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Xceed Ultimate Suite 18.1

Xceed Ultimate Suite 18.1
Xceed Ultimate Suite 18.1


An essential set of 158 flexible, reliable and high-performance controls and libraries, for all Windows platforms. UI controls for your application front-ends, and data handling libraries for the back-ends. Frequently updated, and backed by a responsive support and development team whose sole ambition is your complete satisfaction.

98 WPF controls, including the industry’s best datagrid and 9 themes
15 .NET, ActiveX/COM, and Xamarin data manipulation libraries
45 Windows Forms and VB6 controls

The only suite of components that offers user interface controls, including the industry’s best datagrids, as well as data manipulation libraries.

Tremendous value

Equip your development team with all 158 Xceed controls, libraries and tools for all platforms, for just slightly more than the cost of a single one. All components provide royalty-free distribution rights, and unlimited server deployment.

All the included controls libraries are technically superior, and most have at least a 10-year track record of widespread use for rock-solid reliability. The .NET / WPF / Xamarin / Windows Forms components are written in managed code and each type is designed from scratch for their specific framework. The ActiveX/COM components are written in ATL 3.0 and supporting both the STA and MTA multi-threaded apartment models. No external dependencies.

For your application front-ends, you’ll not only find the highest quality controls, but also themes, so you can style your entire WPF application to have the look and feel you need, such as Office-style, Windows Metro, Windows 10, Material Design, or others.

For your application back-ends, you’ll be equipped with easy to use, but incredibly powerful libraries for data compression, file transfer, Word and PDF document manipulation, encryption, encoding and file synchronization.

Trusted

Xceed are not only .NET pioneers, having released the first commercial .NET controls back in 2000, but also ActiveX controls and libraries over 20 years ago in 1995. Xceed software components have been trusted and used in countless bank, insurance, military, government applications, and also by Microsoft in Windows, Visual Studio, Office, and more.

Supported

Xceed software development tools are updated often and our technical support team stands by to help you and your development team with any questions or issues you have, so you can finish projects that use Xceed components on time.

Features

Xceed quality throughout

All libraries are thoroughly and expertly documented and include a variety of sample applications for Visual Studio 2017/2015/2013/2012/2010/2008.
All libraries are written to be efficient and do not depend on external DLLs.
All are multi-threaded.
Different builds for .NET 2.0/3.5 and .NET 4.0-4.6.1 and upcoming.
Different builds for Xamarin.
All libraries are feature-rich yet easy to use due to emphasis on intuitive API design.
Source code for the included .NET, WPF, Windows Forms and Xamarin components available with the Blueprint Subscription.

Compression (.NET/ASP.NET, Xamarin)

Includes Xceed Zip for .NET and Xceed Zip for Xamarin, multi-talented, 100%-managed compression components with built-in Zip, Tar, GZip, AES encryption, file transfer, self-extracting, and filesystem capabilities. Lets you tackle more programming tasks with one single component. Supports every Zip capability under the sun, FTP through HTTP proxy servers, FTPS (SSL), and multi-location file and folder synchronization. Supports PPMd, BZip2 and LZMA compression as well. Compatible with the latest Zip standards popularized by WinZip 12 and up.
Includes Xceed Real-Time Zip for .NET, and Xceed Real-Time Zip for Xamarin, which lets applications read and write Zip archives without resorting to intermediate disk and memory storage. Its “on-the-fly” performance is ideal for high-demand server environments, diskless operations, I/O-intensive web sites, or any situation where memory or disk space is at a premium.
Includes a secondary lightweight compression class library for .NET that easily handles any size byte array and offers a true .NET pass-through stream.

Compression (ActiveX)

Includes Xceed Zip for ActiveX, the industry’s highest-performance and feature-rich Zip / Unzip compression component with self-extracting capabilities. WinZip-compatible AES strong encryption supported.
Includes Xceed Zip for x64, an ActiveX Zip compression library built specifically for the x86-64 processor architecture. Adds Zip & Unzip functionality to your applications quickly and easily. This high-performance 64-bit component has the industry’s richest feature set and works with all languages that support ActiveX or DLLs. Includes WinZip 9.0-compatible AES strong encryption (using 128, 192 or 256 bits) and BZip2.
Includes a streaming compression library module for easy, efficient “raw” compression and decompression functionality, as well as support for .GZ or .BZ2 files.

File Transfer (.NET/ASP.NET, Xamarin)

Includes Xceed FTP for .NET and Xceed FTP for Xamarin, multi-talented, 100%-managed, and efficient class libraries that let you easily add FTP file transfer, Zip, Tar, and GZip capabilities to your .NET, ASP.NET and Xamarin apps through a straightforward and intuitive object model. Lets you do more with one single component. Supports HTTP proxy servers, SSL, and simultaneously multi-location file and folder synchronization. Now supports MODE Z support and the FEAT command.
Includes Xceed SFTP for .NET and Xceed SFTP for Xamarin which let you incorporate robust file transfer, access, and management that uses the SFTP protocol into any .NET / ASP.NET application (.NET 2.0 to .NET 4.6.X) and Xamarin application. Ideal for developers who need to deliver industry-standard security in applications, it uses the SSH file transfer protocol (SSH-2), which is distinct from the commonly used FTP or FTPS (FTP over SSL) protocols and addresses their shortcomings. Uses Xceed’s intuitive file and folder object model.

Document Manipulation (.NET)

Includes the fast and lightweight Xceed Words for .NET for creating or modifying Microsoft Word documents from your .NET applications, without requiring Word or Office to be installed. Also lets you convert Word documents to PDF or create PDF documents from scratch.

File Transfer (ActiveX)

Includes the feature-rich Xceed FTP for ActiveX so you can send, receive, or list files on an FTP server. Supports SOCKS 4 and 5 proxy servers.

Encryption (ActiveX)

Includes Xceed Encryption for ActiveX so you can encrypt and decrypt data with the latest strong algorithms, as well as digitally sign and verify documents.

Binary Encoding (ActiveX)

Includes Xceed Encoding for ActiveX so you can convert binary data into ASCII text or vice-versa in a variety of formats.

User Interface (WPF)

Includes Xceed DataGrid for WPF, the most powerful and most used datagrid for WPF. 100% stylable and templatable, and features rich in-place editing, powerful grouping and hierachical master/detail views, zero-lag data virtualization, and many other features.
Includes Xceed Toolkit Plus for WPF, which provides 98 user interface controls, panels, and themes. It is the number one WPF control toolkit for creating next-generation Windows applications.
Includes Xceed Pro Themes for WPF, that lets you theme your entire WPF application in only a few minutes. Provides 9 themes meticulously created, and backed, by Xceed’s experienced WPF technical design and graphic artist teams.

User Interface (.NET Windows Forms)

Includes Xceed Grid for WinForms, a multi-talented, advanced, and feature-rich grid component for .NET that offers an extensible object model designed to set new standards for flexibility and ease of use. The only grid with a built-in reporting engine. Includes gradient maps with transparency support and interactive visual styles. Includes themes.
Includes Xceed SmartUI for WinForms for creating user-friendly, state-of-the-art Windows Forms apps with ease. Offers 10 controls including menu bars, toolbars, treeviews, and task panes. Includes various Windows and Office themes.
Includes Xceed Editors for WinForms, a modular set of 20 UI input controls and composite input controls. Includes buttons, combos, masked textboxes, and calendar controls that work together allowing you to create your own control combinations such as a resizeable and editable dropdown listbox. Can also be used in Xceed Grid for WinForms as editor controls.
Includes Xceed Docking Windows for WinForms, a full-featured docking windows framework that allows your applications to present windows and forms within a slick docking windows environment. Pixel-perfect and functionally faithful recreation of the one you use in Visual Studio .NET. Supports tabbed-MDI.
Includes Xceed Input Validator for WinForms, providing easy-to-use, self-wiring text validation for your Windows Forms controls. Each validation criterion can be configured visually and is then validated at runtime. Fully customizable error messages. Also works with Xceed Grid for WinForms on cells or rows.

User Interface (Visual Basic 6)

Includes Xceed SmartUI for VB6, the best-selling tool for building Visual Basic 6 user interfaces. Includes over 12 state-of-the-art controls and a modular and versatile framework for creating your own.

Whats New?

Xceed DataGrid for WPF
6.5.18059.19030

The performance of the print preview has been improved.
Exporting is now supported when using a virtualizing CollectionView, such as the DataGridVirtualizingCollectionViewSource.
Exporting via the clipboard is now supported when using a virtualizing CollectionView, such as the DataGridVirtualizingCollectionViewSource.
Print and PrintPreview are now supported when using a virtualizing CollectionView, such as the DataGridVirtualizingCollectionViewSource.
A NullReferenceException is no longer thrown by the TextBlockLite control.
Printing with column stretching now correctly prints columns on the expected page.
A MergedColumn located just before the fixed column splitter can now be correctly hidden when using the column chooser.
The filter row’s glyph is now correctly displayed when loading the DataGrid in certain scenarios, like when in a page of a navigation service.
Text can now be properly searched while data cells are being spanned (merged).
A DataGridInternalException stating that the “DisplayMemberBinding is null” is no longer thrown when trying to export or copy values to the clipboard, or use UIAutomation, on a column that does not target a property on the underlying data item.
The ability to navigate out of the SearchControl with the keyboard is now supported.
StatCell’s content now correctly stretches to take all the available space.
When printing, the same image is no longer duplicated to all the cells of the same column.
DataRows’ mouse over background color in the Windows 7 theme can now be customized through a style.
The caret position is now correctly set when characters are typed in the NumericTextBox while using an input method that builds a composition string (such as Chinese Simplified Pinyin).
Printing the same detail grid on more than one page will now replicate the column headers on each page.
A disabled cell is no longer editable, and will not display an editor.
The auto-filter control now correctly opens up in the Classic and Glass themes, for CardView and CompactCardView.
Fixed namespaces in files generated by Xceed’s Visual Studio theme template wizard.
Xceed Toolkit Plus for WPF
3.6.17613.09190

All controls will now include the Toolkit icon in the Visual Studio Toolbox.
A new control is now available in the Toolkit: the ExtendedTabControl. It displays TabItems in a single line and offers right/left buttons to scroll and a comboBox to navigate to a specific TabItem.
In ListBox, removing a ListBoxItem will no longer cause an exception relative to an unkonwn size.
In MaterialButton, the disabled state will now be visible when a background has been set.
In MaterialTabControl, modifying the TabStripPlacement after the control is loaded will no longer cause a crash.
In UI Automation, the WatermarkTextBox now uses the Value pattern for the Text part.
In AvalonDock, resizing a LayoutAnchorable when its DockWidth property is set to “Auto”, will no longer cause a crash.
In AvalonDock, null checks will now prevent crashes when creating the View.
In AvalonDock, selecting a new LayoutAnchorableTabPanel from an auto sized width panel, will no longer undock the LayoutAnchorableTabPanel.
In AvalonDock, LayoutContent.ContentID is now a bindable dependency property.
In AvalonDock, loading a saved DockingManager containing LayoutAnchorableFloatingWindows or LayoutDocumentFloatingWindows will no longer cause a crash.
In AvalonDock, setting the DockWidth or DockHeight of a LayoutAnchorablePane or LayoutDocumentPane will now correctly adjust the size of the panes.
In AvalonDock, floating windows will no longer have blurry buttons.
In AvalonDock, modifying the theme will now update the side anchored items.
In AvalonDock, to improve the performance when the LayoutGridControl is initialized, children are now updated only for DirectChildren changes.
In AvalonDock, LayoutAnchorablePanes now have the possibility to be docked in a LayoutAnchorableFloatingWindow, when hosted in a WinForm.
In AvalonDock, when the last LayoutDocument is removed, the DockingManager.ActiveContent will no longer have a reference to this last removed LayoutDocument, to prevent a memory leak.
In AvalonDock, the DockingManager.LayoutItemTemplate property will now be applied to LayoutAnchorable controls.
In AvalonDock, the properties DockMinWidth and DockMinHeight are now correctly serialized.
In AvalonDock, using frame navigation with LayoutAnchorableFloatingWindow will no longer cause a crash.
In Calculator, the default Foreground color will now be set to black to make sure its DisplayText value is visible.
In CollectionControlButton, the new CollectionUpdated event will now be raised when an item is added, removed, moved or modified in the collection.
In CollectionControlDialog, using Shapes will no longer throw exceptions.
In ColorPicker, new properties are now available to customize the drop down popup.
In ColorPicker, the AdvancedButtonHeader property is now named AdvancesTabHeader, and the StandardButtonHeader property is now named StandardTabHeader.
In DateTimeUpDown, DateTimePicker and TimePicker, the new AutoClipTimeParts property is now available to clip hours over 24 and minutes/seconds over 60.
In DateTimeUpDown, DateTimePicker and TimePicker, when using a format containing single quotation marks, the value entered will now be correctly parsed.
In DateTimeUpDown, DateTimePicker, TimePicker and MultiCalendar, the DateTime.MinValue and DateTime.MaxValue will now work for all Calendar types.
In MaskedTextBox, the GetIsEditEmpty method will no longer crash when the View becomes null.
In PropertyGrid and NumericUpDowns, the editors for unsigned values (uint, ulong, ushort and sbyte) is now public.
In PropertyGrid, the new PropertyNameLeftPadding property will now be available to modify the spacing on the left of each property name.
In PropertyGrid, the new CategoryGroupHeaderTemplate property will now make it possible to customize the category headers.
In PropertyGrid, moving the mouse over numeric propertyItems will no longer move up and down, or make other propertyItems blurry.
In PropertyGrid, the mouse wheel will now work when the mouse is over a sub property of an expandable property.
In PropertyGrid, PropertyDefinitions are now a bindable dependency property.
In PropertyGrid, when using an attribute editor which is located in another assembly, the propertyGrid no longer throws exceptions and will now cache the used editors.
In PropertyGrid, the default value attribute of a property will no longer overwrite a value set by the user at initialization.
In RichTextBoxFormatBar, the bar will now always appear in its parent RichTextBox.
In TimePicker, when defined in a DataTemplate, binding errors relative to the IsOpen property are no longer thrown.
In TimeSpanUpDown, entering an hour value greater than 24, or a minutes/seconds value greater then 60, will now correctly update the time value.
In Zoombox, exceptions will no longer be thrown when the viewFinderDisplay.AvailableSize is empty.
Xceed Words for .NET
1.4.17620.09420

In PDF Converter, Footnotes and Endnotes will now be converted from Word to PDF.
In PDF Converter, page background and page borders will now be converted from Word to PDF.
In PDF Converter, the conversion of Tables from Word to PDF has been improved.
In PDF Converter, converting a document from Word to PDF will now correctly apply the first line indent for single word paragraphs.
In PDF Converter, the lines’ height will now be calculated by using the font’s LineSpacing.
In PDF Converter, converting tables and pictures from Word to PDF will no longer cause a crash.
In PDF Converter, footers will now be displayed at the correct Y position in the resulting PDF file.
In PDF Converter, images inserted in headers or footers will now be converted to PDF.
In Picture, new properties are now available to use different text wrappings (Square, TopBottom, Through, Tight, BehindText, InFrontOfText), horizontal and vertical alignments, offsets, and distances from text.
The cropping of images will now be supported with the new Cropping property in the Picture class. The conversion to PDF will also manage the cropping.
In Document, the new PageBackground property can now be set to customize the background color of all the document’s pages.
In Document, the new PageBorders property can now be set to display up to 4 different borders in a document page.
In Document, inserting a chart by setting its width and height is now supported.
In Document, adding an image from a stream will no longer throw an exception when the stream is not positioned at the beginning.
In Paragraph, the MagicText property will no longer read the Xml at each call. Instead, the saved data will be used to improve the performance.
In Paragraph, setting an alignment and then calling InsertPicture() with no index will no longer reset the alignment to left.
In Paragraph, the LineSpacingBefore will no longer be added to the preceding paragraph’s LineSpacingAfter, when those values are identical.
In Paragraph, the AppendPageNumber and AppendPageCount methods will now return the paragraph, in order to let users continue adding actions on the paragraph.
In Paragraph, replacing a text without specifying a formatting will now replace all occurrences of that text.
Xceed PDF Creator for .NET
1.4.17620.09420

New library. Shares code with Xceed Words for .NET. Version number starts at v1.4 to match Xceed Words for .NET.
Xceed Grid for WinForms
4.2.17612.14300

Fixed a bug that prevented the designer to persist the columns and cells properly in Visual Studio 2017.
Xceed Zip for .NET and Xceed Zip for Xamarin
6.5.17615.10430

Added the ZipArchive.SkipChecksumOnStoredFiles property that enables updating nested zip files if the outer zip files use the �Stored’ compression method.
The following bits can now be set in ZippedFile and ZippedFolder: FileAttributes.Temporary, FileAttributes.SparseFile, FileAttributes.ReparsePoint, FileAttributes.Offline, FileAttributes.NotContentIndexed, FileAttributes.Encrypted
Xceed Real-Time Zip for .NET
6.5.17615.10430

Fixed a bug where an InvalidZipStructureException could be thrown by ZipReader when a non-seekable (including nested) stream was used as the zip file.
Now available for .NET Standard 2.0 and higher under the name “Xceed Real-Time Zip for .NET Standard”. This means that .NET Core 2.0 and the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications can now use the Xceed Real-Time Zip functionality. As a .NET Standard 2.0 library, Xceed Real-Time Zip can also be referenced by the .NET Framework, Mono and Xamarin. See the following page for details: https://github.com/dotnet/standard/blob/master/docs/versions.md
Xceed Real-Time Zip for Xamarin
6.5.17615.10430

Fixed a bug where an InvalidZipStructureException could be thrown by ZipReader when a non-seekable (including nested) stream was used as the zip file.
Xceed SFTP for .NET and Xceed SFTP for Xamarin
6.5.17615.10430

Fixed a bug where an ArithmeticException was thrown when connecting to certain servers.
Xceed Zip for ActiveX and Xceed Zip for x64
6.5.18059.19230

Fixed a bug where Unzip() would return error xerInsertDiskAbort with certain Zip64 files.
Fixed memory leaks caused by the presence of Zip64 and AES extra headers in zip files.
Unzipping archives that contain items with unknown extra headers will no longer cause a crash.


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