Company Information

ComponentOne is a privately held company headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, with offices throughout the world. ComponentOne has continued leadership in the Microsoft Visual Studio component industry and as a premiere partner of Microsoft. ComponentOne provides a wide range of Microsoft Visual Studio components, IDE platform development tools and applications, and several award winning applications. This includes ComponentOne Studio Enterprise, which represents a broad and complete set of tools and solutions for Microsoft Windows, Web, and Mobile application developers. ComponentOne also offers ComponentOne SharePoint Web Parts, custom Web Parts that enable you to deliver rich, compelling SharePoint sites without writing a line of code; ComponentOne Doc-To-Help, a long-recognized product for technical communicators who write and develop Help systems; and ComponentOne DemoWorks, a screen recording tool to produce WMV, Flash, GIF, AVI, EXE, and Java files.

ComponentOne has received numerous industry and user accolades including awards from .NET Developer Journal, Dr. Dobbs, Info World, PC Magazine, Programmer’s Paradise, SDTimes, Society for Technical Communication, Software Development Magazine, Vbxtras, Visual Studio Magazine, and Visual Systems Journal. ComponentOne has also been recognized for five or more years in the Top 5 publishers at ComponentSource.

To provide Microsoft Visual Studio designers, developers, and architects with a premier studio of components, controls, tools, and solutions that enables them to efficiently build applications and projects for Windows, Web, or Mobile. To provide IT Enterprise Applications that further enhance the world of technical content authoring. To provide world leading service and support through our globally based facilities, and through our award winning Platinum subscription services, all providing added value and benefits to ComponentOne customers.

• Experience: Developing custom controls for Microsoft Visual Studio since 1987 and providing solutions in the Help authoring industry since 1991
• Target Audience: Software developers, Help authors, technical writers, support managers, and support centers
• Users: 75% of Fortune 500 companies use our products
• Product languages: English and Japanese
• Channels: Worldwide distribution through named manufacture representatives in Europe, India, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. With over 56 resellers and distributors, in 35 countries, worldwide

ComponentOne product lines encompass a diverse range of high-quality, cutting-edge tools and solutions enabling users to successfully build powerful, robust applications.

• Development Tools
  ComponentOne's flagship product, ComponentOne Studio Enterprise is an award-winning suite of development components, controls, and tools. It supports multiple Microsoft Visual Studio development platforms including .NET Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), ASP.NET WebForms, Silverlight, .NET Compact Framework (Mobile), iPhone, and ActiveX. Studio Enterprise represents the widest range of developer components and services, delivering grids, charts, reports, schedules, data input, and more. Plus, it includes a yearly Platinum Subscription with one full year of new releases, updates and upgrades, select Beta's, e-mail support, and more.
• Help Authoring Tools
  Our Help authoring tool, ComponentOne Doc-To-Help, empowers technical communicators, policy writers, developers, and other content creators to author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word or HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems, or printed manuals with a single click. Create any deliverable you need from one set of content: NetHelp, HTML Help, print-ready manual, Help 2.0, WinHelp, and JavaHelp. Doc-To-Help's unique combination of editing, single sourcing, and publishing technology translates to significant time savings and the highest level of quality. Doc-To-Help is the complete documentation solution.
• Demonstration and Presentation Tools
  ComponentOne DemoWorks empowers anybody to produce professional quality demonstration videos without programming, multi-media, or graphic design expertise. Record any screen activity, with or without audio narration, and produce videos in industry standard formats such as Flash, WMV, animated GIF, and AVI. Frame-by-frame editing makes "one take" demo creation a reality. DemoWorks is great for producing videos for Help and tutorial materials, Web content for sales and marketing, FAQs and knowledgebase articles, and enhanced bug reporting.