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Sneak Peek: New ASP.NET Editors’ Features and Demo for 2009 volume 2!

Sneak Peek: New ASP.NET Editors’ Features and Demo for 2009 volume 2!

Image: ASPxEditors Demo Menu Check out this list of new controls and features for ASP.NET editor controls in the DXperience 2009 volume 2 release.

First, the common ASP.NET editors like the textbox, combo box and others are finally get their due respect. Yes, these ASP.NET editors, or ASPxEditors, will have their very own demo section in the DXperience 2009 volume 2 release! Preview the editors online or send out direct links to management as you convince them about how much you need these features.

We needed the new demo because the ASPxEditors packs so much functionality with new controls and exciting features:


New ASP.NET ColorEdit Control!

Image: New ASPxColorEdit Control

This slick new control displays a set of colors so that you and your users can customize website pages.

Here’s technical breakdown:

  • ASPxColorEdit has the Color property whose type is System.Color
  • Client-side methods available: GetColor / SetColor
  • ASPxColorEdit works with both color codes(#ff00ff, #D8D8D8) and standard colors (red, green, silver)! The standard colors are converted into color codes
  • ASPxColorEdit is a text editor with a dropdown window

The power of suggestion! The ASPxColorEdit was implemented from your suggestions in the support center. Thanks and keep em coming.


New ‘Drop-down Edit’ Control !?!

Image: New ASPxDropDownEdit Control

Another new control in 2009 volume 2 is the ASPxDropDownEdit. The DevExpress ASP.NET team have created a new derived editor to support custom popup windows. These custom popup windows allow you to easily embed things like the ASPxGridView.

DropDownEdit vs ComboBox

The ASPxDropDownEdit is not a combo box control. Instead, it’s really a textbox with a dropdown window template. Place just about anything into this window template. For example, by using the ASPxDropDownEdit, create an extended lookup control (with editing) using the ASPxGridView or implement a folder selection dropdown using the ASPxTreeList.


Styles for NullText and Focused Event

Image: New Features - NullTextStyle and FocusedStyle

By adding the NullTextStyle and FocusedStyle properties, you’ll have more control of your ASPxEditors’ look and feel at runtime.


Display Format for all ASP.NET Editors!

Image: DisplayFormat for all ASPxEditors

All the ASPxEditors now support the DisplayFormat property including the combo editors! Here’s the full control list: (ASPxTextBox, ASPxButtonEdit, ASPxMemo, ASPxSpinEdit, ASPxDateEdit, ASPxComboBox, ASPxDropDownEdit)


Multiple-Selection List Box and Combo Box!

Image: Multiple Selection ListBox Image: Multiple Selection ComboBox

The ASPxListBox control will now provide three selection modes:

  • Single – Allows end user to select only one item
  • Multiple – End users can select several items at once by using the mouse and keyboard keys: Shift (to select a range of items) and Ctrl (to add an item to a current selection)
  • Check Column – provides multiple selection by using a specific checkbox column (end users don’t need to use the Ctrl and Shift keys).

Using the new ASPxDropDownEdit control and the multiple selection list box, you can easily create a dropdown(combo box style) check list box of your own.

With all these sweet new controls and features, I’m very excited about the DXperience 2009 volume 2 release. Which of these controls and features are you most excited about?

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ASP.NET-AJAX MultiSelect ComboBox and ListBox Control by DevExpress

Coming in July 2009 – the multiple selection enabled ASPx List Box Control will ship with DXperience v2009 vol 2.

DevExpress.com is proud to announce the upcoming release of the ASP.NET List Box dropdown control – a feature-rich standalone multi-select component to simplify website design and allow end-user customization of ASP.NET-AJAX webpages.

Features of the new ASP.NET List Box control include:

- Single Select Mode – Allows end users to select only one item.
- Multi Select Mode – End users can select several items at once by using the mouse and keyboard keys: Shift (to select a range of items) and Ctrl (to add an item to a current selection)
- Checkbox Select Mode – Provides multiple selection by using a specific checkbox column (end users don’t need to use the Ctrl and Shift keys).

These features will be released as part of DXperience v2009 vol 2 in July 2009. Sneak peeks and more information on these features are available on the DevExpress Community Site at: http://community.devexpress.com/blogs/aspnet/archive/2009/06/23/sneak-peek-new-asp-net-editors-features-and-demo.aspx

To learn more about DevExpress and to download a free evaluation copy of DXperience, visit them online at
http://www.devexpress.com/Downloads/NET/

For more information, contact Kevin White by email at kevinw@devexpress.com or by phone at (818) 844-3383.

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ASP.NET Download AJAX Controls, Web UI Components | Telerik

The Industry’s Leading AJAX Components

Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX includes 27 major and 35 helper controls with proven reliability that will help you build elegant UIs. From the leading AJAX data grid to the HTML editor used even by Microsoft, you will have all the building blocks for creating rich, SEO-friendly, high-performance Enterprise web applications.

See all components and resources included in the distribution 62 controls, documentation, live demos, 12 skins, Visual Studio samples

Why Choose

True ASP.NET AJAX Controls
Telerik RadControls are developed on top of Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX, and do not introduce yet another AJAX implementation. As a result you can enjoy all the benefits of the industry-standard Microsoft technology. Your apps will be as fast, as secure, and as memory efficient as is Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX.

Familiar ASP.NET AJAX API
No need to learn another vendor’s API – if you have worked with ASP.NET AJAX, you know how to work with RadControls and you can enjoy the product’s extensive client-side JavaScript API without a steep learning curve. Our product use the same events, naming and base methods. We are simply extending it to provide an even richer experience.

ASP.NET AJAX or Silverlight
RadControls allow you to bring RIA richness to your ASP.NET applications and benefit from the amazing capabilities of the Silverlight platform. You can easily embed compiled Silverlight content with advanced vector interfaces to existing applications without reworking your apps from scratch. Check out our integration demos of RadChart for Silverlight and RadUpload for Silverlight running in ASP.NET environment. Watch a webinar on how to use RadControls for Silverlight in ASP.NET

Integrated jQuery
RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX includes the jQuery library and supports it natively. jQuery is used for advanced visual effects as well as for html, css and JavaScript manipulation. jQuery is also an important element of our client-side databinding and we use it for advanced calling of PageMethods and WebServices.

Wide Cross-browser Support
RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX provides a consistent experience across all the major browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Google Chrome. If an update or a new browser is coming, we will be the first to support it! See browser compatibility table

Semantic Rendering
Telerik’s AJAX UI controls use advanced CSS rather than HTML tables in order to keep the page output clean and minimal. The semantic rendering not only improves the responsiveness of your applications but also makes your web pages more easily understandable by screen readers (for visually impaired users) and thus increases accessibility. There’s another benefit coming from the semantic markup of our UI controls – the HTML is much more search engine (SEO) friendly.

Visual Appeal
RadControls come with several uniform skins to ensure the design consistency of your applications. From website to Intranet to Web 2.0 application you can benefit from aesthetically looking themes and skins. And if that’s not good enough, you can always customize them.

Wealth of Technical Resources
A product is as good as its supporting resources. We have amassed a wealth of technical documentation, free courseware, videos, interactive training sessions, KB articles, code library items and many other support resources to aid you in your quest for better web UIs.

Full .NET 3.5 Support
The Telerik AJAX controls fully leverage .NET 3.5 and come with built-in support for LINQ, LinqDataSource, EntityDataSource, ADO.NET DataServices, MVC and Dynamic Data. While RadControls allow you to adopt the latest technologies they also fully support .NET 2.0. Watch a video on using Entity Framework with RadControls.

Exceptional Performance
Achieving performance is typically one of the biggest challenges in web development. By selecting RadControls you will deliver unrivaled performance even in the most demanding Enterprise applications. RadControls features numerous capabilities to improve your performance such as built-in AJAX, built-in JSON, ViewState and HTTP compression, client-side databinding, efficient rendering with sprites and semantic HTML, script combining, and many more.

RadControls Run on Linux
For all Linux developers, who want to build rich AJAX applications to run in Linux environment, Telerik AJAX UI controls is the first UI suite to work beyond Windows. RadControls fully support the Mono runtime environment, an open source .NET framework sponsored by Novell, tailored for development of Linux applications. See online demos

Rich Client-side Capabilities
Web 2.0 is all about rich experiences in the browser, client-side binding and editing, disconnected apps, mash-ups, etc. RadControls delivers a client-side API that is nearly identical to its rich server-side API. Using the client-side features alongside with client-side databinding, WebServices and lightweight JSON calls, you can deliver unmatched user experiences and take the browser experience to another level. Read a whitepaper

Cloud Support: Amazon S3, Windows Azure and More
Using LINQ, REST service calls and the client-side databinding capabilities of RadControls, you can consume cloud-based data and write back the changes to the cloud. And if you wish, you can go a step further and create a completely cloud-based application with Telerik UI controls. Read a blog post on deploying RadControls to Azure

Microsoft ASP.NET MVC – ready
With RadControls you no longer have to stick with simplistic UIs in your MVC Views. Telerik UI controls support Microsoft MVC and allow you to combine the testability and separation of concerns of the emerging technology with the richness of traditional ASP.NET server controls. See demo or visit our MVC Forums

A Community You Can Rely On
One of the biggest .NET communities on the net is here to help you. Ask a question and be sure that either Telerik or one of your peers will come to the rescue.

Solid Traditions
Microsoft and many other Enterprise customers continue to rely on us for their web development needs. Telerik has been the leader in the web space for over 6 years and we have a solid track record for innovation. As a Telerik customer means you will always be ahead of the technology curve. Read about Microsoft’s implementations using Telerik products.

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