Infragistics® NetAdvantage® for .NET 2008 Volume 2

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Product Name Infragistics® NetAdvantage® for .NET 2008 Volume 2 Tagline Empower your passion for creating great user interfaces with

NetAdvantage tools and frameworks.1 Sentence Description

Infragistics® NetAdvantage® for .NET is the ultimate toolset for quickly building and styling polished, professional application UIs for Windows® Forms and ASP.NET using Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 and 2005 for CLR 2.0 and higher.

25 Word Description Infragistics® NetAdvantage® for .NET is the ultimate toolset for quickly building and styling polished, professional application UIs and delivering a great user experience, for Windows Forms and ASP.NET. (28 words)

50 Word Description Infragistics® NetAdvantage® for .NET is the ultimate toolset for rapidly building and styling polished application UIs and delivering a great user experience, for Windows Forms and ASP.NET. NetAdvantage for .NET contains all essential UI controls: grids, scheduling, charting, gauges, navigation, ribbon, toolbars, menus, listbars, trees, tabs, explorer bars, many editors, and Application Styling. (53 Words)

200 Word Description

Infragistics NetAdvantage for .NET is a comprehensive presentation layer toolset for quickly building and styling polished application UIs and delivering a great user experience, for Windows Forms, ASP.NET and Tablet PC. NetAdvantage for .NET contains all essential UI controls (over 100 in all) for application development: grids, scheduling, charting, gauges, navigation, ribbon, toolbars, menus, listbars, trees, tabs, explorer bars, many editors, and Application Styling, Microsoft® Excel® import/export, and a Document Export Engine for PDF and XPS formats.

NetAdvantage for ASP.NET leverages our new Aikido™ Framework for faster, lighter ASP.NET controls that have become natively AJAX so you can produce the nimblest Web 2.0 applications and SharePoint® WebParts. NetAdvantage for .NET tools work natively within Visual Studio® 2005 and 2008, and include Office® 2007 styles, Windows Vista® styles, and 64-bit Vista support.

Every purchase of NetAdvantage for .NET includes product support, source code to all controls and frameworks, three guaranteed releases yearly of customer-driven products, features and more.

Corporations can optimize their investment in NetAdvantage tools: Infragistics additionally provides testing tools for automated UI testing of applications powered by NetAdvantage for Windows Forms, as well as online and instructor-led training for NetAdvantage for .NET. (193 Words)

Top Benefits NetAdvantage for .NET 2008 Vol. 2

Includes Every Essential UI Control for Windows Forms and ASP.NET, plus Application Styling

Windows FormsDeliver User Experiences Consistent with Microsoft Office® and Windows Vista® - Office 2007 UI with the Ribbon, Vista-style breadcrumb navigation with the WinNavigationBar™, you can give legacy applications a Vista veneer in no time to bring them up-to-date. Extensive document export support to PDF/XPS combined with Microsoft® Excel import/export enable superior collaboration between users, and interoperability between applications.

ASP.NETHigh Performance Web Applications - The new Aikido™ Framework powers faster, lighter ASP.NET controls that have become natively AJAX so you can produce the nimblest Web 2.0 applications and SharePoint® WebParts.

Visual Studio® 2008 ReadyUse the version of Visual Studio that’s right for you – Whether it is Visual Studio 2005, or the new Visual Studio 2008, either choice enjoys full NetAdvantage for .NET tools support.

Rapid Application Development Reduce Development Time, Go to Market Sooner – NetAdvantage for .NET 2008 Vol. 2 makes developers more productive with feature-packed, stylable UI controls that save them development time and enable enterprises to ship software in less time.

Application Styling Framework™Design Once, Style Everywhere - Quickly create and apply corporate standards across Windows Forms and ASP.NET controls and applications powered by NetAdvantage, including a large number of professionally pre-designed Office® 2007 and Windows Vista® styles built-in.

Enhance UsabilityPut the User back into User-Friendly – Windows Forms applications become more usable with high-fidelity features like Visual Studio® 2008-style window docking, flexible grid row edit templating and combo box auto-complete that intuitively suggests values.

Positioning Statements

Why one consolidated toolset?

Consolidating on a single presentation layer toolset allows you to create consistent user interfaces across all enterprise applications – Windows Forms, ASP.NET and Tablet PC.

Standardizing on the Infragistics NetAdvantage toolset will reduce your R&D cost, maintenance costs and end user training costs.

Managing licensing and maintaining compliance is simplified when the UI layer component architecture is standardized with one component vendor.

Development teams will experience greater leveraged learning from one project to the next when your enterprise has a strategy in place as part of its application development lifecycle for developing the presentation layer.

Today’s professional developer must leverage the latest technologies and meet the demands of producing Windows Forms and ASP.NET applications with the latest Microsoft UIs like Office® 2007 and Windows Vista®. In NetAdvantage for .NET 2008, Infragistics offers a full range of best-of-breed presentation layer controls for Windows Forms, ASP.NET and Tablet PC in one package.

Infragistics, with a history of success, provides the confidence that purchasing Infragistics Tools represents an investment that will grow with technology

Infragistics has a solid commitment to our customers that our tools and technology will grow with the industry needs and new development. Our customer community relies on us to leverage and develop against future technology, to keep them in step with changes in the software industry. We publish our product roadmaps, provide technology briefings to our corporate customers and provide prerelease bits of our new tools and technologies for customer feedback. Infragistics maintains a close working relationship with Microsoft, to ensure we are able to release new technology that provides high value and usability, first; However Infragistics is also highly cognizant of providing upgrade paths and maintaining a commitment to our existing products responsibly.

The value of including Source Code for components and frameworks within the NetAdvantage

Including source code was something Infragistics’ customers asked for, and felt would add great value to the NetAdvantage for .NET offering. It gives developers four major benefits. First, by owning the source code they can ensure the integrity of their projects. Second, it's a wonderful debugging asset. Third, they can learn a great deal about writing and structuring .NET code by looking at the source code. And fourth, they can extend and derive from our source code to

for .NET customize our components or create new or composite components.

A comprehensive framework solution, not just a collection of components

Infragistics NetAdvantage for .NET 2008 presents 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 UI components lets you learn the rest much easier. It also makes it easier to create standardized interfaces for your applications and even create your own controls by extending and inheriting visual controls from our Presentation Layer Framework™. It’s a primary reason for corporations to standardize all their development teams on NetAdvantage for .NET 2008.

What’s new in NetAdvantage for .NET 2008 Vol. 2?

Below is a list of the controls and components that we either added or enhanced for the NetAdvantage for .NET 2008 Volume 2 release.

Windows Forms:

Infragistics WinGrid™ - Enhanced

o CardView Printing – CardView is a display mechanism in

the WinGrid that enables the developer to provide an

alternate view of data, similar to that of the Microsoft

Office business cards view. This added functionality

provides an easy mechanism for the developer to print the

grid while in this display mode.

o Rotated Column Headers – Now create new column

arrangements by rotating the column header. This mimicks

real life printed forms and makes it easier for the

readability and transitions the end user from a printed

document to a running applications.

o Row Edit Templates – Provides a dialog box that has knowledge of the underlying WinGrid leading it to give your end users an easy mechanism for entering information.

WinChart™ - Enhancedo TreeMap – TreeMap is a new chart type providing

visualization of hierarchical and relational data through nested rectangles.

WinCombo™ - Enhancedo AutoComplete Mode – New ways to filter through data in

a mechanism that can be compared to the intuitive suggest mode popularized by Google® and now enabled in the WinCombo control.

WinValidator™ - NEWo The WinValidator is an extender control enhancing the

experience when working editable fields by helping developers with their validation logic. This greatly reduces the amount of code developers must write, and improves the validity of data submitted by end users.

WinDockingManager™ - Enhancedo Visual Studio® 2008 Docking Style – End users can

now Control-Tab through their application and get the same rich, live preview in their line of business solutions to which developers using the Visual Studio® 2008 IDE have become accustomed.

ASP.NET:

WebSlider™ - NEW

o WebSlider is a light-weight, easy-to-use ASP.NET-based slider (a.k.a. track bar) control. Designed to enable developers to add another familiar UX pattern to their application, WebSlider is a simple but powerful editor for the developer’s toolbox.

WebHierarchicalDataSource™- NEW

o The WebHierarchicalDataSource control aims to simplify shaping data to fit hierarchical UI displays by leveraging the familiar Data Source control pattern, and allows developers to easily construct complex hierarchical data views from standard flat data sources such as the SqlDataSource or the ObjectDataSource controls.

NetAdvantage® for Windows Forms showcasing a financial services application combining a Tree Map summarizing gains and losses, a chart tracking net worth, and the new row edit template feature for integrated data entry.

NetAdvantage® for Windows Forms with a Windows Vista® style applied and breadcrumb navigation, contextual menus. On the left is the WinTree™, the WinListView™ lists transactions in the center, and WinChart™ visualizes data on the right.

NetAdvantage for ASP.NET showing Gauge and Chart controls creating an impressive executive dashboard

Histogram Chart for Windows Forms (also available for ASP.NET)

Integrated NetAdvantage® for Windows Forms controls including WinSchedule™ controls and 3D charting.

Integrated NetAdvantage® for ASP.NET controls leveraging consistent styling by the Application Styling Framework™.

NetAdvantage for ASP.NET WebGauge™ and WebGrid™ in SharePoint® WebParts

NetAdvantage® for Windows Forms integrated controls (Grid with conditional formatting, Tree, Toolbars in Office® 2007 Ribbon setting, 3D chart, Menus, PLUS recently-added features like the button with Export to Adobe® PDF, and the WinDesktopAlert™ notification rising from the lower right corner.

Exported sales figures published in a report style Adobe® PDF document displaying Gauges to visually summarize data.

Detail view of WinDesktopAlert™ (pops-up at taskbar like Outlook® and Instant Messenger alerts, but can be moved or programmed to pop-up elsewhere.)

(above)Charting and Gauges!

(above)WebSchedule™WebSchedule provides everything necessary for a full-featured scheduling Web application.

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WinSchedule™ with RibbonWinSchedule provides everything necessary for a full-featured resource scheduling application while the Office® 2007-style ribbon helps you organize your application’s features.

(above)Application Styling Framework™ for Windows Forms and ASP.NETEmpowers developers and graphic designers to create an application style once, and apply it everywhere.

Application Styling Framework™ for Windows Forms and ASP.NET – same application – different looks in an instant.

Trial Version Download Link

http://www.infragistics.com/dotnet/netadvantage.aspx#Downloads

Product Information Link

http://www.infragistics.com/dotnet/netadvantage.aspx#NewFeatures

Resources Online Docs: http://www.infragistics.com/support/documentation.aspx#OnlineDocumentation

VIDEOS:Web ControlsWebGrid: http://www.infragistics.com/FullMovie.aspx?id=3660WebSchedule: http://www.infragistics.com/FullMovie.aspx?id=3626WebDialogWindow™: http://www.infragistics.com/uploadedFiles/Full_Screen_Flash/ASPNET/IntroWebDialogWindow.wmvWebGauge: http://www.infragistics.com/uploadedFiles/Full_Screen_Flash/IntroToWebGauge.wmvCharting for ASP.NET and Windows Forms: http://www.infragistics.com/FullMovie.aspx?id=3476

Windows Forms Controls:WinGrid:http://www.infragistics.com/howto/wingrid.aspx WinDockManager:http://www.infragistics.com/FullMovie.aspx?id=3480WinExplorerBar:http://www.infragistics.com/FullMovie.aspx?id=3482WinSchedule:http://www.infragistics.com/FullMovie.aspx?id=3486WinToolbars:http://www.infragistics.com/howto/wintoolbars.aspxRibbon:http://www.infragistics.com/FullMovie.aspx?id=3490 http://www.infragistics.com/FullMovie.aspx?id=3492WinTree:http://www.infragistics.com/FullMovie.aspx?id=3494 Charting for ASP.NET and Windows Forms: http://www.infragistics.com/FullMovie.aspx?id=3476

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***Infragistics NetAdvantage for .NET 2007 Volume 1 for CLR 1.x was the final release of our NetAdvantage for .NET product to be compiled against .NET Framework 1.x. 

Developer Support will still be available for these products, and product maintenance will be available for the full year following the final release of CLR 1.x compiled bits.

Beginning with NetAdvantage for .NET 2008 Volume 1, Infragistics continues to release new features and products, now compiled for Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008, that operate on .NET Framework versions 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5. 

 

Benefit Promise: Easily and economically give your applications the exact look and feel of Microsoft’s latest interfaces – the familiar UIs your users expect and demand – with the NetAdvantage for .NET 2008.Benefits for DevelopersFaster, easier, better development

Benefits for Development ManagersFinish projects ahead of time and under budget

Benefits for Senior Development Managers – CIOsInsure best practices, lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and greater Return on Investment (ROI)

Build applications on Infragistics’ Presentation Layer Framework™ (PLF), which is based on common object models to ensure greater control, leveraged learning, easy transition from one NetAdvantage control to the next, and lighter weight overall applications – you only distribute the portion of the controls in the PLF once per application

Your developers can leverage the Presentation Layer Framework(PLF), which allows developers to learn faster and better utilize the NetAdvantage controls and extend them to meet their needs; which means your developers will know our toolset quicker, and applications will be delivered faster; you can even use it to easily create the UI for you own custom controls bringing projects in under budget, ahead of time and with better quality

NetAdvantage for .NET 2008 is a sophisticated application development framework on which your teams can base all of their Microsoft based UI development, which means lower TCO through lower cost of development, greater ROI, and more consistent applications, which means lower cost of training developers and end users

NetAdvantage for .NET 2008 includes Windows Forms, ASP.NET and Tablet PC which means easier transition when moving from one environment to another, and having the right tool available for new projects

Multiple environments , which means relying on one vendor for all your presentation layer development tools needs for Microsoft development

Complete solution, which means greater ROI and lower TCO through consolidated buying and support, as well as simplified licensing compliance

Source Code for the .NET controls in NetAdvantage for .NET 2008, which means faster learning, easier de-bugging, and the ability to extend and derive from our controls and frameworks

Leverage our .NET source code for easier debugging, faster problem resolution, and an inexpensive learning tool and programming guide for your developers

Source Code for .NET controls in NetAdvantage for .NET 2008, which means asset assurance, lower development cost, and reduced risk

Developer friendly licensing means you can use your licensed copy of NetAdvantage on all systems you develop on – primary desktop, test machine, home machine and laptop

Developer friendly licensing means lower development cost and less administrative work, and easy budgeting

Developer friendly licensing means lower TCO and no run-time royalties – no server-based deployment fees mean lower, totally controlled costs against budgets

Priority support means rapid response and/or immediate support when you need it – via phone, email, or by 24/7 chat.

Priority support means less down time waiting for response, especially when you are in the critical, final testing and deployment phases of a project

Infragistics Priority support insures higher ROI and lower TCO through maximum utilization of resources

More than just a product, Infragistics provides extensive on-line help, reference implementations, a “living” knowledge base, a personalized support portal (MyInfragistics™), use case samples, reference implementations, and of course .NET source code included, which means full support to help you learn, maximize, and troubleshoot

Our full support and developer-friendly services and policies, such as Priority support, means faster, better use of our products with less down time waiting for responses, allowing developers to produce better applications in less overall time

Supplementary services, such as Priority support, insures higher ROI through better support of your development teams and maximum utilization of resources

Ease of use, which means we have made it quick and easy to access online help, DevCenter™ Content, Code Samples, and more

Ease of use, which means with each release of NetAdvantage we are adding new Designers, Style and Behavior Presets across all controls, making it easier for developers to replicate Microsoft style look and feels in a shorter development life cycle

Ease of use, which means we have made it quick and easy to access online help, DevCenter Content, Code Samples, and more

AJAX-enabled Rich ASP.NET controls, which means you can

Maximize utilization of the AJAX-enabled ASP.NET

Well architected thin client controls, which means you get

eliminate postbacks. Your web applications will perform on par with rich-client applications for exceptional user experience.

infrastructure with NetAdvantage for .NET 2008, which means you can give your users the rich interfaces and interaction they are used to while satisfying management’s requirement for thin client deployment

the thin client deployment you want while giving users the rich client experience they demand, ending up with applications greatly appreciated by users and reducing TCO through instant server-based deployment

Ink-enabled Windows Forms applications for the Tablet PC through embedded editors and the PLF, which means you can enable your forms for ink-to-text as easily as dropping our UltraInkProvider control on any form

Your developers can now easily ink-enable any Windows Form application for the Tablet PC, which means converting all your current applications developed with prior versions of NetAdvantage is a snap

NetAdvantage is built on a sophisticated framework, which means that it is easy for us to implement the latest in Microsoft technologies, keeping your applications current with your other technology investments

Easily style applications with the latest Microsoft UIs, using Application Styling. Reduce your application styling of the UI layer to one click, which means less coding, more consistency and finishing the project on time with a professionally designed UI.

Use Application Styling to deliver interface metaphors your users want with less development effort, which means faster, less costly project delivery, reduced resource needs for designing the UI layer, and easily delivering the latest UIs

Use Application Styling to deliver interface metaphors for professional polish with less development effort, which means faster delivery, reduced design resources, and easy enforcement of corporate branding across the enterprise.

Common Charting Engine, for hi-fidelity 2D and 3D charting which means creating rich Windows Forms and ASP.NET charting applications can be as easy as copying code from one environment into the other

Shared engines and models, which mean producing and maintaining applications across multiple environments is easier, allowing a single developer to easily leverage another’s code in a different environment

Hi-Fidelity 2D and 3D charting for superior executive dashboards

Rich editors and masks, which can be used independently or embedded in many of the NetAdvantage controls, meaning less coding and better control of data integrity

Rich selection of editors and masks, which means faster project delivery and better data integrity

Framework includes editors and masks, which means stronger compliance (reduced risk) and data integrity

Fully integrated into Visual Studio.NET and Help 2.0, which means instantaneous answers contextually within your normal working habits

Fully integrated help, which means less wasted time for your developers, therefore faster time to market

Functions maximally integrated into Microsoft development environments, which means faster development, greater ROI, lower TCO

Superior hierarchical data support, which means ease of connection, coding, and control, and stunning, easy to understand display metaphors that match the business needs of your applications

Superior hierarchical data support, which means less coding, more reliable applications

Better hierarchical data support, which means less costly development and more efficient applications, requiring less infrastructure, resulting in lower TCO

Full Featured Calc Engine and Formula Builder allows you to easily extend the power and functionality of Microsoft Excel to all Windows Forms and ASP.NET controls in the toolset

Full Featured Calc Engine and Formula Builder with the full power of Microsoft Excel Formula support in your Windows Forms & ASP.NET applications

Full Featured Calc Engine and Formula Builder wit the full power of Microsoft Excel Formula support in your Windows Forms & ASP.NET applications

Section 508 Compliance meaning tools within NetAdvantage can contain information within applications which is made accessible to the blind and visually impaired – 508 Compliance is vital in the healthcare and government industries

Section 508 Compliance meaning tools within NetAdvantage can be used intrinsically within internal Government applications. Infragistics controls can be considered for use when bidding on government contract application work, enabling more competitive bidding due to lower cost and faster completion of projects.

Section 508 Compliance means Infragistics controls can be considered for use when bidding on government contract application work, enabling more competitive bidding due to lower cost and faster completion of projects. This can open a new market to your business.