EDITORIAL – ROAD TO WEBUI STUDIO 2009 R2 RELEASE
Jemmy Haryono, Vice President of Marketing
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Time ticks by quickly as we strive to deliver WebUI Studio 2009 R2 by early December.
2009 R2 version offers dozens of advanced and never-before-seen features that we
expect you'll treasure like a valued holiday gift.
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Under the ASP.NET hood, we are introducing a refined WebScheduler 3, an enhanced
WebGrid Enterprise 7, and improved WebInput 4 – each with distinctive features to
bridge your widest development challenges and jump your steepest project requirements.
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The new WebGrid Enterprise 7 now comes with three mind-blowing visual themes: the
captivating Windows 7, bold black, and cool silver. It also includes numerous exciting
features such as editing integration with WebTextEditor, Explorer-style column action,
and more. WebScheduler is back, too, highlighting its
breakthrough performance improvements and its expansive scaling capability, setting
the new standard in enterprise scheduling solutions. The smart ASP.NET text box,
WebInput 4 comes with many user input conveniences. The new linked WebInput and quick
date selection makes data and time selection seamless and intuitive.
Read more below.
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Thank you to those who have contacted us and participated in our case study program.
We highly encourage you to reach out if you haven't already. Contact
Intersoft Sales now and ask them about the program.
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While waiting for the 2009 R2 release, I highly recommend you download the latest
WebUI Studio 2009 SP1 Refresh. Current customers can download and obtain the license
key from Intersoft Developer Network
3 through the My Components tab. Still on a trial version? You can download
or re-download a 30-day trial copy of WebUI Studio 2009 SP1 Refresh here.
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As the year comes to a close, be sure to check the status of your current subscription.
Make sure you're ready for the dozens of new and exciting releases we're shipping
over the coming weeks. Don't delay – renew now and enjoy a special 10% discount
. Contact Intersoft
Sales before November ends to save.
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Feedback or questions about this newsletter, WebUI Studio 2009 R1 Refresh, WebUI
Studio 2009 R2, or even the case study program? Email me,
haryono@intersoftpt.com.
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WEBSCHEDULER 3: NEXT LEVEL PERFORMANCE
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WebScheduler 3 adds more high performance features - completing its portfolio as
an enterprise scheduler. Captivate users with the unparalleled richness of its powerful
paging architecture. Regardless of the complexity of your WebScheduler's data, this
new feature improves page response by cleverly detecting number of events to be
rendered. If it exceeds the specified property, some events will be hidden – resulting
in faster page loads. A click on the indicator shows more events.
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Thanks to the new ViewPort™ technology, a smart rendering engine that automatically detects
the available viewport and renders
the events to fit. More events will be displayed as you scroll downward. This feature significantly advances
page load speeds – improving the user experience, especially on thin clients. Combined
with the JSON response format, WebScheduler sets a world record for true enterprise
scheduling, calendaring, and planning.
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The new features list doesn't stop here. The major WebScheduler release also includes multitude of
long-awaited features such as customizable visible hours, flexible disabled time, events paging,
full XHTML support, and much more.
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WEBGRID ENTERPRISE 7: A BEAUTIFUL REVOLUTION
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We further refined WebGrid Enterprise 7 with more visual goodness and an improved
user experience. Three new visual themes are just a few clicks away at any given
moment. Editor pack 3 is also included, offering you a vast selection of editing
controls. For example, instead of the traditional textbox, now you can choose a
minimalistic Vista-style calendar or the powerful WebTextEditor control, to provide
your users with the best-in-class editing experience.
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This new release also delivers numerous top-requested features such as Windows 7-style
column action, customizable column's context menu, enhanced batch update client-side
events, improved designer and pixel-perfect XHTML rendering support.
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WEBINPUT 4: A SMARTER WAY TO INPUT DATA
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Intersoft's WebInput is renowned for its innovative data entry capabilities and
outstanding reliability, especially for lengthy and repetitive data input. In version
4, WebInput brings you more unique data entry features related to date and time
input. The quick date selection lets you select a range of date in fewer clicks
in less time.
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For more advanced date and time selection, WebInput introduces linked WebInput.
The core concept behind this time-saving feature is two WebInputs. One is the start
time selector and another is the end time selector, and the end time value must
be greater than the start time value. The built-in validation engine ensures the
date selection is correct and valid.
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LOAD WEBTEXTEDITOR CONTENT FROM FILE
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An exciting feature in WebTextEditor is the built-in saving/loading content capability.
This feature lets you save/load content from/to WebTextEditor with minimal effort.
While the saving process can be done in postback and flypostback mode, the content
loading can only be done in postback (server-side) mode only.
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This recent thread discusses importing content into WebTextEditor in client mode,
without page refresh. One of our technical engineers has created a sample that elegantly
uses the specified client-side event. Click here to see how you can implement this yourself.
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CASE STUDY – COOP SERVICE FROM LS INFORMATICA
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CoopService is an example of power hungry Web-based application demanding ample
data processing power and ultra-fast performance. Retrieving data from eighteen
Linux servers, CoopService aggregates it all into a Microsoft SQL Server via direct
query.
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WebGrid Enterprise drives impressive applications handling massive amounts of data.
Its built-in export function saves the day. No advanced coding required – just a
simple property set and everything works like a charm. Read more about how LS Informatica successfully builds CoopService
with the power of Intersoft's WebUI Studio.
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TIPS AND TRICKS – SETTING WEBDESKTOPMANAGER'S WINDOW CAPTION
Gordon Tumewu, Chief Support Engineer
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The technical team has received many questions about setting the WebDesktopManager's
window caption. Many have tried to use the .Text client-side property, but it doesn't
work. That's because the "Text" is used only to obtain caption name.
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This code snippet is used to cancel a pending change row in an elegant object-model
approach. For example, it can be used to delete a newly added row that's not yet
committed to physical data.
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var wdm = ISGetObject("WebDesktopManager1");
wdm.Windows.GetNamedItem("Window1").SetCaption("Caption Changed");
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This was also recently covered in a thread on the Intersoft Community. Follow this link now. You can also download the sample.
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CATCH NEW BLOG POSTS
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Enhancements in WebScheduler 2 SP1.
Discover new client-side events, APIs, and properties for WebScheduler in WebUI
Studio 2009 R1 SP1. These new refinements are designed to cover wider business scenarios,
providing real-world enterprise scheduling solutions. Read the complete info.
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New Properties, Events, and Client-side API
in WebTextEditor.
Read about several new properties, events, and client-side APIs in WebTextEditor
in a recent blog post. With these new additions, WebTextEditor provides even more
granular control over features and behaviors. See the complete list.
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Bind Value to WebTextEditor in Templates.
This interesting blog post covers how to use WebTextEditor as an editing template
in any ASP.NET data list control. Follow the complete tutorial here.
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Create WebCallOut Control on the Client-side.
Due to popular demand, WebCallOut is now enhanced with client-side programmatic
creation capability. Details here.
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Integrate WebSpellChecker in ASP.NET Controls.
Apart from its innate integration with WebTextEditor, WebSpellChecker also runs
in standalone mode with other ASP.NET text area controls. Grab these hot tips now.
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