ComponentArt Web.UI 2008.1 Details Announced

Posted Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM

We've been hard at work on Web.UI 2008.1 for a few months now, and I am happy to report that we are rapidly approaching the feature-complete beta milestone for the next major Web.UI release. This means that we are ready to announce what will be included in v2008.1 as well as our anticipated release dates.

Web.UI 2008.1 Overview

The upcoming Web.UI release will include the following major new features:

  • New control: ComponentArt Upload for ASP.NET 
  • Extended suite-wide support for web service binding 
  • Expanded Editor features: 
    • New "Media Explorer" dialog, with uploading capabilities 
    • Streamlined skinning

We are on schedule to ship the full production release of Web.UI 2008.1 by the end of March. The first public feature-complete pre-release build of v2008.1 should be available in about two weeks.

New Control: ComponentArt Upload for ASP.NET

We are excited to yet again expand the Web.UI suite by adding a highly demanded file upload control. As always, we are aiming at the very top of the market, so this control will include all the high-end features that you've come to expect from ComponentArt's ASP.NET controls: multi-file uploading, AJAX progress indicators, comprehensive client-side API, full control over the upload file and folder details.

We were able to put our client-side templating technology to a good use to provide some snazzy and highly customizable UIs. I'll give you a taste of what's coming by including a product screen shot from our development branch:

ComponentArt Upload for ASP.NET

More info and some live demos featuring our Upload control will be available in the coming weeks.

Update (March 27, 2008): The full Web.UI 2008.1 release is now available. 

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Comments

onur gumus
Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM
does it work on mono/linux ?
Scott Cate
Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM
this looks like a great control - I've been looking for a new upload control for multi-file. Can't wait to play with it.
me
Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM
It would be nice if there was a multi-file upload where you could select multiple files at once and then still have programatic access to the files for resizing images, renaming them etc. I have something like the screen shot above going right now where you manually add another browse button over and over and over but it would be nice to use something like the new yui (yahoo user interface) flash-based multi-upload But still get asp.net programmatic access to the files during upload for renaming and resizing etc.
Tony
Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM
New control brings me a new hope ...
vahid heidari
Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM
I sure as well the other great work of componentart it would be great ! i can't stay to release ! ;D
Geoff
Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM
Will this support the ability to "resume" broken uploads?
KSS WebDev
Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM
The control looks great. Can't wait to get my hands on it and see what it has to offer. I've been looking for a good file upload component for years now. Would be great if this control works when a website requries authentication. Most upload controls I've found so far use the Adobe Flash plugin/control which does not support authenticated websites.
desperate_kid
Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM
i really need this now :)
Liz
Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM
Will it work within an UpdatePanel? That is the biggest need that we have. We've found controls that use an iframe to accomplish this, so that the page doesn't postback...but they don't look very good. We'd LOVE to have one with ComponentArt's professional style.
Mike
Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM
Have been evaluating a couple of file upload controls for .NET Here is my wish list for CA's version: 1) Multi-file select : select multiple file and upload all at one batch 2) Web garden support for the progress bar 3) Windows Server 2008/IIS 7 support
Miljan
Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM
Thank you for your feedback everyone. I'll try to answer all of your questions: 1. Mono/Linux is not currently supported, although this is something we are planning to do in the future; 2. Yes - we do support programmatic access to the collection of uploaded files for renaming, etc.; 3. Our interface is not Flash-based, it's HTML; 4. We don't support the ability to resume "broken" uploads, HTTP uploads simply don't work that way; 5. The controls works with authentication; 6. The control doesn't need the UpdatePanel, it has built-in capabilities to avoid postbacks; 7. Multiple file batch upload is supported; 8. AJAX progress indicators will work with web gardens, but they do require "sticky sessions"; 9. Windows Server 2008/IIS 7 is supported.
Manpreet
Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM
When will the final version of 2008.1 arrive?
Miljan
Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM
The final 2008.1 release shipped on March 27, 2008.
david villegas
Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM
We need flash-based components! Please make a Flash/Flex platform suite.
Raj
Posted on Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:19 AM
How to resolve Performance Problems in ComponentArt.web.UI 2008 I am not sure why our website is damn slow when we are using component ART.We are using only Tabstrip and multiview and dialogue Controls. Steps Followed which is of no use #Installing licensed version on server #Adding generated .Lic file in website's bin folder. #Removed the componentart reference from the project(web site is almost flying in this scenario) #Modify IIS cache expiration policy for Images folder as 2 days. Environment: #ComponentArt.web.UI 2008 2008.1.1183.2 # Windows Server 2003 with IIS6 with State server as session store. # we are not using any client scripts or server scripts. # We didn't installed any service packs and I don't think any service packs are available for tabstrip,multiview controls. I want to know whether any one sheds any lights on this. Thanks in advance. Raj
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