Input Pro for Silverlight June 2009 is released!

Several days ago we released Input Pro for Silverlight June 2009 - the first official release of this product. We believe this powerful input control suite will greatly enhance the input experience of your Silverlight applications and make the task of receiving and validating data from end users much easier.

We've added several important features and fixed some bugs since the preview version was released. One of such features is the new FpElasticSlider control:

It is the one used to change the edit value in date time and numeric controls. Unlike the standard slider control defining value range, FpElasticSlider controls the rate of change by firing Updating events in a frequency specified by the ball's offset from midpoint. The more offset, the more frequent. This makes the end users be able to easily change a value to a desired value by sliding. If you want to have a try, go to the demo page.

Another useful new feature is validation states. Users can use MaxValue and MinValue to define the data range of Input Pro controls, or handle Validating event to do custom validation. When validation fails, the control will enter invalid state:

We also added an AutoDropDown feature for date time controls. When you edit the text portion of date time controls, the calendar can automatically pop up and sync with the value change.

Here I just list some of the new features. See more info about the product, check out Input Pro for Silverlight.