Today we released the 2013.1 version of our WinRT XAML controls, which contains the complete implementation of our new full-size Charts product.

Charts for WinRT XAML gives you the ability to embed great-looking area, line, scatter, and bar charts in your Windows 8/RT apps.  Use our new Charts controls to build touch-friendly dashboards and reports.  The controls share the same codebase with our WPF and Silverlight Charts products, allowing for easy porting of code between platforms.

Advanced features include easy binding to any data source, multiple series, data aggregation, bar chart data slotting, legends, data point labels, baseline, axes, grid lines/stripes, ranges, and numerous palettes.

Moving Forward

We're very happy to have the 2013.1 version released and moving forward will be adding more features to the Charts product.  We also are working on porting SyntaxEditor to the WinRT XAML platform and will post news on that in the future here.

Enjoy the new controls!

What We Accomplished

In this quarter we released the 2013.1 versions of our WPF and Silverlight control sets.  The 2013.1 versions add a new full-size Charts product that complements our existing Micro Charts product and allows you to create stunning charts for your apps.  Numerous new SyntaxEditor enhancements were added such as indicators (breakpoints, bookmarks, etc.) and C#/VB text formatting.  A new Metro Dark theme was added to WPF and can theme your entire app!  Our Sample Browser apps that ship with the WPF and Silverlight controls have been completely redesigned from scratch with a modern UI appearance.

Our Code Writer Windows 8 app received numerous enhancements: a new theme, new file types, full touch interaction support, new advanced editing operations, modern icons for file associations, live tile badge notifications, and more.  In the most recent update, the XML and XAML file types received some great updates like:  code outlining, end tag auto-complete, quick info, smart indent, syntax error reporting, and text formatting.

What’s Coming Next

We are currently working on updates to the Charts product, and will be adding more features and chart types during this quarter.  SyntaxEditor will continue to receive more new feature areas and enhancements.

In the WinRT/XAML space, we are continuing to port SyntaxEditor to this platform.  We are currently deciding whether to postpone its 2013.1 release (which has the new completed Charts controls too) so that a beta of SyntaxEditor for WinRT/XAML can be included as well.  If you are interested in beta testing SyntaxEditor for WinRT and haven't already contacted us, please write us.

Blog Post List

Control Product Development

• First Look at Charts - Financial Dashboard Demo
• SyntaxEditor - Debugging Indicators
• WPF and Silverlight Sample Browsers Redesigned
• SyntaxEditor - Bookmark Indicators
• Announcing Our Upcoming Charts Products
• Silverlight Controls Moving to Silverlight 5 in v2013.1
• WPF Controls Getting New Metro Dark Theme
• SyntaxEditor .NET Languages Add-on - VB Text Formatter
• SyntaxEditor .NET Languages Add-on - C# Text Formatter
• SyntaxEditor .NET Languages Add-on Var and Dim Quick Info

Control Product Releases

• WPF Controls 2013.1 Released
• Silverlight Controls 2013.1 Released
• WPF Controls 2012.2 Build 574 Released
• New Maintenance Releases of WPF/Silverlight Controls

Code Writer App

• Code Writer v1.6 Released
• Code Writer v1.5 Released
• Code Writer v1.4 Released