Essential Grid Grouping

Skins

The Essential Grid Grouping ships with several new Automatic Formats including Vista, Office 2003, Office 2007 and many more. These automatic formats enable the easy implementation of a richly formatted, proven and professional look and feel.

Improved Performance

Essential Grid for ASP.NET improves load time greatly in this version by the use of compression techniques. The changes will be implemented transparently by just applying an attribute to the resources to be loaded.

Browser Support

Essential Grid for ASP.NET is now compatible with all major browsers on Windows, Macintosh and Linux. Check our browser compatibility page for more information.

Essential Tools

Performance

Essential Tools for ASP.NET improves load time greatly in this version by the use of compression techniques. The changes will be implemented transparently by just applying an attribute to the resources to be loaded.

Browser Support

Essential Tools for ASP.NET controls are now compatible with all major browsers on Windows, Macintosh and Linux. Check our browser compatibility page for more information.

Essential Schedule

Month view support

Added month view support for Schedule Control. Using this, you can add view or remove appointments in the month view.

Performance

Essential Schedule for ASP.NET improves load time greatly in this version by the use of compression techniques. The changes will be implemented transparently by just applying an attribute to the resources to be loaded.

Essential Diagram

Safari Browser support

Essential Diagram for ASP.NET is now compatible with all major browsers on Windows, Macintosh and Linux. Check our browser compatibility page for more information.

Improved AJAX support and performance

Essential Diagram for ASP.NET integrates AJAX technology to a deeper level and allows for optimized transfers between the client and server to provide a smooth interaction experience when loading a large set of nodes into the Diagram.

Server memory requirements have been reduced by a multi layered rendering technique that uses HTML to render the background.

Compression techniques have been used to cut down on load time.

PolyLine Link Tool

Another tool added to enhance your users’ experience designing diagrams - Check out the new PolyLine Link Tool that can create PolyLine links.

Selection Handle Customization

Improve or customize the look and feel of Diagram node selection handles. You can change the colors and also allow users to show or hide the handles.

Connection Point improvement

Connection Points are now extended to support custom ports and changing the port highlighting color.

Client Side Node Interaction

Now you can get the diagram node information easily through client side scripting. Also improved selection behavior of irregular shapes by optimizing hit-test algorithm on client side. Selected Nodes list can also be accessed through client side script.

Essential Chart

Safari Browser support

Essential Chart for ASP.NET is now compatible with all major browsers on Windows, Macintosh and Linux. Check our browser compatibility page for more information.

Range Area ChartType

New chart type which can be used to display selected area range. This chart is similar to Area chart but with selected range only.

Performance improvement

Essential Chart for ASP.NET improves load time greatly in this version by the use of compression techniques. The changes will be implemented transparently by just applying an attribute to the resources to be loaded.

Chart and Template Wizards improvement

Chart Wizard appearance has been improved to provide rich look and feel. Template Wizard appearance is also changed in this version.

Binding with ArrayList

Now chart can be easily bound with IEnumerable based collections like ArrayList. This extends chart to be easily used with LINQ.