Studio for WinRT XAML

Russ Fustino@RussCamTVSenior Developer Evangelistrussf@componentone.com

Greg Lutz@ComponentOneProduct ManagerGreg.Lutz@componentone.com

• Skill Set• New Devices – Surface Pro – wow!• $$$ - The Windows Store on every device with

a full commerce platform and 700 million potential customers with world wide distribution.

Why you should be excited about publishing Windows 8 Store App?

• Overview• Descriptions, features & getting started for:

– PDF Viewer– Date Time Editors– Input– Layout– FlexGrid

• Resources

What you will learn today

• Single XAML Code Base (for Windows Phone, WPF, Silverlight, and Windows 8 WinRT)

• Multi-target: Write once, reuse code• Leaders in XAML market with Silverlight and WPF,

now have the largest WinRT control suite• Reduce development time• Fills the gaps of the standard toolbox with rich data

visualization and powerful line of business controls• ClearStyle Technology• WinRT controls have Touch Support and Modern-UI

style

C1 WinRT XAML Overview

Windows 8

Windows Store Application

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Studio for WinRT XAML

• Demo of controls we will see today

Control Explorer App

• Load, View and Print PDF Files• Multi-touch Gesture Support • Horizontal Orientation • Get Pages from PDF • Find Text

PDF Viewer

• DateTime Editors • Validate Input with Masking • Allow Null Values • Controls Included

• C1DateSelector• C1TimeSelector • C1DateTimeSelector • C1DatePicker • C1TimeEditor • C1DateTimePicker

DateTime Editors

• 2 controls for masked and numeric input• Standard Format Strings

– Phone numbers– Zip codes– Credit card numbers

• Include Prompts & Literals • Numeric Range• Watermark Support

Input

• Flowing Layouts • Docked Layouts• Uniform Grid Layouts

Layout

• Touch Support • Flexible Data Binding • Group, Sort and Filter • Unbound• Cell Editing • Custom Cells • Cell Merging • Column and Row Headers • Column and Row Freezing• Autosize Rows and Columns • Save to Stream

FlexGrid

• Complete API parity among all platforms• Complete control set

– Data visualization and line of business• Feature by feature, most advanced charts!• Unique and successful reporting story - PdfViewer• Only from ComponentOne:

– ClearStyle technology– Legendary FlexGrid

• Download Free Trial of Studio for WinRT XAML Today! (no time bomb)

Summary – The ComponentOne Edge

• WinRT XAML Part 3 – April 4– Gauges – ListBox – Zip– TreeView

Upcoming webcast! http://our.componentone.com/author/rfustino/ (see Feb 25 entry)

• Webcast Part 1 recap blog:– Code samples– PowerPoint– Recorded Video

WebCast Part 1 recap:http://our.componentone.com/author/rfustino/ (see March 11 entry)

http://www.componentone.com/SuperPages/Cookbook/

Win a Surface!

• See app built with it … Search in Store on “Excel Viewer”.

• http://www.componentone.com/SuperProducts/SpreadWinRT/

Check out Spread WinRT control!

• Menu - Allows you to add the classic "File" menu system to your Windows Store applications.

• PDF – This class library enables you to create dynamic reports or directly output your UI to PDF documents from your apps.

• TabControl - Need to organize your content? The new TabControl allows you to utilize available space by organizing content as tabs.

• RichTextBox - gives you rich, HTML text editing at your fingertips. Use this control to display Web content or as a rich text editor.

Four new controls being released next week:

• Promo code: (watch webcast part 3 - April 4)

• http://our.componentone.com/2013/02/25/russ-technical-gets-technical-windows-8-winrt-xaml-webcast-series-starts-this-week-register-now/

• (enter in promo code in shopping cart)• Webcast special!• Wow!!!!!! • Normally $895• Good thru April 12

Webinar Promo Code $395 - %60 percent off!

• Resources:– www.componentone.com/winrt– www.componentone.com/russcam– http://our.componentone.com/author/rfustino/

(sample code on WinRT blog series parts 7-11)

– http://our.componentone.com/author/c1_gregl/ (pdf print and more!)

– Follow @RussCamTV on Twitter– Facebook.com/ComponentOne– Facebook.com/RussellCamTV– Sample Suggestions? Email russf@componentone.com – http://Russcam.componentone.com (subscribe!)

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