Released: Nov 18, 2010

Updates in this release

Updates in 2010 v3

For the 2010 v3 release of Studio for WPF, ComponentOne has focused on user input and provided features and controls that meet the highest demands. This release also gives you the ability to create multi-user schedules with the highly requested grouping features in C1Scheduler. Create and manage appointments for any number of contacts or resources. Among all the new controls and features this release is also includes one of the first real 3D charts for WPF. Graph real 3D surface and contour charts with the new charting control.

New PdfViewer Control

• View PDF documents in WPF.
• Use C1PdfViewer as a lightweight viewer for loading and saving arbitrary PDF files in WPF.
• Supports printing, paging, zooming and incremental text searching.

New Chart3D Control

• Render 3D surface and contour charts in WPF with the new C1Chart3D control.
• Support for floors, ceilings, zones, a legend and more.

Scheduler Resource Grouping

• C1Scheduler can now group appointments by contacts, resources or categories to create a multi-column layout where each column corresponds to a different item.
• There's no limit to the number of groups because users can page through grouped items with ease.
• Simply drag an appointment to reassign it to a different resource, category or contact.
• Grouping is supported in all scheduler views including month, week and day views.

DataGrid for WPF Enhancements

• Easy, built-in Excel export
• Header and cell merging (automatic and ad hoc)
• Full printing support
• Enhanced DataSet support
• ViewPort information such as scrollbar positions and visible cells is now exposed through the grid control

Toolbar for WPF Enhancements

• Added support for tabs, so you can organize groups into separate tabs for more screen real estate.

FlexGrid for WPF Enhancements

• You can now display subtotal (aggregate) rows above or below the grouped data.
• Full Printing support.

Enhanced Support for SQL Server Reporting Services
The new C1RdlReport component provides support for SQL Server Reporting Services to ComponentOne Reports for WPF. Now you can effortlessly integrate your existing reports with the full ComponentOne Reporting suite for added previewing, printing and exporting functionality.

• Import your existing SSRS report definitions (RDL) into C1RdlReport to programmatically generate your reports.
• C1RdlReport exposes the full RDL object model allowing you to modify existing reports or even create new RDL reports completely in code. This is not possible through Microsoft Reporting Services alone.
• C1RdlReport provides a self-contained RDL reporting solution without external dependencies such as the need for a Microsoft Reporting Services server.
• Follows Full RDL 2008 Specifications.

Improving the development experience with Studio for WPF

Unified XAML Namespaces throughout Studio for WPF
ComponentOne has made development with Studio for WPF a whole lot easier. Now you only need to add one namespace reference to your XAML pages. No longer do you need a separate reference for each ComponentOne library being used.

ComponentOne ClearStyle™ Technology
ComponentOne's innovative ClearStyle™ technology now spreads across the entire studio, making design work a simple task. In this release they've added ClearStyle support to the following controls: DropDown, ComboBox, NumericBox, Windows, RangeSlider, TabControl, Expander, Accordion, ColorPicker, PropertyGrid, Maps, MediaPlayer, DateTime Editors, DockControl and Toolbar.

New C1ScrollViewer Control
ComponentOne Studio for WPF now includes a replacement for the standard ScrollViewer control which is fully compatible with Silverlight and supports scrolling in both horizontal and vertical directions.

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