use the deprecated IAuthenticationManager API
DevForce now manages authentication through the Authenticator and AuthenticationContext classes

About IdeaBlade

As an early pioneer in .NET application development, IdeaBlade provides the a mature and extensible platform for the development and deployment of enterprise .NET applications. IdeaBlade's DevForce framework enables enterprise developers to build, deploy and maintain n-tier .NET applications with ease.

TeeChart for .NET updated

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:29:39 GMT

3D Silverlight chart and maps in TeeChart for .NET.

TeeChart for .NET is a 100% Managed C#.NET charting control that supports Windows Forms, ASP.NET, WPF, Compact Framework, Silverlight and Reporting Services. It provides the functionality to produce financial charting applications including Open-High-Low-Close Series, Candle, Volume and MACD, ADX, Stochastic, Bollinger, Momentum and Moving Average statistical functions.

Updates in 2012

Set Polar Series labels to Kelvin rather than Celcius
FastLine Clicked method returns correct values when DrawAllPoints is false
MultipleNextTasks property and AddMultipleNextTasks method enables more than one next task line to be added to any given Gantt bar
Tower Series stacked property allows a Tower Series with identical grids to be stacked on top of each other
ColorLine collection for CircularGauge and LinearGauge enables multiple custom color lines
EscapeKey properly interrupts and cancels a line that is being drawn
RectangleTool can now be edited in TeeChart for Silverlight

About Steema Software

Steema Software was formed to help meet the growing demand for TeeChart 1.0 VCL for Delphi 1.0 developed by current CEO David Berneda in 1995. Steema has grown to become a leading company in the industry, servicing products and technology solutions to many thousands of developers worldwide.

C1 Studio for Silverlight adds Organization Chart

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:43:31 GMT

Silvertunes demo application in ComponentOne Studio for Silverlight.

Create hierarchical diagrams that show the structure and relationships of your data.

ComponentOne Studio for Silverlight includes over 50 innovative Silverlight controls including grid, uploader, layouts, charts, maps and gauges. It complements designer and developer workflow by supporting both XAML and code. The components allow designers to create user experiences and provide developers a familiar, full-featured set of properties and methods.

Updates in 2012 v1

New Organization Chart

Rich Data Binding - With this flexible, easy-to-use control, bind it to a single entity containing sub-items or an IEnumerable collection of items which each can contain sub-items.
Versatile Item Display - Display items flowing horizontally or vertically in either direction and determine the flow of the chart by simply setting the Orientation and FlowDirection properties on the control.

New Silverlight Maps

Maps powered by Esri - Easily transform GIS data into business intelligence

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.

ComponentOne Studio Enterprise adds HTML5 calendar

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:26:43 GMT

ComponentOne samples showing Silverlight, WinForms, and iPhone controls.

Create a full-featured iPad Calendar style scheduling application.

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 v1

The new EventsCalendar control lets you display shared or private calendars in day, week, work week, or monthly views. It can also save and load data from a bound or built-in data source.

Additional Updates in ComponentOne Studio Enterprise

Visual Studio 11 support
Maps powered by Esri software
A Silverlight and WPF OrgChart for creating hierarchical diagrams
New controls and product enhancements across all .NET platforms

About ComponentOne

ComponentOne adds FlexGrid for LightSwitch

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:27:44 GMT

ComponentOne Silverlight, WPF, WinForms, ASP.NET, and iPhone controls.

Add advanced datagrid features without writing a line of code.

ComponentOne Ultimate provides all the tools and components that developers need to create any type of application for WinForms, WPF, Silverlight, ASP.NET, MVC, Windows Phone, iPhone, Compact Framework or ActiveX. ComponentOne Ultimate features hundreds of .NET controls plus powerful OLAP data analysis controls. It also includes SharePoint Web Parts, documentation and screen capturing tools, LightSwitch extensions, and tools for ADO.NET Entity Framework and RIA Services.

Updates in 2012 v1

ComponentOne FlexGrid is now available as a LightSwitch extension. Use the screen template included or add the control to your existing screens to access extended functionality including conditional formatting, cell merging, outline views, Excel exporting, filtering, printing and grouping. Get all of this without a single line of code.

Additional Updates in ComponentSource Ultimate

Visual Studio 11 support
Maps powered by Esri software
HTML5 scheduler control for end-user appointment management
A Silverlight and WPF OrgChart for creating hierarchical diagrams
New controls and product enhancements across all .NET platforms

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.

Chant supports latest Microsoft Speech Platform

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:25:33 GMT

Screenshot from Chant Developer Workbench.

Developer Workbench expands support for Microsoft Speech Platform V11.0.

Updates in 2011 (Build 4.0.8.0)

Enumerate and select Microsoft Speech Platform v10.0, v10.1, v10.2 or v11.0 recognizers and voices without binding applications to a specific version
Enumerate and select other speech technologies in the same application
Develop applications in a variety of programming languages and environments such as C++, C++Builder, Delphi, Java, JavaScript, .NET Web Forms, .NET WPF, and Silverlight
Build and deploy 32-bit and 64-bit multilingual applications
Leverage the comprehensive Chant Developer Workbench interactive development environment for designing and testing speech recognition grammars, building and packaging pronunciation lexicons and creating and testing SSML

About Chant

Visifire improves Chart Zooming

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:26:21 GMT

Combination charts created with Visifire.

Visifire lets you add charts and gauges in your Silverlight, WPF, Windows Phone & SharePoint applications. It supports a wide range of chart and gauges including column, line, doughnut, radar, pie and candlestick. The Silverlight controls can also be embedded in any Web page as a standalone Silverlight App. Visifire is independent of server side technology and can be used with ASP, ASP.NET, SharePoint, PHP, JSP, ColdFusion, Python, Ruby or just simple HTML.

Updates in V4.5.1.0

DataSeries entry can now be shown inside a Legend for single-series charts
Introduced SetTagFromJs and GetTagFromJs methods in JavaScript
Increased the maximum WPF PlotArea limit while zooming
Fixed - When a DataSeries was added at run-time the ShowAll button was not behaving as expected while zooming in/out
Fixed - Axis labels were not aligned properly when the TextWrap property was set in the AxisLabels element
Fixed - Enabled Axis property was not behaving as expected when binding was applied

About Webyog

Webyog creates innovative data management tools for thousands of customers across many countries, ranging from enterprises to small businesses and home users. The company provides data management tools for managing popular open-source databases. Webyog consistently receive top ratings and recommendations by respected third-party media and product reviewers. More than 2 million users worldwide have selected Webyog to help them smartly manage, monitor and optimize their databases.

Nicomsoft OCR improves Deskew Algorithm

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:57:00 GMT

Read and process images for OCR content.

Nicomsoft OCR is an OCR software development kit. Developers can use it to embed high-quality optical character recognition functionality into their products. Recognition quality, agility, small size, ease of use and a royalty-free licensing policy are the main advantages of Nicomsoft OCR.

Updates in V2.2

Advanced lines/frames removal algorithm
Autoscaling algorithm
Portuguese and Italian language support
Uninitialization delay significantly reduced
Ability to use external DLL as a dictionary
Deskew algorithm improved

About Nicomsoft

Established in 1999, Nicomsoft is a privately owned software company, specializing in the development of efficient commercial libraries and utility applications for end users. All their specialists have years of experience in the development of customized, fully integrated digital systems.

Essential Diagram adds Image Export

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:00:32 GMT

A diagramming application created using Syncfusion Essential Diagram.

Export diagram area to multiple image formats (.jpeg, .bmp and .png).

Syncfusion Essential Diagram is an extensible, high-performance .NET diagramming component. It can be used for developing Microsoft Visio-like interactive graphics and diagramming applications. It supports both vector and raster graphics on the drawing surface.

Updates in 2012

HTML 5 Diagram Modes - SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) mode and Canvas mode
Export to Image - Export diagram area to multiple image formats (.jpeg, .bmp and .png)
Polyline Support - When in SVG mode, Essential Diagram can support polylines—multiple lines connected by intermediate points
Printing Support - Print diagram layouts when in SVG mode
Saving and Loading Diagram Edits - In SVG mode, the Diagram control can save and reload information regarding changes to nodes and line connectors to and from a database
Data Binding - Diagram data binding has been enhanced to support the ADO.NET Entity Model

About Syncfusion

Essential Studio BI adds Paging Support

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:59:44 GMT

Sample Business Intelligence applications.

View large amounts of data by breaking the data into pages.

Updates in 2012

Essential BI Grid

Hide Summary Elements - Hide summary elements of an OLAP grid at different levels based on the level name or level number
Frozen Headers - Freeze the header of a grid so that headers are always visible when scrolling through a grid

Essential BI PivotGrid

Show or Hide Subtotals - Enables users to have an abstract view of data
Persist Expand/Collapse State - Maintain the expanded/collapsed state in a PivotGrid control when the pivot schema has changed
Disable Grouping by Specific Fields - Restrict users from dragging and dropping certain fields in the grouping area
Run-Time Custom Summary Type Setting - Set custom and built-in summaries at run time using the Pivot Computation Information dialog
Hide Field Support - Hide unnecessary fields from the pivot schema designer by using the ShowDisplayFields property

Essential BI Client

Paging Support - View large amounts of data by breaking the data into pages