Windows 8 XAML Controls | ComponentOne Studio® for WinRT XAML

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Get UI controls for data visualization, layout, input, and more inside ComponentOne Studio^® for WinRT XAML. Based off our popular Silverlight controls and designed to enhance the rich user experience of the WinRT platform, these controls give you powerful and unique functionality to help you build better and more compelling Windows Store apps.

2013 v1 Now Available! Download the 2013 v1 update to access the new CollectionView, Tiles, RichTextBox, TreeView, Tab and Menu controls, as well as feature enhancements for FlexGrid and PdfViewer. See the what's new details.

What's Inside?

Why use Studio for WinRT XAML?

Reduce Development Time

Studio for WinRT XAML controls come packed with an array of built-in features attainable by writing very little code. Without these controls you would spend days, weeks, and even months writing them yourself. Your return on investment is huge – development teams who use 3rd party controls have seen weeks and even months shaved from their development cycle. Let your team focus on the business logic rather than reinventing the wheel.
Fills the WinRT Gaps

Studio for WinRT XAML provides many controls and features missing from WinRT, such as date/time pickers, calendars, data visualization, layout panels, masked text, and numeric input.
Stunning and Powerful Data Visualization

With 30+ chart types, flexible data binding, run-time interaction, rich styling capabilities, and so much more, C1Chart is the most advanced charting control on the market. Apply styles, animations, markers, and live updates to bring your dashboards to life!
Edit, Sort, and Filter Your Data

Only with the legendary C1FlexGrid control can you get tabular data editing for the Windows Store. Display data records across columns and down rows with this simple, yet powerful grid control. Plus, get live sorting, filtering, and grouping for any list control with C1CollectionView.
View Documents and Reports

Add document viewing capabilities to your Windows Store apps. The C1PdfViewer control can display PDF documents within your applications without requiring any external application. Load arbitrary PDF documents with support for smooth page navigation and zooming.
Reuse Your Code

Leverage your WPF, Silverlight, and Windows Phone knowledge to build modern applications for Windows 8. Studio for WinRT XAML controls share the same codebase as our other XAML studios so they have similar feature sets and APIs. Reuse your XAML code; save development time.
Consistent Windows 8 Themes

Studio for WinRT XAML supports the Modern UI design and interaction guidelines specified by Microsoft. By default, each control supports a consistent Windows Store theme and can inherit the dark or light theme set by the user. Deliver uniform apps across devices with confidence.

Features and Highlights

20+ Native Windows 8 Controls

Studio for WinRT XAML includes over 20 UI controls for data visualization, layout, input, and document viewing. These native Windows 8 controls are perfect for enterprise dashboards and marketplace apps.

Gesture Support

Each control has been designed for a touch-first user experience. Every control supports basic touch gestures for selecting and dragging, plus several controls have support for multi-touch gestures for scaling including Chart, ListBox, and PdfViewer.

Easily Change Colors with ClearStyle

Every control comes baked with ClearStyle Technology, our paradigm to XAML control styling. ClearStyle allows developers to easily change control colors without having to modify control templates. By just setting a few brush properties in Visual Studio you can quickly give a unique look to the control without having to work in Expression Blend or hire a professional designer.

MVVM Support

Customize the controls in your preferred method: XAML, C# or VB.NET code-behind, or both. Use the latest presentation model or MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) design patterns in your applications with confidence. Each control supports dependency properties, complete XAML configuration, and WPF data-binding techniques.

Windows RT Support

All Studio for WinRT XAML controls are tested to run under the less powerful Windows RT (also known as Windows on ARM) operating system.

Free Online Support

Collaborate with ComponentOne technical experts and fellow developers on the community forums. ComponentOne officially supports all forums for technical issues both during trial and after purchase.

Weekly Updates

Studio for WinRT XAML has three major updates each year that includes major changes and new features. Between each major release you can get access to weekly hot-fixes that address bugs reported by users. With ComponentOne you don't have to wait months to get your issues addressed. Note: hot-fixes are given out through support tickets only at this time.

What's New in 2013 v1?

New CollectionView Class
FlexGrid Performance and Data Enhancements
New Tile Controls
New RichTextBox Control (Beta)
New TreeView Control (Beta)
PdfViewer Enhancements
New PDF Library
New Tab Control
New Menu Control
New Zip Library

New CollectionView Class

Get a more powerful implementation of the ICollectionView interface with ComponentOne CollectionView^™ for WinRT XAML. The C1CollectionView class delivers missing functionality like sorting, filtering, grouping, and modifying any collection. Use C1CollectionView as you would use CollectionViewSource in your Windows Store apps to instantly get more functionality without sacrifice. The C1CollectionView class is included in the C1.Xaml assembly. Learn more.

FlexGrid Performance and Data Enhancements

Selection of multiple cells enhanced for touch input.
Filtering, grouping and sorting supported when bound to any ICollectionView including C1CollectionView.
Inertial scrolling enhanced for touch input.

The C1FlexGrid control recognizes the IC1CollectionView interface and exposes extended functionality such as grouping, sorting, filtering, and adding new items. FlexGrid uses the C1CollectionView automatically when you set it's ItemsSource property to an object that is not an ICollectionView already. In this release you will also notice cell selection and and inertial scrolling enhancements for touch input. Learn more.

New Tile Controls

Create tiled displays and navigation hubs with ComponentOne Tiles^™ for WinRT XAML. Tiles make it easy to replicate the Windows 8 start screen experience in your own app. Get several different tile controls that support sliding and flipping animations with live updates. Combine tiles with different containers to achieve endless layout possibilities. Learn more.

New RichTextBox Control (Beta)

Display and edit formatted text as HTML documents with ComponentOne RichTextBox™ for WinRT XAML (Beta). The C1RichTextBox control supports basic HTML formatting, CSS, lists, hyperlinks, tables, images, and more. Use the control to display HTML content from the Web or use it as a rich text editor. Learn more.

New TreeView Control (Beta)

Get a hierarchical view of your data items with ComponentOne TreeView^™ for WinRT XAML (Beta). The familiar TreeView UI is now available for Windows 8 applications. Supports collapsible nodes, hierarchical templates, check box nodes, editing, and drag-and-drop operations (mouse only in Beta version). Learn more.

PdfViewer Enhancements

PdfViewer has several enhancements including horizontal orientation support and text search. PdfViewer can also now load encrypted documents and load asynchronously. Also, the new GetPages method exposes the collection of pages as FrameworkElements enabling you to work with C1PdfViewer in new and different ways. For example, get the pages and display them in a different container or send them to a printer. Learn more.

New PDF Library

Easily create, print and email Adobe PDF documents with ComponentOne PDF™ for WinRT XAML. Create dynamic reports or directly output your UI to a PDF format with support for security, compression, outlining, hyper-linking, and attachments. Learn more.

New Tab Control

Organize and navigate content as tabs with ComponentOne TabControl™ for WinRT XAML. Tabs help utilize available space while letting the user see all available items to select. Tabs can be positioned to the top, bottom, left, or right of a page and support several different shapes and built-in features. Learn more.

New Menu Control

Add the classic "File" menu system to your Windows Store applications with ComponentOne Menu™ for WinRT XAML. The C1Menu control gives a real desktop look-and-feel with traditional looking menus that support deep nested items and vertical orientation. Learn more.

New Zip Library

ComponentOne Zip^™ for WinRT XAML provides a complete implementation of the Zip compression standard. Improve the performance of your Windows Store apps by compressing the data sent over the wire and securing it with data encryption. The C1Zip library is the only complete, cross-platform Zip implementation. Learn more.

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