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Road Map for Essential Studio 2010 Volume 4

Syncfusion Road Map. Updated on September 22, 2010. Version 8.4.0.00 (2010 Volume 4). Subject to change.

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Essential Studio User Interface Edition ........................................................................................................................ 4 ASP.NET MVC ............................................................................................................................................................ 4

Essential Grid for ASP.NET MVC .......................................................................................................................... 4 Essential Tools for ASP.NET MVC: General Features ........................................................................................... 4

New Control .................................................................................................................................................... 4 GenericDropDown Control .............................................................................................................................. 5 Menu Control .................................................................................................................................................. 5 Rich Text Editor ............................................................................................................................................... 5 Toolbar Control ............................................................................................................................................... 5 TreeView Control............................................................................................................................................. 5

WPF ........................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Essential Grid for WPF .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Essential Tools for WPF: General Features .......................................................................................................... 6

New Controls ................................................................................................................................................... 6 AutoComplete ................................................................................................................................................. 6 Checklist Box Control....................................................................................................................................... 7 Numeric Up-Down Control .............................................................................................................................. 7 Ribbon Control ................................................................................................................................................ 7 Tile-View Control ............................................................................................................................................. 7

Essential Chart for WPF ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Essential Diagram for WPF ................................................................................................................................... 8

Silverlight .................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Essential Grid for Silverlight ................................................................................................................................. 8 Essential Tools for Silverlight: General Features ................................................................................................. 8

New Controls ................................................................................................................................................... 9 AutoComplete ................................................................................................................................................. 9 Checklist Box ................................................................................................................................................... 9 Color Picker ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 Color Picker Palette ....................................................................................................................................... 10 DropDownButtonAdv Control ....................................................................................................................... 10 FileUpload Control......................................................................................................................................... 10 Menu Control ................................................................................................................................................ 10 Numeric Up-Down Control ............................................................................................................................ 11 Ribbon Control .............................................................................................................................................. 11 SplitButtonAdv Control ................................................................................................................................. 11 Tile-View Control ........................................................................................................................................... 11 TreeViewAdv Control .................................................................................................................................... 12 Window Control ............................................................................................................................................ 12

Essential Chart for Silverlight ............................................................................................................................. 12 Essential Diagram for Silverlight ........................................................................................................................ 13

Essential Studio Reporting Edition ............................................................................................................................. 14 Essential DocIO ................................................................................................................................................... 14 Essential XlsIO .................................................................................................................................................... 14 Essential PDF ...................................................................................................................................................... 14

Essential Studio Business Intelligence Edition ........................................................................................................... 15 Essential BI OLAP Grid for WPF .......................................................................................................................... 15 Essential BI OLAP Grid for Silverlight ................................................................................................................. 15 Essential BI PivotGrid for WPF ........................................................................................................................... 15 Essential BI PivotGrid for Silverlight ................................................................................................................. 16 Essential BI OLAP Chart for ASP.NET ................................................................................................................. 16 Essential BI OLAP Chart for Silverlight ............................................................................................................... 16


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Essential BI OLAP Client for WPF ....................................................................................................................... 16 Essential BI OLAP Client for Silverlight .............................................................................................................. 17


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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 MVC

Essential Grid for ASP.NET MVC

Skin Enhancements Improvements to the look and feel for group and border alignments.

Localization Support for localization.

View Mode A new mode for complete view customization.

UI Filtering Improvements An improved filtering feature similar to Excel.

Cell Types Various cell types that can be edited, such as combo-box, check-box, numeric text box, and mask-edit cells.

Keyboard Interface Support for interacting through the keyboard.

Enhanced JSON Support Support for JSON grouping, filtering, and editing.

Essential Tools for ASP.NET MVC: General Features

Localization Localization support for all applicable ASP.NET MVC tools controls.

Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC Project Templates

Predefined project templates for Syncfusion controls, simplifying project starts and eliminating manual configuration.

Custom Syncfusion T4 Templates

Custom templates for certain Syncfusion controls, allowing you to speed up development by simply adding controls from the AddView dialog box.

Essential Tools for ASP.NET MVC: New Control

Button Controls Customizable button controls with several built-in skins, which can be integrated with other ASP.NET MVC controls.

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Essential Tools for ASP.NET MVC: GenericDropDown Control

Data Binding Ability to bind data to the GenericDropDown control.

Appearance Improvements Enhancement of the control’s look and feel.

Essential Tools for ASP.NET MVC: Menu Control

Data Binding Ability to bind data to the menu.

Appearance Improvements Enhancements to the look and feel of the menu—better skins, cleaner UI.

Essential Tools for ASP.NET MVC: Rich Text Editor

Rich Text Editor Tool Set Enhancements

The ability to add superscript/subscript formatting as well as uppercase and lowercase letters.

Removing Items The ability to choose which items to display.

Essential Tools for ASP.NET MVC: Toolbar Control

Data Binding The ability to bind data to the toolbar.

Essential Tools for ASP.NET MVC: TreeView Control

Load on Demand Support for loading tree-view nodes on-demand.

Client-Side Methods Client-side methods to disable, select or deselect, and add or remove tree nodes.

Data Binding Ability to bind data to the tree-view control.

Appearance Improvements Enhancement of the control’s look and feel.


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WPF

Essential Grid for WPF

Serialization and De-Serialization

Serialization for the grid.

FilterBar Support for filtering records with different operators and conditions during run time.

Excel-Like Features Resizable rows or columns and the ability to fill selections just like Excel 2010.

QTP Support Support for QTP 10.0 automation.

Essential Tools for WPF: General Features

VS 2010 Skins Visual Studio 2010 themes for all WPF controls.

Essential Tools for WPF: New Controls

Rich Text Box A new control with display and editing support for rich text including formatting, importing and exporting options, undo and redo operations, and other basic support.

Carousel Control A new control with data-binding support, Expression Blend support, and various built-in animations.

Property Grid Control A new control for displaying the property of runtime instances with a corresponding control based on the property data type—including appearance customization support and other basic functionalities.

Color Picker Palette A new control containing all the features available in the Silverlight color picker.

Essential Tools for WPF: AutoComplete

Resizing Pop-up Support for resizing the AutoComplete pop-up control.

Documentation Revamped User Guide and Class Reference.


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Essential Tools for WPF: Checklist Box Control

Various Modes The ability to display a control with a check box, a radio button, or nothing.

Dragging and Dropping Drag-and-drop support for checklist box items.

Essential Tools for WPF: Numeric Up-Down Control

Expression Blend Support Support for Microsoft Expression Blend

Number Formats Support for number formats.

Different Layouts Support for different layouts—horizontal, vertical, right, and left.

Animations Support for more animations.


Essential Tools for WPF: Ribbon Control

Office 2010 Support Office 2010 themes, a backstage button, and more.

QAT State Persistence A quick-access toolbar with a state that can be maintained after exiting the application.

Windows 7 Default Behavior

Windows 7 default behavior for the ribbon window.

KeyTips for Collapsed Ribbon Bars

KeyTips for ribbon bars in a collapsed state.

Essential Tools for WPF: Tile-View Control

Scrolling Support for Items Scrollbars for minimized items.

Accordion-Like UI An option for showing only headers when items are minimized.

Close Button The ability to show a close button in a header.

Tile-View Item Selection The ability to select an item in the tile-view control.


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Minimized Tile-View Item Size

The ability to set a size for minimized tile-view items.

Localization Localization support for tile-view control ToolTip strings.

Essential Chart for WPF

Performance Improvements for Charts

Faster rendering of chart types.

Data-Binding Engine Support for all collection objects in the common data-binding engine used to generate chart data.

Essential Diagram for WPF

Snap to Grid The ability to prevent nodes from being positioned over grid lines, ensuring diagram consistency.

Localization Support for displaying locale-specific text with respect to a specified culture.

Silverlight

Essential Grid for Silverlight

Localization Localization support for specific cultures.

Serializing GridModel Serialization for the grid.

FilterBar Support for filtering records with different operators and conditions during run time.

Excel-Like Features Resizable rows or columns and the ability to fill selections, just like Excel 2010.

Essential Tools for Silverlight: General Features

Drag-and-Drop Manager A drag-and-drop manager control for managing drag operations for any control.


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Designer Support Enhanced designer support with Smart Tags for all controls.

VS 2010 Themes Visual Studio 2010 themes for all controls.

Essential Tools for Silverlight: New Controls

Rich Text Box A new control with display and editing support for rich text—providing formatting, importing/exporting options, undo/redo operations, and other basic functions.

Carousel Control A new control with data-binding support, Expression Blend compatibility, and various built-in animations.

Property Grid Control A new control for displaying the property of runtime instances with a corresponding control based on the property data type—including appearance customization support and other basic functionalities.

Essential Tools for Silverlight: AutoComplete

Data Binding Support for data binding.

Helper Methods Added properties: SelectedItem, SelectedValue, DisplayMemberPath, and SelectedValuePath.

Resizing Pop-up Support for resizing the AutoComplete pop-up control.


Essential Tools for Silverlight: Checklist Box

Right-Alignment Support An option for positioning a check box on both sides—right or left.

Various Modes The ability to display a control with a check box, a radio button, or nothing.

Dragging and Dropping Drag-and-drop support for checklist box items.

Essential Tools for Silverlight: Color Picker

Eyedropper Support An eyedropper for selecting colors in real-time.


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Gradient Property Editor An option for editing start and end points.

Boundary Detection The ability to control the drop-down offset when crossing a boundary.

Expression Blend Support for customizing the control using Microsoft Expression Blend.

Essential Tools for Silverlight: Color Picker Palette

Keyboard Navigation Navigating various color palettes using the navigation keys.

Adding Custom Items The ability to add custom items to the control.

Icon Support An option for placing icons.

Essential Tools for Silverlight: DropDownButtonAdv Control

Boundary Detection Support for setting the drop-down control’s offset when crossing a boundary.

Essential Tools for Silverlight: FileUpload Control

Improved Visual Appearance

The addition of more customization options.

Expression Blend Support for Microsoft Expression Blend.


Essential Tools for Silverlight: Menu Control

Boundary Detection The ability to open a submenu pop-up in a vertical or horizontal direction not exceeding the browser window.

Scrolling The ability to scroll viewer buttons (Top and Bottom) in a submenu pop-up if items exceed the view.

Animation Types Different animations for opening a submenu pop-up in all directions.

Command Binding Command binding that is triggered when clicking or pressing the Enter key.


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Radio Buttons and Check Boxes

A feature for selecting or unselecting a menu item.

Icon Support The ability to display an object to the left of an item header.

Expression Blend Support A feature allowing you to edit styles for MenuAdv and MenuItemAdv with Microsoft Expression Blend.

Essential Tools for Silverlight: Numeric Up-Down Control

Null Values Support for null values.

Number Formats Support for number formats.

Different Layouts Support for different layouts—horizontal, vertical, right, and left.

Animations Support for more animations.

Documentation Revamped User Guide and Class Reference publications.

Essential Tools for Silverlight: Ribbon Control

QAT State Persistence A quick-access toolbar with a state that can be maintained after exiting the application.

Ribbon Tab Scrolling Scrolling support for changing a selected tab.

Super Accelerator Support KeyTip support for all ribbon items.

Essential Tools for Silverlight: SplitButtonAdv Control

Boundary Detection Support for setting the drop-down control’s offset when crossing a boundary.

Essential Tools for Silverlight: Tile-View Control

Scrolling Support for Items Scrollbars for minimized items.

Accordion-Like UI An option for showing only headers when items are minimized.


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Close Button The ability to show a close button in a header.

Tile-View Item Selection The ability to select an item in the tile-view control.

Minimized Tile-View Item Size

The ability to set a size for minimized tile-view items.

Localization Localization support for tile-view control ToolTip strings.

Essential Tools for Silverlight: TreeViewAdv Control

AutoSearch Support for AutoSearch.

Check Boxes and Radio Buttons

The ability to add check boxes and radio buttons.

Multiple Selections An option for making multiple selections in the same level.

Virtualization UI virtualization support for improving the performance of a tree view.

Animations Animations for expanding and collapsing.

Essential Tools for Silverlight: Window Control

Out-of-Browser Window Support

An OOB window achieved through the window control.

System Menu Support for a system menu with built-in commands such as Close, Move, Restore, etc.

Skins Support for various visual styles.

Maximizing when Double-Clicking

The ability to maximize a window when double-clicking the title bar.

Essential Chart for Silverlight

Fast Chart Types: Improved Performance and New Charts

Fast-rendering chart types with improved performance and newly created charts.


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Data-Binding Engine Support for all collection objects in the common data-binding engine used to generate chart data.

Localization Localization support for specific cultures.

Context Menus Newly added context menu options for quick customization.

Inverse Axis Support Support for an inverse axis.

Essential Diagram for Silverlight

Snap to Grid The ability to prevent nodes from being positioned over grid lines, ensuring diagram consistency.

Localization Support for displaying locale-specific text with respect to a specified culture.

Zooming and Panning The ability to change the magnification of a diagram page with support for panning.

Undo/Redo Support The ability to undo or redo actions.

Gridlines Gridlines that enable relative positioning and sizing of diagram objects.

Command Mechanism Commands that enable you to easily perform commonly used operations.

Context Menu Support Support for a context menu to provide easy access to commonly used commands for nodes and connectors.

Node and Line Events Events that respond to actions performed on nodes and connections.

Printing Ability to print a copy of a diagram page.

Measurement Units Ability to choose a unit of measurement.


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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 DocIO

Word 2010 Support Support for creating and manipulating Word 2010 files in their own schema as well as other documents created with DocIO.

Essential XlsIO

Pivot Chart Support Support for creating pivot charts in XlsIO for both Excel 2007 and 2010 formats.

Excel-to-PDF Enhancements Improved conversion that preserves background images, rotated text, page row and column fit, and right-to-left language (RTL) text.

Essential PDF

AES 128 and 256-bit Support

Support for encrypting PDF documents based on an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm.

Timestamp with Digital Signature

A timestamp for digitally signed PDF documents.

http://www.syncfusion.com/products/reporting-edition


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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.

Essential BI OLAP Grid for WPF

Conditional Formatting Ability to format value cells based on given conditions.

Selected Items Selected cells that can be exposed in IEnumberable format.

Expression Blend Support Support for Microsoft Expression Blend.

Localization Support for localization to specific cultures.

Essential BI OLAP Grid for Silverlight

Conditional Formatting Ability to format value cells based on given conditions.

Hyperlinks Ability to define column, row, and value cells as hyperlink cells.


Essential BI PivotGrid for WPF

Grouping Bar A feature for moving elements across axes.

Sorting Interactive sorting of rows or columns when a header is clicked.

Filtering Interactive filtering using a pop-up filter.

Serialization and De-Serialization

Serialization support for persisting a pivot-grid state.

Conditional Formatting Value cells formatted based on a given condition.

Hyperlinks The ability to define column, row, and value cells as hyperlink cells.


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Exporting Support for exporting pivot data to Excel, Word, and PDF files.



Essential BI PivotGrid for Silverlight

New Control A new control simulating the pivot-table feature of Excel.

Essential BI OLAP Chart for ASP.NET

Exporting Support for exporting a chart to Excel.

Essential BI OLAP Chart for Silverlight

New Chart Types The addition of new charts.

Themes Support for new themes.

KPIs Support for key points of interest (KPIs) added to the chart control.

ToolTips Support for displaying ToolTips in a series with respective axis values.



Essential BI OLAP Client for WPF

Localization Support for localization in specific cultures.


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Essential BI OLAP Client for Silverlight

New Control A great ad-hoc analysis tool that can be easily bound to any OLAP database—includes all dimensions, measures, and KPIs.

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