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INFRAGISTICS OFFERS .NET DEVELOPERS FIRST AVALON UIElement

Infragistics, a leading publisher of development tools for Microsoft .NET, COM and Java platforms, announced it has made available a technology demonstration of UltraGrid for Avalon, a functional Grid control that supports hierarchical data, column sizing, multi-column sorting and "Outlook Group-by."

Written by Infragistics, at the request of Microsoft, UltraGrid for Avalon was showcased at the PDC. The technology demonstration is a world-class example of what could be done in a very short period of time by leveraging the Avalon framework. The control was written from scratch in less than one month's time by two Infragistics developers who had no prior exposure to Avalon. This was made possible by the fact that the Avalon's framework and Infragistics' Presentation Layer Framework (PLF) are remarkably similar - both are based on UIElements and visual trees. In fact, the base class for all visual elements is called UIElement in both the Avalon Framework and our PLF. Since Infragistics has had over three years' experience designing and building components based on UIElements, we were uniquely positioned to leverage the power of Avalon.

To download the UltraGrid for Avalon Technology Demo please visit www.infragistics.com/presscenter/news/avalonGrid.asp.

Designing Applications For All Microsoft Development Environments

Infragistics NetAdvantage 2003 Volume 3 is the single most comprehensive presentation layer toolset on the market. Ideal for designing commercial class applications for all Microsoft development environments -- COM, Windows Forms interface elements for .NET and Web Forms interface elements for ASP.NET -- Infragistics NetAdvantage 2003 Volume 3 is now expanded and comprised of best-of-breed interface elements including Grids, scheduling, charting, toolbars, tabs, explorer bars, menus, listbars, trees, dock manager, UI and editing elements, and more.

NetAdvantage 2003 is a true framework, not just a collection of disparate controls. Infragistics labored hard before writing a line of code to devise a mature architecture based on shared assemblies and common object models. This creates what we refer to as leveraged learning, meaning the effort to learn the first of our controls lets you learn the rest much easier. It also makes it easier to create standardized interfaces for your applications and even create your own elements and inherit from our Presentation Layer Framework.