What We Accomplished

In this quarter, we published the 2014.2 versions of our WPF, Silverlight, and WinRT/XAML controls.  These versions included several new controls, a new Python Language Add-on for SyntaxEditor, and some big feature enhancements for our existing controls.  Check out the release posts for more detail.

One big piece of the new WinRT/XAML control updates was that we made all our controls universal controls, compatible with both Windows Store 8.1 apps and Windows Phone 8.1 apps.

I want to also call particular attention to our new Editors controls that we custom developed for use in Windows Store and Windows Phone apps.  The editors use some brand new unique designs that allow users to efficiently enter data with keyboard, mouse, or touch.  Be sure to check those out!

Our Code Writer app received some nice updates as well.

What’s Coming Next

We're now working on more v2014.2 updates for our existing controls and on some new controls as well.

Blog Post List

Control Product Development

• Micro Charts - Trend Indicators
• Micro Charts - Segment Charts
• Editors for WinRT - DateTimeEditBox
• Editors for WinRT - TimeEditBox
• Editors for WinRT - DateEditBox and MonthCalendar
• Editors for WinRT - EnumEditBox
• Editors for WinRT - ColorEditBox
• Editors for WinRT - Edit Boxes Overview

Product Releases

• Code Writer v2.4 Released
• WPF, Silverlight, and WinRT/XAML v2014.2 Released
• WinForms Controls 2014.1 Build 321 Released
• WinRT/XAML Controls v2014.2 Released

What We Accomplished

In this quarter, we published a very large 2014.1 version maintenance release of our WPF, Silverlight, and WinRT/XAML controls.  These versions included several new controls and some big feature enhancements for our existing controls.  Check out the release posts for more detail.

What’s Coming Next

We are in the middle of several large projects right now.  The first is one that we recently mentioned, which is a full advanced language add-on for the Python language.  As mentioned in this post, the language will support both the Python v2.x and v3.x syntax.  It will have full parsing, syntax error reporting, code outlining, smart indent, and more.  We also have begun working on automated IntelliPrompt features, which we will post about in the coming weeks.

Another area we have invested a good amount of time in recently is a new control product offering for WinRT, one that already has a counterpart in our WPF controls.  Can you guess which one?  That being said, the designs we've come up with include some new unique interfaces that are very friendly for all forms of input.  We will delve more into this in future blog posts too, once we are a bit closer to ready for release.  We're really excited to reveal these controls.

And of course we are continuing to enhance and update our existing controls, along with designing some new controls, as we start collecting updates for the future 2014.2 versions.

Blog Post List

Control Product Development

• SyntaxEditor Python Language Add-on Coming Soon
• Chart Automatic Tick Calculation
• SyntaxEditor XML Add-on - Navigable Symbols
• PropertyGrid Double-Clicking Enhancements
• HorizontalListBox Control
• UniformGrid Coming to WinRT and Silverlight Controls
• Windows Workflow Designer SyntaxEditor Integration Updates
• JSON Language Coming to WinForms SyntaxEditor

Control Product Releases

• WPF, Silverlight, and WinRT/XAML Controls v2014.1 Maintenance Releases

What We Accomplished

In this quarter we published the 2014.1 versions of our WPF, Silverlight, WinRT/XAML, and WinForms controls.  These versions included a lot of new controls and feature enhancements for our existing controls.  Check out the release posts for more detail.

Our free Code Writer Windows Store app had a couple releases that added context menus, new file types like JSON, many find/replace improvements, and much more.

Blog Post List

Control Product Development

• RadialSlider Control
• RingSlice Control
• New Font-Related PropertyGrid Editors
• JSON Language Coming to SyntaxEditor
• AppBarHint Control for WinRT/XAML
• SyntaxEditor JavaScript Completion
• SyntaxEditor Auto-Sizing
• WinForms Metro Toggleable Auto-Hide Flyouts
• Metro Light Theme Coming to WinForms Controls
• Docking/MDI for WPF - Huge Metro Theme Updates
• SyntaxEditor for WPF - ANTLR v4 Support?
• Docking/MDI Getting Events for Auto-Hide Popups
• SyntaxEditor Delimiter Auto-Complete Improvements

Control Product Releases

• WPF, Silverlight, and WinRT/XAML Controls v2014.1 Maintenance Releases
• WPF, Silverlight, and WinRT/XAML v2014.1 Released
• WinForms Controls 2014.1 Released

Code Writer App

• Code Writer v2.3 Released
• Code Writer v2.2 Released

What We Accomplished

In this quarter we published the 2013.2 version of our WinRT/XAML controls, as well as large maintenance releases of our other products with a lot of new features.

Our free Code Writer Windows 8 app saw a new release that added support for Windows 8.1, and took advantage of new UI concepts available in that version.

Behind the scenes, we also completely restructured and improved our internal process for source code management and build processes.  These updates have streamlined our day-to-day work and will allow us to serve our customers better.

What’s Coming Next

We are back from the holiday break and ready to dive right into new product development, along with enhancements to our existing controls, especially SyntaxEditor.

Blog Post List

Control Product Development

• Visual Studio 2013 Supported
• More Windows Workflow Designer Sample Updates
• SyntaxEditor - Search Pane Result Highlights
• SyntaxEditor - Incremental Search Result Highlights
• SyntaxEditor - Incremental Search
• SyntaxEditor Adding Multi-Line Editing Features

Control Product Releases

• WPF Controls 2013.2 Build 592 Released
• WinRT XAML Controls 2013.2 Build 131 Released
• Silverlight Controls 2013.2 Build 162 Released
• WinForms Controls 2013.1 Build 312 Released
• WinRT XAML Controls 2013.2 Released
• WPF Controls 2013.2 Build 591 Released
• Silverlight Controls 2013.2 Build 161 Released
• SyntaxEditor for WinRT - Ready for Beta Testing

Code Writer App

• Code Writer v2.1 Released

What We Accomplished

In this quarter we released the 2013.2 versions of our WPF and Silverlight control sets.  This major new version added pie/donut charts and other enhancements to our Charts product, an InertiaScrollViewer control that supports touch and friction scrolling, and a ton of new features to SyntaxEditor, like an optional advanced JavaScript language implementation, word wrap (Silverlight), delimiter auto-complete and indent, indentation guides, improved printing support, and more.

We released some great new icon sets that use the flat Office 2013 style and are perfect for modern-styled desktop apps or web pages.  Download the new free Icons sampler to see the quality of our icons.

Our free Code Writer Windows 8 app saw a major new version that improved the live tile, added print support, block auto-indent, a Twilight background theme, improved copy and share, protocol activation, tutorial overlays, and more.

What’s Coming Next

Coming up next will be the launch of our WinRT XAML 2013.2 version, which adds the Charts enhancements recently added to WPF/Silverlight, a full implementation of the SyntaxEditor code editor control, and numerous add-ons for SyntaxEditor.  This will finally let you add robust text and code editing features to Windows 8.1 apps, just like in popular IDEs, script editors, etc.  Contact us if you 'd like to help beta test.

Our Code Writer app has received numerous updates to improve its design for new features in Windows 8.1.  We'll be launching that version after Windows 8.1 is publicly released in a couple weeks.

We also will be working on some new control ideas and will continue to add more SyntaxEditor enhancements.

Blog Post List

Control Product Development

• SyntaxEditor Is Coming to Windows 8.1
• More Windows Workflow Designer Editing Enhancements
• SyntaxEditor - Curly Brace Auto-Indent
• Enhancing the Windows Workflow Designer

Control Product Releases

• WPF Controls 2013.2 Released
• Silverlight Controls 2013.2 Released
• WPF Controls 2013.1 Build 583 Released
• WPF Controls 2013.1 Build 582 Released
• Silverlight Controls 2013.1 Build 152 Released

Icons

• Icons Metro Essentials Released
• Icons Elements v2.0 - Now with Over 2,700 Images

Code Writer App

• Code Writer App Transitioning to Windows 8.1
• Code Writer v2.0 Released