Paul Krill
Editor at Large

ComponentOne boosts development offering

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Dec 29, 20032 mins

Company highlights building of .Net apps

ComponentOne on Monday unveiled ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2004 v1, an update to the company’s subscription-based service for application development components featuring enhancements for .Net and ASP.Net.

The product features a framework for developing enterprise .Net, ASP.Net, mobile and ActiveX applications, according to ComponentOne. Components are included for functions such as reporting and charting. The data layer in Studio Enterprise encapsulates business logic in reusable assemblies, or data libraries, while the framework features object models and interoperability with visual designers, the company said.

New features include the following:

—  ComponentOne VSFlexGrid Pro 8, a grid component, offers new methods for clipboard support, properties for custom sort images and settings for Flags property. The custom sort image is an icon that appears when a user clicks on a column header to sort, while settings for Flags property refers to a property that can be set for automatic handling of clipboard keys.

— Menus and toolbars for .Net that support the Microsoft Office 2003 look and feel.

— A PDF for .Net component that features security, compression, hyperlinking, and attachments. This provides controls for WinForms applications that allow for PDF document creation.

Data, presentation, reporting, and transformation layers are integrated in the product and can be linked with Microsoft data access components or third-party controls.

The full version of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise will be available electronically on Jan. 30, with a manufacturer’s suggested price of $900.Current subscribers will receive the 2004 v1 release as part of their yearly subscription.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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