GrapeCity / Visual Studio .NET (Tools & Add-ins, Controls & Components) - Top Reviews

GrapeCity

GrapeCity has been in the software business for over 25 years. Its corporate headquarters are located in Sendai, Japan, with US headquarters in Kirkland, WA and operations spanning throughout the United States and Asia. GrapeCity is also the world's largest component vendor. Its award-winning tools benefit leading corporations, software companies and independent consultants around the world as a cost-effective solution for building distributed enterprise-wide applications for commercial or in-house use. From the CEO to our newest team member, our goals are the same: to provide you with the innovative tools and support you need to effectively compete in today's competitive development market. Along with Data Dynamics and FarPoint Technologies, both now part of GrapeCity, the company has over 500,000 users of its products and those of its Tools Partners. Very early into its existence, GrapeCity adopted the software components market as its key focus area. Starting with its own VBX components, to OCXs, ActiveX and now .NET, Java and Ajax components and developer tools, the company has developed deep, global expertise in the developer tools business for the last 25 years.

Visual Studio .NET (Tools & Add-ins, Controls & Components)

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (MS Visual Studio .NET) allows Visual Studio .NET programmers to create Windows applications for their end users fast. Visual Studio .NET developers can extend the standard functionality available inside the Visual Studio .NET IDE with a variety of Visual Studio .NET add-ins and Visual Studio .NET tools. The extensibility of Visual Studio .NET software is one of the main reasons it has proved to be so popular with developers, as Visual Studio .NET software engineers can find Visual Studio .NET downloads from other companies or other developers to act as a Visual Studio .NET extension to their Visual Studio .NET IDE.

The versatility of Visual Studio .NET also extends to various forms of Visual Studio .NET software components. Visual Studio .NET controls can be used to create feature rich Visual Studio .NET user interfaces on forms and Web pages for Visual Studio .NET apps. These Visual Studio .NET UI controls are augmented by non-visual Visual Studio .NET components or Visual Studio .NET libraries that can help a developer add many hidden features in Visual Studio .NET applications running in the background. These non-visual components are commonly available as a Visual C++ library, Visual C++ Class library, Visual Basic library, Visual Basic Class library or as a Visual Basic custom control or ActiveX/OCX component.

An example of a visual Visual Studio .NET control is Janus GridEx for .NET, a .NET UI control that allows you to create an MS Outlook style or look and feel to your latest Visual Basic project. A non-visual .NET component example is a Visual Studio .NET compatible product that allows you to create and output files in different formats, such as: PDF, XPS, PostScript, RTF, HTML, XML to help solve file conversion and document storage needs.

Other examples of a visual Visual Studio .NET control is BCGControlBar Professional, a Visual C++ Class Library that allows you to create an MS Office Ribbon style or look and feel to your latest Visual C++ project. A non-visual Visual C++ Class Library component example is a Visual C++ compatible product call IP*Works! C++ Edition that allows you to send emails via SMTP and POP or to transfer files reliably using HTTP or FTP Internet protocols from within your Visual C++ program.

The Visual Studio .NET software products listed in this Visual Studio .NET product gallery will allow you to save a lot of time and effort in creating your new Visual Studio .NET app. Whether you are looking for a Visual Studio .NET plug-in or Visual Studio .NET utility, or you are looking for a Visual Studio .NET control or a Visual Studio .NET component, you will be able to find a wide variety of Visual Studio .NET tools to help you finish your project faster.

We also have other Visual Studio product galleries for: Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio compatible products.

1. ActiveReports for .NET  Average Review: based on 14 reviews

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Publisher: GrapeCity  Primary Category: Reporting  Product Type: Component / ASP.NET WebForms / .NET WinForms / 100% Managed Code

Generate a wide variety of reports from your .NET applications (Now includes Visual Studio 2008 Support). ActiveReports for .NET is written in managed C# and provides integration with the Visual Studio .NET IDE. This allows Visual Studio .NET programmers to leverage their current programming language (C# or Visual Basic .NET) when programming for ActiveReports for .NET. ActiveReports for .NET is based on a per-developer licensing scheme, and it is royalty-free to distribute. ActiveReports for .NET comes with a report wizard and a Microsoft Access report conversion wizard so you can start creating reports quickly.
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2. Spread for .NET Bundle (Spread Suite for .NET)

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Publisher: GrapeCity Primary Category: Spreadsheet Product Type: Component / ASP.NET WebForms / .NET WinForms / 100% Managed Code / JavaScript / AJAX

Easily present, edit and update tabular data in Windows Forms and ASP.NET applications. Spread for .NET Bundle, also known as Spread Suite for .NET, includes Spread for Windows Forms and Spread for ASP.NET. Spread for Windows Forms is a comprehensive spreadsheet component for Windows Forms applications that combines grid capabilities, spreadsheet functionality, fully integrated charting support and includes the ability to bind to data sources. Spread for Windows Forms supports Microsoft Excel import/export. Spread for ASP.NET supports bound or unbound modes (no dataset needed), AJAX, native Microsoft Excel import/export, in-cell editing, multiple edits on multiple rows without server round trips, client-side column/row resizing, multiple sheets, searching, filtering, multiple cell types, validations, cell spans, multiple headers, sorting, complete customization at the cell level, over 300 built-in calculation functions, hierarchical display, Print to PDF and much more.
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3. Input Pro for Win Forms

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Publisher: GrapeCity Primary Category: Data Entry Product Type: Component / .NET WinForms / 100% Managed Code

Validate data in your .NET applications. Input Pro for Win Forms includes a complete set of full-featured components that easily validate date, numeric, or text data entered from a database or via the keyboard. Based on the popular COM products, Input Pro and the calendar component from Calendar Objx, Input Pro for Win Forms has been completely rewritten in C# using 100% managed code to make it easy to build robust database front-ends, data-entry screens, or any application that requires data input.
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