What's New in ComponentOne Studio: March v1 2016
It's March 2016, so that means we're launching our first major release of 2016!
- If you're already a C1Studio subscriber, be sure to update your version with C1Live.
- If you own an older edition, but haven't re-subscribed, log in to your account and purchase a new subscription.
- If you're evaluating C1Studio, create an account to get the latest news and gain access to our global community of users. Then download a free trial and experience the difference yourself!
- Platform News
See What's New in Service Pack 2016 1.5, released May 2016
Top News: We're officially launching our UWP Edition!
We released our beta UWP Edition back in October, and it's been enormously popular. Our 50+ UWP controls--built from our former WinRT Edition--are stable and feature-rich right out of the box, and we're also releasing a few new beta controls that fit into our new Flex line of controls.
FlexReport for UWP (Beta)
If you'd like to see everything FlexReport can do, mosey on over to our WinForms Edition. The UWP beta is a leaner version, feature-wise, but you'll still get the standalone FlexReport Designer, cross-device FlexViewer, and the power and speed of our other reporting tools. The official launch is scheduled for later in 2016. Read more >> C1Word Library has been added as a beta library.
FlexChart and FlexPie for UWP (Beta)
This supercharged chart control allows you to select from one of dozens of chart types, easily integrate built-in features like line markers and legends, and includes a pie chart with exploding slices. This is the be official launch is scheduled for July 2016. Read more >>
Migrate from WinRT and Windows Phone
From now until March 15, 2017, WinRT and Windows Phone Edition owners can upgrade to UWP for free. C1Studio license holders get the upgrade just by downloading our latest build. Contact a sales rep if you'd like to update today. Effective immediately, WinRT is going into maintenance mode and will only be updated for bug fixes. Read more about UWP Edition >>
ASP.NET MVC Edition
FlexSheet for MVC: Build a Web-Based Excel-Like Spreadsheet
The TagHelper-supported, ASP.NET Core-compatible, mobile-first FlexSheet control allows you to add all the top Excel-like spreadsheet functions to your web app, including over 100 built-in formulas and the ability to add custom formulas. Custom formulas have built-in auto-complete With import/export functionality and flexible data binding, you'll get all the top features of a spreadsheet app--and with our SignalR sample, you'll also get simultaneous editing in multiple devices. FlexSheet is available only with ComponentOne Studio and Ultimate.
FlexViewer (Beta) for MVC: View Reports in Browser
This fast, flexible HTML5-based report viewer for modern enterprises allows you to easily display C1Report and FlexReports in your browsers. With SVG-based pixel-perfect report rendering and full print support, users will get a top-quality experience. Paired with the C1Studio standaone FlexReport Designer and our built-in Web API, you'll be able to build and display reports in no time.
Export reports to:
- HTML
- RTF
- Excel
- Open XML (Word/Excel)
- TIFF
- BMP
- PNG
- JPEG
- GIF
Rich viewer feature set includes:
- Search
- Zoom
- Thumbnails
- Continuous paging
- Parameters
- Document map
- Keyboard navigation
Full-featured HTML5 report viewer for MVC
Other MVC News
- MVC controls now support scaffolding, which allows for straightforward code-free app design. Read more about scaffolding >>
- Financial Chart Additions
- New overlays: Bollinger Bands and Moving Average Envelopes.
- New indicators: Average True Range, Relative Strength Index, Commodity Channel Index, Williams %R, MACD/MACD Histogram, Stochastic Oscillator.
- New Fibonacci Extensions for FinancialChart: Fans, Arcs, Time Zones
- Read more about Financial Chart >>
- See additional enhancements, bug fixes and full MVC release history
C1Word Library (Beta)
C1Word Library Beta allows users to create Microsoft Word documents with advanced features in enterprise applications. The control launches in July 2016; the beta is currently available for UWP, WinForms, and WPF. It supports multiple fonts and properties, including adding bookmarks, hyperlinks, metafiles, and multiple paper sizes.
Other supported features:
- Images
- Text
- Paragraph
- Graphics
- Quotes
- Text Flow
- Tables
Supported shapes:
- Arc
- Beizer
- Ellipse
- Line
- Pie
- Polygon
- PolygonLine
Rectangle
- C1Word Library for WinForms >>
- C1Word Library for WPF >>
Create, read and write Microsoft Word and RTF documents in .NET WinForms, UWP, and WPF apps
WinForms Edition
FlexPivot for WinForms: Millions of Rows in Milliseconds
Process and aggregate millions of rows of data in milliseconds: that’s what users get from FlexPivot for WinForms, the new pivot table in ComponentOne Studio. Built on a new super-charged data engine, this feature-rich control offers a modernized UI and lightning-fast processing to give your users more power, speed, and reach than ever. FlexPivot is available only in ComponentOne Studio and Ultimate. FlexPivot for WinForms Read more about FlexPivot for WinForms >>
Other WinForms News
- C1Word Library has been added as a beta library.
- FlexReport, FlexReport Designer and FlexViewer have several UI and usability updates. Read more >>
- Highlight: These Crystal Report features will now be supported upon migration to FlexReport.
- Parameters
- Cross-Section Box
- Specified Order Grouping
- Drop Shadow property of TextField
- Highlight: These Crystal Report features will now be supported upon migration to FlexReport.
- FlexChart and FlexPie (Betas) have been released for WinForms Edition. These powerful chart controls are already available in LightSwitch and MVC, and have been released in beta for UWP and WinForms.
- Read more about FlexChart >>
- Download the FlexChart Explorer Demo >> FlexChart for WinForms
- GanttView
- Provided Task Dependency dialog display when double-clicking on the predecessors line
- Added markers to SummaryTasks
- Improved performance when loading more than 30 pages in print preview
- Added day tooltip in the timeline
- Provided "Inactive" tasks feature
- Scheduler/GanttView integration added as a sample
- Input
- Added auto-sizing to TextBox
- When to set AutoCompleteMode and AutoCompleteSource property of ComboBox in designer, AutoComplete is not applied
- FlexGrid
- Added alternating frozen row styles
- See additional enhancements, bug fixes and full WinForms release history
WPF Edition
- C1Word Library has been added as a beta library.
- RichTextBox
- Added ability to add space before or after a table.
- FlexGrid
- Provided functions to save and load images and merged cells in "ExcelBook" product sample.
- See additional enhancements, bug fixes and full WPF release history
ASP.NET Web Forms Edition
- GridView now supports filtering in C1TemplateField.
- Calendar now allows you to set the initial view of the calendar. You could set the initial view to all months of the year, year view, or day view.
- See additional enhancements, bug fixes and full ASP.NET Web Forms release history
Silverlight Edition
- Added a C1.Silverlight.DataGrid.OpenRia assembly.
- See additional enhancements, bug fixes and full Silverlight release history