Since the introduction of the WebService running mode in ComponentArt Grid, and related functionality (like the client-side load method), we have seen this approach rapidly gain popularity and, naturally, produce demands for more features and more versatility. Versatility is key when it comes to UI controls, so we have been spending some ...

Since the time we shipped our first production suite of native ASP.NET AJAX controls back in November of 2006, we've been experimenting with new ways of doing efficient incremental page updates. We felt that we had something promising on our hands with full fledged client-side controls. The ability to create high-level UI elements (menus, ...

Without any doubt, the upcoming Editor control is the most anticipated product ever developed by ComponentArt. Our customers have been telling us for years that they are unhappy with existing solutions on the market, and that we should make a ComponentArt-quality browser-based WYSIWYG editor. We set out to do that about a year ago, and I am ...

Last night we updated the official Web.UI product roadmap. We are about 1-2 weeks off target regarding the release dates that were announced back in November. However, the good news is that the 2007.1 release will include one additional control (Dialog for ASP.NET), adding a total of three new controls: ComboBox, ToolBar, and Dialog. Adding a ...

The final version of ASP.NET AJAX was released today. We are very pleased to simultaneously announce the immediate availability of the full production version of ComponentArt Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX. Taking those "beta" signs off our ASP.NET AJAX product line felt really good! Developing for various technology preview and ...

"Interoperability" is a term that has been used by several ASP.NET control vendors, including ComponentArt, to describe integration with ASP.NET AJAX. However, since we shipped the first public beta release of Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX, we started using new verbiage to describe our product offering: "True ASP.NET AJAX Controls". ...

The ASP.NET team shipped the release candidate for ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 late last week. According to Scott Guthrie, "the next public release will be the final, fully supported, 1.0 product", and the final release is expected in about 4 weeks. We have been working with the ASP.NET AJAX RC build for just over a week, and I am pleased to ...

We have just published our first video: ComponentArt Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX. One of the main things we show in this video is how our Web.UI controls utilize the new client-side component model introduced by ASP.NET AJAX to bring more capabilities to client-side coding. We hope that you will find it interesting and informative!

We recently shipped Web.UI 2006.2. The second major release of Web.UI this year includes a brand-new platform build: Web.UI for ASP.NET AJAX. However, no new controls were added to the suite this time around. I would like to take this opportunity to provide additional background information, as well as explain why we think that our direction will ...

We have recently completed converting our suite of user interface controls from the latest Community Technology Preview "Atlas" build to ASP.NET AJAX Beta 1. The Beta 1 release of ASP.NET AJAX is significant because it closely resembles what is soon going to be released as the official version 1.0 of the product. However, it does ...