ComponentOne Studio 2016 v1 released

Released: Mar 16, 2016

Updates in this release

Updates in 2016 v1

ComponentOne Studio UWP Edition
Announcing the official launch of the ComponentOne Studio UWP edition. GrapeCity released their beta UWP Edition back in October,2015 and it's been enormously popular. The 50+ UWP controls built from the former WinRT Edition are stable and feature-rich, and there are also a few new beta controls that fit into the new Flex line of controls.

  • FlexReport for UWP (Beta) - The UWP beta is a leaner version, feature-wise, but you'll still get the standalone FlexReport Designer, cross-device FlexViewer, and the power and speed of GrapeCity's other reporting tools. The official launch is scheduled for later in 2016
  • C1Word Library (Beta) - C1Word Library Beta allows users to create Microsoft Word documents with advanced features in enterprise applications. The control launches in July 2016; the beta is currently available for UWP, WinForms, and WPF. It supports multiple fonts and properties, including adding bookmarks, hyperlinks, metafiles, and multiple paper sizes.
  • FlexChart and FlexPie for UWP (Beta) - This supercharged chart control allows you to select from one of dozens of chart types, easily integrate built-in features like line markers and legends, and includes a pie chart with exploding slices. Scheduled to officially launch in July 2016.
  • Migrate from WinRT and Windows Phone - From now until March 15, 2017, WinRT and Windows Phone Edition owners can upgrade to UWP for free. C1Studio license holders get the upgrade just by downloading the latest build. Effective immediately, WinRT is going into maintenance mode and will only be updated for bug fixes.

ComponentOne Studio ASP.NET MVC Edition

FlexSheet for MVC: Build a Web-Based Excel-Like Spreadsheet
The TagHelper-supported, ASP.NET Core-compatible, mobile-first FlexSheet control allows you to add all the top Excel-like spreadsheet functions to your web app, including over 100 built-in formulas and the ability to add custom formulas.

With import/export functionality and flexible data binding, you'll get all the top features of a spreadsheet app--and with the SignalR sample, you'll also get simultaneous editing in multiple devices. FlexSheet is available only with ComponentOne Studio and Ultimate.

FlexViewer (Beta) for MVC: View Reports in Browser
This fast, flexible HTML5-based report viewer for modern enterprises allows you to easily display C1Report and FlexReports in your browsers. With SVG-based pixel-perfect report rendering and full print support, users will get a top-quality experience. Paired with the C1Studio standalone FlexReport Designer and the built-in Web API, you'll be able to build and display reports in no time.

  • Export to PDF, HTML, RTF, Excel, Open XML (Word/Excel), TIFF, BMP, PNG, JPEG and GIF.
  • Rich viewer feature set includes, Search, Zoom, Thumbnails, Continuous paging, Parameters, Document map and Keyboard navigation.

Other MVC News

  • MVC controls now support scaffolding, which allows for straightforward code-free app design.
  • Financial Chart Additions
    • New overlays: Bollinger Bands and Moving Average Envelopes.
    • New indicators: Average True Range, Relative Strength Index, Commodity Channel Index, Williams %R, MACD/MACD Histogram, Stochastic Oscillator.
    • New Fibonacci Extensions for FinancialChart: Fans, Arcs, Time Zones.

ComponentOne Studio WinForms Edition

FlexPivot for WinForms: Millions of Rows in Milliseconds - Please note: FlexPivot is currently available only in ComponentOne Studio (Enterprise) and Ultimate.
Process and aggregate millions of rows of data in milliseconds: that’s what users get from FlexPivot for WinForms, the new pivot table in ComponentOne Studio. Built on a new super-charged data engine, this feature-rich control offers a modernized UI and lightning-fast processing to give your users more power, speed, and reach than ever.

C1Word Library (Beta)
C1Word Library Beta allows users to create Microsoft Word documents with advanced features in enterprise applications. The control launches in July 2016; the beta is currently available for UWP, WinForms, and WPF. It supports multiple fonts and properties, including adding bookmarks, hyperlinks, metafiles, and multiple paper sizes.

Other WinForms News

  • FlexReport, FlexReport Designer and FlexViewer have several UI and usability updates.
    • Highlight: These Crystal Report features will now be supported upon migration to FlexReport.
      • Parameters
      • Cross-Section Box
      • Specified Order Grouping
      • Drop Shadow property of TextField
  • FlexChart and FlexPie (Betas) have been released for WinForms Edition. These powerful chart controls are already available in LightSwitch and MVC, and have been released in beta for UWP and WinForms.
  • GanttView
    • Provided Task Dependency dialog display when double-clicking on the predecessors line
    • Added markers to SummaryTasks
    • Improved performance when loading more than 30 pages in print preview
    • Added day tooltip in the timeline
    • Provided "Inactive" tasks feature
    • ​Scheduler/GanttView integration added as a sample
  • ​​Input
    • Added auto-sizing to TextBox
    • When to set AutoCompleteMode and AutoCompleteSource property of ComboBox in designer, AutoComplete is not applied
  • FlexGrid
    • ​Added alternating frozen row styles

ComponentOne Studio WPF Edition

  • C1Word Library Beta allows users to create Microsoft Word documents with advanced features in enterprise applications.
  • ​​​RichTextBox - Added ability to add space before or after a table.
  • FlexGrid - ​​​Provided functions to save and load images and merged cells in "ExcelBook" product sample.

ComponentOne Studio ASP.NET Web Forms Edition

  • GridView now supports filtering in C1TemplateField.
  • Calendar now allows you to set the initial view of the calendar. You could set the initial view to all months of the year, year view, or day view.

ComponentOne Studio Silverlight Edition

  • Added a C1.Silverlight.DataGrid.OpenRia assembly.