New in ComponentOne Studio Enterprise v3, 2017

November 13 2017

We're pleased to announce the final major release of 2017: ComponentOne Studio Enterprise v3, with a new control, new charts, new themes, and several new demos!

New ComponentOne Branding

You may have noticed a new look across all GrapeCity products! We've updated all of our developer solutions product lines to better reflect the full family of products. Over the next year, we'll continue integrating the new brand into ComponentOne's demos, documentation, and installers, and improve the UX and performance, as well.

WPF Control Explorer:

New Control: Expression Editor for WinForms, WPF, UWP

This new control allows users to create Excel-like formulas for shaping data in ComponentOne controls like FlexGrid and C1DataGrid. The control is divided into two components: ExpressionEditor and EditorPanel. The ExpressionEditor itself can be used separately, as embedded in a custom filter or cell of a grid.

Functions:

Aggregate
Text
Datetime
Math
Conversions
Logical operators

Out-of-box features:

IntelliSense
Syntax highlighting
Function search
Error reporting
Result preview features that facilitate expression editing for users

New Demo: Dashboard Demo

Displays sales and profit comparison, goals, top products and customers. The Dashboard Demo will be a powerful tool for demonstrating the modern look and speed of our controls.

Primary control demos include:

FlexChart
LinearGauge
FlexGrid
RangeNavigator
FlexPivot
Map
FunnelChart

Download the Demos: WinForms & WPF | UWP

FlexChart now features over 80 chart types:

New charts include:

Histogram
RangedHistogram
StepChart variations: Line, symbol, and area
FloatingBar and Gantt chart samples

Several small feature improvements/enhancements include:

LegendGrouping: Group legends together
Styling for lines in Line Marker
Built-in drilldown support in hierarchical charts: Sunburst and TreeMap
SaveImage in FlexPie, Sunburst, TreeMap
Editable annotations

FinancialChart includes one new chart type, Point and Figure:

We've also added a new Stock Analysis demo that allows users to:

View stock price data for any desired chart type
Analyze stock data making use of in-built indicators and overlays
Apply custom indicators
Annotate charts to make interpretation easier
View stock price data for selective period

FinancialChart Demo

Download the WPF Demo

Office 2016 themes in WinForms

In other news, Office 2016 themes have been added to WinForms Themes (they're already in WPF controls):

Colorful
DarkGrey
Black
White

A server-side TreeMap for ASP.NET MVC

TreeMaps display hierarchical (tree-structured) data as a set of nested rectangles. Each branch of the tree is given a rectangle, which is then tiled with smaller rectangles representing sub-branches. A leaf node's rectangle has an area proportional to a specified dimension of the data. Often the leaf nodes are colored to show a separate dimension of the data. This server-side control is available in ASP.NET 4.0 and ASP.NET Core.

Try TreeMap

Learn ASP.NET MVC controls with the new LearnMVC Client sample

Experiment with the client-side architecture and API of ASP.NET MVC controls in the new LearnMVC Client. The sample tutorials teach the basics of the client-side framework in the context of ASP.NET MVC, and you can also delve deeper into each control to learn its architecture and example APIs. Tutorials include:

CollectionView
FlexGrid
FlexChart
Input
TreeView

Try LearnMVC Client

Get new Project Templates updated for ASP.NET Core 2.0

Model Binding
AJAX Binding
SpreadSheet

The Project Template Gallery has also been created to better organize all templates:

Improved accessibility: ARIA 1.1 built-in support

Wijmo's JavaScript controls have been accessible since the July 2017 release, and now ComponentOne's ASP.NET MVC controls have achieved ARIA 1.1 built-in support for accessibility. Controls with support include:

FlexGrid
TreeView
Gauge
ListBox
ComboBox
Menu

We also have plenty of client-side API improvements, and the usual list of enhancements and fixes. Check out a full changelog--plus release histories--in the ComponentOne Studio Enterprise What's New log.

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