http://helpcentral.componentone.com ComponentOne HelpCentral is a comprehensive technical resource for Visual Studio developers and Help authors, featuring how-to articles, online forums, sample source code, demonstrations of ComponentOne products, and more. en-us � 2007 ComponentOne LLC Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:00 EDT 1440 http://helpcentral.componentone.com http://helpcentral.componentone.com/images/c1icon_bottom3.gif 42 40 http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=2049 If you have more or less given up developing glossaries because your customers can't find them and therefore don't use them, you should reconsider, because Doc-To-Help can automatically create an interactive Glossary for you in your online Help projects. This article explains how. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:31:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=2046 This article explains how to quickly customize the cover of your manual to include your logo and other information. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:45:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1954 Deep in the ComponentOne Laboratories, our developers have been envisioning new and improved ideas to enhance our current controls. This is no different with Preview for WinForms. A major enhancement has been made to Preview for WinForms: forms can now be exported to PDF Acroforms. In previous versions of Preview for WinForms, RenderInput controls were exported to PDF simply as images, whereas now they are exported to PDF as form fields. With you – the developer – in mind, ComponentOne has included four supported controls: Text, RadioButton, ComboBox, and CheckBox. To demonstrate this feature, let’s create a sample constructing an employee information form. These forms are extremely useful as they are applicable in every department. Creating the forms with C1Preview is a breeze – just follow the steps below and see how it’s done. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:57:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=2029 One of the most important aspects to consider when displaying data is a way to show how all the data interrelates. While a massive grid layout showing one record after another might help visualize all the data, it does nothing in regards to explaining why the data exists or what it can be used for. One way to help organize data is by setting up a Master-Detail relationship. In a Master-Detail relationship all the detail objects displayed are related to the selected master object. In this article we are going to walk through just how easy it is to use ComponentOne DataGrid for Silverlight to add a Master-Detail view to your Silverlight application. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:51:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=2041 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:29:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=2037 Recently, ComponentOne has added several new controls to Studio for ASP.NET’s lineup. These new ASP.NET controls, codenamed Palomino, include the C1Gridview, C1ComboBox, C1FormDecorator, C1MultiPage, and more. They have been built from the ground up to take full advantage of the Web’s most promising technologies like AJAX, CSS, XHTML, and so on. The Palomino lineup also offers a rich, client-side object model to meet the demands of today’s ASP.NET developers. In the months to come, the Palomino controls will be replacing their older counterparts entirely, as these controls enter Legacy status. This may sound problematic to some, but there is no need to worry as this article will demonstrate how to migrate some of our older ASP.NET components, specifically those from the C1WebCommand assembly, to their newer Palomino counterparts. For those unfamiliar with the C1WebCommand controls, these include the C1WebMenu, C1WebTreeView, C1WebTabStrip, C1WebTopicBar, and the C1WebToolBar; although, the focus will be on just the first four of the C1WebCommand controls mentioned. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:22:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=2026 If your Source Documents are Microsoft Word Documents, read this article to learn which Word templates you need to edit in order to customize your Doc-To-Help output. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:06:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=2022 As most developers know, spelling errors within an application can be very problematic and, sometimes, even embarrassing. To solve this problem in the past, many developers were forced to perform this task manually or to export and import files into Microsoft Word or a similar application, both of which were very inconvenient. Those days are over, thanks to IntelliSpell from ComponentOne, allowing .NET developers to focus more attention on the functionality and performance of their project, rather than the spelling errors within it. ComponentOne IntelliSpell works much like the all-so-familiar Spell-check feature of Microsoft Word, but brings this functionality to Visual Studio 2005, 2008, and soon 2010. Find out how to use IntelliSpell, set options, customize your dictionary and more. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:39:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=2021 This article explains how to store your project knowledge within your Doc-To-Help project. Keep track of project status, key players, requirements, and other important data in one location. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:02:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=2020 This article explains how to quickly customize the cover of your manual to include your logo and other information. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:54:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1919 Here at ComponentOne, we get asked all the time if our ASP.NET grids support editing data like a spreadsheet or like a WinForms grid control. In other words, developers want to know if end-users can edit all cells in all rows of the grid at once, rather than the clunky, one row at a time, editing method typically seen in ASP.NET grids. In this article I will go over an easy to understand approach to achieving this type of functionality using C1GridView. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:47:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=2014 Doc-To-Help transforms Microsoft Word into a full-featured Help editor by installing a toolbar and other utilities. Among these are Doc-To-Help’s image map editor. This editor allows you to create hotspots on your images and link them in various ways to other topics, documents, keywords, and even glossary terms. You do it all directly in Word, in easy-to-use dialogs. You don’t need to convert your content or learn advanced HTML concepts. This tutorial provides a sample project and walks you through creating an image map with various kinds of links. Tue, 26 May 2009 13:27:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=2013 ComponentOne Reports for WinForms provides all the tools you need to meet your reporting, printing, previewing, and exporting needs. Moreover, it's extremely easy to use, requires little or no code, thus increasing productivity.This article demonstrates these benefits and shows how to create a report, modify it, and export it to multiple formats. We'll start by creating a simple application and show how to load data in the report using an XML file. With the data loaded, we will next edit the data and save the changes to the report. Finally, we will save the report in multiple formats. Thu, 07 May 2009 17:23:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=2012 Content reuse is vital to the efficient and consistent documentation process. It allows you to quickly create documentation with commonly used information and ensures consistency and accuracy. Doc-To-Help users know that they can use content variables to manage blocks of content within and project, but many don’t realize that Doc-To-Help’s open nature makes it easy to share content across many projects. All you need to do is tell Doc-To-Help where you stored content is and access those files when you needs them. This article will cover how to set up a shared content repository and how you can share documents and topics. Wed, 06 May 2009 17:54:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1997 ComponentOne DataGrid for Silverlight is even better for 2009 with three new features to enhance your data visualization applications. Now you can easily add Microsoft Outlook-style grouping, DateTime Columns, and Column Filtering to your Silverlight project. This article shows how easy it is to create a fully interactive grid. It walks you through the steps from creating a project, to creating the UI, to adding a database and Web service, and finally interacting with the grid at run time. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:39:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1996 Doc-To-Help 2009 includes a built-in XHTML Editor that is easy to use, especially for applying and creating styles. Any changes to your styles are automatically saved to your cascading style sheet (CSS) and conform to the XHTML 1.0 strict specification. This article shows how to apply styles, modify existing styles, create new ones, and more. Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:49:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1989 Most RichTextBoxes work the same way: they are used to edit documents, spell check, and export documents to HTML. But what if you want more? With ComponentOne RichTextBox for Silverlight, you can illuminate your RIA with smooth rich designs, interactivity, and enhanced performance. Appearance is important, and your RIA's are no different. ComponentOne Studio for Silverlight will help you provide the results your end-users expect with show-stopping, powerful RichTextBoxes requiring minimal time and effort. To demonstrate this control, this article walks you through a RichTextBox sample application. It shows how the spellchecker works and how to export a document to HTML and then back to text. Creating your RIA with ComponentOne RichTextBox for Silverlight is a breeze – just follow the steps and see how it's done. Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:30:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1959 With the release of Silverlight, Microsoft has introduced an entirely new way to develop Web applications. But with new technology comes new concerns that developers must keep in mind and Silverlight is no exception. When a user browses to a Silverlight site they need to download the application (XAP file); therefore, the larger the XAP file the longer the time it takes to download and initialize the Silverlight application. But what if there was an option to optimize your XAP file? A way to trim down the size of your XAP file with no loss in functionality? Well, now you can with ComponentOne XapOptimizer. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:01:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1897 Discover what's new inside ComponentOne Studio for ASP.NET. Learn what new controls are offered, which classic controls are being replaced, and how easy it is to get started using some of the new controls. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:22:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1950 In Doc-To-Help, a variable is defined as a block of reusable content that is created and stored in one place for insertion across an entire project. Variables provide authors with an excellent way to manage frequently used content such as product names, company names, descriptions, graphics, and even entire topics. When a product name or a screen shot changes, for instance, that change only needs to be made in one place. Doc-To-Help will automatically make the change across the entire project. This article will discuss content variables in more detail and show you how to use them with easy-to-follow instructions and videos. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:35:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1948 This article shows you how you can use Designbox (a fresh, new design experience for Microsoft Visual Studio) with your ComponentOne Studio for WinForms controls (C1NavBar, in particular). All of the Designs you will see in this article are part of the newly released Designbox Gallery for ComponentOne Studio for WinForms. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:36:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1938 One of the coolest features of Doc-To-Help is the automatically-generated “blue buttons” (AKA "Auto Subtopic Links") that appear at the bottom of Help topics. This article explains how to edit the Heading text, button graphic, and link text. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:44:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1937 If you create a NetHelp Target, you have probably noticed that the Doc-To-Help logo appears in the upper right. Although leaving the logo as-is is fine, changing this logo to another one is easy. This article explains how to make the change. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:23:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1918 Learn about ComponentOne's design-time experience by creating an application with True DBGrid. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:25:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1910 The 2008 v2 release of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise introduced a new product, ComponentOne DynamicHelp for WinForms. C1DynamicHelp is a Windows Forms control that allows developers to easily add robust, context-sensitive help to their applications. This can be done either at design time or at run time using Authoring mode. C1DynamicHelp's Authoring mode enables developers to pass the application off to the Help authors so they can assign topics to controls. This article shows how the developer can set up Authoring mode for the Help author to visually map topics to UI elements on the application. This method saves time and eliminates the errors that are more likely to occur when repeatedly passing the topic/control map between developer and Help author. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:25:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1878 The 2008 v2 release of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise introduced a new product, ComponentOne InputPanel for WinForms. InputPanel for WinForms enables you to automatically generate data-entry forms, and reduces the time it takes to create and maintain data-entry forms by removing all redundant tasks associated with creating data-entry forms.This article demonstrates just how easy it is to create a complete .NET data-entry form, and modify the newly created data-entry form using the intuitive and powerful collection editor. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:18:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1898 Doc-To-Help allows every level of Word user – from novice to expert – to take the content that they have in their documents and get it online quickly and easily in a very accessible format: NetHelp, Doc-To-Help’s browser-based XHTML output. Doc-To-Help will automatically organize the content into topics, add a Table of Contents, create an index, and include a seach engine. Policy and Procedure wirters enjoy many benefits. Information is quickly shared online (especially important for organizations with multiple locations). Since the information resides online, in one place, it is easy to keep up-to-date. Printing costs can be drastically cut by eliminating the need to distribute printed manuals. In fact, our customers have saved up to $60,000 in printing costs. This article will show you how to do exactly that – from the ground up, with nothing but a Word document and your copy of Doc-To-Help. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:34:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1818 The 2007 v2 release of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise introduced a new product, WebDialog for ASP.NET, that lets you add modal or modeless dialog windows to ASP.NET AJAX-enabled Web pages. It provides a single server-side component, C1WebDialog, that you can use to display popup content in "windows" that look and act like standard dialog boxes in a desktop application. This article outlines the major features of this new component and demonstrates how to manipulate it using client-side Javascript. Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:19:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1816 The C1WebGrid component for ASP.NET provides a number of options for displaying hierarchical data sets using AJAX callbacks, including Outlook-style grouping and built-in aggregate functions for automatic subtotals, min/max values, averages, and various statistical calculations. An alternative technique for grouping data is to render detail rows using custom aggregates. This method is particularly effective when the detail rows reside in another data source or lend themselves to a "free form" presentation that does not follow the rigid row/column structure of a grid. This article uses XML data from the National Weather Service to illustrate the use of custom aggregates to implement an AJAX-enabled master-detail layout using a single C1WebGrid control. To display the detail rows, the sample application dynamically instantiates a standard Xml control and applies an XSL transform. Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:22:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1812 This article was submitted by Dana Worley, Microsoft Help MVP and Software Product Manager/Manager, Software Support Group at Campbell Scientific, Inc.. She gives details, practical instructions, and tips that any Help author can use to automate and schedule Doc-to-Help builds through the command line. Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:13:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1808 The 2007 v1.5 release of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise introduced a new product, Ribbon for .NET, that provides a pixel-perfect implementation of the Ribbon UI concept introduced in the 2007 release of Microsoft Office. The C1Ribbon component replaces traditional menus and toolbars with a set of tabs at the top of the parent form. Each tab contains groups of related commands that are represented with standard controls such as buttons, check boxes, and dropdown menus. This article demonstrates the use of the C1Ribbon and C1StatusBar components in a Windows Forms application that provides an interface to Google Maps. In addition to covering design-time layout and event handling, this article illustrates two-way communication between a .NET application and JavaScript running in an HTML page. The sample application is available via ClickOnce install and as a source code download. Wed, 16 May 2007 13:18:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1807 Doc-To-Help offers a style-based authoring experience in which authors use styles to configure the organization and behavior of their Help files and printed manuals. This allows authors to focus on writing by making single-sourcing easy. All authors need to understand are basic style concepts and Doc-To-Help’s visual cues and toolbars will guide the way. This article describes how Doc-To-Help works with styles, Microsoft Word Templates and cascading style sheets. We also will cover how authors can customize styles to configure the formatting and behavior of Help files and printed manuals. Thu, 10 May 2007 12:14:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1781 Sidebar gadgets are a new feature of Windows Vista that allows users to run mini HTML-based applications on the desktop. Although a typical gadget uses dynamic HTML with lots of script code, it is also possible for gadgets to host .NET assemblies derived from UserControl, providing a richer environment for both gadget developers and end users. This article provides an in-depth look at a gadget that uses two Studio Enterprise controls, C1FlexGrid and C1SuperLabel, to implement a version of the popular Sudoku puzzle. It also details the administrative steps needed to prepare such gadgets for deployment and installation on client machines. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:40:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1780 When single-sourcing documentation for both print and online use, one of the most difficult tasks is creating links and cross references. A link in online Help needs to be clickable, but your users can’t click on the printed page. Doc-To-Help includes technology to help you optimize these references for both deliverables without spending extra time or compromising quality. This article covers the best practices for single-sourcing your topic links in Doc-To-Help. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:43:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1663 Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX (formerly code-named "Atlas") is an extension of ASP.NET 2.0 that incorporates Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) for creating rich, interactive Web applications that feel more like desktop applications, where users are accustomed to immediate responses. This article describes a sample "mash-up" application that combines data from three different Web services and displays the results using a variety of Studio Enterprise components, including collapsible topic bar groups, master-detail grids, and the newly released C1UpdateSplitter server control, which extends the functionality of the "Atlas" UpdatePanel by implementing dual content panels separated by a resizable splitter bar. Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:16:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1745 The 2007 v1 release of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise introduced two new components, C1WebSchedule and C1WebCalendar, for developing Outlook-style scheduling applications for the Web. C1WebCalendar provides navigation and date range selection for an associated C1WebSchedule control, which displays appointments in day, week, work week, or monthly views. Although C1WebSchedule includes a built-in data layer that automatically manages the storage of appointments and related collections, the application developer is responsible for implementing storage on a per-user basis. This article illustrates how to use the personalization and profile features of ASP.NET 2.0 to implement private schedules with authentication. Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:40:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1727 The 2007 v1 release of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise introduced a new product for developing Outlook-style desktop scheduling applications. Schedule for .NET includes two visual components: C1Schedule and C1Calendar. C1Schedule displays appointments in day, week, work week, or monthly views. It also includes a built-in data layer that automatically manages one-time or recurring appointments with reminders, as well as related collections such as contacts, categories, labels, and resources. C1Calendar provides navigation and date range selection for an associated C1Schedule control. This article illustrates some of the features of these new components using an application that implements customizable views of the sessions for the VSLive! conference in San Francisco, March 25-29, 2007. The application is available via ClickOnce install and as a source code download. Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:34:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1724 This article describes how to work around problems with regsvr32.exe when installing ActiveX components on machines running Windows Vista. Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:28:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1704 Document Conditions, introduced in Doc-To-Help 2006 v3, is the latest addition to the set of single-source technology Doc-To-Help provides. This feature allows you to tag entire documents for inclusion or exclusion in specific outputs. This article will highlight single-sourcing with Document Conditions and custom Help targets in tutorial form using an example scenario and a sample Doc-To-Help project. You will also find an overview of how all conditional content (text or object, topic, and document) works in Doc-To-Help. Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:25:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1692 ASP.NET themes help Web developers define the appearance of controls and pages within their Web sites. Themes can include cascading style sheets, image files, and skin files, which define reusable property settings for specific ASP.NET control types. This article describes how to create and apply a custom theme using skin files, giving your Web pages a consistent visual appearance. Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:46:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1693 The 2006 v3 release of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise introduced a new product, WebInput for ASP.NET, that provides masked input controls for text strings, itemized lists, passwords, dates and times, floating point numbers and integers, currency values, and percentages. This article illustrates how to use the client-side scripting features of C1WebInput to build interfaces that respond dynamically to user actions without requiring a full postback. Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:17:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1680 The 2006 v3 release of ComponentOne WebChart for ASP.NET introduced support for AJAX in standard ASP.NET 2.0. This article illustrates how to use this generalized callback mechanism to dynamically change the 3D perspective of a chart using C1WebNumericEdit controls or drag-and-drop manipulation. The JavaScript coding techniques used in the accompanying sample project can be extended to allow end users to alter other aspects of the chart display, including changing the base chart type or the underlying data source. Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:59:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1674 Team Authoring Support, released with Doc-To-Help 2006 v3 (November, 30 2006), gives Doc-To-Help users an easy way to collaborate on projects with other authors. This source control technology shares a master copy of a project on a network or over the Web, allows users to download working copies, and includes features that keep all project copies synchronized. Documents and other files are then checked in and out for editing. This article describes Doc-To-Help’s Team Authoring Support, highlights its features, and gives an overview of how it works. Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:15:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1648 Doc-To-Help Markup Language (D2HML) lies at the heart of Doc-To-Help’s flexibility. This innovative technology gives authors multiple methods of configuring Help systems and printed manuals while empowering them to work in any HTML editor or Microsoft Word. D2HML is a pre-defined, but customizable set of styles and associated properties authors use to markup content for output generation. Unlike proprietary code, D2HML can be displayed in any editor, and therefore can be edited in any editor. This article describes what D2HML is and how to use it. You will find detailed information for the concepts behind D2HML, instructions for how to use it with HTML and Word, and a complete reference guide. Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:58:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1638 The 2006 v3 release of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise includes four new components for WinForms development using Visual Studio 2005. C1NavBar implements an Outlook-style navigation panel with a resizable button bar. C1TopicBar provides collapsible hyperlink groups similar to those used in the Windows Control Panel. C1SuperLabel offers lightweight HTML rendering without the overhead of the WebBrowser control. C1SuperTooltip uses the same rendering engine to bring rich content to tooltips for any Control or ToolStripItem. This article illustrates the features of these new components using an application that implements customizable views of the 2006 National Football League schedule. The application is available via ClickOnce install and as a source code download. Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:43:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1623 Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation provides standards for electronic information that, when followed, make this information accessible to people with disabilities. This law was specifically passed to require federal agencies to provide electronic information in an accessible format, but has become the general standard for anybody wishing to publish accessible content. Doc-To-Help assists authors in creating accessible information by generating a Section 508 compliant version of NetHelp (browser-based help). This article describes what Section 508 Compliant NetHelp, or accessible NetHelp, is and how to create it. Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:07:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1590 ComponentOne Flash for .NET (a.k.a. C1Flash) provides an object model for generating static images, slide shows, and animated movies in the popular Macromedia Flash file format (SWF). This article demonstrates how to implement a derived class, C1FlashGallery, that reads site navigation data from an XML file and converts it into a Flash movie patterned after the Spotlight sidebar on ESPN.com. The accompanying sample project (for Visual Studio 2005) also illustrates the use of the C1WebFlash component for rendering Flash content on an ASP.NET 2.0 page. Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:22:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1589 Both Doc-To-Help and RoboHelp allow you to use any HTML editor (or Microsoft Word) to author new content or edit existing topics. Both products allow you to create Help features by marking up the HTML for you, but they approach this task in two different ways. The primary difference is that Doc-To-Help uses a style based markup that can be read by any HTML editor, therefore allowing you to configure your Help features directly in your HTML editor. RoboHelp requires you to use the RoboHelp WYSIWYG editor to configure Help features. Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:08:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1541 Windows SharePoint Services allows organizations to create Web portals for information sharing and document collaboration. It supports modular page design and personalization through the use of Web Parts, which administrators and end users alike can combine to form rich, customizable page views. Developers can leverage their knowledge of ASP.NET and the functionality of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise to create innovative Web Parts that extend the capabilities of SharePoint. This article describes how to use the ASP.NET controls in Studio Enterprise to create a simple Web Part that displays a chart, then examines a more complex sample project that uses a data-bound chart, grid, and report viewer. Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:17:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1539 In both RoboHelp and Doc-To-Help, there are many ways to create indexes. This article will detail the primary method of adding keywords to topics using the project editors and then briefly cover and compare the alternative methods such as automatic index creation and adding keywords from individual topics. Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:26:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1524 The Movie Collection Starter Kit is a sample application included with Visual Studio 2005 designed to help you track your collection of movies. Using this kit as a starting point, ComponentOne has released an enhanced version called the C1 Movie Collection Starter Kit, which takes advantage of the improved developer and end-user experience made possible by the Studio Enterprise suite of controls. The primary database-enabled control, C1TrueDBGrid, offers a wealth of sorting, filtering, grouping, and presentation options simply not possible with the standard DataGridView control. Additional enhancements such as printing, reporting, and charting were added with minimal effort. The code is ready-to-run, and with full source code included you can dig in and see how it all works. Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:05:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1506 Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) is a technique for optimizing the communication between Web pages and server-resident data. An AJAX-enabled application can execute server-side logic and update various page elements without reloading the entire page, which reduces server traffic while increasing the perceived responsiveness of the user interface. This article summarizes the AJAX support introduced in the 2006 v2 release of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise, which encompasses the following ASP.NET 2.0 controls: C1WebGrid, C1WebTreeView, C1WebTabStrip, C1WebTopicBar, and C1WebReport. Wed, 17 May 2006 15:09:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1446 ClickOnce is a new feature in Visual Studio 2005 and .NET 2.0 that allows you to deploy WinForms applications to http, ftp, or network servers directly from Visual Studio. Users can simply click a link to install and run the application on their computers, which greatly simplifies application deployment. This article provides detailed instructions for publishing ClickOnce applications that use third-party components such as ComponentOne Studio Enterprise. Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:24:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1407 This article demonstrates some advanced features of the C1FlexGrid control, including owner-drawn cells, merged cell ranges, formatting with styles, custom cell selection, and tool tips. The accompanying sample project (for Visual Studio 2005) implements a derived control, C1FlexCalendar, that can switch between monthly and weekly views of the same data. By exposing a generic interface for appointments, the calendar can function without knowledge of the underlying data source. The sample project also demonstrates how to persist appointment data using XML serialization. Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:09:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1216 NetHelp is Doc-To-Help's cross-browser, searchable Help system designed for Web deployment. This article outlines how to build and deploy NetHelp for viewing on a local machine or publishing on a Web server. Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:14:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1387 ComponentOne Input for .NET (a.k.a. C1Input) includes a variety of data-aware user interface controls for displaying and editing date/time, numeric, textual, and picture data. Developers can use these components directly on Windows Forms or as in-cell editors for the C1FlexGrid and C1TrueDBGrid controls. In addition to the built-in controls, C1Input provides a generic dropdown control that allows arbitrary Windows Forms to serve as the dropdown portion of a combo box. This article demonstrates how to program the C1DropDownControl to display custom dropdowns based on two standard .NET controls, ListView and CheckedListBox. Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:50:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1359 Since its initial release, the C1TrueDBGrid control has supported a GroupBy DataView that allows both end users and developers to configure grid columns in an expandable outline that operates like a TreeView control. Recent additions to the object model and visual designer have extended this capability to provide support for grouping intervals based on the first letter of the underlying value, portions of a date value (day, month, year), Microsoft Outlook-style date ranges, and custom criteria. This article demonstrates how to implement these advanced column groupings by configuring the grid at design time, and also by writing code. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:35:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1331 ComponentOne Preview for .NET (a.k.a. C1Preview) has been completely revised for the .NET Framework 2.0. This article describes the implementation details of a WinForms application, C1SampleViewer, that was written entirely with C1Preview components. This application scans a C1 installation folder for sample projects based on filename and directory structure conventions, constructs a C1PrintDocument that groups the sample projects by product, builds a searchable catalog with images, headers and footers, and hyperlinks, and renders the document within a C1PrintPreviewControl component. Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:37:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1278 ComponentOne ADO.NET DataExtender (a.k.a. C1DataExtender) simplifies data modeling and programming for Windows Forms applications developed with Visual Studio 2005. A single C1DataViewSet component on a form represents a set of views based on DataTables from an ADO.NET 2.0 DataSet, any master-detail relationships between them, and optional runtime characteristics such as display formats and validation rules. Using a visual designer, a developer specifies in a central location a set of views available to bound controls, along with custom application logic. This article describes the key benefits of this new product. Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:42:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1236 ComponentOne Chart for .NET supports data binding via the DataSource property of the C1Chart control and the DataField property of the X and Y elements (of type ChartDataArray) owned by each data series. While this is a convenient technique for simple data-bound plots, it also works with queries that compute summary totals based on values for each row and column. This article demonstrates how to use crosstab queries as a data source for C1Chart to provide automatic data analysis without coding. Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:51:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1207 The ComponentOne reporting layer includes several components that greatly simplify the task of adding reports to .NET and ASP.NET applications. An easy-to-use report designer lets you create XML-based report definitions for display on the Web, or in a WinForms application using the C1PrintPreview control. The reporting layer also includes a document creation engine for rendering free-form reports in code, and a PDF component that works like the .NET Graphics class. Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:30:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1060 This article explains how to use custom fields in the C1Report Designer to add data-bound chart images and gradient fills to reports without coding. In addition to the custom fields provided "in the box," you can easily implement your own custom field assemblies by following the steps outlined in this article. Mon, 08 Aug 2005 14:16:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=1027 From time to time, it may be necessary to run .NET controls on computer systems that do not allow all operations by all applications using .NET. Systems that limit resource access typically do so through the use of the Microsoft .NET Configuration Tool. This article demonstrates how to use this tool to allow ComponentOne controls such as C1FlexGrid to execute within a partially trusted application. Tue, 05 Jul 2005 09:04:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=912 The 2005 v2 release of ComponentOne Studio Enterprise and Studio for .NET introduces the C1BarCode component, which you can use to add barcode images to forms, reports, grid cells, Web pages, and standard .NET PrintDocument objects. C1BarCode features support for the most popular encodings, automatic checksums, and royalty-free distribution. This article demonstrates some programming techniques for using C1BarCode in conjunction with other ComponentOne controls such as C1FlexGrid and C1WebGrid. Wed, 01 Jun 2005 11:34:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=174 ComponentOne DataObjects for .NET (C1DataObjects) is based on Microsoft ADO.NET technology and enhances it in many significant ways to streamline database application development. This article provides an overview of the major benefits of C1DataObjects, including reusable data library assemblies, a virtual mode for large datasets, and support for distributed 3-tier applications. Mon, 04 Apr 2005 12:14:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=176 This article provides a brief overview of the C1WebTopicBar component introduced in the 2004 v4 release of WebMenus and WebBars for ASP.NET. Mon, 04 Apr 2005 11:37:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=71 A popular feature of ComponentOne True DBGrid for .NET is the filter bar, which is a separate row of editable cells between the column headers and the first data row. By typing into a filter bar cell (or selecting a value from a dropdown list), end users can apply filter criteria to one or more columns to limit the set of displayed rows. Although ComponentOne WebGrid for ASP.NET (a.k.a. C1WebGrid) does not have a built-in filter bar, adding one is relatively straightforward, as this article demonstrates. Mon, 04 Apr 2005 11:37:00 EDT http://helpcentral.componentone.com/PrintableView.aspx?ID=175 Documenter for .NET, a feature included in Doc-To-Help Professional, generates MSDN-style documentation from compiled assemblies and XML comment files. This article summarizes the benefits of Documenter for .NET for software developers, technical writers, and Help authors. Mon, 04 Apr 2005 11:37:00 EDT