Infragistics Announces NetAdvantage for .NET 2008 Volume 1

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October 30, 2009

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Infragistics Announces NetAdvantage for .NET 2008 Volume 1

Infragistics, a producer of presentation layer developmenttools, announced the availability of Infragistics NetAdvantage for .NET 2008Volume 1. Compatible with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, this new releaseincludes toolsets for both ASP.NET and Windows Forms, and gives developers thetools to create user experiences in line-of-business applications on thedesktop and on the Web. This product suite includes NetAdvantage for ASP.NET8.1 and NetAdvantage for Windows Forms.

   NetAdvantage for ASP.NET 8.1, code named ProjectAikido, is Infragistics next generation of the product built from the groundup around Microsoft s ASP.NET AJAX Framework. Infragistics newly built toolsare designed to leverage modern Web development technologies and techniques,such as XHTML, CSS, and AJAX.

 NetAdvantage forASP.NET 8.1 offers three new components expressly for the new architecture. WebDialogWindowreplicates the functionality of a traditional standard Windows Forms dialogwindow; WebImageViewer allows developers to add image display capabilities totheir Web applications; and WebSplitter simulates the familiar splitter userinterface found in many modern Smart Client applications and allows an enduser to control the layout of their workspace. The WebData Grid is stillavailable as a CTP (Community Technology Preview).

 

Key benefits of NetAdvantage for ASP.NET:

  • Full support for VS 2008, which will decreasedevelopment time and simplify the application complexity.

  • Now shipping with the anticipated Aikidoframework, which provides developers the controls built on a single consistentframework, making it easier for them to quickly integrate the controls intotheir applications.

  • Simplified, XHTML-compliant output of thecontrols makes Web pages cleaner and lighter.

  • CSS styling, which allows developers to provideflexible styling to their applications, as well as greatly reduce the overalloutput of the rendered controls.

  • Simplified deployment with embedded JavaScriptand single run-time assembly.

 

On the Windows Forms side, Infragistics will continue itsemphasis on no-code Vista-styling to give line of business applications thelook and feel of the most recent operating system from Microsoft.

 

Infragistics, Inc.

Price: Pricingfor single-platform NetAdvantage product (e.g., NetAdvantage for ASP.NET)starts at US$795 (MSRP). Pricing for dual-platform product (e.g., NetAdvantagefor .NET) starts at US$995 (MSRP). Pricing for any single-platform NetAdvantageproduct with priority support starts at US$1,290 (MSRP), and pricing for dual-platformproducts with priority support starts at US$1,490 (MSRP). Quantity pricing andcorporate licensing are also available by quote.TestAdvantage is licensed per computer and is available in packages of 5 or 10seats and up; pricing starts at US$2,995.

Web Site: http://www.infragistics.com

 

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