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Studio Enterprise 2013 v2 Released!

The 2013 v2 release of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise is here! Our 2013 v2 release features enhancements in Mobile and Windows 8 application development. Learn more about our new controls for Windows Store development and our enhanced support for touch, MVC 4 Mobile, AngularJS, and Entity Framework.

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Touch Support
 
ComponentOne Tech Connection

Words from the CTO

Bernardo Castilho   BUILDing the Future
Bernardo Castilho, Chief Technology Officer

Last month I traveled back to an area I've enjoyed for many years, San Francisco. This time it wasn't for the weather or the food, but for Microsoft's BUILD conference. While our company was an exhibitor, I had the opportunity to attend the keynotes, sessions, and hands-on labs (and to score a super-cool Surface Pro).

I was happy to learn that Microsoft will be adding support for Bootstrap, a great framework for creating responsive design web interfaces.
Microsoft's Scott Hanselman described the new ASP.NET project templates in Visual Studio 2013; they now include Bootstrap in addition to jQuery.

I was also excited by the many enhancements in Windows 8.1 and the great extensions to the WinRT platform, which is quickly reaching maturity. Enhanced support for Bing and Live SDKs, the new WebView and PdfViewer controls are just a few examples. Finally, there are great new features in Azure, and more integration between Windows Store apps and the cloud.

We contributed to the buzz with the release of WorkSpace, a new Windows Store app that allows you to open and edit files that use many popular formats (XLSX, HTML, RTF, PDF, and plain text). We built WorkSpace using the controls in our Studio (Spread, RichTextBox, and PdfViewer). Best of all, it's free and you can download it right now!

With the release of Windows 8.1 and all of the other enhancements, ComponentOne will continue harnessing the best of the best and passing it along to you in our controls. If you didn't have a chance to attend BUILD or missed a session, I recommend watching them on demand.

 Featured Articles

Building Mobile MVC Apps in Minutes
Chris Bannon, Product Manager
 
Sean Lawyer  

I am happy to announce our new Mobile MVC Tools powered by Wijmo. We have shipped a new set of tools to help you rapidly develop Mobile Web Apps using MVC. Our tools include a ready-to-use Mobile Project Template and custom Mobile Scaffolding. Let's take a look at how easy it is to build an app with these new tools.

We have recently made a to do list using our MVC 4 Tools, so let's build a mobile version of that! Read the full article.

 
The Making of WorkSpace Part 1: The ViewModel
Greg Lutz, Product Manager
 

A few weeks ago we released the ComponentOne WorkSpace app and it's been quite a success with over 3,000 downloads and garnering some great user feedback. It's a first generation spreadsheet and rich text editor all-in-one. Oh, and it also opens PDF files too just for fun.

In this blog post series I will talk about making the initial version of this app and focus on four key areas that may help you build your own Windows Store apps. Read the full article.

  Sean Lawyer

 What's New

Studio for LightSwitch HTML Released
Studio for LightSwitch   Based on the popular Wijmo widgets for jQuery UI and jQuery Mobile, Studio for LightSwitch HTML automates the generation of JavaScript code for custom controls and integrates seamlessly with the LightSwitch design-time environment to provide both ready-made screens and control-level extensibility. Learn More.
 
Windows 8 WorkSpace App
The ComponentOne WorkSpace app allows you to create, open, edit, and save text documents and spreadsheets on your Windows 8 devices. Open multiple files at one time and quickly access recent documents from the home page. Check out the free download.   ComponentOne WorkSpace
 
Extending HTML with AngularJS Directives
Extending HTML with AngularJS Directives   Our CTO, Bernardo Castilho, has recently taken a big interest in AngularJS. In fact, he has gone and written his own directives. He has even gone as far as to write a comprehensive whitepaper on custom AngularJS directives. Bernardo does an excellent job of covering directives and provides very practical usage scenarios. Learn more and read the article.
 
Stay Up-To-Date on XAML
Want to know what's happening with WinRT? Have questions about Silverlight, WPF, or Windows Phone? Follow product manager Greg Lutz on Twitter @c1xaml for all the news and answers you need about XAML from ComponentOne.   Follow @c1xaml

 Award Center

ComponentOne recently received the following awards:

SD Times 100 SD Times 100 Award in the User Experience Category, SD Times 2013
SD Times 100 Award in the APIs, Libraries & Frameworks Category, SD Times 2013

 Webcast Center

Upcoming Webcasts: Free to Attend

Embed Web-Based, Rich, Ad Hoc Reporting in Your Applications: Discover how easy it is to integrate rich, out-of the-box ad hoc reporting for business users into your own web applications using ASP.NET components and Web Services. Find out how to:

  • Embed the ad hoc report designer into your web application
  • List and select reports from within your web application
  • Customize the report designer user interface
  • Provide single-sign-on features to your business users
  • Extend the built-in security model for multi-tenant deployments

August 28, 1:00PM (ET) Register

 
Introducing Doc-To-Help: This webcast lays out the essential features and technologies that Doc-To-Help uses to encompass every aspect of your software documentation project. Topics covered include customization and creation of the Table of Contents, Context IDs, and the Index, as well as an overview of how the software works, tips, tricks, and best practices.

July 31, 3:00PM (ET) Register
August 14, 3:00PM (ET) Register

 

Doc-To-Help Summer School: Single-Sourcing for Print, Web, and Mobile: With Doc-To-Help, you can single-source to twelve different outputs. These outputs include browser-based Help, several types of desktop Help, Mobile Help, EPUB, and Manuals. You can even publish to a SharePoint site. Join us for this hands-on workshop and produce these outputs yourself.

August 14, 2:00PM (ET) Register

Event Center

ComponentOne supports and sponsors community and developer events throughout the world, including conferences, code camps, tech fests, and user group meetings. Here is a list of upcoming events:

SDQ Code Camp: Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic | July 19-20
SoCal Code Camp: San Diego, CA | July 27-28, 2013
That Conference: Wisconsin Dells, WI | August 12-14, 2013
devLink Technical Conference: Chattanooga, TN | August 28-30, 2013

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What's Inside

Words from the CTO

BUILDing the Future

Featured Articles

Building Mobile MVC Apps in Minutes
The Making of WorkSpace Part 1: The ViewModel

What's New

Studio for LightSwitch HTML Released
Windows 8 WorkSpace Application
Extending HTML with AngularJS Directives

Stay Up-To-Date on XAML

Award Center 

SD Times 100

Webcast Center

Embed Web-Based, Rich, Ad Hoc Reporting in Your Applications
Introducing Doc-To-Help
Single-Sourcing for Print, Web, and Mobile

Event Center

SDQ Code Camp
SoCal Code Camp
That Conference
devLink Technical Conference

Survey Center

Do you use map controls?

Wijmo Webcast

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