The Ultimate UI for ASP.NET 2011 Volume 1 release introduces the following new features:
The Microsoft® Word® Library allows you to programmatically create basic Word Documents. It is cross-platform and is easily integrated into any Infragistics product.
The most important word features supported by the library are:
Formatting Features
Font styles
Hyperlinks
Images
Tables
Lists
Shapes
Document Layout Features
Page size
Margins
Page break
Header/footer
The IG Theme was created to provide application developers with a complete visual theme that enhances applications with modern look and feel.
In Ultimate UI for ASP.NET 2011 Volume 1, some of the new capabilities of the WebDataGrid™ and WebHierarchicalDataGrid™ controls are related the new column types of these controls:
CheckBox Column type
Supports the ability to render a checkbox for Boolean (True/False) values, as well as, depending on the converter supplied, any other type of data. * Unbound Column type
Supports unbound columns in the grid. This enables you to have columns with additional data, calculated at runtime.
The Custom Data Binding feature enables the WebDataGrid/WebHierarchicalDataGrid to work like pure User Interface (UI) controls. You can now handle in code common features like sorting, filtering, and paging and then the grid will just render at run-time whatever custom data is given to it while maintaining the UI state.
The WebHierarchicalDataGrid now supports custom editing scenarios through the Row Edit Template. This feature enables you to programmatically show limited columns in the main interface, but allow the user to drill down additional information at run-time if required.
The WebHierarchicalDataGrid now supports movable columns, as well as resizing columns. The functionality is similar to the one already available in the WebDataGrid. Column moving and resizing can be enabled for both parent and child bands.
The WebDropDown™ now supports rendering of JSON data on the client without expecting any HTML markup from the server. All of the WebDropDown features are supported with the new functionality - suggest, virtual scrolling, filtering, etc.
The new Persistence Framework makes serializing end-user settings across controls easy. The WebDataGrid/WebHierarchicalDataGrid controls use special implementation which is also included in the release. Developers can also extend the framework to allow better integration into any ASP.NET control.
As open standards continue to play a larger part in web development, Infragistics has released another HTML 5 control, the WebVideoPlayer™. The WebVideoPlayer supports bookmarking, banner and embedded advertisements, display of related videos, custom styling and more.
The WebUpload™ control is a popularly requested control that enables users to upload single or multiple files simultaneously. The control also provides users with an interface for canceling each upload.