A Toolkit/Component Suite by Infragistics

Data grid controls have become crucial to any modern day data processing application, but with WPF 1.0 not including a grid control where should developers look? Infragistics xamDataGrid is a fully-functional grid with support for sorting, grouping like records, moving and resizing columns, editing sophisticated templated cell values, hierarchical relationships, and more. This grid works with Infragistics xamEditors, which are a set of pluggable value editors that can edit any cell value, enforce validity constraints such as range and length, and facilitate intuitive mask-based data entry by your users.

Tables aren’t always enough to impress upon users the value inherent in volumes of data, so when you need greater data visualization you can turn to the xamChart. With its nearly fifty different chart types, 2D and 3D, you can graph data series that instantly crystallise the value contained in large data sets. Being built with the capabilities of WPF in mind, the xamChart control inherently supports the data binding, animation, storyboards and vector graphic effects like lighting, rotation and texture that have become first-class elements of WPF applications.

NetAdvantage for WPF doesn’t merely add value to the toolbox of a WPF developer; it shatters expectations with its support for the Carousel Presentation Format. xamCarouselListbox gives your users that cinematic video game experience when they choose a value from a list or menu of possible selections, and xamDataCarousel can present templated data records in new ways that emphasise the position, scale, z-order and distance relationships between records. Realising that carousel user interfaces have many more applications than just these two controls, the xamCarouselPanel container bestows carousel movement and behavior upon the items you place inside it.

You can better organise complex applications through the concise and elegant Office 2007-style ribbon control, the xamRibbon. It provides the capabilities users have come to love about the new Office 2007 user interface, including the quick access toolbar, context-sensitive tabs, groups, a variety of layout panels, custom repositionable tools, and the display of visually intuitive galleries with support for live preview in your application. Whether it’s a word processing or a sales automation application, you will likely find great usefulness in tying your functionality together using a ribbon.

When users need to dynamically reorganise their workspace, you can use the capabilities of the xamDockManager docking and layout control. It makes creating layouts featuring dockable, floating windows, tabbed panes and splitter resizing quick and easy. Enjoy the features you find in Visual Studio 2008 docking, which it emulates. Preserve users' layout preferences in an XML file that can be saved and loaded to always give users the look and feel they want.

Recognising that Windows Presentation Framework is a visually-rich platform that poses a hurdle to developers who aren’t also graphics designers, we include a number of StylePacks that contain professionally designed graphic resources that will brand your NetAdvantage for WPF controls with a consistent theme from Forest Green to Office 2007 Black. StylePacks are extensible, so you can create your own to use. NetAdvantage for WPF controls also integrate with the Microsoft Expression Blend ArtBoard environment to give you a better design-time experience.

During your 12-month subscription to NetAdvantage for WPF you will have access to all regular updates, multiple feature-packed volume releases each year, our highly-skilled team of developer support personnel to help you when you have a technical, code-level question about our controls, and more.

System Requirements

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 or Expression Blend, .NET Framework version 3.0 or later.