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Aspose.Words for .NET updated

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:52:27 GMT

Document created with Aspose.Words for .NET.

Aspose.Words for .NET enables your applications to perform document processing tasks. It supports DOC, DOCX, OOXML, RTF, HTML, OpenDocument, PDF, XPS, EPUB and other formats. Generate, modify, convert, render and print documents without utilizing Microsoft Word.

Updates in V11

New public element AbsolutePositionTab used in DOCX and RTF files
Linked text boxes supported in DOC, DOCX and WML
Add comments when rendering and converting PDFs
Render custom footnotes
Compound lines are now rendered to PDF and XPS files
Use core PDF fonts or system installed fonts to significantly decrease output file size
Users are now warned if a font is substituted

About Aspose

Aspose is a leading vendor of development components and rendering extensions for platforms such as Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services and JasperReports. Its core focus is on file management products. Aspose products support many popular file formats including Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, PDF documents, Flash presentations and Project files. Aspose's mission is to provide customers with top quality products complemented by fast and reliable customer support.

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

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 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.

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

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

About Syncfusion

Essential Studio Enterprise 2012 released

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:58:53 GMT

Sample applications written using Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise Edition.

New controls include cross-platform mobile grid, HTML 5 gauge and client-side RDL reporting engine.

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 producted by Syncfusion in one package.

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

Essential DocIO

Preserving Macro-Enabled Documents - Macros present in a macro-enabled document are preserved during conversion to other macro-enabled document formats

Essential PDF

Data Matrix Barcode Support - Render two-dimensional Data Matrix barcodes. The barcode can be generated from numeric or alphanumeric text. It supports different encoding structures such as ASCII (includes C40, Text, X12, and EDIFACT) and Base 256. Different sizes for the barcode symbol are available and can be chosen manually or according to the input. Data Matrix bar codes can be drawn directly in PDF or converted to an image.

Essential Diagram

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

Essential Grid

JSON Suppot (ASP.NET) - TJSON mode can be enabled to handle paging, sorting, grouping and filtering
Editing via Unbound Columns (ASP.NET MVC) - Make changes to multiple fields in a grid at the same time

Essential Tools

Calendar Navigation (ASP.NET) - New navigation pane that makes browsing by day, week, month, year or decade easier. This JavaScript implementation is fast and gives users a fluid experience
Rotator Control Improvements (ASP.NET) - An auto-play button can be added to the Rotator control to allow users to automatically scroll up or down, left or right with one click. While in this button mode, the rotator control retains all its other features
AutoComplete Enhancements (ASP.NET MVC) - Client-side data fetching has been added to increase performance
Captcha Control Refresh (ASP.NET MVC) - Refresh button allows regeneration of the code that has to be entered in the verification text box
Dragging and Dropping Tree Nodes (ASP.NET MVC) - With drag and drop support, tree nodes can be repositioned at different levels in the same tree or dropped into a different tree
Splitter Control (ASP.NET MVC) - Create separate panes in a work area that can be resized or collapsed by dragging or clicking
TimePicker Control (ASP.NET MVC) - Four primary fields can be set: hours, minutes, seconds and a.m. or p.m

About Syncfusion

Essential Studio Reporting adds 2D Barcode

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:58:03 GMT

Applications created using Syncfusion Essential Studio Reporting Edition.

Data Matrix barcodes can be generated from numeric or alphanumeric text and can be drawn directly in PDF files.

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

Essential DocIO

Preserving Macro-Enabled Documents - Macros present in a macro-enabled document are preserved during conversion to other macro-enabled document formats

Essential PDF

Data Matrix Barcode Support - Render two-dimensional Data Matrix barcodes. The bar code can be generated from numeric or alphanumeric text. It supports different encoding structures such as ASCII (includes C40, Text, X12, and EDIFACT) and Base 256. Different sizes for the bar code symbol are available and can be chosen manually or according to the input. Data Matrix bar codes can be drawn directly in PDF or converted to an image.

About Syncfusion

Essential Studio User Interface 2012 released

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:57:13 GMT

Sample applications built using Syncfusion Essential Studio User Interface Edition.

Diagram data binding has been enhanced to support the ADO.NET Entity Model.

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

Essential Diagram

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

Essential Grid

JSON Support (ASP.NET) - TJSON mode can be enabled to handle paging, sorting, grouping and filtering
Editing via Unbound Columns (ASP.NET MVC) - Make changes to multiple fields in a grid at the same time

Essential Tools

Calendar Navigation (ASP.NET) - New navigation pane that makes browsing by day, week, month, year or decade easier. This JavaScript implementation is fast and gives users a fluid experience
Rotator Control Improvements (ASP.NET) - An auto-play button can be added to the Rotator control to allow users to automatically scroll up or down, left or right with one click. While in this button mode, the rotator control retains all its other features
AutoComplete Enhancements (ASP.NET MVC) - Client-side data fetching has been added to increase performance
Captcha Control Refresh (ASP.NET MVC) - Refresh button allows regeneration of the code that has to be entered in the verification text box
Dragging and Dropping Tree Nodes (ASP.NET MVC) - With drag and drop support, tree nodes can be repositioned at different levels in the same tree or dropped into a different tree
Splitter Control (ASP.NET MVC) - Create separate panes in a work area that can be resized or collapsed by dragging or clicking
TimePicker Control (ASP.NET MVC) - Four primary fields can be set: hours, minutes, seconds and a.m. or p.m

About Syncfusion

Essential Tools improves Calendar Navigation

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:55:50 GMT

Example applications built using Syncfusion Essential Tools.

Browse by day, week, month, year or decade.

Syncfusion Essential Tools is an collection of nearly 80 user-interface components. Easily create robust and usable application interfaces emulating Visual Studio.NET and Microsoft Office. All editor controls have been architected to provide a simple and feature-rich means for capturing data input, validating and displaying appropriate formatting.

Updates in 2012

Calendar Navigation (ASP.NET) - New navigation pane that makes browsing by day, week, month, year or decade easier. This JavaScript implementation is fast and gives users a fluid experience
Rotator Control Improvements (ASP.NET) - An auto-play button can be added to the Rotator control to allow users to automatically scroll up or down, left or right with one click. While in this button mode, the rotator control retains all its other features
AutoComplete Enhancements (ASP.NET MVC) - Client-side data fetching has been added to increase performance
Captcha Control Refresh (ASP.NET MVC) - Refresh button allows regeneration of the code that has to be entered in the verification text box
Dragging and Dropping Tree Nodes (ASP.NET MVC) - With drag and drop support, tree nodes can be repositioned at different levels in the same tree or dropped into a different tree
Splitter Control (ASP.NET MVC) - Create separate panes in a work area that can be resized or collapsed by dragging or clicking
TimePicker Control (ASP.NET MVC) - Four primary fields can be set: hours, minutes, seconds and a.m. or p.m

About Syncfusion

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help adds Mobile Help

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:53:09 GMT

Doc-To-Help's start page showing common tasks and recent projects.

Create HTML 5-based output designed for display on mobile devices.

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help lets you create and publish content for desktop, Web, mobile devices, SharePoint and print. Write (or import) content in Microsoft Word, HTML or the Doc-To-Help editor and then publish professional quality outputs. Choose from NetHelp (Web-based Help), Mobile Help, HTML Help, PDF, DOC, WinHelp, JavaHelp, Eclipse Help, Help 2.0 and Microsoft Help Viewer 1.x.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2012 v1

Mobile Help - Just select and build HTML 5-based output and your content will be formatted for mobile use. This output works on all major mobile browsers, smart phones and tablets
Right-to-Left Output - Automatically publish NetHelp in right-to-left (RTL) format
Eclipse Help - Produce Help in the Eclipse format by choosing Eclipse Help and clicking "Build"
Microsoft Office 365 Support - Use Office 365 versions of Word and SharePoint to create documentation
NetHelp Files Customization - The JavaScript that controls the behavior of NetHelp is contained in an easy-to-access file
Automatic Index Navigation for NetHelp 2.0 - The index tab is automatically displayed or hidden depending on whether or not you have an index
Section 508 Compliance for NetHelp 2.0 - NetHelp 2.0 is now Section 508 compliant. Keyboard shortcuts and screen reader compatibility have been added.
Topic XHTML Wizard - Specify boilerplate content or code to insert in every topic

About ComponentOne

ComponentOne provides a wide range of Microsoft Visual Studio components, IDE platform development tools and applications. 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 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.

BCGControlBar adds Diagram Control

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:23:00 GMT

BCGControlBar Library Professional Office demo.

Create flow, graph, network and database relationship diagrams from your MFC applications.

BCGControlBar Library Professional includes over 200 MFC extension classes for creating toolbars and menus with customization and visualization. It can be used to add Office and Visual Studio like User Interfaces to applications. The following editions are available:

Updates in V17.0

Diagram Control

Unlimited number of diagram shapes and connectors
Predefined diagram blocks, including circles, triangles, boxes, rounded boxes, parallelograms, trapezoids, stars and clouds
Table diagram blocks
Text labels inside diagram blocks
Straight and curved diagram connectors with 5 types of customizable arrows
Interactive diagram editing
Ability to save and load diagrams to/from XML
Copy diagram images to the Clipboard
Save diagram images to a file

Chart Control

Axis scale breaks - Scale breaks can be generated automatically or added manually
New Histogram chart
Two technical indicators for Stock charts - Bollinger Bands and MACD
Stock charts optimized to handle very large data sets
Support for tooltips
New method GetNearestScreenPoint calculates position for interactive markers

Property Grid Control

New property classes for brush, text format and line style compound properties
Display context menus with predefined and custom options
Display built-in toolbar with predefined commands
Display built-in search box
Property copy/paste operations
Dynamically modify the color palette

Ribbon Bar Control

Clean up unused images feature
Recent File Form for Backstage View

Tag Cloud Control

Unlimited number of tags
Alphabetical sorting
Sorting by value
Customizable text color
Customizable text format
Tooltip support

Gauges Control

New WYSIWYG design tool
Arrange gauges on a design surface and change their properties
Save your dashboard to XML and load it into a C++ application

About BCGSoft

BCGSoft specializes in the development of business components for Microsoft Windows. BCGSoft helps developers to incorporate into their applications the most advanced component technologies available.

SharePoint Batch Check In updated

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:24:58 GMT

Check in documents using SharePoint Batch Check In.

SharePoint Batch Check In lets you check-in files without compromising document versioning integrity. Normally, when you upload multiple documents to a SharePoint document library, form library, or picture library, the files will remain checked-out unless you manually check in each file individually. This can be a time consuming task, especially if you are checking in several hundred documents at once. SharePoint Batch Check In solves this problem by allowing you to bulk check in a group of checked-out files all at one time, as well as upload & simultaneously check in multiple new documents.

Updates in V2.3.1125

Edit managed metadata columns
Edit external data columns
Automatically enter default values
Users can choose to replace original non-blank value of columns
Compatible with SharePoint Cascaded Lookup, Cross-Site Lookup Column and SharePoint Column Permissions
Check in the local drafts that have been checked

About SharePointBoost

SharePointBoost is a global SharePoint company created to make SharePoint management easier. They have more than 30 SharePoint Web parts and add-ons, focusing on management, permission, content management and BI. SharePointBoost provides global service and support via live chat and email 24x7.

SharePointBoost Column/View Permission updated

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:25:45 GMT

Set permissions using SharePointBoost Column/View Permission.

SharePointBoost Column/View Permission allows administrators to manage access to all content by setting permissions for any list in a SharePoint site. With it, you can designate which users and groups have access rights to column contents, list views or even the ability to change data in a particular list field.

Updates in V3.1.1227

Hide columns in "Alert Me" emails
Set a default view for users
Column/View Permission API
Improved protection against access from Web services

About SharePointBoost

FastReport.Net 1.8 released

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:32:00 GMT

Watermark demo in FastReport.Net.

FastReport.Net is a full-featured reporting solution for Windows Forms and ASP.NET. It can be used to create application-independent reports and can be used as a standalone reporting tool. Connect to any database, add dialogue forms, use built-in scripting and perform complex data handling. View the resulting report, print it or export to many common document formats.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 1.8

Added Web Farm and Web Garden support in WebReport
Added HoverStyle property to all report objects
Added WebReport.CachePriority property
Increased speed and stability of WebReport using ControlState instead of ViewState

About Fast Reports

Fast Reports was founded in 1998 by CTO Alexander Tzyganenko. Fast Reports builds fast reporting software including applications, libraries and add-ons. Their flagship product, FastReport, utilizes unique programming principles making it one of the best reporting tools for Delphi. In 2001 FastReport earned second place in the "Best Reporting Tool" category at Delphi Informant Magazine Readers Choice Awards.

Add CAD functionality to your applications

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:33:00 GMT

Ray Tracing sample from sgCore.

sgCore includes numerous functions for 3D and 2D modeling with algorithms for creating and editing elaborate objects.

sgCore is a solid-state modeling C++/C# library designed for engineers and programmers who need to model 3D shapes. The API includes a number of functions to create complex objects and manipulate them. The sgCore library is a cross-platform library with support for Windows and Mac operating systems.

Features

Create 2D primitives in a 3D space - points, circles, arcs, splines and contours
Create equidistant 2D objects with various shifts and rounding angles
Create 3D primitives - spheres, boxes, cones, cylinders, toruses, ellipsoids and spherical bands
Supports both 3D solids and surfaces
Create groups of objects
Calculate UV texture coordinates for each polygon vertex using cubic, spherical and cylindric methods of textures mapping
3D polygonal objects triangulation
Boolean operations with objects - intersection, joining and subtraction
Find intersection lines
Find clips by arbitrary planes
Construct solids and surfaces
Construct spiral solids and surfaces
Construct solids and surfaces from their clips
Construct flat faces with holes on boundary contours
Create solids by surfaces sewing
Find the square and volume values of solid objects
Ray tracing engine
Load AutoCAD SHX fonts
Create text objects
Create dimensional objects (distant, radial, diametrical, angle)
Save objects in user-defined formats
Load objects from a file
DXF and STL import/export
.NET wrapper for sgCore and C# examples
64-bit version of sgCore

About Geometros

Geometros was founded in 2001 and developed a solid-state modeling core and CAD system. The resulting software became the SolidGraph system and the geometrical core sgCore. At present the company consists of 10 people and they are constantly improving their products.

Grafile Icon Packs released

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:06:50 GMT

Example icons in the Core Bonus Pack.

Includes System, Flag, Sport, Industry, File and Folder Icons.

The icons allow developers and designers to build rich Windows smart client user experiences that incorporate interfaces, menus, ribbon bars and toolbars with a professional next-generation look and feel. Grafile icons come in a wide range of sizes and formats including ICO, PNG, PSD, ICNS, GIF and JPG. The following editions are available:

Features

Adaptable to both Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
Work with a unified programming model and integrate the icons with design and graphic tools libraries.
Enhance any software technology that is supported by XAML Silverlight RIA and WPF.
The icon packs include different file formats allowing you to create rich user interfaces for Silverlight 4 and 5, and iPhone.
Different sizes of each icon are included.

About Horizon Software Solutions

Horizon Software Grafile is a division of Horizon Software Solutions and provides a wide range of high quality icons which make it easy to create user interfaces with a modern look and feel. Their icon packages are suitable for Web, Desktop and Mobile applications and are available in ICO, PNG, PSD, ICNS, GIF and JPG formats. Horizon Software Solutions have offices in the USA, Germany and Turkey.

MindFusion.Scheduling for Silverlight updated

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:09:00 GMT

A scheduling application built using MindFusion.Scheduling for Silverlight.

MindFusion.Scheduling for Silverlight combines rich time-management features with stylish appearance and ease of use. It is ideal for creating all types of time-tables, appointment-schedules and calendars. It features programmatic access to both schedule objects and calendar methods & properties along with numerous properties for customizing the appearance and behavior of every calendar view.

Updates in V3.1

Gantt chart controls added
Assemblies for Windows Phone 7
Support for culture-specific lists of holidays
Customizable resource headers

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.

PDFView4NET adds Silverlight Viewer

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:10:00 GMT

View PDFs using PDFView4NET.

PDFView4NET WPF & Silverlight Edition is a .NET toolkit for adding PDF render and print support to WPF applications. It includes a PDF viewer control and a library for rendering and printing PDF files. The PDF viewer control includes support for annotating PDF files, bookmark navigation and file attachment capabilities. The toolkit includes its own PDF rendering engine and does not rely on other software for rendering PDF files.

Updates in V4.1

PDF viewer control for Silverlight 4.0

About O2 Solutions

O2 Solutions is a small Romanian based software company focused on developing products for the software industry. It is dedicated to providing the finest components and highest quality support to its customers. The company is committed to supporting the .NET Framework by developing high performance components for all .NET enabled environments.

Xceed Ultimate Suite adds Blendables product

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:08:00 GMT

Xceed's Upload for Silverlight and DataGrid for WPF components.

Create 2D and 3D User Interfaces with layouts and panels.

Xceed Ultimate Suite offers both UI tools for application front-ends and data handling libraries for application back-ends. It includes grids, charts, UI, Zip, FTP, encryption as well as networking libraries.

Updates in 2012 v1

New Xceed Blendables for WPF - Create compelling UIs quickly with nearly 30 WPF controls, layouts and panels.
Xceed DataGrid for WPF V4.3 - Improved performance during horizontal scrolling with a large number of columns, as well as improved responsiveness and efficiency auto-filtering when there are changes in the data source. Initial loading and vertical scrolling have been improved, as has scrolling performance while dragging a column over the edges of a datagrid.

About Xceed Software

For 17 years Xceed Software has been creating professional WPF, .NET, Silverlight, and COM software components. Their current product line has over 65 components, which are used by over 50,000 developers worldwide. Their current specialization is data grid controls and their flagship products are Xceed DataGrid for WPF and Xceed DataGrid for Silverlight.

DiagramLite adds FractalLayout Layout Algorithm

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:53:00 GMT

A flow diagram created using DiagramLite.

DiagramLite provides Silverlight applications with the ability to create and display various kinds of diagram. It supports workflow, flowchart, process diagrams, object hierarchy and relationship charts plus entity-relationship diagrams. Every behavioral and appearance aspect of each diagram can be customized to best suit your project. Objects can have different styles, colors, fonts and images.

Updates in V2.3

Interactive node alignment via alignment guides
FractalLayout tree layout algorithm
Specify start and end nodes for LayeredLayout
MoveDirection constraint added to NodeConstraints
GetAllIncomingLinks and GetAllOutgoingLinks methods added
Attach and group nodes hierarchically
LinkRouted event raised when links are auto-routed

About MindFusion Group

PDFView4NET supports Annotation Measurement

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:53:58 GMT

Add annotations to a PDF document.

PDFView4NET Windows Forms Edition is a .NET toolkit for displaying and printing PDF files. It includes a PDF viewer control for Windows Forms and a .NET library for rendering and printing PDF files. The PDF viewer control includes support for annotating PDF files, bookmark navigation and adding file attachments. It includes its own PDF rendering engine and does not rely on other software for rendering and printing PDF files.

Updates in V4.1

Added support for measuring annotations.

About O2 Solutions

Chant Developer Workbench supports Silverlight 5

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:09:00 GMT

Create Grammars using Chant Developer Workbench.

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 4.0.6.0)

Supports Silverlight 5 - Integrate speech technology with in-browser and out-of-browser 32-bit and 64-bit applications.

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.

GrapeCity PowerSuite released

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:08:00 GMT

Slice and dice data using GrapeCity PowerSuite.

Reporting, spreadsheets, grids, data analysis and charting for .NET applications.

GrapeCity PowerSuite includes ActiveReports Professional, a fast, flexible and robust reporting engine and Spread for .NET Professional, a full-featured Excel platform providing spreadsheet functionality. It also includes ActiveAnalysis, an interactive data analysis control providing pivoting, drill-down and drill-up and MultiRow, a grid component allowing complete data layout customization. Finally ActiveChart, control provides enhanced graphical presentation of data.

Features

ActiveReports Professional

Fast and flexible reporting engine
Comprehensive API that allows complete report processing and printing customization
Wide range of export and preview formats including Silverlight, Windows Forms, Web, Adobe Flash and PDF export
Royalty-free licensing for your Silverlight, Web and Windows applications

Spread for .NET Professional

Microsoft Excel compatible spreadsheet functionality for business, engineering and scientific applications
Includes Windows Forms and ASP.NET spreadsheet components, MultiRow grid, stand-alone chart, formula provider, and Spread Designer run-time license
Ideal solution for financial modeling, budgeting, engineering and statistical applications
Integrated charting engine and data visualizations for informative and effective business dashboards
Comprehensive Microsoft Excel document support for information sharing across the enterprise

ActiveAnalysis

OLAP, data visualization and Business Intelligence features for your Silverlight, Windows and Web applications
Charts, pivot tables and data visualization in one programmable control
Rich drag-and-drop user experience encourages self-discovery of data
Export to Excel documents for sharing of analysis results
Flexible data binding allows you to treat relational data as multi-dimensional

MultiRow

Add custom tabular input and display screens to your Visual Studio applications
Create tabular displays with multiple rows, borders and formatting
Supports ADO.NET data binding
Integrated designer allows you to easily and rapidly design customized data forms

ActiveChart

Create professional 2D and 3D charts within spreadsheets or use as a stand-alone chart control
Chart types include Column, Line, Pie, Bar, Area, XY, Bubble, Stock, XYZ, Doughnut, Radar and Polar
Add charts through code by using the chart object model, or without writing code, at design time
Includes built-in design dialogs that allow your end-users to create and modify charts in Spread
Bind to external data sources

About GrapeCity

GrapeCity has been in the software business for over 25 years. Its corporate headquarters are located in Sendai, Japan, with operations spanning throughout the United States and Asia. Its products benefit corporations, software companies and independent consultants as cost-effective solutions for building distributed Enterprise-wide applications. Along with Data Dynamics and FarPoint Technologies, both now part of GrapeCity, the company's products have over 500,000 users.

dotCover supports latest ReSharper versions

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:07:00 GMT

dotCover's Coverage Results Browser.

dotCover is a code coverage tool that reports statement-level coverage in .NET and Silverlight applications. It highlights covered and uncovered code in Visual Studio by generating XML-based code coverage reports. dotCover detects which tests cover a particular location in code and integrates with ReSharper's unit testing tools. It comes with a console utility to use with a continuous integration server. dotCover can aggregate data from multiple coverage sessions and merging snapshots.

Updates in V1.2

Added support for latest ReSharper versions, enabling easy unit test coverage analysis

About JetBrains

JetBrains is a leading software development firm specializing in the creation of intelligent, productivity-enhancing software technology. The company is widely known for their innovative, award-winning products, IntelliJ IDEA, ReSharper and TeamCity. JetBrain's products are trusted and used everyday by developers in over 3,000 companies worldwide, many from the Fortune 100. JetBrains has headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic and R&D centers in Russia, Germany and the USA.

dotTrace Performance profiles unit tests

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:08:00 GMT

View CPU statistics by thread with dotTrace.

dotTrace Performance helps detect performance bottlenecks in a variety of .NET Framework applications. It is able to profile standalone desktop applications, Web applications running under IIS or Visual Studio development server, Windows services, smart device applications, remote applications and unit tests. dotTrace Performance is able to compare any two performance snapshots of the same application. It shows the differences between the number of calls consumed by each function.

Updates in 4.5.2

The latest minor update enables profiling of unit tests by integrating with a variety of recent versions of ReSharper, including 6.1, 6.0 and the 5.x family.

About JetBrains

Simplify Development of ReSharper Plug-ins

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:08:00 GMT

Refactoring tools in ReSharper.

ReSharper SDK provides a full set of assemblies required to test plug-ins.

ReSharper is an intelligent productivity tool for Visual Studio. It comes with intelligent coding assistance, on-the-fly error highlighting and quick error correction. ReSharper also supports code refactoring, unit testing, navigation and search.

Updates in 6.1

Async - Now supports async and await keywords, both in C# and VB.NET, as well as providing a set of related code inspections and quick-fixes
ReSharper SDK - Simplify development and maintenance of ReSharper plug-ins. The SDK provides a full set of ReSharper assemblies required to test ReSharper plug-ins. Visual Studio templates for creating different kinds of plug-in projects are also available with the SDK.
Improved management of settings - The settings engine has been revamped with extra emphasis on sharing and managing settings. Many more settings have been made accessible and sharable and new granular settings have been introduced — for example, those defining IntelliSense behavior for different languages.
Optimizing assembly references - Inspect assembly references in any C#, VB.NET or XAML-enabled project and see if they are not used.

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DevExpress VCL Subscription 2011 vol 2 released

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:05:00 GMT

Example scheduling application developed with Developer Express VCL Subscription.

Includes new controls plus support for Delphi and C++ Builder XE2.

Developer Express 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. DevExpress VCL Subscription supports Delphi 7, 2007, 2009, 2010, XE and XE2, plus C++Builder 2007, 2009, 2010, XE and XE2.

Updates in v2011 vol 2

Embarcadero RAD Studio XE2 Support - Added support for Delphi XE2 (64-bit) and C++ Builder XE2.
Alert Window Manager - Build applications with Microsoft Outlook or Skype style alerts.
Breadcrumb Control - Present hierarchical data in a linear form.
Clock Control - The clock display can be made transparent and can overlay other parts of an application.
Bevel Control - A drop-in replacement for the standard VCL bevel control that adds support for DevExpress skins.
Scroll Box Control - A skinnable replacement for the standard VCL scroll box.
Gantt View Elements - Task group and milestone elements have been added to the view to visually indicate summary tasks and the completion of important events.
Card Stretch Options for Layout View - Make a card displayed in SingleRecord mode, stretch vertically or horizontally in the View, or occupy the entire View.
Demos now use Standard Datasets - Product demonstrations have been redesigned to use TClientDataSet or TdxMemData as data sources, rather than BDE data access components.

About DevExpress (Developer Express)

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.