Version 3.5 of Xceed DataGrid for WPF Professional Edition features a striking new view called Tableflow™. The new features in this version let you create WPF applications that deliver an out-of-this world end-user experience unlike anything that other WPF grid controls are capable of.

The Tableflow™ view provides capabilities such as inertial smooth scrolling, where rows and pages move away fluidly and are replaced by the new data in the same way, and animated full-column reordering. These innovations will help end-users work with their data, making it easier for them to find the info they are looking for. The new view also includes a group navigation button—improving the datagrid’s ergonomics—and “sticky” headers, footers, and parent rows, which can be pinned to the top of the viewport so that end-users always knows where they are in their data.

Also new in version 3.5 of Xceed’s WPF datagrid, for datagrids bound to a virtualizing collection, are status indicator glyphs and filtering. Finally, various minor bugs have been addressed. As a result, Xceed DataGrid for WPF Professional Edition continues to be one of the most stable WPF grid controls on the market.

Take a quick look at some of these new features in the YouTube video below, or try them out for yourself in the product's online XBAP demo, under Displaying Data > Tableflow™ View!

With the launch of Xceed Professional Themes for WPF, Xceed has stepped boldly into the realm of WPF themes by launching five flawless themes that faithfully reproduce the styles of some of the most popular operating systems and applications.

The themes can style any official Microsoft WPF control and its child items. Properties behave as expected: a control will be properly shaded according to the chosen theme when you set its color, for example. And because implicit styles are supported, as few as a couple of lines of XAML are needed to apply beautiful, uniform styles, which means you can concentrate on more important tasks. The themes were meticulously created by Xceed’s experienced WPF technical design and graphic artist teams.

The product’s Glass theme reproduces the kinds of colors, translucency, and animation that lend a modern look and feel to the interfaces found in Windows Vista and the upcoming Windows 7 operating system, helping end-users focus on the task at hand, rather than on the application and its controls. Matching brushes that can be applied to your own controls are also included, so they can fit seamlessly into the theme. This theme is also available as a separate product, Xceed Glass Theme for WPF.

The Media theme applies the styles found in the popular Windows Media Player application. Also included is a custom button that resembles the rounded ones found in that application. This theme is also available separately as Xceed Media Theme for WPF.

Finally, the included Office 2007 themes (blue, black, and silver) let developers create applications with a more traditional but nevertheless modern look that will fit in with past, present, and future operating systems. These themes can also be purchased in Xceed Office 2007 Themes for WPF.

Microsoft’s PDC 2009 is fast approaching—November 17-20, 2009 in Los Angeles, California—and Xceed will be there to meet and greet, and show off our latest innovations.

If you’d like to discuss best practices with our developers (and who wouldn’t?), you can book a meeting with Xceed on-site at their booth, or write to Charles Duncan at DuncanC@xceed.com to book in advance. Our developers are looking forward to sharing their experience and insight with you.

This year, Xceed is sponsoring Party with Palermo. Don’t miss the action! RSVP now for it on PartyWithPalermo.com and subscribe to their feed. It will be at the Westin Bonaventure from 7-10 PM on Monday, November 16, 2009.

Last but not least, we will be demonstrating both the latest version of our latest WPF datagrid and our upcoming Silverlight datagrid!

Xceed’s two Silverlight products—Xceed Real-Time Zip for Silverlight and Xceed Upload for Silverlight—are both now compiled with Silverlight 3 to take advantage of the latest bug fixes and performance abilities in Microsoft’s rich Internet applications technology.

Xceed's Silverlight Zip compression component lets developers add zip/unzip to any Silverlight 3 application, quickly and easily. It compresses and uncompresses files without using intermediate disk/memory storage or temporary files, so it’s the perfect match for Silverlight: it needs no local write access. The first and only professional solution for zipping and unzipping under Silverlight.

Xceed Upload for Silverlight quickly and easily add multi-file and string upload capabilities to any Silverlight 3 application. All operations are asynchronous, so your Web page remains responsive and usable during transfers. All this in the beautiful and compelling end-user experience that Silverlight is all about.

Back in August 1994, Xceed was the dream of two young developers. Fifteen years later, we have become one of the leading providers of components for Microsoft’s development technologies, helping developers bring their products to market sooner and for less money. Xceed is proud to be able to say that we are frequently the earliest if not the first to adopt Microsoft’s cutting-edge technologies, letting programmers stay ahead of the game. And if you think we’re going to take it easy now that we’ve hit 15 years, think again. The next 15 years promise to be even more exciting!