Release easily integrates within the IDE and extends the functionality of the Visual Studio in-box controls, allows developers to painlessly migrate existing applications to .NET Framework 2.0
East Windsor, NJ, & Elstree, United Kingdom December 15, 2005 --- Infragistics®, the world's largest publisher of reusable presentation layer development tools for the Microsoft® .NET®, and Java® platforms, announced the availability of NetAdvantage 2005 Volume 3 for Visual Studio 2005, the complete toolset for rapidly building the presentation layer of your commercial class Windows Forms,
ASP.NET, & Tablet PC applications. NetAdvantage for Visual Studio 2005 simplifies the development of .NET Framework 2.0 based applications by offering developers the ability to: seamlessly integrate NetAdvantage into the Visual Studio toolbox, extend the functionality of the Visual Studio 2005 Framework, easily migrate existing NetAdvantage applications to Visual Studio 2005, and gain productivity with Visual Studio specific tools which are easy to use right out of the box.
"With the release of NetAdvantage for Visual Studio 2005 we are providing our customers with Visual Studio 2005 specific features, control behaviors, and framework compatibility which will increase development team productivity, application functionality, and ease migration to the .NET Framework 2.0." said Steve Dadoly, Infragistics Director of Engineering. "I think our customers will really enjoy the improved integration and design time experience which NetAdvantage for Visual Studio 2005 provides. Being able to use the NetAdvantage editors and calculation engine from within the Visual Studio in-box grid provides an extra level of UI layer richness not provided with Visual Studio 2005. And finally, our continued support for Visual Studio 2002, 2003 and the easy upgrade path to Visual Studio 2005 is a clear win for our current customers looking to move their existing NetAdvantage applications to Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0."
Extensibility features in NetAdvantage 2005 Volume 3 for Visual Studio 2005 include:
Perform calculations with in-box controls – Apply Excel-style calculation to any in-box control that accepts input including the Microsoft Windows Forms grid and the Microsoft
ASP.NET DataGrid.
NetAdvantage WinEditors in Micrsoft Windows Forms Grid – NetAdvantage editors can now extend the columns in the Microsoft Windows Forms grid to give more powerful data input capabilities.
The NetAdvantage Editors that are available for use in the Microsoft Windows Forms grid include:
WinTextEditor
WinComboEditor
WinFontNameEditor
WinDateTimeEditor
WinCurrencyEditor
WinNumericEditor
WinCheckEditor
WinColorPicker
WinOptionSet
WinCalculator
WinCalculatorDropdown
WinProgressBar
WinCalendarCombo
WinMaskedEdit
XHTML Compliance - The default doc type for Web Forms in Visual Studio 2005 is XHTML – we have ensured that the Infragistics tools are compliant with XHTML standards – empowering you to use either the classic HTML standard or the emerging XHTML doc type.
Simplified Deployment of
ASP.NET applications - By packaging all Javascript and necessary image files for each tool in its assembly, deployment becomes a simple task of copying the required assembly (or assemblies) without having to create virtual directories or make any modifications to your Web server.
Interactive Design Surface - Interact directly with the Infragistics tools at design time without having to use the property window. Our active design surface creates natural interactivity by allowing you to perform actions such as changing the tab with a single click. This increases productivity by eliminating the need to leave the Visual Studio designer window.
Features that integrate directly into Visual Studio 2005 include:
New DataBinding Support – All data-aware controls in the NetAdvantage toolset provide support for the new Data Binding controls in Visual Studio 2005 - Including the new object data source.
Datasource Window Integration for Windows Forms Application – Provides support for use of the NetAdvantage controls inside the DataSource Window. Relationships can be easily assigned between a data column and an editor, or a datatable and a databindable control. Thereafter, when a field or table is dropped onto a form, Visual Studio will create an instance of the assigned editor or databindable control.
Base and Snap Lines for Windows Forms – built in support for Base Line and Snap Lines – allowing greater ease in aligning controls.
ImageList Keys for Windows Forms Applications – Allow programmers to assign a string name to an item in an ImageList. The appearance object has been altered to support this functionality, and now the image property of an appearance can be set to the key of an image in an associated ImageList.
ASP.NET Theming Support – Skin NetAdvantage and in-box controls using a common theme.
Managed Theming APIs for Windows Forms – When Infragistics Windows Forms controls are used in an environment where the code does not have full permissions/unmanaged code rights, the controls can now be rendered with the current XP theme.
Smart Tags Support – Smart Tags provide developers with an improved design time experience by enabling quick access to the most commonly used settings without having to leave the Visual Studio designer surface.
Today, Infragistics NetAdvantage 2005 Volume 3 for Visual Studio 2005 is the single most comprehensive presentation layer development toolset on the market. Comprised of best-of-breed elements including: grids, scheduling, charting, navigation, toolbars, tabs, explorer bars, menus, listbars, trees, dock manager, UI and editing elements, NetAdvantage is ideal for designing commercial class applications for all Microsoft development environments – Windows Forms,
ASP.NET and Tablet PC. Infragistics NetAdvantage 2005 Volume 3 for Visual Studio 2005 now natively works with Visual Studio 2005, 2003, and 2002.
NetAdvantage 2005 is built on a true framework, not just a collection of disparate controls. Infragistics labored hard before writing a line of code to devise a mature architecture based on shared assemblies and common object models. This creates what we refer to as leveraged learning, meaning the effort to learn the first of our controls lets you learn the rest much easier. It also makes it easier to create standardized interfaces for your applications and even create your own elements and inherit from our Presentation Layer Framework™.
Product Availability & Pricing
NetAdvantage 2005 Volume 3 for Visual Studio 2005 has an introductory Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price of $495; the NetAdvantage 2005 Volume 3 with Subscription has an MSRP of $795; and the NetAdvantage 2005 Volume 3 with Subscription and Priority Support has an MSRP of $995. The subscription includes all updates, upgrades, Infragistics .NET source code and all new elements added to NetAdvantage for one year. The Subscription and Priority Support edition includes products, source code, and annual subscription as well as guaranteed response priority support for one year.
NetAdvantage 2005 Volume 3 for Visual Studio 2005 is set for release via electronic commerce on December 13, 2005 and as boxed product on December 19, 2005. NetAdvantage 2005 Vol. 3 for Visual Studio 2005 is available from leading resellers worldwide. Current owners of the NetAdvantage Subscription or Subscription and Priority Support edition will receive NetAdvantage 2005 Vol. 3 for Visual Studio 2005 on December 12, 2005, free, as part of their subscription.
For more information on NetAdvantage 2005 for Visual Studio 2005 please visit:
http://www.infragistics.com/resource/Marketing/Microsoft/VS2005/ About Infragistics
Infragistics is the market leader in providing a broad range of presentation layer development tools and services for building applications utilizing Microsoft .NET, and Java environments. Over the past 16 years, Infragistics has received over 220 product awards and industry vendor of the year awards from market-leading publications and resellers. Infragistics' diverse product line for Windows Forms,
ASP.NET, Tablet PC, COM, and Java environments are used worldwide in nearly every Fortune 2000 Company. For more information on Infragistics development tools, please visit
www.infragistics.com or call us at 1-800-231-8588.
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