Xceed Ultimate Suite

Product Information

Xceed Ultimate Suite provides over 100 components. It gives developers all of Xceed's user interface and data manipulation components. Includes a fast Silverlight datagrid, an advanced WPF grid control and perfect WPF themes for your entire app. Plus includes dozens of tools for devs and designers for a superb UX.

All .NET / Silverlight / Windows Phone controls are written in managed code and all ActiveX/COM controls (except SmartUI ActiveX) are written in ATL 3.0 and support both the STA and MTA multi-threaded apartment models. There are no external dependencies required.

Features

Xceed quality throughout

• All components provide royalty-free distribution rights, and unlimited server deployment.
• All components are thoroughly and expertly documented and include a variety of sample applications for Visual Studio.
• All components are written to be efficient and do not depend on external DLLs. Most are multi-threaded.
• All components are feature-rich yet easy to use due to the extreme emphasis on intuitive API design.
• Source code for the included .NET components available in the Xceed Ultimate Suite Blueprint Edition.

Compression (.NET/ASP.NET)

• Includes Xceed Zip for .NET with Self-Extractor, a multi-talented, 100% managed compression component with built-in Zip, Tar, GZip, AES encryption, file transfer, filesystem, self-extracting, and multi-location file and folder synchronisation capabilities. Lets you tackle more programming tasks with one single component. Supports evey Zip capability under the sun, and FTP through HTTP proxy servers and SSL. Now features the PPMd compression algorithm for superior compression, especially with text and XML files.
• Includes a secondary lightweight compression class library for .NET that easily handles any size of byte array and offers a true .NET pass-through stream.
• Includes Xceed Real-Time Zip for .NET, which lets applications read and write Zip archives without resorting to intermediate disk and memory storage. Its "on-the-fly' performance is ideal for high-demand server environments, Biztalk servers, diskless operations, I/O-intensive Web sites, or any situation where real-time streaming zip/unzip capabilities are needed.

Compression (Windows Phone)

• Includes Xceed Real-Time Zip for Windows Phone. Lets developers add zip/unzip archive capabilities to Windows Phone mobile apps, quickly and easily (Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 or XNA Framework 4.0). Compresses/uncompresses files without intermediate memory storage or temporary files and helps make your apps easier on data plans, something your smartphone owners will love!

Compression (.NET Compact Framework)

• Includes Xceed Zip for .NET Compact Framework, a 100% managed code compression library for .NET featuring powerful, easy to use stream, Zip file manipulation and filesystem classes. Now features Zip64 zip file format.
• Includes a secondary lightweight compression class library for .NET that easily handles any size byte array and offers a true .NET pass-through stream.
• Includes Xceed Self-Extractor Module for creating sharp, fully customisable self-extracting Zip files.
• Includes Xceed Real-Time Zip for .NET CF, which lets mobile applications read and write Zip archives without resorting to intermediate disk and memory storage. Its "on-the-fly' performance is ideal for high-demand server environments, Biztalk servers, diskless operations, I/O-intensive Web sites, or any situation where real-time streaming zip/unzip capabilities are needed.

Compression (ActiveX)

• Includes Xceed Zip Compression Library, the industry's highest-performance and feature-rich Zip / Unzip compression component. WinZip-compatible AES strong encryption supported.
• Includes Xceed Self-Extractor Module for creating sharp, fully customizable self-extracting Zip files.
• Includes Xceed Streaming Compression Library for easy, efficient 'raw' compression and decompression functionality as well as support for .GZ or .BZ2 files.
• Includes Xceed Zip for x64, a port of Xceed Zip Compression Library to the x86-64 microprocessor architecture, with all the same features as that library.

Encryption (ActiveX)

• Includes Xceed Encryption Library so you can encrypt and decrypt data with the latest strong algorithms, as well as digitally sign and verify documents.

User Interface (Windows Presentation Foundation)

• Includes Xceed DataGrid for WPF, a powerful datagrid control for WPF, Microsoft’s dynamic platform! It is 100% stylable and templatable, and features rich in-place editing, powerful grouping with UI virtualization and production-quality views (table and card), each with Classic, XP, Vista, and Media Center OS themes. Also includes master/detail, data virtualization, fixed columns, and automatic filtering. Updates and priority support with a subscription.
• Includes Xceed Blendables for WPF, which lets your UX match the vision you have of your product, providing nearly 30 controls, layouts, panels, and more. With these powerful WPF tools, you can create compelling UIs in a fraction of the time it would normally take! Empowers both designers and developers to create UIs that help release the full potential of software and avoid the pitfalls of a UI that doesn’t deliver. From lag-masking animations to focus- and cue-enhancing elements, the strategies made available by Xceed Blendables for WPF can have a resoundingly positive impact on an end-user’s impressions of your product and how well he or she can work with it.
• Includes Xceed 3D Views for WPF, which delivers the kind of compelling and stunning 3D interactivity that end-users have come to expect in today’s modern software.
• Includes Xceed Editors for WPF, a themed and themable set of 7 flexible base editors for WPF, as well as 5 derived controls available in sample apps, for a total of 12 WPF editors. Includes a datepicker and a masked textbox—two important editor controls that Windows Presentation Foundation lacks.
• Includes Xceed Professional Themes for WPF, which provides seven flawless WPF themes that can be used to style any official Microsoft WPF control. Implicit styles are supported, so only a couple of lines of XAML are needed to apply beautiful, uniform styles to any WPF application. Includes Glass, Media, Office 2007, and Xceed Live Explorer themes, as well as a Windows 7 inspired theme.
• Includes Xceed Ultimate ListBox for WPF. Takes the listbox to new heights in responsiveness, appeal, and functionality! Automatic background remote data retrieval only gets currently visible and nearby records to make remote data access feel fast. Powerful grouping and a search box make data easier to handle. Smooth scrolling and animations increase perceived performance. Same core API as the standard WPF listbox, so it’s easy to learn, but gives so much more.

User Interface (Silverlight 4)

• Includes Xceed DataGrid for Silverlight. This Silverlight grid control is fast where others simply aren’t—with remote data! Thanks to background data retrieval (data virtualisation), it loads data only when needed, which keeps the UI responsive.
• Includes Xceed Ultimate ListBox for Silverlight, the perfect drop-in replacement for Silverlight’s standard listbox that behaves the way a listbox should! Automatic data retrieval engine gets currently visible and nearby records to make remote data access feel fast. Powerful grouping and a search box make data easier to handle. Smooth scrolling and animations increase perceived performance. Also supports multi-view and drag-and-drop. Six beautiful themes.

User Interface (.NET Windows Forms)

• Includes Xceed Grid for .NET, a multi-talented, advanced, and feature-rich grid component for .NET that offers an extensible object model designed to set new standards for flexibility and ease of use. The only grid with a built-in reporting engine. Includes gradient maps with transparency support and interactive visual styles, and supports Windows Vista themes. Now features cell UI virtualization.
• Includes Xceed SmartUI for .NET for creating user-friendly, state-of-the-art WinForms apps with ease. Offers 10 controls including menubars, toolbars, treeviews, and task panes. Supports themed WinXP, Office XP, Office 2003, and classic Windows styles.
• Xceed Editors for .NET, a modular set of 11 UI input controls such as buttons, combos, masked textboxes, and calendar controls that work together allowing you to create your own control combinations such as a resizeable and editable dropdown listbox.
• Xceed Docking Windows for .NET, a full-featured docking windows framework that allows your applications to present windows and forms within a slick docking windows environment.
• Includes Xceed Input Validator for .NET, providing easy-to-use, self-wiring text validation for your Windows Forms controls. Each validation criterion can be configured visually and is then validated at runtime. Fully customisable error messages. Also works with Xceed Grid for .NET on cells or rows.

Internet

• Includes Xceed Real-Time Zip for Silverlight, which adds zip/unzip to any Silverlight application, quickly and easily, without using intermediate disk/memory storage or temporary files.
• Includes Xceed Upload for Silverlight. Lets you quickly and easily add multi-file and string upload capabilities to Silverlight applications. All upload operations are asynchronous, meaning that the Web page hosting your application remains perfectly responsive and usable throughout the transfer.

User Interface (ASP.NET Web Forms)

• Includes Xceed Chart for ASP.NET. This solid, feature-rich chart server control provides extensive ASP.NET support including streaming, image maps, server-side events, temp file cleanup and much more.

User Interface (ActiveX)

• Includes Xceed SmartUI for VB6, the best-selling tool for building Visual Basic 6 user interfaces.

File Transfer (ActiveX)

• Includes feature-rich Xceed FTP Library so you can send, receive or list files on an FTP server. Supports SOCKS 4 and 5 proxy servers.

File Transfer (.NET/ASP.NET)

• Includes Xceed FTP for .NET, a multi-talented, 100% managed, and efficient class library that lets you easily add FTP file transfer, Zip, Tar and GZip capabilities to your .NET and ASP.NET apps through a straightforward and intuitive object model.

File Transfer (.NET Compact Framework)

• Includes Xceed FTP for .NET Compact Framework, a feature-rich and efficient class library that lets you easily add FTP file transfer and general file manipulation capabilities to your mobile apps through a straightforward and intuitive object model. Now supports MODE Z and the FEAT command (also known as "Knowledge of Extra Capabilities').

Binary Encoding (ActiveX)

• Includes Xceed Binary Encoding Library so you can convert binary data into ASCII text or vice-versa in a variety of formats.