Road Map for Essential Studio 2011 Volume 4

Road Map for Essential Studio 2011 Volume 4

Essential Studio User Interface Edition... 4 ASP.NET...4 Essential Tools for ASP.NET... 4 Essential Chart for ASP.NET... 4 Essential Diagram for ASP.NET... 4 Essential Gauge for ASP.NET... 4 ASP.NET MVC...4 Essential Grid for ASP.NET MVC... 4 Essential Chart for ASP.NET MVC... 5 Essential Diagram for ASP.NET MVC... 5 Essential Tools for ASP.NET MVC... 5 ASP.NET MVC Mobile...6 Essential Chart for ASP.NET MVC Mobile... 6 Essential Tools for ASP.NET MVC Mobile... 6 WPF...7 All WPF Products... 7 Essential Diagram for WPF... 7 Essential Gantt for WPF... 8 Essential Spreadsheet for WPF... 8 Essential Tools for WPF... 8 Essential Maps for WPF... 8 Silverlight...9 Essential Gantt for Silverlight... 9 Essential Diagram for Silverlight... 9 Essential Spreadsheet for Silverlight... 10 Essential Maps for Silverlight... 10 Windows Forms... 10 Essential Grid for Windows Forms... 10 Essential Chart for Windows Forms... 10 Essential Tools for Windows Forms... 11 Windows Phone... 11 2 P a g e

Essential Tools for Windows Phone... 11 Essential Maps for Windows Phone... 11 Essential Studio Reporting Edition... 13 Essential ProjectIO... 13 Essential Report Viewer for Silverlight... 13 Essential Report Viewer for WPF... 13 Essential PDF... 13 Essential PDF Viewer... 14 Essential DocIO... 14 Essential XlsIO... 14 Essential Studio Business Intelligence Edition... 15 All Business Intelligence Products... 15 Essential BI Chart... 15 Essential BI Grid... 15 Essential BI Client for Silverlight... 15 3 P a g e

Essential Studio User Interface Edition Essential Studio User Interface Edition contains the most complete set of user-interface components on the market including the best performing grid control in the industry, docking and menu frameworks, data-binding controls, and schedulers. With the visualizations found in Essential Chart, Gauge, and Diagram, data can be presented in more engaging, meaningful ways. ASP.NET Essential Tools for ASP.NET Client-side events for the TreeView control Customize the client-side behavior of the control more efficiently. Essential Chart for ASP.NET ToolTips for chart axis labels Localization support Enables users to add custom ToolTips to chart axis labels. Allows you to customize the user interface of a chart to be localespecific. Essential Diagram for ASP.NET Show or hide text in symbol palette Allows you to show or hide text added to nodes in the symbol palette. Essential Gauge for ASP.NET Gauge control using HTML 5 Helps users visualize data as a point or a range in a compact and scaled manner. ASP.NET MVC Essential Grid for ASP.NET MVC Stacked headers Helps users categorize various columns and group related columns together under a single header. 4 P a g e

Essential Grid for ASP.NET MVC Auto-wrap in column cells Allows text in a grid to be wrapped automatically based on the width of the column. Essential Chart for ASP.NET MVC Essential Chart with HTML 5 A lightweight, canvas-based chart control that utilizes HTML 5 to implement a very high-performance and interactive chart control. Localization support Allows you to customize the user interface of a chart so that it is locale-specific. Essential Diagram for ASP.NET MVC Persistence support for diagrams Diagram contents will be able to be persisted in XML format. Multiple selection Z-order commands Adding custom shapes Select, drag, resize, or delete more than one node and its connector at a time. Allows you to change the z-order values of selected nodes and connectors on a diagram page by means of ordering commands. Define custom shapes that can be added as nodes to a diagram. Custom shapes can also be added to the symbol palette. Essential Tools for ASP.NET MVC Rotator improvements Includes better animation support, data binding, displaying items in a random order, and integrating a pager with the rotator. Time picker control Integrate time selection options into your applications. It can have up to four primary fields: hours, minutes, seconds, and AM/PM. 5 P a g e

ASP.NET MVC Mobile Essential Chart for ASP.NET MVC Mobile Chart control A lightweight control that lets you visualize business data in visually pleasing charts on mobile platforms. Essential Tools for ASP.NET MVC Mobile Menu control Provides a menu control with horizontal and vertical layout modes. Dialog control Progress bar control Button control ListBox control Tab control WaitingPopUp control Rating control Toggle button control File upload control Scroll panel control Slider control Implements a modal dialog box-like window. Implements a standard progress bar. Allows you to implement a toggle, drop-down, or split button in an application. Images can be included in a button as icons if desired. Implements a dynamic, interactive list view interface. Implements a dynamic, interactive, menu-driven tabbed interface in your mobile applications. Allows you to display a customizable waiting message while your page is performing a long operation or waiting for a response from the server. Provides an intuitive rating experience that allows end users to select a number of stars to represent their rating. Developers can specify the initial rating, the maximum rating to allow, and the alignment and direction of the stars. Also allows developers to specify a custom shape instead of stars. Indicates the on/off state of a function in an application. It will remain in a particular state (i.e. on or off) until clicked again. Allows you to upload files to a server. It allows uploading multiple files and accepts files of any format. It uses progress bars to show the status of the file upload. Implements an interactive panel for scrolling through large content. Allows users to select a value from a range of values by dragging a slider thumb. 6 P a g e

Essential Tools for ASP.NET MVC Mobile Toolbar control Allows you to customize and display a list of command items in a standard toolbar interface. Accordion control Allows you to categorize items within multiple panes with the option to expand, collapse, and display them one at a time. Each accordion pane has a template for its header and content. It also supports an auto-size mode that allows it to fit in a variety of layouts. WPF All WPF Products WPF 4 manipulation Metro theme WPF controls will support multi-touch interaction. This will make them very usable in touch-screen devices. A new theme that will be available in all our WPF controls. It is based on the Windows Phone look and feel. Essential Diagram for WPF Serializing the symbol palette Symbol designer Import symbols Expanded decorator support Line routing Symbol palettes can be serialized and saved as.xaml files and loaded back into a diagram at a later point in time. A new tool for creating, designing, and editing symbol palettes that can be used in a diagram builder application. Import symbols from Microsoft Expression Blend and Visio, and Syncfusion Essential Diagram for Windows Forms into a diagram s symbol palette. Decorator shapes can be customized in such a way that each line segment of a line connector can have a decorator. If a line connector is drawn between two nodes and crosses other nodes, the line will be automatically rerouted around interfering nodes. This feature will avoid overlapping links with nodes. 7 P a g e

Essential Gantt for WPF Filter and sort the task list Baseline table view support Virtualization Sort and filter tasks in the grid view of a Gantt chart. Display the variance between a baseline and current progress in the table view of a Gantt chart. Virtualization support will be added to improve performance. Essential Spreadsheet for WPF Center across selection alignment support Group text between two cells to form one single cell, similar to merged cells in Excel, and center the text. Document settings options Advanced encryption and decryption PDF export Text wrap support Import from ADO.NET DataTable Options such as author, tags, category, etc., will be provided. Using a password, users will be able to encrypt and decrypt spreadsheets for the sake of privacy. Support for exporting spreadsheet contents to PDF. Users will be able to wrap text in a cell. Directly import data into a spreadsheet from ADO.NET DataTables and convert the data to an Excel-readable format. Essential Tools for WPF Multiple selection in property grid Rich-text editor Select multiple objects and view the values of properties common to all objects. Create rich-text content in an editor that allows you to easily specify, among other things, text formatting, bulleted lists, tables, and undo and redo operations. Essential Maps for WPF Path support Display a path in a map from one point to another. Using paths, a map can support a street-level view. 8 P a g e

Essential Maps for WPF Data binding support Virtualization Importing and exporting map elements Generate map labels, symbols, and paths from a bound ItemsSource collection. Virtualization support will improve performance. Import and export map elements such as paths, symbols, and labels through an.xml file via serialization. Silverlight Essential Gantt for Silverlight Baseline table view support Display the variance between a baseline and current progress in the table view of a Gantt chart. Filter and sort the task list Virtualization Sort and filter operations will be supported in the grid view of a Gantt chart. Virtualization support will be added to improve performance. Essential Diagram for Silverlight Serializing the symbol palette Symbol palettes can be serialized and saved as.xml files and loaded back into a diagram later. Line routing Polyline and poly orthogonal lines Underline option for label text Avoids overlapping links and nodes to create better, easily readable diagrams. Polylines and orthogonal lines are alternatives to straight line connectors. They are very useful when there are other nodes between two nodes that are being connected. End users can clearly indicate what kind of polylines (by specifying exact points of directional changes) or orthogonal lines should be used to connect nodes. Users will be able to underline labels for nodes and lines. 9 P a g e

Essential Spreadsheet for Silverlight Center across selection alignment support Group text between two cells to form one single cell, similar to merged cells in Excel, and center the text. Document settings options Advanced encryption and decryption PDF export Text wrap support Options such as author, tags, category, etc., will be provided. Using a password, users will be able to encrypt and decrypt spreadsheets for the sake of privacy. Export spreadsheet contents to PDF. Users will be able to wrap text in a cell. Essential Maps for Silverlight Path support Maps will be able to display a path from one point to another. Using paths, a street view can be created in a map. Data binding support Map element import and export Virtualization Generate map labels, symbols, and paths from a bound ItemsSource collection. Import and export map elements such as paths, symbols, and labels through an.xml file. Virtualization support will improve performance. Windows Forms Essential Grid for Windows Forms Visual styles Apply professional-looking visual styles to a grid and its associated controls. Essential Chart for Windows Forms Localization support Display chart data according to the language and culture specific to a particular country or region. 10 P a g e

Essential Chart for Windows Forms ToolTips for chart axis labels Enables users to add custom ToolTips to chart axis labels. Essential Tools for Windows Forms Split button control Create a drop-down button-like interface that is a combination of a regular button and a drop-down list. Windows Phone Essential Tools for Windows Phone Jump List Useful for easily navigating through a long list of items by grouping them into desired categories. Range slider control Toolbar control Color picker control Timespan picker control ToolTip control Window control Enables users to specify a range as an input value. Provides support for creating toolbars graphical presentations of commands optimized for efficient access. Enables you to choose a desired color easily. Enables you to provide the option to select a time span in your applications. Allows you to display more information about a UI element when the end user taps on it. Enables you to display modal or non-modal content in your applications. You can also use it to display alert or prompt dialogs. Essential Maps for Windows Phone Importing and exporting map elements Save and load maps as.xml files, and export maps as images. Path support Draw paths that depict routes in a map. 11 P a g e

Essential Maps for Windows Phone Data Binding Data binding support for map labels, symbols, and paths will be added. Virtualization Enhances rendering speed during zoom and pan operations. 12 P a g e

Essential Studio Reporting Edition The only reporting solution you will ever need with Essential Studio Reporting Edition you can create advanced reports with the WPF-based reporting solution or integrate document-based reporting (PDF, Excel, Word) into your Windows and Web applications. Essential ProjectIO Microsoft Project read/write library ProjectIO is a project management component (.NET class library) that facilitates reading and manipulating Microsoft Project documents in.xml formats without relying on Microsoft Project. Essential Report Viewer for Silverlight PDF export Document map Sub-report support Allows users to export RDL reports as PDF files. Helps users view specific product details in a report by using document map navigation. Load sub-reports in a main report from both local and reporting servers. Essential Report Viewer for WPF PDF export Allows users to export RDL reports as PDF files. Sub-report support Document map Allows sub-reports to be embedded inside a main report. Allows users to browse specific product details in a report by using document map navigation. Essential PDF HTML to PDF conversion via Gecko Improved merging performance Improved HTML to PDF conversion via the Gecko browser (Mozilla). Performance when merging PDF documents will be improved. 13 P a g e

Essential PDF Improved performance when saving PDFs with form fields Saving a PDF that includes a very large number of form fields will have improved performance. Essential PDF Viewer ASP.NET MVC implementation Gives users the ability to view and print PDF files from MVC applications without any reliance on Adobe Acrobat. Essential DocIO Write protection with password support for Word 2007 and Word 2010 documents Support for updating fields Prevents third parties from editing or modifying the content of a document. A field updating engine will now evaluate field results before exporting them. Essential XlsIO Binding business objects to template markers Improved performance for importing data Users will be able to bind business objects to template markers. Importing a large amount of data into a workbook using XlsIO will consume less time. 14 P a g e

Essential Studio Business Intelligence Edition With Essential Studio Business Intelligence Edition, executive dashboards are a snap, and BI analysis can be integrated into your applications with ease. Controls such as Essential BI Chart, Grid, Gauge, and Client can be used to present key performance indicators fed by OLAP data. All Business Intelligence Products Drill-down support for all level type OLAP controls now provide drill-down support for members with the all level type. Essential BI Chart Drill position support Enables you to restrict drilling operations to a specific level of a dimension rather than drilling down into all levels of that dimension. Essential BI Grid ASP.NET MVC implementation Drill position support Essential BI Grid will be available for the ASP.NET MVC platform, allowing users to visualize multidimensional data in a highperformance pivot grid interface. Enables you to restrict drilling operations to a specific level of a dimension rather than drilling down into all levels of that dimension. Essential BI Client for Silverlight Dynamic connection setting Allows you to dynamically specify the connection string for the XMLA data source in your Silverlight code instead of in server-side web.config files. 15 P a g e