Product Listings

May 19, 2005

This section comprises a comprehensive list of available products and resources for the Visual Studio .NET developer. We provide contact information for each vendor, including how to reach them by phone or on the Internet. Prices are generally based on Professional or Developer editions of products, or Enterprise editions if they seemed appropriate for developer use. Contact vendors for actual prices before comparing products.

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Bug & Feature Tracking

Alexsys Team
Alexsys Team is a multiuser team management system that lets you track work assignments for team members and gives you online status reports. You can use it right out of the box or customize its database, business rules, and tabs.
Alexsys
Version 2.0
$155
www.alexcorp.com
888-880-2539; 781-279-0170

AQdevTeam
AQdevTeam is a highly flexible and customizable project control and management system, enabling the tracking of relevant project information as your team manipulates it. Its design allows for customization of workflows, UI, item types, macros, and more.
AutomatedQA
Version 1.6
$349.99 AQdevTeam server; $249.99 AQdevTeam client; $2,999 site license
www.automatedqa.com
702-891-9424

BugCollector Pro
BugCollector Pro is a multiuser tracking program designed to let you track error reports and feature requests from initial report through resolution. It includes multiuser security and permissions, a report designer, filtering capabilities, and automated e-mail notifications.
Nesbitt Software
Version 4.1
$149.95
www.nesbitt.com

OnTime for Web/Windows/VS.NET
OnTime helps software development and test teams track software projects, defects, features, and tasks. It features a customizable interface; e-mail notifications; Windows, Web, and VS.NET interfaces; and much more.
Axosoft
Version 2005
$149
www.axosoft.com
800-653-0024

Serena ChangeMan DS
Serena ChangeMan DS features seamless integration with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET to ensure Web services applications will be available and secure. You can access and use Serena ChangeMan DS' change-management capabilities directly from the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET environment.
Serena Software
Contact vendor for pricing
www.serena.com
800-457-3736; 650-522-6600

Serena TeamTrack
Serena TeamTrack is a Web-architected, secure, and highly configurable process- and issue-management solution that gives control, insight, and predictability in the application life cycle management process. TeamTrack increases profitability for customers worldwide by creating repeatable, enforceable, auditable, and predictable processes.
Serena Software
Version 6.22.0
$8,995 for 10 users
www.serena.com
800-457-3736; 650-522-6600

SilkPerformer
SilkPerformer is a load-testing tool that enables you to test your applications' reliability, performance, and scalability before they're deployed. It includes support for Oracle's latest OCI API, visual database test scripts, remote component testing, load testing Jacada, load testing MMS centers, UDP, IntelliSense, and dynamic strings in BDL.
Segue Software
Version 6.0
Contact vendor for pricing
www.segue.com
800-287-1329; 781-402-1000

SourceOffSite Classic
SourceOffSite Classic is an add-on utility for software programmers who use Microsoft Visual SourceSafe. It is designed for companies with remote development teams and telecommuters that need fast and secure read/write access to a centralized SourceSafe database through any TCP/IP connection.
SourceGear
Version 3.5.3
$239
www.sourcegear.com
217-356-0105

Surround SCM
Surround SCM helps teams manage change and streamline parallel development. Powerful collaboration features include cross-platform support, advanced branching, linking with defects in TestTrack Pro, fast remote access, e-mail notifications, and IDE integrations, including Microsoft Visual Studio and .NET.
Seapine Software
Version 3.1
Starts at $595
www.seapine.com
888-683-6456; 513-754-1655

TestTrack Pro
TestTrack Pro delivers cross-platform, easy-to-use bug and feature tracking for busy development teams. Powerful features, including defect linking, customizable fields, advanced filters, e-mail notifications, and integration with Microsoft Visual Studio and .NET, help you manage defects throughout the product life cycle.
Seapine Software
Version 7.1
Starts at $295
www.seapine.com
888-683-6456; 513-754-1655

TRACKGEAR
TRACKGEAR is a Web-based defect-tracking solution you can use for finding and squashing bugs in your apps. It lets you work from anywhere with Internet access and features customizable e-mail notification you can schedule at regular intervals to inform your team of the project's status. New features include report escalation, remote Web access, customer support, and concurrent licenses.
LogiGear
Version 3.5
$1,500
www.logigear.com
800-322-0333; 650-572-1400

TrackRecord
TrackRecord provides a tracking system that automates the identification and resolution of program defects. It can also track release dates, status updates, feature lists, and other information related to your projects.
Compuware
Version 6.1
Contact vendor for pricing
www.compuware.com
800-521-9353; 313-227-7300

Visual Intercept Enterprise
Visual Intercept helps you track design flaws, bugs, change requests, audit compliance requirements, support calls, and more. It features integration with Windows SharePoint Services and a built-in screenshot utility. The Windows SharePoint Services integration lets you collaborate on documents such as specifications, requirements, and test plans related to issues and projects.
Elsinore Technologies
Version 3.6
Starts at $850
www.elsitech.com
866-866-0034; 919-532-0022

Charting & Multimedia

ASP Turbine
ASP Turbine generates Flash rich media from ASP and ASP.NET scripts. Turbine is an integrator of dynamic content into rich media, allowing a clean separation between presentation and content.
Blue Pacific Software
Version 7.0
Contact vendor for pricing
www.blue-pacific.com
+351-212-251-028

Aspose.Chart
Aspose.Chart is a .NET charting component that lets you draw 21 types of charts, create charts with various effects, and create charts in flexible ways, including with XML. The product supports both Windows Forms and Web Forms applications. New features include a Chart.SaveToSwf API to implement the flash chart and a DataPoint.URL property to implement clickability on Bar, Pie, and Doughnut charts.
Aspose
Version 1.8
Contact vendor for pricing
www.aspose.com

ComponentOne Chart for .NET
ComponentOne Chart for .NET is a Windows Forms .NET control designed to allow you to create a wide variety of 2-D and 3-D charts, chart cached or streaming data, or display complex data sets in an efficient visual format.
ComponentOne
Version 2005 v1
$499.95
www.componentone.com
800-858-2739

Dundas Chart for .NET
Dundas Chart for .NET is designed for Windows Forms and ASP.NET development. It is a full-featured charting package that gives organizations easy-to-implement, advanced charting to manage and analyze data more effectively.
Dundas Software
Version 4.5
$699
www.dundas.com
800-463-1492; 416-467-5100

Gagnon-Harper Chart
Gagnon-Harper Chart is a .NET charting component that lets you create applications with multivariate charting capabilities by stacking several data sets atop one another. By utilizing more than 130 properties, dozens of events, sub charts, and aggregate features, data visualization is immediate and concise.
Cristal Technologies
Version 2.0
$529
www.cristalcomponents.com
866-522-5327; 858-536-2839

Graphics Server .NET
Graphics Server .NET provides graphing and charting for the .NET development environment. New features include DataSet and DataView providers, and QuickLayout, AutoSizeText, SmoothingMode, custom GDI+ Paint events, and custom ContextMenu abilities.
Graphics Server Technologies
Version 2.5
$899
www.graphicsserver.com
800-231-1293; 206-625-6900

LEADTOOLS Multimedia Imaging Suite
LEADTOOLS Multimedia Imaging Suite is built on the LEADTOOLS Multimedia toolkit and adds the Raster Imaging and Raster Imaging Pro toolkits' functionality and programming interfaces. Features include high- and low-level access to multimedia capture (of stills and motion video with audio), playback, editing, and Internet/teleconferencing capabilities.
LEAD Technologies
Version 14
$1,495
www.leadtools.com
800-637-4699; 704-332-5532

NCTFinancialChart.NET Library
NCTFinancialChart.NET allows you to build desktop or Web-based financial charting applications. You can download financial data from Web servers, import it from text files, store it in MDB or SQL Server databases, and manipulate it with different chart indicators. You can generate charts using existing financial data and save charts to bitmap or image files.
Online Media Technologies
Version 1.1
$249
www.nctsoft.com

NCTSWFProducer.NET Library
NCTSWFProducer.NET Library allows you to create Macromedia Flash files. You can create movies; add frames to existing movies; and add geometrical primitives, text strings, images, and sound to frames. You can use it for designing Web sites or creating dynamic online advertisements and banners.
Online Media Technologies
Version 2.1
$149
www.nctsoft.com

.netCHARTING
.netCHARTING provides charting for ASP.NET Web sites. You can create dynamic multiseries charts from your own database with minimal code. The product supports hundreds of different charting variations, alone or in combination, in both 2-D and 3-D views.
Corporate Web Solutions
Version 3.2
Contact vendor for pricing
www.dotnetcharting.com

Nevron Chart for .NET
Nevron Chart for .NET comprises the Nevron Chart for Windows Forms and Nevron Chart for Web Forms components. Use it to display 2-D and 3-D charts with built-in enterprise-level features such as financial functions, functions based on custom expressions, empty data points, database binding, and more.
Nevron
Starts at $569
www.nevron.com
888-201-6088; 359-2-822-8556

r.a.d.chart
r.a.d.chart is a business-oriented charting component that helps you rapidly build appealing charts that represent data in a people-friendly manner. It features the telerik Quick-Start framework, full Visual Studio .NET design-time support, and MSDN integrated and context-sensitive help.
telerik
Version 2.0
$299
www.telerik.com
888-886-0452; 617-249-2116

TeeChart for .NET
TeeChart for .NET is part of the suite of TeeChart charting tools. Features include hundreds of graph styles in 2-D and 3-D, and 33 mathematical and statistical functions. TeeChart for .NET includes examples for Windows desktop applications, ASP.NET scripted and WebForm examples, and PocketPC applications.
Steema Software
Version 1.0
$499
www.steema.com
34-972-218-797

WebChart (part of NetAdvantage)
WebChart helps you present quantitative and categorical information visually and with ease in ASP.NET applications. WebChart provides all major 2-D and 3-D chart types as well as stacked and multi-chart types, with graphical possibilities that give your charts the look and feel your end users demand.
Infragistics
Version 2005 Volume 1
Starts at $495
www.infragistics.com
800-231-8588; 609-448-2000

WindowsGRAPH
WindowsGRAPH is a 2-D graph control designed for realtime and historical data visualization. It provides trending and charting of time series, and it features an unlimited number of charts and multiple scales.
3D Software Development
$599
www.24x7.com.au
61-40-747-2747

Component Suites for .NET—Desktop and Web

Desaware Universal .NET
Desaware Universal .NET, which includes source code, is a comprehensive development tool for .NET solution providers. It features components for Windows and keyboard hooks, Windows services, OLE Structured Storage, state machines, temporary Web links, and line and scatter graphs. Desaware Universal .NET is composed of nine different Desaware COM/ActiveX, .NET, and ASP.NET products.
Desaware
$495
www.desaware.com
408-404-4760

DotNetMagic
DotNetMagic is a user-interface library for the .NET Framework that lets you add the Visual Studio .NET look and feel to your Windows Forms application. It features a docking windows system that mimics the one available in VS.NET, including the AutoHide capability. You can use the TabbedGroups control to organize your documents in the tabbed MDI style.
Crownwood Software
Version 2.3
$399
www.dotnetmagic.com
44-1344-484635

Elements(Ex)
Elements(Ex) contains 13 controls and components, along with the full set of source code and online documentation that integrates into Visual Studio .NET. Components include ShapedControl, RasClient, Power Meter, Calculator, NumberEdit, DirectoryTree, FileListView, LedLabel, and RotatedLabel.
ComponentScience
Contact vendor for pricing
www.componentscience.net
800-594-9005; 719-471-3806

Essential Studio
Essential Studio is a comprehensive suite with grid, grouping, charting, diagramming, Excel reporting, formula support, PDF creation, enhanced editing, HTML rendering, and a wide array of UI tools. A unique debugging support system allows switching between Debug and Release versions of the library with a single click.
Syncfusion
Version 3.2
Starts at $1,595
www.syncfusion.com
888-936-8638; 919-481-1974

ExchangeBar
ExchangeBar is a navigational control for modular ASP.NET applications. Written in C#, ExchangeBar provides your users with a flexible means of navigating your applications. ExchangeBar supports Internet Explorer 5.0+, Mozilla 1.5+, Netscape 7+, Opera 7+, and FireFox 0.8+.
ComponentScience
Version 1.0
Starts at $49
www.componentscience.net
800-594-9005; 719-471-3806

GridCombo Package
GridCombo Package offers data-presentation and manipulation functionalities for ASP.NET Web development. The integration of data presentation with rich edit controls for data manipulation enables smoother user interaction for better productivity and efficiency.
Intersoft Solutions
Version 2.0
$998
www.intersoftpt.com
+62-21-451-7836

ILOG Rules for .NET
ILOG Rules for .NET lets business analysts use Microsoft Office for business-rule management and edit business rules directly from Microsoft Word. You can integrate business-rule technology right into .NET applications. Rules for .NET includes all the tools necessary to manage business rules throughout their life cycle using the world's most familiar environment.
ILOG
$2,000 per development seat; $20,000 per processor for engine deployment; $20,000 per processor for rules management
www.ilog.com
800-367-4564; 650-567-8000

Janus Controls for Microsoft .NET
Janus Controls for Microsoft .NET consists of 100-percent .NET managed code components. It includes Janus GridEX Control for .NET, Janus Schedule Control for .NET, Janus Timeline Control for .NET, Janus ButtonBar Control for .NET, and Janus ExplorerBar Control for .NET.
Janus Systems
Contact vendor for pricing
www.janusys.com
770-250 6100; 0-11-507-675-0805

Measurement Studio
Measurement Studio is a suite of native classes and controls for developing measurement and automation applications in VS.NET. The Measurement Studio DataSocket .NET library supports CLR data types, WinForms data binding, and serialization for the .NET Framework.
National Instruments
Version 7.1
Starts at $495
www.ni.com
888-280-7645

.NET Instrumentation Professional Pack
.NET Instrumentation Professional Pack is a collection of 55 high-speed, professional-looking controls for GUI design. You can use these controls in engineering, scientific, HMI, and industrial type displays. The product includes standard pack controls, plus compass, motor, pipe, tank, and additional gauges and switches.
Iocomp Software
Version 3.0
$1,099
www.iocomp.com
888-599-2929; 407-226-3456

RichSuite
The RichSuite bundle includes all of Richer Components' four commercially available components, including RichTextBox, an HTML document editor for ASP.NET; RichDatePicker, a fully integrated date and time picker for ASP.NET with built-in support for financial periods; RichSlider, a visual slider for ASP.NET that provides a rich value selection interface; and RichHelpTip, which provides a fully integrated, localized online help system for ASP.NET.
Richer Components
Version 1.1
$499
www.richercomponents.com
800-772-7814

Studio Controls
Studio Controls offers 78 .NET Framework and COM-compliant controls for creating Windows XP-style interfaces, appointment and multi-resource scheduling, and a snap-in navigation interface.
DBI Technologies
$649
www.dbi-tech.com
800-670-8045; 204-985-5770

telerik r.a.d.controls suite
telerik r.a.d.controls suite is a collection of nine ASP.NET components that enable developers to build thin-client applications that come close to the interface and functionality of desktop applications. The suite includes components for WYSIWYG content editing, spellchecking, navigation, charting, and more
telerik
Version Q1 2005
$799
www.telerik.com
888-886-0452; 617-249-2116

TransPort
TransPort is a communications library written in C# for the Microsoft .NET and Compact frameworks. TransPort provides communication with connected devices via RS-232, USB, and Bluetooth; or TCP/IP via Winsock connections. It also supports XModem, YModem, and ZModem transfer protocols.
ComponentScience
Version 2.0
$949
www.componentscience.net
800-594-9005; 719-471-3806

Web.UI for ASP.NET
Web.UI for ASP.NET brings together essential user-interface controls for ASP.NET applications in one integrated package. It includes Menu, TreeView, NavBar, TabStrip, MultiPage, SiteMap, Rotator, and Snap for ASP.NET.
ComponentArt
Version 2.1
$499
www.componentart.com
416-622-2923

WinSuite for .NET
WinSuite for .NET is a collection of user-interface controls, such as a sidebar control similar to that in Outlook, a SmartContainer that automatically adds drop shadows for controls contained in it, a SkinButton that produces a button with nonrectangular shape and different button states, and several more.
SpringSys Technologies
Version 1.4
$268.70
www.springsys.com
603-673-3999

Xceed Ultimate Suite
Xceed Ultimate Suite provides front-end controls (UI) as well as a complete library of back-end (data-manipulation) components. It features more than 45 controls, including grid, chart, menu, toolbar, zip, FTP, and encryption libraries.
Xceed Software
Version 2005 v1
$569.95
www.xceedsoft.com
800-865-2626; 450-442-2626

XtraNavBar Suite
XtraNavBar Suite helps you create easily navigable applications. You can quickly set up and create the look and feel of choice without writing a single line of code. XtraNavBar offers you a myriad of interface options, so you can write less code.
Developer Express
Version 2.5
$99.99
www.devexpress.com
702-262-0609

XtraTreeList Suite
XtraTreeList Suite is a 100-percent native .NET component library that allows you to bypass traditional limits of treeview controls and represent information in bound or unbound mode to your end users in a TreeList metaphor. It is available with or without C# source code.
Developer Express
Version 1.7.7
Starts at $199.99
www.devexpress.com
702-262-0609

XtraVerticalGrid Suite
XtraVerticalGrid Suite helps you develop functional user interfaces for your Windows Forms applications. XtraVerticalGrid can be thought of as an inverted grid control, allowing you to display individual rows from a dataset or to display multiple dataset rows within the container.
Developer Express
Version 1.2.7
Starts at $249.99
www.devexpress.com
702-262-0609

Data Editing, Reporting, & Analysis Tools

ComponentOne Reports for .NET
ComponentOne Reports for .NET adds flexible database reporting to your applications. You can create Microsoft Access-style database reports for your Visual Studio .NET applications quickly and easily.
ComponentOne
$499.95
www.componentone.com
800-858-2739

DynamiCube
DynamiCube is a lightweight ActiveX control that provides flexible analytical interaction with large databases and gives you the advantage of a multidimensional database without creating one. You can add data mining to Web sites easily.
Data Dynamics
Version 3.0
$599
www.datadynamics.com
614-895-3142

Enterprise Blocks
Enterprise Blocks contains a set of .NET Web controls used in Visual Studio that allow you to perform data analysis on SQL Server databases. The controls bind to data sources that provide common data-analysis features, and they work with a services layer that you can access as Windows or Web services.
Enterprise Blocks
Version 2.0
$495
www.eblocks.com

Essential ExcelRW
Essential ExcelRW helps you create and manipulate Excel files with no Microsoft Office dependency. Built from scratch in C#, ExcelRW is a flexible reporting engine for tabular data. The full-fledged object model is similar to the Office interface you can use for manipulating Excel files.
Syncfusion
Version 3.2
Starts at $495
www.syncfusion.com
888-936-8638; 919-481-1974

ExcelWriter
ExcelWriter creates, modifies, and delivers native Excel spreadsheets through the Web to thousands of concurrent users, without requiring Microsoft Excel on the Web server. ExcelWriter generates native Excel from existing Excel spreadsheets, scripts, templates, or any data source. ExcelWriter can be used in all .NET-compliant languages, such as VB.NET and ASP.NET.
SoftArtisans
Version 5.5
Contact vendor for pricing
www.softartisans.com
877-763-8278; 617-738-0777

ILOG Gantt for .NET
ILOG Gantt for .NET comes with a complete set of Windows and Web Form controls for viewing and editing schedules/plans in desktop or server-based applications. Written in C#, you can use it with any .NET language. It incorporates a model view controller architecture that cleanly separates data from views.
ILOG
Version 2.0
$2,990
www.ilog.com
800-367-4564; 650-567-8000

KnowledgeSTUDIO
KnowledgeSTUDIO is a data-mining tool that includes decision trees, cluster analysis, and several predictive models to allow you to mine and understand data from many different perspectives. It includes data visualization tools to support and explain the discoveries.
Angoss Software
Contact vendor for pricing
www.angoss.com
416-593-1122

LGX Info
LGX Info is an extended reporting platform based on .NET and XML technologies. It features Web-based reporting and the ability to create reporting dashboards, which allow customized views of critical information to be displayed to selected people.
LogiXML
Version 7
Starts at $995
www.logixml.com
888-564-4965; 703-748-0020

List & Label
List & Label is a database-independent developer component that equips applications with functions for creating reports, lists, forms, and labels. You can integrate the report generator easily into existing applications.
combit
Version 10
Contact vendor for pricing
www.combit.net
+49-0-7531-906010

MetaReport
MetaReport is a report-building tool that can use multiple data sources of various formats to create reports. You can use MetaReport inside third-party applications as a built-in ActiveX object.
Metamatica Software
Version 2.2.3
$99.95
www.metareport.com

OfficeWriter
OfficeWriter creates, modifies, and delivers Excel and Word reports while maintaining all Excel and Word features, such as VBA/macros, pivot tables, charts, and line drawing.
SoftArtisans
Version 2.5
Starts at $799
www.softartisans.com
877-763-8278; 617-738-0777

OmniView
OmniView is a data-editing and querying tool for Microsoft SQL Server 7/2000. OmniView allows you to examine and change data rapidly. You can examine data from any table or view as you do with a spreadsheet. You can add, change, or delete data without writing any SQL queries, and you can create queries against data using a point-and-click interface.
Krell Software
Version 2.0
$59
www.krell-software.com

Proposion Report Adapter
Proposion Report Adapter connects Microsoft SQL Reporting Services to Lotus Notes back ends. It allows report designers to create reports that draw data directly from Notes databases. It also allows any scheduled report to be deposited into Notes databases automatically.
Proposion
Version 1.0
Starts at $795
www.proposion.com
978-388-7342

Report Sharp-Shooter
Report Sharp-Shooter is a report generator for .NET that lets you create complex reports from multiple data sources. It features various report options, including PDF, HTML, EMF, BMP, JPG, GIF, TIFF, and many more.
9Rays.Net
Version 1.9
Starts at $375
www.9rays.net
206-309-0821; +7-3852-257347

SQL Bundle
SQL Bundle includes SQL Compare, SQL Data Compare, and DTS Compare. SQL Compare compares and synchronizes SQL Server database structures; SQL Data Compare compares content and data; and DTS Compare compares SQL Servers.
Red Gate Software
Version 3.15
Starts at $350
www.red-gate.com
866-733-4283; +44-870-160-0037

SQL Compare
SQL Compare makes it simple to compare and synchronize SQL Server database structures. Developers and DBAs use SQL Compare for fast, accurate database migration.
Red Gate Software
Version 3.2
$195
www.red-gate.com
866-733-4283; +44-870-160-0037

SQL Packager
SQL Packager packages SQL Server databases as executables, letting you package and deploy new or updated databases locally or at remote sites. Databases are packaged as a .NET executable that you can distribute to any machine running the .NET Framework and SQL Server.
Red Gate Software
Version 1.1
$490
www.red-gate.com
866-733-4283; +44-870-160-0037

Stonefield Query
Stonefield Query is a query builder and report writer featuring user-friendly design that makes report writing easy. You can create a version of Stonefield Query for any database, whether it's SQL Server, Oracle, Access, DB2, MySQL, or any other ODBC-compliant database. Then deploy it to your users and let them start creating the ad-hoc reports they need in only five steps.
Stonefield Software
Version 1.1
Contact vendor for pricing
www.stonefieldquery.com
800-563-1119; 306-586-3341

Superior SQL Builder
Superior SQL Builder is a SQL tool that lets you build complete SQL scripts without typing any code. The product introduces new SQL scripting technology that lets you transform your database data.
Red Earth Technologies
Version 1.5
$349
www.superiorsql.com
403-762 2487

VistaDB
VistaDB is an embedded database engine alternative to Jet/Access and MSDE for building robust .NET database applications. It features a 500K footprint with SQL-92 support, a managed .NET data provider, database utilities, and support for .NET 1.1 and 2.0.
Vista Software
Version 2.0
$179
www.vistadb.net
800-653-2949

WebInput.NET
WebInput.NET is an ASP.NET TextBox control with advanced capabilities such as Windows-like DateTimeInput style, Money-like CurrencyInput style, and advanced Access-compatible masking. WebInput.NET lets you format and validate the displayed text according to the supplied format expression.
Intersoft
Version 2.0
$329
www.intersoftpt.com
+62-21-451-7836

WordWriter
WordWriter generates Microsoft Word documents over the Web from existing Word files, templates, and any data source without requiring Word on the server. Documents can be saved locally or viewed instantaneously by thousands of concurrent users. The documents generated by WordWriter are in native Microsoft Word format (.doc) and preserve all of the familiar features associated with Word documents.
SoftArtisans
Version 2.5
Starts at $499
www.softartisans.com
877-763-8278; 617-738-0777

XtraReports Suite
XtraReports Suite, a reporting platform for Windows Forms and ASP.NET developers, gives you the ability to design reports the same way you build WinForms apps. It uses the same code editor (C#, VB.NET, or J#), property grid, component toolbox, alignment toolbar, and all available Visual Studio IDE resources.
Developer Express
Version 1.8
Starts at $299.99
www.devexpress.com
702-262-0609

Data, Network, & Web Connectivity

.NET Internet Component Suite
.NET Internet Component Suite is a set of controls that implement common Internet protocols, including DNS, e-mail checking, FTP, IMCP, time, trace route, and who is components. For example, the Email Checker class library checks e-mail address syntax and validates against the domain's mail server.
ComponentSpace
$499
www.componentspace.com

/n software Red Carpet Subscription
/n software's Red Carpet Subscription is a complete framework for Internet development. It features components for every Internet protocol, SSL, SSH, S/MIME, payment processing, compression, messaging, EDI, and more.
/n software
$1,499
www.nsoftware.com
800-225-4190; 919-402-0590

Active Mail
Active Mail is a suite of .NET components that allows users to send templated and data-bound e-mails, as well as receive and parse messages, using multiple protocols such as SMTP, IMAP4, POP3, and NNTP. The templating feature allows your application's end users to modify all the parameters of the e-mail(s) using an XML external file.
Active Up
Contact vendor for pricing
www.activeup.com
32-0-4-338-40-08

Borland CaliberRM
Borland CaliberRM is a solution for managing requirements throughout the software delivery process. Designed to capture and manage business, technical, functional, and operational requirements, CaliberRM allows stakeholders across the organization to collaborate effectively so that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to specification.
Borland
Version 2005
Starts at $2,000
www.borland.com
800-632-2864; 831-431-1000

Charon.Communications for .NET Framework
Charon.Communications is a serial communications component for the .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework. It is compatible with all physical and virtual serial ports on server, desktop, and mobile devices.
Charon Software
Version 1.1
$299
www.charonsoftware.com
801-437-2911

DataDirect Connect for .NET
DataDirect Connect for .NET brings performance and security to .NET application development. It's built on 100-percent managed code, which means that applications perform better and are not susceptible to common security threats.
DataDirect Technologies
Version 2.1
Contact vendor for pricing
www.datadirect.com
800-876-3101; 919-461-4200

Enterprise Connect Data Access
Enterprise Connect Data Access is the enterprise data solution for gaining transparent access to heterogeneous databases. These components allow applications to interact with non-Sybase and Sybase databases to access, consolidate, and/or update data. It also allows you to develop additional applications using a common interface.
Sybase
Version
Contact vendor for pricing
www.sybase.com
800-879-2273; 925-236-5000

FileUp Enterprise Edition
FileUp Enterprise Edition addresses the needs of any secure upload or download application. It handles multi-GB file transfers, supports Web farms, and functions across firewalls. It solves upload limitations within IIS and ASP.NET by removing restrictions of file size and multiple unsecured servers.
SoftArtisans
Version 5.0
Contact vendor for pricing
www.softartisans.com
877-763-8278; 617-738-0777

HttpWatch
HttpWatch integrates with Internet Explorer to provide HTTP monitoring without the need for separately configured proxies or network sniffers. You interact with a Web site, and HttpWatch displays a log of requests and responses alongside the Web page itself.
Simtec Limited
Version 3.2
$249
www.simtec.ltd.uk
877-537-9407; 44-870-199-4689

OraDirect .NET Data Provider
OraDirect .NET Data Provider is a 100-percent managed .NET data provider for direct access to Oracle server for the Microsoft .NET Framework. The provider is based on ADO.NET technology and uses OCI so you can create lightweight and fast applications working with Oracle.
Core Lab Software Development
Version 2.3
Starts at $99.95
www.crlab.com

PostgreSQLDirect .NET
PostgreSQLDirect .NET is a data provider to access the PostgreSQL database for the Microsoft .NET Framework. It's based on ADO.NET technology, and it uses a native message-based protocol to communicate with PostgreSQL server.
Core Lab Software Development
Starts at $99.95
www.crlab.com

PowerTCP FTP for .NET
PowerTCP FTP for .NET is a File Transfer Protocol component you can use to transfer files using wildcards or streams, or access the data connection directly. Debugging has been extended beyond runtime testing to a new design-time editor that lets you test file transfers without compiling.
Dart Communications
Version 2.2.5
$249
www.dart.com
866-383-3278; 315-339-8040

PowerTCP Mail for .NET
PowerTCP Mail for .NET is an e-mail component that helps you create your .NET e-mail solution. The bidirectional MessageStream technology lets you create, send, retrieve, and edit messages, while the helper classes assist you in managing your e-mail addresses. You can create complex HTML messages with one line of code.
Dart Communications
Version 2.1.1
$499
www.dart.com
866-383-3278; 315-339-8040

PowerTCP Universal Subscription
The PowerTCP Universal Subscription combines all of Dart's components into one package. It includes all PowerTCP ActiveX and PowerTCP .NET components; one year of e-mail support; free updates and upgrades; free newly released components; and a 25-percent discount on additional licenses purchased during the subscription year.
Dart Communications
$2,199
www.dart.com
866-383-3278; 315-339-8040

Proposion N2N
Proposion N2N lets you integrate or migrate Lotus Notes into Microsoft .NET environments with ease. Proposion N2N is a native managed ADO.NET data driver that gives .NET applications access to Notes data and services. It includes extensive Visual Studio .NET integration.
Proposion
Version 2.0
Starts at $799
www.proposion.com
978-388-7342

ScaleOut StateServer
ScaleOut StateServer is an in-memory, distributed data store that runs directly on server farms to store session state. It offloads the database and increases performance. It also installs as a Windows service and runs transparently to ASP.NET applications.
ScaleOut Software
Version 1.0
$4,495
www.scaleoutsoftware.com
503-643-3422

Smtp.NET
Smtp.NET is an e-mail component for .NET that features HTML e-mail with automatic image embedding, authentication, mail merge, multiple attachments, multiple recipients, and more. It also supports message queuing on IIS and emailQ.NET. ZIP-compress attachments automatically.
ExclamationSoft
Version 3.0
$99.95
www.exclamationsoft.com
866-489-0111; 267-895-1726

Development Tools

AmberPoint Express
AmberPoint Express is a no-cost developer's tool that helps Web services professionals monitor, analyze, diagnose, and test Web services. AmberPoint Express will be distributed with the coming version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
AmberPoint
Free
www.amberpoint.com
510-663-6300

AMS CodeCrawler
AMS CodeCrawler indexes source code libraries automatically, making it possible for developers, architects, and testers to find existing enterprise software life-cycle assets easily. Advanced reports and analysis tools are also available, providing unprecedented visibility into your code base.
OSTnet
Version 1.2
$20,000
www.ostnet.com
866-867-8638; 514-278-7678

Antechinus C# Editor
Antechinus C# Editor is a visual development tool that lets you design, edit, compile, and run Windows and Web programs. The Visual Forms tool lets you design Windows forms and dialogs visually by dragging and dropping buttons, textboxes, and other objects from the toolbar.
C Point
Version 6.0
$49.95
+61-8-8263-3623
www.c-point.com

ANTS Load
ANTS Load is software for load, scalability, and stress testing of .NET Web applications and XML Web services. There is a version for individual developers and small teams, and for enterprises with hundreds to hundreds of thousands of users.
Red Gate Software
Version 1.6
$495
www.red-gate.com
866-733-4283; +44-870-160-0037

appRadius for .NET
appRadius is a RAD environment for developing .NET Web applications. It includes more than 40 ASP.NET controls, an API, and a patent-pending technology for emulating commercial applications such as Microsoft CRM.
appStrategy
Version 1.5
$1,495 dev suite; $175 per user
www.appstrategy.com
269-345-3111

Automated Build Studio
Automated Build Studio is a build and release management system. It offers a visual environment for the creation of automated build processes with more than 200 different built-in operations and support for continuous integration processes.
AutomatedQA
Version 1.4
$349.99 per user; $2,999 for site license
www.automatedqa.com
702-891-9424

AutoPlay Media Studio
AutoPlay Media Studio lets you create multimedia software applications using a WYSIWYG environment. Drag and drop videos, images, Flash, HTML, music, and other objects onto pages and add interactivity using the action wizard.
Indigo Rose
Version 5.0
$349
www.indigorose.com
800-665-9668; 204-946-0263

C-Sharpener For VB
C-Sharpener For VB lets you work in either the VB or C# programming environment and convert the code with a 99-percent success rate. The product converts lines of code with the Microsoft API for creating Visual Studio files, which protects the integrity of the project and ensures forward compatibility. C-Sharpener for VB also converts Windows applications, class libraries, Windows control libraries, ASP.NET Web apps, Web control libraries, console apps, and Windows services.
Elegance Technologies
Version 1.4
$199
www.elegancetechnologies.com

Code Co-op
Code Co-op is a version-control system for distributed development supporting collaboration from any location. No server is required. It gives you access to project files regardless of a network connection.
Reliable Software
Version 4.5
$159
www.relisoft.com
206-361-6679

CodeBox for .NET
CodeBox for .NET is a utility that lets you store VB.NET and C# code into Access, MSDE, or SQL Server 7/2000 databases. You can store individual methods, classes, modules, structures, interfaces, or partial code snippets. You can browse the code with a treeview-based explorer, search, bookmark, print and export code items to HTML, organize them in categories by using drag-and-drop, and more.
VB2TheMax
$79
www.vb2themax.com

CodeCharge Studio
CodeCharge Studio features improved C# and VB code generation and management, editable grids for advanced data publishing, a Yahoo!-style index/directory, file upload components, and an add-in for Microsoft FrontPage. The IDE has diagramming capabilities that enable you to create visual representations of your Web applications in the form of UML-like diagrams.
YesSoftware
Version 2.3
Starts at $139.95
www.codecharge.com
888-241-7338

CodeMax
CodeMax is a color syntax-highlighting code editor control for Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP, and .NET Server. Language-specific keywords, comments, and strings are colored differently to set them apart from plain text, and it features fully customizable keyboard mappings. Users can record up to 10 macros and create up to four separate views of the same edit buffer.
WinMain Software
Version 4.0
$199
http://winmain.com

DeKlarit
DeKlarit enables you to design, develop, and maintain database applications using business knowledge. DeKlarit creates and maintains a normalized schema automatically when you define a business framework. You describe your data requirements and business rules, and DeKlarit builds a normalized data model and business logic.
ARTech
Version 3.2
$899
www.deklarit.com
866-245-4353; 312-836-9242

Delphi
Delphi is a development solution for Windows. Ease Windows development tasks with Delphi, C#, Microsoft .NET Framework, and Win32 support for GUI, Web, database, modeling, and ALM in one hyperproductive RAD environment.
Borland
Version 2005
Starts at $1,090
www.borland.com
800-632-2864; 831-431-1000

Evolution
Evolution is a source-control and version-management tool that helps you eliminate resource-consuming edit-merge cycles, and it lets every team member know in real time when any change occurs to a file or component.
ionForge
Version 2.0
Contact vendor for pricing
www.ionforge.com
877-437-7716; 949-679-9654

Flywheel
Flywheel is a code-centric tool for designing, visualizing, and refactoring .NET solutions. It features visual refactoring tools; visualization and analysis of multiproject, multilanguage solutions; and improved loading, parsing, and graphics performance.
Velocitis
$249
www.velocitis.com
325-347-0414

HP Openview Application Management Integration Toolkit
HP Openview Application Management Integration Toolkit (AMIT) allows you to add management functionality to your applications so that they can be easily managed by HP OpenView Operations.
Hewlett-Packard
Version 1.0
Free
http://devresource.hp.com

IMSL C# Numerical Library
IMSL C# Numerical Library provides mathematics and statistics for .NET applications, allowing you seamless analytics capabilities for .NET. It's written in 100-percent Visual C#.
Visual Numerics
$1,695
www.vni.com
925-415-8300

IncrediBuild
IncrediBuild speeds up C/C++ builds by adding distributed compilation capabilities to the Visual Studio environment. As a result, you can achieve a 90-percent cut in build times for any Visual Studio project, without requiring any changes in code.
Xoreax Software
Version 2.2
Starts at $299
www.xoreax.com
+972-52-324-4247

Instant C#
Instant C# helps you convert VB.NET projects to C#. More than 99 percent of lines require no post-conversion adjustment; the percentage is reduced for code not having Option Strict set or code heavily dependent on late binding or COM interop.
Tangible Software Solutions
Version 2.0
$179
www.instantcsharp.com
604-930-9949

Instant VB
Instant VB converts C# code to VB.NET at the project or code-snippet level. Instant VB converts code both accurately (99.98-percent effective on Microsoft Press' 101 C# Sample Projects) and quickly (more than 50,000 lines per minute).
Tangible Software Solutions
Version 1.0
$139
www.instantvb.com
604-930-9949

IQstudio
IQstudio helps you develop analytical imaging applications. It includes VBA, which lets you create and test application development quickly, without compiling. IQlogic, the object model exposed by IQstudio and the IQ runtime objects, includes more than 165 objects for image processing, enhancement, filtering, manual/automatic measurement, analysis, calibration, annotation, reporting, and databasing.
Media Cybernetics
Contact vendor for pricing
www.mediacy.com
301-495-3305

IronWorks
IronWorks is a template-based universal code generator that reads a database schema, allows the user to set extended properties for tables and columns, and applies templates to each table to generate code. The templates access the IronWorks object model to produce tailored programs and components.
eSolutions
Version 1.2
$549
www.esolutionspr.com
787-282-0829

Merge
Merge is a visual file comparison/merging and folder synchronization application. It helps you compare and work with different revisions of text files, including ASCII, MBCS, and Unicode files. Side-by-side comparison with linking lines helps you pinpoint similarities and differences between files. Point-and-click merging and in-place editing gives you control over the merged file as you create it.
Araxis
Version 6.5
$129
www.araxis.com
+44-0-1624-845-551

MKS Integrity Suite
MKS Integrity Suite is a flexible, process-centric software-configuration and change-management solution that allows enterprise software teams to improve process maturity and corporate governance, meet regulatory requirements, and accelerate ROI.
MKS
Version 2005
Contact vendor for pricing
www.mks.com
800-265-2797; 519-884-2251

MZ-Tools
MZ-Tools extends the Visual Basic or VS.NET IDEs with new menus, toolbars, and more. You can use MZ-Tools to insert exception handlers and snippets of code, and you can use assistants to create new procedures, message boxes, and connection strings.
MZTools Software
Version 4.0
$399.95
www.mztools.com

NT Service Toolkit (part of Universal .NET)
NT Service Toolkit allows the creation of more robust and complex services than the .NET Framework. It includes a built-in service simulator, which makes it possible to test and debug services without installing them as a service.
Desaware
Version 2.0
$495
www.desaware.com
408-404-4760

Openmake
Openmake liberates developers from writing Nmake or NAnt/XML scripts. Openmake solves the .NET build problems that normally require manual scripting by supporting cross project (.csproj) and cross solution (.sln) builds.
Catalyst Systems
Version 6.3.1
Contact vendor for pricing
www.openmake.com
800-359-8049; 312-440-9545

Parasoft .TEST
Parasoft .TEST is a coding standards analysis and unit-testing tool that automatically tests classes written on the .NET Framework without requiring you to write a test scenario or stub. .TEST automatically performs a complete range of coding standards checks and unit tests on .NET assemblies.
Parasoft
Version 2.0
$1,795
www.parasoft.com
888-305-0041

Passage Portal
Passage Portal enables you to deliver personalized Web portals. It manages all administrative functions centrally, and hosts portal building blocks called Web Parts to create portal solutions. It provides a single workspace, accessible from any Web browser; allows you to categorize and search efficiently; and works with intranets, extranets, and the Internet.
Cubic Compass Software
Version 5
Contact vendor for pricing
www.cubiccompass.com
866-345-7654; 503-245-7654

Perforce
Perforce tracks and manages source code and digital asset development for software production environments. It is easy to install, learn, and administer. It handles distributed development, and it supports developers across more than 50 operating systems.
Perforce Software
Version 2004.2
Contact vendor for pricing
www.perforce.com
510-864-7400

Perl Dev Kit
Perl Dev Kit provides essential tools for Perl programmers, making it easy to build and deploy applications. You can turn your Perl programs into ready-to-run executables for HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, and Windows. You can debug Perl scripts, manage your local Perl installations visually, and create .NET and ActiveX components, Windows services, and system tray applications, all written in Perl.
ActiveState
Version 6.0.1
Contact vendor for pricing
www.activestate.com
866-541-3186; 604-484-6400

PortController.NET
PortController.NET is a serial communications component that simplifies RS-232 communication in the .NET Framework. It provides an API that enables .NET developers to add support for multithreaded serial port communications without dealing with thread management or RS-232 protocol details.
Scientific Component
$399
www.scientificcomponent.com
800-840-5991; 267-448-4929

PowerDesigner
PowerDesigner is a set of modeling tools that combines several standard modeling techniques: application modeling through UML, Business Process Modeling techniques, and traditional database modeling techniques.
Sybase
Version 11.0
Contact vendor for pricing
www.sybase.com
800-879-2273; 925-236-5000

SocketTools Library Edition
SocketTools Library Edition is a collection of TCP/IP networking libraries for the Windows operating system with 100-percent compatibility with Visual Studio .NET. New features include lower resource utilization and no external dependencies; an expanded API with 18 libraries and more than 800 functions; and full compatibility with VS.NET, including VB.NET and C#.
Catalyst Development
Version 4.0
Starts at $395
www.catalyst.com
800-776-3818; 760-228-9653

SocketTools Visual Edition
SocketTools Visual Edition is a collection of TCP/IP networking components for Windows. It is 100-percent compatible with Visual Studio .NET, including VB.NET and C#. It supports both synchronous and asynchronous network connections, as well as proxy servers, including secure proxies, using FTP and HTTP.
Catalyst Development
Version 4.0
$395
www.catalyst.com
800-776-3818; 760-228-9653

Spices.NET
Spices.NET is a set of .NET plug-ins that offers a range of services such as protecting your intellectual property by preventing disassembling, decompilation, modeling, PE/metadata browsing, and verification tools. The set includes five components: Obfuscator, Decompiler, Modeler, Investigator, and Informer.
9Rays.Net
Version 4.5
$692.95
www.9rays.net
206-309-0821; +7-3852-257347

SQL2000Print
SQL2000Print helps you produce professional-style documentation of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 schema objects (tables, views, stored procedures, roles, transaction logs, and more), including their dependencies and permissions. You can print or export the output to RTF, HTML, or PDF.
StarPrint
Version 1.1
$59
www.starprint2000.com
+44-118-977-0764

Standards Master 2004
Standards Master 2004 checks your .NET code against flexible, configurable coding standards that you define, reporting any violations it finds. It supports many naming conventions and can correct the variable names automatically as you type.
FlexiSoft Solutions
Version 2004
Starts at $199
www.flexisoftsolutions.com
901-861-3063

StateCoder (part of Universal .NET)
StateCoder is a .NET class framework that makes it easy to create and support state machines using VB.NET or C#. Typical uses include any multithreaded project, predictive ASP.NET projects, and projects that manage asynchronous calls or background operations.
Desaware
Version 1.1
$495
www.desaware.com
408-404-4760

Stylus Studio XML
Stylus Studio XML is an XML IDE that simplifies working with XML, XSL/XSLT, XML Schema/DTD, XQuery, XPath, Web Services, XML Mapping, and SQL/XML.
DataDirect Technologies
Version 6
$495
www.stylusstudio.com
781-280-4488

TemplateMailer
TemplateMailer is a server control that lets you parse your .NET form fields and e-mail the results using templates. It supports text and HTML e-mail, autoresponses, and multiple log formats including XML and comma-delimited formats.
Tectonic Concepts
Version 3.2.5
Contact vendor for pricing
www.templatemailer.com
502-897-2444

Total .NET Analyzer
Total .NET Analyzer increases the quality and performance of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET applications. Total .NET Analyzer detects more than 150 potential issues in C# and Visual Basic .NET project source code.
FMS
Version 1.1
$499
www.fmsinc.com
866-367-7801; 703-356-4700

Total .NET Developer Suite
Total .NET Developer Suite includes Total .NET Analyzer, Total .NET SourceBook, and Total .NET XRef.
FMS
$999
www.fmsinc.com
866-367-7801; 703-356-4700

Total .NET SourceBook
Total .NET SourceBook is a code library for Visual Studio .NET that contains thousands of lines of C# and Visual Basic .NET code. It features hundreds of categories, samples, tips, how-tos, and royalty-free code. It includes examples covering all the important .NET classes, and it offers practical advice on .NET coding.
FMS
Version 1.1
$399
www.fmsinc.com
866-367-7801; 703-356-4700

Total .NET XRef
Total .NET XRef allows you to click on any object in the source code and instantly get all places where that object is used. Total .NET XRef locates object references that are missed by the built-in Visual Studio .NET search tools.
FMS
Version 1.1
$199
www.fmsinc.com
866-367-7801; 703-356-4700

Total SQL Analyzer PRO
Total SQL Analyzer PRO provides professional analysis to SQL Server.
FMS
Version 1.0
$999
www.fmsinc.com
866-367-7801; 703-356-4700

Total SQL Statistics
Total SQL Statistics provides an array of statistical analysis for SQL Server applications. Total SQL Statistics generates code and supports Visual Basic 6 and Visual Studio .NET.
FMS
Version 1.0
$999
www.fmsinc.com
866-367-7801; 703-356-4700

VBAcodePrint
VBAcodePrint helps you produce professionally styled syntax-highlighted output of applications written using VBA and all other VBA-enabled applications. You can print or export the output to RTF, HTML or PDF.
StarPrint
Version 6.1
$59
www.starprint2000.com
+44-118-977-0764

Visual Documents
Visual Documents is a source code generator that creates the source code to print complex documents in any language depending on the translator you use. Visual Documents creates VB6 source code by default to print the document you design on the editor.
Neuron Labs
Version 2.3
Contact vendor for pricing
www.neuronlabs.com
+52-444-558-4998; +52-444-812-6383

Visual Python
Visual Python is a plug-in for Visual Studio .NET that lets you use Python-specific features within the familiar Visual Studio environment to provide ease of use and accelerated development cycles.
ActiveState
Version 1.8.2
$295
www.activestate.com
866-541-3186; 604-484-6800

Visual SQL-Designer
Visual SQL-Designer helps you re-engineer SQL code acquired from external applications and broadcast the obtained code to a visual development environment, generating the required object bundles and calculated field filters automatically. Visual SQL-Designer can generate queries for multiple databases simultaneously.
VisualSoft
Version 3.99
$199
www.visualsoftru.com
+7-916-681-1888

VMware GSX Server
VMware GSX Server is enterprise-class virtual infrastructure software for x86-based servers, delivering scalability, reliability, and high availability to maximize return on IT investments while streamlining software development and testing operations and provisioning servers rapidly to local or remote locations.
VMware
Version 3.1
Starts at $1,400
www.vmware.com
877-486-9273; 650-475-5000

VSNETcodePrint
VSNETcodePrint enhances the source code printing for Visual Studio .NET 2003, enabling you to produce professionally styled syntax-highlighted output that has unlimited uses. You can print or export the output to RTF, HTML or PDF.
StarPrint
Version 7.1
$59
www.starprint2000.com
+44-118-977-0764

Grid Components—Web Forms

ASPxGrid and Editors Library
ASPxGrid and Editors Library supports Outlook-style grouping—multicolumn sorting and data summaries—with a built-in data navigator and more. It's designed to exploit all the capabilities built into ASP.NET. The package also includes 15 editors that you can use in standalone mode or in grid cells for in-place value editing.
Developer Express
Version 2.0
$279.99
www.devexpress.com
702-262-0609

Constructor()
Constructor() creates object-relational mappings, business entity code, and user interfaces from a database schema, UML model, or from scratch, allowing you complete control over business logic and front-end design. It was developed specifically for the .NET platform and is tightly integrated into the Visual Studio .NET IDE.
Dot Net Builders
Version 2.0
$199
www.dotnetbuilders.com
760-231-9502

DbNetGrid
DbNetGrid is a replacement for the ASP.NET DataGrid that provides users with many features that other grids require you to code. Users can search, navigate, sort, update, add, delete, export, upload, link, nest, print, and copy with no additional code.
DbNetLink Limited
Contact vendor for pricing
www.dbnetlink.co.uk
44-1454-629-607

Spread for Web Forms
Spread for Web Forms supports bound or unbound modes, full Excel import/export, multiple sheets, formulas, cross-sheet referencing, complete customization at the cell level, and more.
FarPoint Technologies
Version 2.0
$699
www.fpoint.com
800-645-5913; 919-460-4551

WebGrid.NET Enterprise
WebGrid.NET Enterprise helps with your data-presentation and manipulation needs. More than 75 new features and enhancements help you design, develop, and deploy interactive and scalable Web applications.
Intersoft Solutions
Version 3.5
$799
www.intersoftpt.com
+62-21-451-7836

Grid Components—Win Forms

Essential Grid
Essential Grid offers Excel-like grid functionality and grouping support for both flat and hierarchical data sources. It allows detailed customization down to the cell level. It features multilevel undo/redo, shared scrollbar support, data/view separation, floating cells, more than 15 cell types, and extensibility.
Syncfusion
Version 3.2
Starts at $595
www.syncfusion.com
888-936-8638; 919-481-1974

FlyGrid.Net
FlyGrid.Net is a fast, lightweight, and customizable Windows.Forms Tree/Grid control that manages data. It offers power and flexibility to display, manage, and manipulate tabular and hierarchical data.
9Rays.Net
Version 1
$287.95
www.9rays.net
206-309-0821; +7-3852-257347

Janus GridEX Control for .NET
The Janus GridEX Control for .NET is designed to display and manipulate data using an intuitive user interface patterned after Microsoft Outlook. It has built-in multilingual sorting capabilities, and you can sort the columns as strings, numbers, or dates (even while grouped).
Janus Systems
Contact vendor for pricing
www.janusys.com
0-11-507-675-0805; 770-250 6100

Spread for Windows Forms
Spread for Windows Forms supports in-cell editing, multiple sheets, splitter bars, printing, zooming, Excel import/export, cell notes, cell types, cell spans, multi-line headers, sorting, complete customization at the cell level, formulas, hierarchy view, and more.
FarPoint Technologies
Version 1.0
$799
www.fpoint.com
800-645-5913; 919-460-4551

Xceed Grid for .NET
Xceed Grid for .NET is a Windows Forms grid control designed to combine the capabilities of bound and unbound grids while improving on flexibility, reliability, and display speed. You can inherit from and extend every class for true flexibility, and you can use any .NET control as a cell viewer or editor.
Xceed Software
Version 2.5
Starts at $349.95
www.xceedsoft.com
800-865-2626; 450-442-2626

XtraGrid Suite
XtraGrid is a Grid, CardView, and Data Editors Library for Visual Studio .NET. It features standard two-dimensional tables, runtime grouping and column customization, master/detail relationships, and card views. Source code is available.
Developer Express
Version 3.0
Starts at $299.99
www.devexpress.com
702-262-0609

Help Authoring

Document! X
Document! X shortcuts the process of creating and maintaining documentation and context-sensitive online help for APIs developed in Microsoft .NET, COM, databases, and XSD Schemas. It includes Visual Comment Editors for VS.NET and VB6.
Innovasys
Version 4.1
Contact vendor for pricing
www.innovasys.com
+44-1803-690340

Gnostice eDocEngine ActiveX/.NET
Gnostice eDocEngine ActiveX/.NET is a generic electronic document creation component suite for Visual Studio and VS.NET. It lets you create electronic documents in more than 18 formats, including PDF, RTF, HTML, Excel, TIFF, SVG, PNG, JPEG, and Metafile.
Gnostice Information Technologies
Version 2.0
$399
www.gnostice.com
+91-80-2336-7206

HelpStudio
HelpStudio helps you create and publish HTML, HTML Help, Help 2.0, and PDF help systems and integrate them with desktop and Web applications or components. HelpStudio combines a WYSIWYG authoring environment with HTML-based layout templates.
Innovasys
Version 2.0
Contact vendor for pricing
www.innovasys.com
+44-1803-690340

HyperText Studio
HyperText Studio is a WYSIWYG hypertext authoring tool. You can create Web sites and help files with multiple users working together on the same project. Frame, ImageMap, and Cascading Style Sheet editors help you create functional sites.
Olson Software
Version 4.1
$199
www.olsonsoft.com
64-6-353-6362

Nevron Help Assistant
Nevron Help Assistant is a Visual Studio 2003 add-in that can integrate with Microsoft Help 2 projects and deliver rich help-authoring functionality. You can create cross-references inside a large project with a few clicks and publish your help online.
Nevron
Version 3.1
Starts at $169
www.nevron.com
888-201-6088

RoboHelp Office
RoboHelp Office is a help-authoring tool that makes it easy to develop help systems with an integrated WYSIWYG HTML editor, Microsoft Word, or any commercial HTML editor. It offers single-sourcing capabilities, including conditional text, that allow you to create WebHelp, Microsoft HTML Help, WinHelp, JavaHelp, Oracle Help, and print-quality documentation. It also supports the creation of help systems in 10 languages.
Macromedia
Version X5
$999
www.macromedia.com
800-457-1774; 415-832-2000

VBdocman .NET
VBdocman .NET lets you generate technical documentation for your VB.NET and ASP.NET projects automatically. It parses source code and automatically creates tables of contents, indexes, topics, cross-references, and context-sensitive help.
Helixoft
Version 2.1
$229
www.vbdocman.com/net

Imaging & Graphics

Barracuda
Barracuda provides real-time generation of linear, postal, or two-dimensional barcodes for ASP.NET, WinForms, and Compact Framework applications. It also provides all symbologies and all frameworks.
ComponentScience
Version 1.1
Starts at $499
www.componentscience.net
800-594-9005; 719-471-3806

ByteSize Barcodes
ByteSize Barcodes lets you add barcodes to either your Windows Forms or Web Forms applications; it includes full design-time development support. ByteSize Barcodes includes Code39, Code128, EAN.UCC 128, UPC-A and UPC-E, EAN13, EAN8, Code11, Code93, Codabar, and Interleaved/Standard 2 Of 5.
XHEO
Version 1.1
$79.99
www.xheo.com
951-302-1288

DotAnnotate
DotAnnotate is a 100-percent managed .NET Windows Forms component that adds annotation capabilities used to mark up and draw objects onto an image or document. These annotations can be independently resized, moved, placed on different layers or groups, and saved to a separate file.
Atalasoft
Version 1.1
$399.99
www.atalasoft.com
866-568-0129

DotImage
DotImage uses many of the same design patterns as the .NET Framework. You can enhance a photo or document imaging product by adding new imaging commands and image codec formats. There is no need to register any ActiveX controls and deal with the issues of COM interop.
Atalasoft
$499.99
Version 2.1
www.atalasoft.com
866-568-0129

DotTwain
DotTwain offers object-oriented design with a TWAIN extension to the .NET Framework. Create a custom interface to scan images, or use the default TWAIN interface. It features automatic document feeder support with full control of the feeder operations.
Atalasoft
$399.99
Version 1.0
www.atalasoft.com
866-568-0129

Essential Diagram
Essential Diagram is a customizable retained-mode interface framework for developing Microsoft Visio-like interactive 2-D graphics and diagramming applications. It stores graphical objects in a node (scene) graph and renders those objects onto the screen. It supports both vector and raster graphics on the drawing surface.
Syncfusion
Version 3.2
$495
www.syncfusion.com
888-936-8638; 919-481-1974

GoDiagram
GoDiagram for Windows Forms and Web Forms are .NET class libraries containing a set of controls for building interactive diagrams in any .NET-based application. You can customize GoDiagram by setting properties on views, documents, and objects, or by providing event handlers for the controls.
Northwoods Software
Version 2.1
$1,790
www.nwoods.com
800-226-4662; 603-886-5780

GpsTools
GpsTools lets you include GPS and mapping support in your Visual Studio applications. GpsTools provides access to GPS position, speed, and satellite information without requiring you to know low-level GPS protocols.
Franson Technology
Version 2.2
$79
http://franson.biz/gpstools/
+46-8-612-50-70

ImageDraw for ASP.NET
ImageDraw for ASP.NET is a server control that generates real-time on-the-fly images for ASP.NET Web applications. Use ImageDraw to deliver dynamically generated images such as charts, diagrams, or any other graphical application in formats such as GIF, JPG, PNG, and BMP.
Neodynamic
Version 1.0
$39.90
www.neodynamic.com
570-708-8780

ImageDraw for ASP.NET Mobile
ImageDraw for ASP.NET Mobile can render image files or a GDI+ image object to the image format preferred by the client's mobile device. It reads and writes WBMP images and can resize the image to fit the mobile device's screen automatically.
Neodynamic
Version 1.0
$44.90
www.neodynamic.com
570-708-8780

ImageLib Corporate Suite
ImageLib Corporate Suite provides you with tools to create robust imaging applications. The document imaging component offers scanning (more than 100 pages per minute on some scanners) through new "multithreaded, scan, and save" technology.
SkyLine Tools Imaging
Version 7.0
Contact vendor for pricing
www.imagelib.com
800-404-3832; 818-346-4200

ImgXASP
ImgXASP is an apartment-threaded, ActiveX in-process DLL server for use with ASP client/server applications. It allows you to include advanced imaging in Web server applications. It processes images with more than 100 built-in filters, transforms, and effects; creates images, buttons, and text; and supports multiple-page 1-bit documents.
Atalasoft
Version 6.4
$369
www.atalasoft.com
866-568-0129; 413-572-4443

LEADTOOLS Raster Imaging Pro SDK
LEADTOOLS Raster Imaging Pro SDK is an image-processing app that includes TWAIN 1.9 support and memory-buffered transfer with or without compression, and it lets you get and set all capabilities defined in TWAIN 1.9. It also eliminates the time-consuming process of supporting color conversion, display, and image compression in your apps.
LEAD Technologies
Version 14
$995
www.leadtools.com
800-637-4699; 704-332-5532

LEADTOOLS Vector Imaging Pro SDK
LEADTOOLS Vector Imaging Pro SDK helps you create 2-D and 3-D viewers, editors, and converters that support both vector and raster image formats. You eliminate the need to install or license the more expensive original application that created the vector files, and you only have to include the functionality for your specific needs.
LEAD Technologies
Version 14
$1,995
www.leadtools.com
800-637-4699; 704-332-5532

Map Suite
Map Suite lets you add mapping functionality to your applications with any .NET-compatible language. Map Suite comes in three different editions: Map Suite Winforms Edition; Map Suite Webforms Edition; and Map Suite Map Engine Edition.
Spatially Aware
Version 1.0
Contact vendor for pricing
www.spatiallyaware.com
877-847-7510; 785-727-4133

MapForce
MapForce is a visual data-integration tool that autogenerates data-mapping code in various output languages such as XSLT and Java. It enables XML-to-XML or database-to-XML data transformations. You can convert any relational data to XML by drawing visual mappings from relational databases to any data model expressed in XML schema.
Altova
Version 2005
$299
www.altova.com
978-816-1600

MapObjects
MapObjects is a collection of embeddable mapping and GIS components you can use to create applications that include dynamic live maps and GIS capabilities. The latest version features support for Visual Studio .NET (VB.NET and C#), new sample applications and useful documentation for getting started with MapObjects in Visual Studio .NET, tracking layer smoothing, an improved projection engine (along with new formats), and enhanced labeling.
ESRI
Version 2.3
$5,000
www.esri.com
800-447-9778; 909-793-2853

MetaDraw .NET for WinForms
MetaDraw .NET for WinForms is a versatile, vector-based, image-manipulation tool. The .NET imaging component facilitates image creation and annotation; customized graphing/charting, including special-purpose charts not covered by standard chart tools; drawing; image mapping; diagramming; hypergraphics (hot spots in graphics); and image layout.
Bennet-Tec Information Systems
Version 1.2
$499
www.bennet-tec.com
516-997-5596

NCTPhotoStudio.NET Library
NCTPhotoStudio.NET Library encapsulates image-processing routines. It lets you import, export, and convert image files; get direct access to image pixels; work with different image histograms; manipulate with different color models; correct images using a number of available color adjustments; perform digital filtering and image transformations; apply various photographic effects to the image; draw different primitives within the image; and visualize and print the images.
NCT Software
Version 1.5
$199
www.nctsoft.com

THBImage.NET
THBImage.NET lets you display an image that lets the user align, stretch, scroll, zoom, and move. You can copy and paste images to the clipboard, or use it to draw smooth shaded color gradients. It includes printing support.
THBComponentware
Version 4.5
$149
www.thbcomponents.com

Installation, Setup, & Deployment Tools

Ghost Installer Studio
Ghost Installer Studio is a flexible deployment tool that works with almost any IDE, including Visual Studio .NET. Ghost Installer makes it possible to perform numerous custom actions and to create scripts that can fulfill almost any software deployment goal.
Ethalone Solutions
Version 4.2
$499
www.ethalone.com

IBM Rational ClearCase
IBM Rational ClearCase provides life-cycle management and control of software development assets. With integrated version control, automated workspace management, parallel development support, baseline management, and build-and-release management, IBM Rational ClearCase provides the capabilities needed to create, update, build, deliver, reuse, and maintain business-critical assets.
IBM Rational
$4,125
www.ibm.com/rational
800-426-4968; 914-499-1900

InstallAnywhere.NET
InstallAnywhere.NET simplifies deploying software onto any client or server platform. It handles all of the complexities automatically, configuring your software exactly as you want it. InstallAnywhere supports nearly every platform, including the latest editions of Windows, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, AIX, and more.
Zero G Software
$999
www.zerog.com
415-512-7771

InstallAware
InstallAware lets you create Windows Installer setups the traditional, script-driven way. Author a branching, conditional script and InstallAware converts it to a logo-compliant Windows Installer database. Use the flexible Web Media Blocks system to splice your setup into multiple sections that can be deployed onto the Web or included with the main setup program. Setups will download application runtimes from the Web only if required.
InstallAware Software
Version 10.5
Developer: $349; Studio: $899
www.installaware.com
415-358-4094

Kinitos Application Management
Kinitos Application Management provides central control for .NET and Windows applications. It offers drag-and-drop deployment, updating, monitoring, and rollback for desktops and laptops on internal networks, across firewalls, or across the world.
Kinitos
Version 1.6
$99
www.kinitos.com
650-853-8143

Serena ChangeMan Mover
Serena ChangeMan Mover automates deployment of assets residing in software configuration management solutions for testing, staging, and production. It reduces costs and errors associated with manual asset transfer and controls deployment privileges.
Serena Software
Version 2.0
$22,500
www.serena.com
800-457-3736; 650-522-6600

Setup Factory
Setup Factory helps you make professional software installers. It features drag-and-drop file handling, customizable screens, themes/skins, multilingual support, MD5 serial numbers, single-file setup.exe, a VB project scanner, a scripting engine with more than 250 functions, Authenticode support, and mor
Indigo Rose Software
Version 7.0
$395
www.indigorose.com
800-665-9668; 204-946-0263

TrueUpdate
TrueUpdate is a flexible Web-enabled software-updating solution that you can integrate into new and existing software products, regardless of the installation and deployment methods used. It's fully customizable and works with all standard Internet protocols and proxy servers.
Indigo Rose Software
Version 2.0
$1,295
www.indigorose.com
800-665-9668; 204-946-0263

Wise for Windows Installer
Wise for Windows Installer lets you create Windows Installer (MSI) installations for desktop, Web, server, and mobile applications, including enhanced functionality for creating installations for data-driven Web applications. It features integrated installation development in the .NET IDE; extended, automated support for authoring data-driven Web apps; installation management features for team collaboration and developing installations for complex environments; and support for the latest technologies.
Wise Solutions
Version 6.0
$1,199
www.wise.com
800-554-8565; 734-456-2100

Instructor-Led Training

Career Academy
Career Academy offers a complete interactive video .NET training course via CD-ROM and Internet-based delivery. It includes comprehensive high-end Visual Basic .NET instruction delivered by industry-leading experts.
www.careeracademy.com
800-807-8839

Construx Software Builders
Construx Software Builders provides software engineering consulting, training, products, and custom software solutions. Founded by Steve McConnell, author of Rapid Development and Software Project Survival Guide, the company offers a variety of instructor-led training in successful project development.
www.construx.com
866-296-6300; 425-636-0100

Cooper
Cooper is a professional consultancy organization dedicated to conceiving and designing interactive products, services, and systems. It offers training in all aspects of its goal-directed methodology.
www.cooper.com
415-267-3500

Core Team System Training Course
Core Team System is a week-long, instructor-led training course for Visual Studio developers who need to get up to speed on Microsoft's new life-cycle tools suite, Visual Studio 2005 Team System. Core Team System trains a team on how to apply structure to their development process with Visual Studio 2005 Team System. Core Team System addresses a wide range of features and functionalities in Visual Studio 2005 Team System by having the team build and manage a software project from beginning to end. Each major area of the Visual Studio 2005 Team System is covered, from project creation and development methodology assignment, to work item tracking, source code control, policy enforcement, reporting, and daily builds.
MW Technologies
www.mwtech.com

Deep Training
Deep Training provides .NET training to developers. It offers both onsite and public classes taught by .NET experts. Classes cover topics such as ASP.NET, VB.NET, and C#, all targeted at professional developers.
www.deeptraining.com
888-366-5601; 206-282-5096

DevelopMentor
DevelopMentor provides in-depth, hands-on training for experienced developers. The instructors are seasoned developers who deliver a curriculum written by DevelopMentor's technical team, based upon the most current information available. Standard and customized courses are available at DevelopMentor's training facilities, at the client's site, and at the "Guerrilla" immersion courses.
www.develop.com
800-699-1932; 310-543-1617

Falafel Software
Falafel Software offers courses in a variety of software development disciplines, including C#, distributed systems, Delphi, OpenGL, Java, DirectX, C/C++, ASP.NET, VB.NET, and Compact Framework.
www.falafel.com
877-827-4277; 408-374-5050

Global Knowledge Network
Global Knowledge Network offers IT education program-management solutions, including enrollment, assessment, progress tracking, and certification. The company's software products division offers a portfolio of e-learning performance support and training development tools.
www.globalknowledge.com
800-268-7737; 919-461-8600

Infragistics Training
Infragistics Training helps you explore what NetAdvantage has to offer so you can implement it effectively as part of your best practices in rapid application development while meeting your day-to-day needs. Instructor-led and e-learning courses help you secure the training offering that best fits the needs of your organization.
www.infragistics.com
800-231-8588; 609-448-2000

Insider Training
Insider Training uses a systematic training method where courses are offered in a live classroom environment through the Internet using VoIP. Class offerings include networking, security, programming, Cisco, and Linux tracks.
www.insidertraining.com
866-509-7511; 303-674-7511

Intertech Training
Intertech Training offers instructor-led .NET, Java, and Web services training, led by industry experts who are regular speakers at national conferences such as VSLive!.
www.intertechtraining.com
800-866-9884; 651-994-8558

OakLeaf Enterprises
OakLeaf Enterprises' three-day Mere Mortals .NET class is designed for .NET users and "mere mortals" interested in learning in-depth information about Microsoft's .NET initiative, specifically its architecture, languages, and technologies.
www.oakleafsd.com
434-979-2417

The Richard Hale Shaw Group
The Richard Hale Shaw Group provides training and mentoring services to professional software developers, and specializes in Microsoft .NET, XML, Web services, Rational Rose and XDE, and UML. It provides hands-on, instructor-led, public and onsite training courses using its own materials.
www.richardhaleshawgroup.com
734-668-8734

Wintellect
Wintellect is a training, debugging, and consulting firm dedicated to helping companies build better software faster through a concentration on .NET and Windows development. Its services include in-depth, multi-day .NET onsite and open-enrollment training, as well as development and consulting services, including emergency debugging.
www.wintellect.com
877-968-5528; 865-966-5528

Middleware & Server-Based Tools

Apollo .NET
Apollo .NET is an xBase data engine designed for the Microsoft .NET platform. It lets you build high-speed, multiuser database applications that manage CA-Clipper and FoxPro databases, as well as the company's HiPer-SIx NSX/SMT index and memo file formats. It includes complete VB.NET source to all components.
Vista Software
Version 6.1
$249
www.vistasoftware.com
800-653-2949; 858-922-2268

appRadius for Microsoft CRM
appRadius for Microsoft CRM helps you customize and develop vertical-market CRM solutions. You can use XML configuration files to configure required system options and parameters. appRadius makes extensive use of the hundreds of functions built into the Microsoft CRM API for authentication, data access, and other functions.
appStrategy
Version 1.5
Contact vendor for pricing
269-345-3111
www.appstrategy.com

Artix
Artix is an enterprise service bus that helps companies address complex enterprise integration and interoperability challenges. Artix's platform coverage includes tighter integration with Visual Studio and addressing the growing use of the Microsoft .NET Framework for development projects.
IONA Technologies
Version 3.0
Contact vendor for pricing
www.iona.com
800-672-4948; 781-902-8139

Borland VisiExchange .NET Edition
Borland VisiExchange .NET Edition provides reliable, secured, and high-performance interoperability between Microsoft .NET Framework applications and J2EE and CORBA infrastructures. VisiExchange helps accelerate the application life cycle at a low total cost of ownership.
Borland
Version 2005
$3,995 per CPU, per server application
www.borland.com
831-431-1000

c-tree Plus
c-tree Plus helps database developers seeking maximum flexibility and control in their single user, peer-to-peer, or client/server applications. Its rich API provides low-level routines, ISAM-level control, and higher-level interfaces. c-tree Plus is distributed in full source code and has been ported to more than 100 environments.
FairCom
Version 8.14
$895
www.faircom.com
800-234-8180; 573-445-6833

Caché
Caché is a post-relational database with features you need to create Web and client/server applications quickly. Caché gives you your choice of development tools, programming languages, and methods of data access. It provides performance, massive scalability, real-time data analytics, and robust reliability for transaction processing applications.
InterSystems
Version 5
Contact vendor for pricing
www.intersystems.com
617-621-0600

CodeBase Bundle for Windows & .NET
CodeBase Bundle for Windows & .NET is a high-speed database engine for Windows and .NET developers. You can build standalone applications in single-user or file-sharing multiuser configurations, or take advantage of client/server support and create database solutions accessible over a network. Your applications can use enterprise-level features such as transaction processing, logging, backup, and intelligent high-speed queries, and can share files with all other CodeBase products.
Sequiter Software
Version 6.5
$445
www.codebase.com
780-437-2410

Dataphor Application Development Toolset
Dataphor Application Development Toolset is a set of technologies that provide an alternative to the data access and manipulation capabilities of .NET. It provides a complete foundation for automated application development. In addition to delivering more responsive and thorough access to data, the Dataphor Data Access Engine mends core inadequacies of current database systems.
Alphora
Version 2.0
$995
www.alphora.com
801-371-6080

dbPal
dbPAL is a high-performance database design, development, and ETL toolkit. It works seamlessly across most DBMS types offering powerful data import and schema conversion capability.
IT-Map
Contact vendor for pricing
www.it-map.com

Dundas Gauge for .NET
Dundas Gauge for .NET offers a full range of advanced gauges and pointers that give applications a more meaningful way to display key performance indicators, digital dashboards, and other critical data in real time. It's available in Windows Forms and ASP.NET editions, and it is also available as part of the Enterprise Editions of Dundas Chart for .NET.
Dundas Software
Version 1.5
Contact vendor for pricing
www.dundas.com
800-463-1492; 416-467-5100

Kentico CMS for ASP.NET
Kentico CMS for ASP.NET is a Web content-management system based on ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server. It provides four technologies to accelerate your development: Kentico CMS Desk; Kentico CMS Controls; KentiForm Engine; and Page Templates.
Kentico Software
$499
www.kentico.com
800-225-2767; +420-533-309-021

MySQLDirect .NET
MySQLDirect .NET is a .NET data provider offering direct access to a MySQL database server from .NET applications. It is based on ADO.NET technology, so you can use it in the same way as the standard ADO.NET data providers. It uses a native MySQL programming interface to access a MySQL database, letting you create lightweight applications working with MySQL.
Core Lab Software Development
$149.95
www.crlab.com

Objectz.NET
Objectz.NET is an object/relational mapping library for .NET. It lets you map the properties and fields of your .NET application classes directly to your database tables, columns, and views, so that all of your data is transferred between your objects and your data source by Objectz.NET.
Mongoose Solutions
Version 2.3
$49.95
www.mongoosesolutions.com

PortSight Task Scheduler
PortSight Task Scheduler is a .NET component for immediate or planned execution of server-side tasks from ASP.NET. It allows you to process long-running ASP.NET pages and run command-line utilities or other server-side tasks without page timeouts and under a privileged account.
Moravia IT
Version 1.2
$149
www.portsight.com
+420-545-552-552

Rogue Wave Lightweight Enterprise Integration Framework (LEIF)
Rogue Wave LEIF is a framework for creating scalable, high-performance services using new or existing C++ code. Where throughput and performance are critical, you can use LEIF to extend your C++ applications as services. Then, couple your new LEIF services with other services to create flexible, composite applications.
Rogue Wave Software
Contact vendor for pricing
www.roguewave.com
800-487-3217; 303-473-9118

Shadow
Shadow is software technology for application platform suite-to-mainframe integration. It's designed to make the integration easy and transparent from a development perspective. Shadow enterprise-class mainframe adapters are packaged and priced to meet each customer's specific return-on-investment requirements.
NEON Systems
Contact vendor for pricing
www.neonsys.com
800-505-6366; 281-491-4200

SupportChat.net
SupportChat.net is a customer relationship management tool for Web sites that gives visitors instant access to a real person for support or to answer sales questions. It features departments, which let you categorize responses and operators; load balancing, which shows waiting visitors only to the operators who are currently engaged in the least amount of chat conversations; and more.
Software Factory
Version 1.75
$299
www.softwarefactoryinc.com
512-343-2572

VBSALT
VBSALT accelerates speech application development on the Microsoft Speech Server platform. Incoming calls arrive from the public network and are answered by Speech Server, which communicates with the application server running VBSALT. As the caller progresses through the call flow created in VBSALT, the required SALT tags for call control and speech processing are generated dynamically and passed to Speech Server—a process that's transparent to the application developer.
Pronexus
Version 1.1
Contact vendor for pricing
www.pronexus.com
877-766-3987; 613-271-8989

VBVoice
VBVoice is a telephony and speech development environment. It lets you take advantage of Host Media Processing (HMP) technology to create hardware-less telephony solutions. You can use HMP to build scalable and full-featured software-only IP media servers for interactive voice response, voice mail, unified messaging, and conferencing.
Pronexus
Version 5.3
Contact vendor for pricing
www.pronexus.com
877-766-3987; 613-271-8989

WiredNav
WiredNav is a self-wiring .NET control for filling, navigating, searching, updating, and reporting ADO.NET data tables. You can use the control in database apps without making any initial property settings for the control or writing code.
Red Brook Software
Version 2.0
$199
www.redbrooksoftware.com
518-248-3450

Mobility Tools & Frameworks

OneBridge Mobile Data Suite
OneBridge Mobile Data Suite enables enterprises to develop and deploy rich business applications on a variety of mobile devices such as Pocket PC, Palm, Symbian, BlackBerry, and Windows Tablet PCs. The OneBridge Mobile Application Acceleration Toolkit provides a library framework on the device for developing mobile applications that can access enterprise back-end applications, Web services, and legacy database applications.
Extended Systems
Version 4.5
$195 per seat
www.extendedsystems.com
800-322-7576; 208-322-7575

Pocket Chart FX for .NET
Pocket Chart FX for .NET is a charting component for developing applications that extend enterprise data visualization and analysis capabilities to mobile devices. Use Visual Studio .NET and Chart FX for .NET to build graphical applications that connect to your data and run on Smart Devices.
Software FX
Contact vendor for pricing
www.softwarefx.com
800-392-4278; 561-999-8888

PocketTerra
PocketTerra is a .NET Compact Framework mapping and GPS component for the Pocket PC. You can synchronize and view user data on top of topographic maps and aerial photos, and you can use SQL Server to automate field data collection with end-to-end links. It integrates with any Pocket PC GPS for precise location, waypoints, and navigation.
Sylvan Ascent
$695
www.pocketterra.com
800-362-8971; 505-758-7712

PDF Tools

Apoc PDF Toolkit
Apoc PDF Toolkit lets you manipulate existing PDF documents and create new ones. Developed using Microsoft's .NET environment, this 100-percent managed code toolkit is compatible with any .NET application.
Chive Software
Version 3.0
$299
www.chive.com

AspPDF
AspPDF enables your applications to create, read, and modify PDF documents from any application supporting COM, including ASP and ASP.NET. You can save resultant PDFs to disk, memory, or an HTTP stream.
Persits Software
Version 1.4
www.asp-pdf.com
800-268-0689; 212-785-1611

DotImage PDF Rasterizer
DotImage PDF Rasterizer helps you integrate PDF viewing, printing, and converting into DotImage. It decodes PDF documents into raster images using a PDF decoder, which seamlessly plugs into DotImage and associated image-viewing components.
Atalasoft
$1,499
Version 2.1
www.atalasoft.com
866-568-0129

DynamicPDF Merger for .NET
DynamicPDF Merger for .NET helps you merge and add new content to existing PDF documents. The object model allows merging, stamping, appending, form filling and page placing, rotating, and scaling.
ceTe Software
Version 3.0
Starts at $399
www.cete.com
800-631-5006; 301-656-1331

PDF4NET
PDF4NET is a .NET library for adding PDF capabilities to .NET applications. It supports PDF creation, merging, splitting, stamping, encryption/decryption, page imposition, and PDF form filling.
O2 Solutions
Version 2.6
$499
www.o2sol.com
+40-788-347-487

PDFKit.NET
PDFKit.NET is a 100-percent managed .NET component for reading, creating, and manipulating PDF documents and PDF forms on the fly. Split, append, stamp, and encrypt PDF documents, and fill PDF forms.
TallComponents
Version 1.0
$899
www.tallcomponents.com
+31-077-474-8677

PDFRasterizer.NET
PDFRasterizer.NET helps you convert PDF documents to raster images, print PDF documents unattended, and display PDF documents in your Windows application. It is written entirely in C# and contains no external dependencies.
TallComponents
Version 1.0
$899
www.tallcomponents.com
+31-077-474-8677

PDFXpress
PDFXpress delivers a .NET toolkit to view and save PDF files within your own application. It supports single- and multi-page PDF files, using licensed Adobe technology.
Pegasus Imaging
Version 1.0
$999
www.pegasusimaging.com
800-875-7009; 813-875-7575

TallPDF.NET
TallPDF.NET is a 100-percent managed .NET component for the dynamic generation of PDF documents. You can generate documents either programmatically or from XML. Central to TallPDF.NET is an object model consisting of classes such as Document, Section, Paragraph, Table, Footer, and more.
TallComponents
Version 2.0
$899
www.tallcomponents.com
+31-077-474-8677

Performance, Profiling, & Debugging Tools

.NET Component Inspector
.NET Component Inspector allows you to create any .NET object, invoke methods on it, and examine its state. It includes a type browser that supports browsing any .NET assembly so you can explore the behavior of a component, watch events occur on any object and examine the history, try something quickly and see how it affects the component, and look at the visual behavior of a component as you adjust not only its properties, but also execute its methods.
Oakland Software
Free
www.oaklandsoftware.com
510-835-3123

ActiveData
ActiveData assists Visual Basic 5/6 developers in their data application development. It helps you see and edit a DAO or ADO recordset's data, connection properties, recordset properties, and field properties in a grid format during a debug session.
PlatformDev
$199
www.platformdev.com

AppSight Application Problem Resolution System
AppSight leverages patented Black Box Application Flight Recorder technology to capture, communicate, and determine the root cause of .NET application problems, thereby accelerating problem resolution processes across the application life cycle, speeding application delivery, and reducing application support costs.
Identify Software
Version 5.5
$295
www.identify.com
800-364-5467; 919-878-3717

AQtime
AQtime is a performance profiler and memory debugging toolset with support for managed, unmanaged, or mixed-code projects. AQtime can be run either standalone or integrated within the Visual Studio IDE. Robust reporting panels allow for ease of results analysis.
AutomatedQA
Version 4.4
$599
www.automatedqa.com
702-891-9424

Borland Optimizeit Profiler for the Microsoft .NET Framework
Borland Optimizeit Profiler helps enterprise developers identify and remove performance hazards. It supports all .NET managed code and provides performance profiling that identifies and prioritizes performance issues. Performance management capabilities include CPU and memory usage analysis for .NET managed code.
Borland
Version 1.1
$699
www.borland.com
800-632-2864; 831-431-1000

CAS/Tester
CAS/Tester lets you test your code for any possible security policy. It enables you to find out how your code will behave if individual or groups of permissions are denied (partial trust). You can use it as a developer tool to identify areas where more exception handling is needed, or where you might need to assert or request additional permissions. You can also use it as a quality-assurance tool to test and document an assembly before release, and for regression testing on modification.
Desaware
$399
www.desaware.com
408-404-4760

Coefficient
Coefficient provides advanced monitoring and analysis of database activity and outputs detailed HTML reports with graphs. It monitors your Microsoft SQL Server 7.0/2000 database activity and analyzes that activity for you automatically. You no longer have to manually analyze thousands of transactions running on your database server.
Imceda Software
Contact vendor for pricing
www.idisoft.com
888-763-7685; 781-229-6300

DBWatch
DBWatch displays real-time changes to Microsoft Access or SQL Server data tables.
Richard Fencel Software
Version 2.07
$89
www.fencel.com
949-551-2626

DevPartner Fault Simulator
DevPartner Fault Simulator tests and debugs error-handling code in both native and .NET managed code without disrupting the application operation or debugging environment by safely injecting simulated faults into the application code.
Compuware
$6,000
www.compuware.com
800-521-9353; 313-227-7300

DevTest
DevTest is a test-management solution that gives you a complete view of your product testing. It automates test coverage creation, test planning and scheduling, and the tracking of test execution.
TechExcel
Version 1.0
Contact vendor for pricing
www.techexcel.com
800-439-7782; 925-871-3900

DriverStudio
DriverStudio is a suite of tools that accelerates the driver development life cycle and promotes the development of Windows device drivers. It helps you write, debug, test, and tune driver code that meets the quality standards for Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification.
Compuware
Version 3.1
$2,499
www.compuware.com
800-521-9353; 313-227-7300

GlowCode
GlowCode is a real-time performance and memory profiler for C++. It helps you maximize application performance with tools to detect memory leaks and resource flaws, isolate performance bottlenecks, profile and tune code, and trace real-time program execution.
Electric Software
Version 5.1
$299
www.glowcode.com

HP OpenView Transaction Analyzer
HP OpenView Transaction Analyzer monitors, analyzes, and profiles J2EE and .NET applications in live production and test environments. It monitors customer experience/service levels of end-user transactions and directs attention to specific problem areas.
Hewlett-Packard
Version 1.0
Contact vendor for pricing
www.hp.com
877-686-9637

IBM Rational PurifyPlus
IBM Rational PurifyPlus is a set of runtime analysis tools designed for improving Windows-based application reliability and performance. PurifyPlus combines memory error and leak detection, application performance profiling, and code coverage analysis.
IBM Rational
Version 6.1
Contact vendor for pricing
www.ibm.com/rational
800-426-4968; 914-499-1900

nVision Fault Manager for .NET
nVision Fault Manager for .NET gives you real-time detection and notification of .NET errors. It collects the error information needed to solve the problem from the .NET Common Language Runtime and delivers it to the right person in real time. It provides a reporting and charting engine for periodic, scheduled, and real-time reporting and charting; and it's built on the nVision Visibility Framework, an extensible framework that can manage from one to hundreds of .NET servers.
nVision Software Technologies
Starts at $495
www.nvisionsoftware.com
888-600-6660; 949-852-2456

Parasoft SOAPtest
Parasoft SOAPtest is an automated Web service testing product that lets you verify all aspects of a Web service, from WSDL validation, to unit and functional testing of the client and server, to performance testing. It addresses key Web service issues such as interoperability, security, change management, and scalability.
Parasoft
Version 3.5
$3,495
www.parasoft.com
888-305-0041; 626-256-3680

Project Analyzer
Project Analyzer is a Visual Basic code analyzer, optimizer, and documentor. Detect dead code and remove it; surf your code as hypertext and graphical call trees; and document your work. It supports VB.NET, Classic VB, and VBA.
Aivosto Oy
Version 7.1
$349
www.aivosto.com

QACenter
QACenter provides the tools you need to enhance the scalability and availability of your applications. You can predict an application's response before you go live. It identifies any unacceptable response times, correlating them automatically with the performance metrics gathered from the servers under test.
Compuware
Contact vendor for pricing
www.compuware.com
800-521-9353; 313-227-7300

SOAPscope
SOAPscope is a Web services diagnostics and testing solution for developers, testers, operations, and support teams. It helps you figure out when, where, and how problems happen, and take action to resolve them.
Mindreef
Version 4.1
$99
www.mindreef.com
603-465-2204

Vantage
Vantage is a performance management solution for distributed applications, monitoring the entire application from the end user, through the network, to the server and database tiers. It helps determine the precise nature and causes of performance bottlenecks through views of how an application interacts with its supporting infrastructure.
Compuware
Version 9.7
Contact vendor for pricing
www.compuware.com
800-521-9353; 313-227-7300

VB Watch
VB Watch is a Visual Basic profiler, debugger, and error-handling tool. It helps you take cover from runtime errors, test, debug, and profile your code.
Aivosto Oy
Version 2.0
Starts at $299
www.aivosto.com

VTune Performance Analyzer
VTune Performance Analyzer lets you extract data on the performance of your code in several ways. You can use event-based sampling to view the performance of your code in relation to processor events. With Call Graph, you get a map of your application, allowing you to see graphically where your time is being spent. With Counter Monitor, you can examine a specific time-slice of your code in relation to performance counters.
Intel
Version 7.2
$699
www.intel.com
800-538-3373; 408-765-8080

WebLOAD Analyzer
WebLOAD Analyzer identifies the root cause analysis of Web application problems during load testing. It allows developers and QA engineers to skip the time-consuming task of re-creating a problem and proceed directly to solving it, accelerating the testing process and increasing application quality.
RadView Software
Version 2.0
$17,195
www.radview.com
888-723-8439; 781-238-1111

Security & Copy Protection

CrypKey Instant
CrypKey Instant provides copy protection to prevent unauthorized use of your software. Its software licensing features allow you to ensure that your software runs only for those whom you have authorized, with the software license options you have authorized. Extensive features let you provide free trials that can offer one free demo, then convert remotely to a full working version.
CrypKey
Contact vendor for pricing
www.crypkey.com
403-258-6274

Demeanor for .NET
Demeanor for .NET obfuscates the names of your types, fields, methods, properties, and events by changing their names to meaningless symbols. It also obfuscates the metadata of your application, discarding all types and members that aren't needed during run time, and it alters the control flow of your methods so the resulting code is much harder to understand.
Wise Owl
$799
www.wiseowl.com
425-828-6015

Desaware Licensing System
Desaware Licensing System lets you add licensing security with only a few lines of code. The extendable, cryptography-based system does not depend on hidden files, Registry entries, or other invasive techniques. It includes Activation Server and Management Tool.
Desaware
Version 1.1
$1,495
www.desaware.com
408-404-4760

DevPower Encryption.NET
DevPower Encryption.NET lets you use the power of the .NET cryptography API without getting into the complexities. It includes support for full-strength DES, RC2, and TripleDES algorithms. Source code is available.
DevPower Solutions
Version 1.3.0
$149
www.devpower.com

FLEXnet
FLEXnet is license-management technology that reduces unlicensed use, making effective software evaluation programs possible. It increases the effectiveness and reduces the cost of software distribution.
Macrovision
Contact vendor for pricing
www.macrovision.com
408-562-8400

HASP
The HASP hardware-based encryption engine is used for encoding and decoding data for your software security. During run time, HASP receives encoded strings from the protected application and decodes them. The decoded data that is returned from HASP is employed in the protected application so that it affects the mode in which the program executes: It can load and run, execute only certain components, or not execute at all.
Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Version 4
Contact vendor for pricing
www.ealaddin.com
800-223-4277; 212-564-5678

IP*Works! S/MIME
IP*Works! S/MIME implements the S/MIME standard for e-mail encryption/decryption using PKCS and digital certificates. It lets you encrypt files, e-mails, and newsgroup postings, as well as sign and verify message signatures.
/n software
Version 6.0
$699
www.nsoftware.com
800-225-4190; 919-402-0590

IP*Works! SSL
IP*Works! SSL adds SSL security capabilities to the base IP*Works! package. It supports secure implementations of every major SSL-enabled Internet protocol, including FTPS, HTTPS, SMTPS, POPS, IMAPS, LDAPS, SMPPS, XMPPS, SOAPS, WebDavS, CertMgr, and more.
/n software
Version 6.0
$899
www.nsoftware.com
800-225-4190; 919-402-0590

PortSight Secure Access
PortSight Secure Access provides user-management and access-control features for .NET applications. It lets you password-protect any .NET app and control access to ASP.NET pages, to application modules, or to application functionality.
Moravia IT
Version 2.2
Starts at $249
www.portsight.com
420-545-552-552

PowerTCP Secure Mail for .NET
PowerTCP Secure Mail for .NET helps you fill e-mail security gaps in the Microsoft .NET Framework with encryption and authentication. It also offers full-featured SMTP, POP, IMAP, and MIME capabilities. You can use bidirectional MessageStream technology to create, send, retrieve, and edit messages, while helper classes assist you in managing your e-mail addresses.
Dart Communications
Version 1.0.2
$599
www.dart.com
866-383-3728; 315-339-8040

Salamander .NET Obfuscator
Salamander .NET Obfuscator is a .NET code-protection tool for your .NET code and intellectual properties. It transforms your .NET assemblies so that decompilation of the new format results in source code that's difficult to understand and virtually impossible to be recompiled.
Remotesoft
Version 2.0
$799
www.remotesoft.com
510-579-2752

Salamander .NET Protector
Salamander .NET Protector stops Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) disassembly and decompilation. It is not an obfuscator, meaning it converts the decompilable MSIL or CIL of your assemblies into native format while keeping all .NET metadata intact. It offers code, string, and resource encryption.
Remotesoft
$1,899
www.remotesoft.com
510-579-2752

Sentinel SuperPro
Sentinel SuperPro is a hardware security key device that supports any Windows 32-bit OS, OS/2, and Unix. Connector options include parallel 25, parallel 25 small, parallel 36, and USB. The SuperProNet key supports any 32-bit-based Windows OS and is available in parallel 25 or USB configurations.
SafeNet
Contact vendor for pricing
www.safenet-inc.com
800-533-3958; 410-931-7500

Visual Input Security
Visual Input Security offers defense against SQL injection, script injection (cross-site scripting), input tampering, and brute-force attacks on your ASP.NET Web sites. It features validators to catch injection attacks, a logging system to track attacks, and its Slow Down Manager to impede attackers. Its tools protect visible fields, hidden fields, cookies, and query strings.
Peter Blum
Contact vendor for pricing
www.peterblum.com

VMware Ace
VMware ACE is an enterprise solution for IT desktop managers who want to provision secure, standardized PC environments throughout the extended enterprise. VMware ACE installs easily and improves the manageability, security, and cost-effectiveness of any industry-standard PC.
VMware
Version 1.0
$99
www.vmware.com
877-486-9273; 650-475-5000

WIBU-KEY
WIBU-KEY is a copy-protection and license-management system. It is based on encryption using hardware, with the objective of protecting programs and data from unauthorized use. WIBU-KEY consists of software that encrypts data, driver software, and a hardware component, the WIBU-BOX. It is reconfigurable and reusable, so it enables new distribution channels, license strategies, and applications.
Griffin Technologies
Contact vendor for pricing
www.griftech.com
800-986-6578; 785-832-2070

XHEO|Licensing
XHEO|Licensing lets you control the usage of any class in any way. It protects .NET components, classes, and controls by providing a licensing framework developed for applications, components, and ASP.NET licensing scenarios. The XHEO|Licensing framework uses strong RSA encryption to sign XML license files.
XHEO
Version 2.1
$259.99
www.xheo.com
951-302-1288

Software Design, Frameworks, & Modeling Tools

AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler
AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler is a data-modeling solution that can help you create and maintain databases, data warehouses, and enterprise data models. Its data models help you visualize data structures to facilitate the organization, management, and moderation of data complexities, database technologies, and the deployment environment.
Computer Associates
Contact vendor for pricing
www.ca.com
888-423-1000

ASNA Visual RPG for .NET
ASNA Visual RPG for .NET is an integrated development environment for creating enterprise Web, Windows, and .NET applications using the RPG language. It supports transparent database access; an integrated editor, compiler, and debugger; emerging standards such as XML and SOAP; and Web or Windows deployment possibilities.
ASNA
Contact vendor for pricing
www.asna.com
800-289-2762; 210-408-0212

Borland Together
Borland Together for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET provides UML 2.0 diagramming, language-neutral modeling, design patterns, OCL support, a new search engine, and more. Support of artifact import/export through XMI and the import of Rational Rose models increase portability.
Borland
Version 2005
Contact vendor for pricing
www.borland.com
800-632-2864; 831-431-1000

Cape Clear
Cape Clear includes three products that help you design, develop, integrate, deploy, and manage Web services-based business services: Studio, Server, and Manager. Cape Clear's support for diverse attachments enables support for MMS and SMS.
Cape Clear Software
Version 6
Contact vendor for pricing
www.capeclear.com
888-227-3439; 781-622-2258

Codagen Architect
Codagen Architect automates your application development process. It integrates with your UML modeling tool, using your model to generate up to 90 percent of the total application code. Codagen Architect doesn't lock in to a proprietary runtime library.
Codagen Technologies
Version 3.2
Contact vendor for pricing
www.codagen.com
877-263-2436; 514-288-4802

Dundas Diagram for .NET
Dundas Diagram for .NET is an interactive, extensible, and programmable .NET diagramming solution designed to be used as a standalone application or embedded into client and Web applications. Using .NET and the built-in scripting engine, you can add logic behind objects, creating dynamic diagrams that have a high degree of interactivity.
Dundas Software
Starts at $2,999
www.dundas.com
800-463-1492; 416-467-5100

ER/Studio
ER/Studio is a multilevel data-modeling application for logical and physical database design and construction. It helps you document, communicate, and implement the business requirements of your enterprise applications, and it produces comprehensive blueprints of databases and data warehouses.
Embarcadero Technologies
Version 6.6
Contact vendor for pricing
www.embarcadero.com
415-834-3131

eXpress Persistent Objects for .NET
eXpress Persistent Objects for .NET gives you the freedom to build true business objects without having to deal with the complexities of mapping them onto database tables. It abstracts the database layer. You can build applications that work with multiple database systems (it presently supports Microsoft Access and SQL Server) without making changes to your code.
Developer Express
Version 1.5
Starts at $149.99
www.devexpress.com
702-262-0609

GDI+ Architect
GDI+ Architect is a graphical code-creation tool that helps you create System.Drawing content for PrintDocuments, forms, controls, and the Web. It lets .NET developers create multipage, fixed-positioned print documents.
The Modern Renaissance Group
Version 1.2
Contact vendor for pricing
www.mrgsoft.com

Mere Mortals .NET Framework
Mere Mortals .NET Framework is a full-featured application framework that integrates into Visual Studio, allowing you to build scalable, high-performance applications quickly. It has business objects that allow you to write your core application once and access it from any front end.
Oak Leaf Enterprises
Version 1.3
$699
www.oakleafsd.com
434-979-2417

ORM.NET
ORM.NET is an object-relational mapping and code-generation tool that creates a complete ADO.NET data layer object model based on your SQL database schema. The generated classes are compiled as a .NET assembly and let you retrieve and modify data using strongly typed objects. You can use the built-in DataManager object to retrieve data and commit changes from multiple tables.
Olero Software
Contact vendor for pricing
www.olero.com

PDSA Productivity Framework
PDSA Productivity Framework is a complete enterprise architecture that helps you build ASP.NET applications or Windows Forms applications quickly. It includes the ASP.NET Framework, the .NET Desktop Framework, and two .NET DACgen licenses.
PDSA
Contact vendor for pricing
www.pdsa.com
888-899-7372; 714-734-9792

PowerBuilder
PowerBuilder lets you create, enhance, and extend durable client/server applications that drive business operations. You can create sophisticated Web and n-tier applications that leverage new Internet and distributed architectures.
Sybase
Version 10
Contact vendor for pricing
www.sybase.com
800-879-2273; 925-236-5000

SOA Editor
SOA Editor is a free service-oriented architecture (SOA) editor that provides a graphical environment that simplifies the creation of services, which you can use, reuse, and integrate within an SOA. It includes automated wizards for common development tasks, support for Web services standards, tools for testing code, support for XML Schema, and detailed documentation.
Cape Clear Software
Free
www.capeclear.com
888-2273-439; 781-622-2258

SoftWIRE for Visual Studio .NET
SoftWIRE is a graphical programming extension to Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET, used to simplify application development. By using intuitive GUI controls in an Icon and Wire design editor, SoftWIRE users can create powerful applications quickly without having to write code.
SoftWIRE Technology
Version 5.1
Free
www.softwire.com
508-946-8900

System Architect
System Architect is a modeling solution designed to provide all the tools necessary for development of enterprise systems. It integrates, in one multiuser product, support for all major areas of modeling, including business process modeling, object-oriented and component modeling with UML, relational data modeling, and structured analysis and design.
Popkin Software
Version 9.1
Contact vendor for pricing
www.popkin.com
800-732-5227; 646-346-8500

tangible architect
tangible architect generates the object-oriented database access layer of an application and its database schema from within Visual Studio .NET. You can state the object model's specification in code with attributed C# interfaces, wizards, or through a UML model. You can modify the object model and database schema through the integrated object model browser, and you can synchronize code changes to the UML model through round-trip engineering.
tangible engineering
$350
www.tangible.de
+49-0700-82644253

TierDeveloper
TierDeveloper is a RAD tool and code generator that helps you develop real-life applications. TierDeveloper is an object-to-relational mapping code generator that lets you map, generate, and maintain 50 percent of your .NET application code, namely your business and data objects.
AlachiSoft
Version 4.0
$395
www.alachisoft.com
800-236-8195; 925-236-3830

VBeXpress.NET
VBeXpress.NET is a template-driven code generator that can generate fully functional .NET applications using either VB.NET or C#. You can generate all your database classes, stored procedures, and forms from an existing SQL Server or Access database. You can adapt the code that is generated.
VBeXpress.com
Version 3.0
$450
www.vbexpress.com
353-86-821-6875

Visible Advantage
Visible Advantage is a software engineering and repository product for complex, cross-functional enterprise-class development. It supports multiple users simultaneously, so that analysts, designers, and software engineers can work on various parts of an application or business model without having to reconcile the conflicting changes to the master model after the fact.
Visible Systems
$2,495
www.visible.com
800-684-7425; 781-778-0200

Visible Analyst
Visible Analyst enables enterprise application engineering by storing and documenting data, processes, business requirements, and objects you can share throughout an organization, so that you can design and control enterprise software for quality, consistency, and reusability in business applications through the managed sharing of metadata.
Visible Systems
Version 7.6
$2,495
www.visible.com
800-684-7425; 781-778-0200

Visible Developer
Visible Developer is a software component design and code generator that generates 90 percent of the business and database access logic for typical business applications. Import data models from existing databases or Visible Analyst into Visible Developer, then define your business objects using the modeling features.
Visible Systems
$2,495
www.visible.com
800-684-7425; 781-778-0200

Visustin
Visustin is a flow-chart generator that converts code to diagrams automatically. It lets you document complex procedures and understand existing algorithms. It supports VB, VB.NET, C#, C++, T-SQL, ASP, VBA, QuickBASIC, Java, JSP, JavaScript, COBOL, Fortran, Pascal/Delphi, Perl, PHP, PL/SQL, and Ada.
Aivosto Oy
Version 3.0
$449
www.aivosto.com

Wilde
The Wilde architecture enables applications to execute directly from their designs so WYDIWYG, or What You Design Is What You Get. Because the underlying architecture is not implemented in the components of the system, Wilde enables components to remain architecturally neutral and open to cost-saving reuse.
Wilde Technologies
Version 1.0
Contact vendor for pricing
www.wildetechnologies.com

UI Components—Web Forms

Active Calendar
Active Calendar is an ASP.NET server control that lets you select a date and/or time using a date picker with a client-side managed navigation system. No postback to the server is required, nor is any external script file.
Active Up
Version 2
Starts at $99
www.activeup.com
32-0-4-338-40-08

Active DateTime
Active DateTime is an ASP.NET server control that lets you select client-side validated dates and/or times using selectors. It includes source code.
Active Up
Free
www.activeup.com
32-0-4-338-40-08

ASPxNavigation Suite
ASPxNavigation Suite is a C# component library written for ASP.NET and the .NET Framework. It helps you design Web pages that are simple to use, intuitive, and easy to navigate. The ASPxNavigation Suite is comprised of two component libraries—the ASPxMenu and ASPxNavBar—and ships with full C# source code.
Developer Express
Version 1.0
$149.99
www.devexpress.com
702-262-0609

Barcode Professional for ASP.NET
Barcode Professional for ASP.NET is a server control that generates barcode images for ASP.NET Web applications. It can generate the most popular linear and 2-D barcode symbologies. It features cross-browser compatibility, and it renders the barcode image in formats such as GIF, JPEG/JPG, PNG, and BMP.
Neodynamic
Version 2.0
$199.90
www.neodynamic.com
570-708-8780

Barcode Professional for ASP.NET Mobile
Barcode Professional for ASP.NET Mobile is a server control that generates barcode images for ASP.NET Mobile Web applications. It can generate the most popular linear and 2-D barcode symbologies. It renders the barcode image for each mobile device in the image format preferred by each of them.
Neodynamic
Version 1.0
$59.90
www.neodynamic.com
570-708-8780

ComponentArt Menu for ASP.NET
ComponentArt Menu for ASP.NET is an XML and CSS-based menu for ASP.NET that lets you create menus for your Web sites or Web applications in just a few lines of code. It includes browser support for Opera 7, Safari 1, and Konqueror 3.1; built-in search engine support; XHTML compliance; keyboard shortcuts; and more.
ComponentArt
Version 2.1
$249
www.aspnetmenu.com
416-622-2923

ComponentArt TreeView for ASP.NET
ComponentArt TreeView for ASP.NET offers performance for hierarchical interfaces in ASP.NET. TreeView is rich on both the client and server side, easily data-bound, and ready for ASP.NET 2.0.
ComponentArt
Version 2.1
$249
www.componentart.com
416-622-2923

DotImage BarcodeReader
DotImage BarcodeReader, available in the Atalasoft.dotImage.BarcodeReader assembly, adds advanced barcode recognition to .NET applications. It is designed specifically for Microsoft .NET and is available in Code39 Only, All 1-D, and Add 1-D&2-D editions.
Atalasoft
Starts at $599.99
Version 2.1
www.atalasoft.com
866-568-0129

FlyTreeView for ASP.NET
FlyTreeView for ASP.NET is an advanced treeview control for ASP.NET.
9Rays.Net
Version 3.4
$59.50
www.9rays.net
206-309-0821; +7-3852-257347

Html TextBox
Html TextBox is an ASP.NET server control that lets you edit formatted text in a visual environment the same way you do with word-processing software. It enables the users of your Web or intranet site to provide documents in rich-text format without needing to know HTML.
Active Up
Starts at $199
www.activeup.com
32-0-4-338-40-08

Input Pro for Windows Forms
Input Pro for Windows Forms for Microsoft .NET development includes a complete set of full-featured components that validate date, numeric, or text data entered from a database or via the keyboard.
FarPoint Technologies
Version 1.0
$249
www.fpoint.com
800-645-5913; 919-460-4551

MenuSuite
MenuSuite is a toolset to build your DHTML ASP.NET menu. It is composed of two main components: MenuBuilder and UltimateMenu. MenuBuilder is an ASP.NET application that helps you visually design your ASP.NET menu. UltimateMenu is an ASP.NET server control that generates your DHTML ASP.NET menu.
Karamasoft
Version 2.3
Starts at $99
www.karamasoft.com

NavigatorBar for ASP.NET
NavigatorBar for ASP.NET is a Web server component that provides navigation support to your Web applications. You can collapse and expand navigation groups by clicking on the group header. A simple CSS wrapper class that allows full control of its appearance controls all this. You can display topics, items, or links to any kind of URL by adding or modifying attributes.
SpringSys Technologies
Version 1.0
$97.25
www.springsys.com
603-673-3999

PanelSuite
PanelSuite is a toolset to build your DHTML panels for ASP.NET. It is composed of two main components: PanelBuilder and UltimatePanel. PanelBuilder is an ASP.NET application that helps you visually design your ASP.NET panel. UltimatePanel is an ASP.NET server control that generates your DHTML ASP.NET panel.
Karamasoft
Version 2.2
Starts at $99
www.karamasoft.com

PowerWEB TextBox for ASP.NET
PowerWEB TextBox for ASP.NET provides you with an instant replacement for the standard TextBox control used in most Web applications. It's helpful when you want to create ASP.NET content-management applications, Web mail products, or Web Forums; or when you want your users to have word processor-like control and HTML content.
Dart Communications
Version 2.1
$249
www.dart.com
866-383-3278; 315-339-8040

telerik r.a.d.editor
telerik r.a.d.editor is a WYSIWYG rich-text editor for ASP.NET. It can replace any textbox with an intuitive Word-like editor, which lets you author and manage HTML content easily.
telerik
Version 4.0
$349
www.telerik.com
888-886-0452; 617-249-2116

telerik r.a.d.panelbar
telerik r.a.d.panelbar helps you build collapsible side-menu systems. It helps you create what is found in almost any Web site—the typical left/right-side navigation—but cannot be achieved using the conventional dropdown menu components. It is a fully managed ASP.NET server control that generates DHTML output using an XML source file with the menu structure.
telerik
Version 3.0
$249
www.telerik.com
888-886-0452; 617-249-2116

telerik r.a.d.spell
telerik r.a.d.spell lets you add multilingual spellchecking capabilities to your ASP.NET applications. It is completely customizable and can be attached to any server/client editable element. It supports 20 languages internally and can work with Microsoft Word dictionaries.
telerik
Version 2.0
$199
www.telerik.com
888-886-0452; 617-249-2116

telerik r.a.d.treeview
telerik r.a.d.treeview is a treeview component for ASP.NET that facilitates the display, management, and navigation of hierarchical data structures. It features drag and drop between treeviews, load on demand (MSDN-style), context menus, and automatic SQL binding.
telerik
Version 4.0
$249
www.telerik.com
888-886-0452; 617-249-2116

TList WinForms for .Net
TList WinForms for .Net is a data-presentation component that lets you arrange data as a multicolumn list, tree, grid, or hierarchical tree grid. It provides support for formatting with icons, colors, and fonts, as well as in-place editing with text, checkboxes, combo, and calendar features.
Bennet-Tec Information Systems
Version 1.2
$399
www.bennet-tec.com
516-997-5596

WebCalendar (part of NetAdvantage)
WebCalendar helps you display a calendar month with date-selection functionality within Web-based applications. This server-side graphical calendar targets both up-level and down-level browsers.
Infragistics
Version 2005 Volume 1
Starts at $495
www.infragistics.com
800-231-8588; 609-448-2000

WebCombo.NET
WebCombo.NET is designed to handle large volumes of DataSource, as well as auto-completion during typing and drop-down selection using OnTheFly technology. It also includes predefined styles from Windows XP to Outlook 2003 with wide range of options. It dynamically retrieves rows from datasource without page postback.
Intersoft
Version 2.0
$289
www.intersoftpt.com
+62-21-451-7836

WebPlanner
WebPlanner is an ASP.NET library that provides browser-based planning and scheduling solutions. It features a configurable interface.
ComponentScience
Version 1.6
Starts at $299
www.componentscience.net
800-594-9005; 719-471-3806

WebToolBars (part of NetAdvantage)
WebToolBars allows you to design toolbars, tabs, and listbars to give your Web applications the look your users expect. Provide a flexible solution for implementing toolbars in browser applications, with navigation and support for text entry and dropdown boxes.
Infragistics
Version 2005 Volume 1
Starts at $495
800-231-8588; 609-448-2000
www.infragistics.com

UI Components—Win Forms

Actipro SyntaxEditor
Actipro SyntaxEditor is an editing control that syntax highlights text and provides a number of features for code editing, such as multi-language support, a regex parsing engine, code outlining, undo/redo, split views, IntelliPrompt, word wrap, bracket highlighting, and more.
Actipro Software
Version 2.5
$299.95
www.actiprosoftware.com

Actipro UIStudio
Actipro UIStudio is a docking window suite that includes TabStrip and NavigationBar controls. The docking features include Whidbey-style docking, control over tool window capabilities, tabbed and standard MDI modes, auto-hide, layout state preservation, and more. The NavigationBar control mimics Outlook 2003.
Actipro
Version 1.0
$169.95
www.actiprosoftware.com

Actipro Wizard
Actipro Wizard provides a framework for developing wizards that follow the Wizard97 specifications. Features include design-time management of the pages in the wizard, easy navigation through the pages, runtime programmatic control of sequencing, and more.
Actipro
Version 3.0
$89.95
www.actiprosoftware.com

Barcode Professional WinControl
Barcode Professional WinControl generates barcode images for Windows Forms applications. It can generate the most popular linear and 2-D barcode symbologies. It features binary, SOAP, and XML Serialization support. It works with Crystal Reports and ActiveReports.NET.
Neodynamic
Version 2.0
$154.90
www.neodynamic.com
570-708-8780

Calendar Tools for .NET
Calendar Tools for .NET helps you implement Microsoft Outlook–style appointment scheduling and interactive calendar functionality for WinForms applications. It includes journal and event data based on ICalendaring specifications. It also includes the new common data structure and presentation host with source code for customization and extensibility into the Outlook object model.
DBI Technologies
Version 2.0
$399
www.dbi-tech.com
800-670-8046; 204-985-5770

CodeObject for VB.NET
CodeObject is a Visual Studio .NET productivity tool. It includes IntelliCode, a statement completion technology that offers syntactically correct language statement completion and full IntelliSense automation. It also includes features to generate code automatically for inherited elements such as functions and properties.
Madinina Software
Version 4.0
$99
www.codeobject.com

CommandMaster
CommandMaster helps centralize user-interface behavior by encapsulating functionality such as copy, cut, and paste into objects called Commands. CommandMaster provides you with ready-to-use functionality implementing features found commonly in Windows applications.
ComponentScience
Version 1.0
Starts at $99
www.componentscience.com
800-594-9005; 719-471-3806

ComponentOne Menus and Toolbars for .NET
ComponentOne Menus and Toolbars for .NET is a suite of integrated components enabling you to add menus and toolbars with the Visual Studio 7/Office XP look and feel to your .NET Windows Forms applications and controls.
ComponentOne
Version 2005 v1
$349.95
www.componentone.com
800-858-2739

Country Picker
Country Picker is a custom .NET control that displays a customizable list of countries or country codes, as defined by ISO 3166. You can modify the list and how it's displayed with design-time properties, as well as receive an event whenever the country selection changes.
ComponentSpace
$99
www.componentspace.com

DotNetBar Suite
DotNetBar Suite is set of 10 components for creating a professional user interface. DotNetBar includes VS.NET 2005, Office 2003/ Office XP-style menus and toolbars, task panes, dockable Windows, a navigation pane, OneNote-style tabs, and more.
DevComponents
Version 4.8
$189
www.devcomponents.com

dtrt.NavBarWin
dtrt.NavBarWin is a RAD Windows Forms data-navigation control for .NET developers that's built to work with data sets, views, collections, and every object that implements the IList interface. You use the control to navigate in a data collection either by clicking on buttons, using shortcut keys, entering navigation commands in the display window, or selecting commands from the context menu.
dtrt
Version 1.0.17
$31.30
+41-76-467-2936
www.dtrt.com

Enhanced Persistent Property Grid
Enhanced Persistent Property Grid lets you create treeviews and perform secured data entry with minimum coding. It displays the content of any XML tree table automatically, providing secured data entry, and you can edit your views and data entry using the WYSIWYG XML database editor.
DIZTEK Software
$340.28
www.diztek.com
305-705-0622

Enhanced Persistent TreeView
Enhanced Persistent TreeView lets you create sophisticated treeviews and secured data entry with minimum coding. It attaches to any XML tree table, letting you create your treeviews and data entry without writing any code by using our WYSIWYG XML database editor.
DIZTEK
$340.28
www.diztek.com
305-705-0622

ExplorerBar.NET
ExplorerBar.NET adds XP-style Explorer bars to .NET applications, making full use of XP theme support, including custom theme classes and parts. Its drag-and-drop support allows your end users to customize the interface at run time. You can use any Windows Forms control as an ExplorerBar item to turn it into a complex GUI interface.
DevWire.NET
Free
www.devwire.net

Form Designer VB
Form Designer VB is an ActiveX control for Visual Basic 6 that lets you select, move, and resize any control on your VB form at run time. It features support for nested containers; multiselection; numerous edit events; a customizable component hint; a component Toolbox example; a customizable design grid with a snap-to-grid feature; Align and SameSize methods; and clipboard operations for selected controls and properties of selected controls.
Greatis Software
Version 1.0
Contact vendor for pricing
206-202-4216
www.greatis.com

ImgWriter
ImgWriter provides full-featured image creation, editing, and caching. It includes two server-side COM components, SAImageGen and SAImageCollection. SAImageGen can generate new images or manipulate existing images. SAImageCollection offers an in-memory cached collection of images for high-speed access.
SoftArtisans
Version 1.2
Contact vendor for pricing
www.softartisans.com
877-763-8278; 617-738-0777

Input Pro for Windows Forms
Input Pro for Windows Forms includes a complete set of full-featured components that validate date, numeric, or text data entered from a database or by the keyboard. It helps you build robust database front ends, data-entry screens, or any application that requires data input.
FarPoint Technologies
$249
www.fpoint.com
800-645-5913; 919-460-4551

Instrumentation Widgets
Instrumentation Widgets is a library of meters, indicators, scales, sliders, bars, gauges, knobs, buttons, dials, clocks (both analog and digital), and other .NET components that emulate hardware devices. All components are 100-percent .NET Framework managed.
9Rays.Net
Version 3.0
Starts at $215
www.9rays.net
206-309-0821; +7-3852-257347

Janus Schedule Control for .NET
Janus Schedule Control for .NET is a 100-percent C# managed control patterned after Outlook's Calendar View. It can present appointments and its related owners in different views, representing days, work weeks, weeks, and months. You can load, display, filter, edit, manipulate, preview, and print appointments with the functionality available in the control in both bound and unbound modes.
Janus Systems
Contact vendor for pricing
www.janusys.com
0-11-507-675-0805; 770-250-6100

Janus Timeline Control for .NET
Janus Timeline Control for .NET is a 100-percent C# managed control patterned after Outlook's Journal. It's ideal for displaying items in relation to time. Items in the control are arranged in chronological order from left to right on a time scale that can be divided in hours, days, weeks, or months.
Janus Systems
Contact vendor for pricing
www.janusys.com
0-11-507-675-0805; 770-250 6100

ListBar.NET
ListBar.NET adds the latest GUI design to your .NET application. You can implement your own look and feel with the built-in designers that allow you to modify many aspects of the listbar's appearance, from colors and fonts to items and groups.
DinkIT
Free
www.devwire.net

Magnetic Controls
Magnetic Controls is a collection of .NET Framework managed controls written in C# that help you create professional applications with a cool design. It includes Panel and GroupBox components with collapse-expand ability and custom framing, as well as a full set of button controls with an enhanced look and feel.
9Rays.net
Version 1.6
Starts at $48
www.9rays.net

Nav Tools
Nav Tools comprises a set of navigation controls for designing Windows presentations. It features dbiTabs, for XP-style, multilevel tab and folder functionality; dbiButton, which lets you add sound and multiple mouse-over and state presentations to your buttons; and the scrollbar, dbiScroll.
DBI Technologies
Version 3.0
$249
www.dbi-tech.com
800-670-8045; 204-985-5770

ProEssentials
ProEssentials provides charting components for server- and client-side applications suited for engineering, financial, manufacturing, and information system implementations. ProEssentials' .NET interfaces are split into nested lists of properties, methods, and events, and it includes DLL, ActiveX, and VCL interfaces.
GigaSoft
Version 5.0.0.18
$1,299
www.gigasoft.com
817-431-8470

RichTextBox
RichTextBox is a rich-text editor for ASP.NET. It features an integrated spell checker that's integrated within the editor so no additional programming is required. It provides U.S. (American) English spell checking out of the box, plus numerous additional language packs. RichTextBox is localized for 10 cultures.
Richer Components
Version 2.5
$349
www.richtextbox.com
800-772-7814; +44-0870-766-5203

SftDirectory
SftDirectory lets you create file and folder views in your applications similar to Windows Explorer. SftDirectory is an ActiveX control that offers tree-control and combo-box style views of folder lists. It supports multiple selection, multiple columns, column headers, and checkboxes.
Softel vdm
Version 1.0
$299
www.softelvdm.com
941-505-8600

SftTree/DLL
SftTree/DLL is a DLL-based tree control for C and unmanaged C++. It features printing support and print preview support using the separately available SftPrintPreview/DLL control; online help integration with VS.NET 2002 and 2003; owner-draw cells, headers, row headers, and tool tips; rubberband selection; color samples as images for cell, item, and header images; and a SetKeyHandling function, eliminating the need to subclass controls used for cell editing.
Softel vdm
Version 5.0
$249
www.softelvdm.com
941-505-8600

SharpUI for .NET
SharpUI for .NET is a fully managed component that provides complete integration with the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET IDE. It includes dockable toolbars, menus, and tool windows; data-bound input controls; panel controls; and a style manager.
Data Dynamics
Version 1.0
$349
www.datadynamics.com
614-895-3142

State Picker
State Picker is a custom .NET control that lets you display a customizable list of U.S. states and territories. You can modify the list and how it's displayed with design-time properties, so that it displays either state names or codes. You can receive an event whenever the state selection changes. You can check or uncheck items in this list at design time to include or exclude specific states and territories from the list displayed at run time.
ComponentSpace
$99
www.componentspace.com

TX Text Control
TX Text Control is a royalty-free programming component that offers a palette of word-processing features. It lets you create PDF files without printer driver or additional third-party tools. Use it to build tables with headers and footers, hyperlinks, bullets, numbered lists, zoom, page view, images, and OLE objects.
The Imaging Source
Contact vendor for pricing
www.textcontrol.com
877-462-4772; 704-370-0110

VLButtonBar
VLButtonBar is an ActiveX button bar you can use to incorporate an Outlook-style navigation sidebar as well as a VB-style tool palette into your apps. You can deploy it as a vertical menu or a toolbar. It features Unicode support so you can use Unicode text and font for group and button captions.
Viklele Associates
Version 3.1
$189
www.viklele.com
91-20-25381012

VLFormDesigner
VLFormDesigner delivers a form designer application with a small amount of code. Let your application user reconfigure the layout of contents of your forms at run time. Use this control to deliver a form designer, a report designer, or a flowcharting application.
Viklele Associates
Version 1.2
$499
www.viklele.com
+91-20-25381012

VLMenuPlus
VLMenuPlus is a drop-in menu enhancer for Visual Basic. Drop this control on the main form of your application and run the application. The menus will be transformed automatically.
Viklele Associates
Version 4.0
$99
www.viklele.com
+91-20-25381012

VLPropertyList
VLPropertyList lets you visualize and manipulate property-value pairs. You can load, display, and modify properties of COM objects and browse an ADO recordset with a single line of code. It supports multilevel categorization and dual views (flat and hierarchical). The control supports text, number, Boolean, drop-down list, color-picker, font-selection, file-selection, folder-selection, and date-picker built-in editors.
Viklele Associates
Version 2.0
$199
www.viklele.com
+91-20-25381012

VLViewPort
VLViewPort is a container control that provides scrollable viewport. It lets you specify the viewport extent and allows scrolling of the view whenever your form is smaller than the specified extents. It also supports automatic calculation of viewport extent based on the position of its contained controls.
Viklele Associates
Version 1.0
$99
www.viklele.com
+91-20-25381012

WinCalendar (part of NetAdvantage)
WinCalendar combines Windows Forms Scheduling elements to deliver calendaring applications that provide the familiar look and feel of Microsoft's Outlook XP and 2003. You can provide your Outlook-style applications for the Tablet PC via support for Infragistics' WinInkProvider element.
Infragistics
Version 2005 Volume 1
Starts at $495
www.infragistics.com
800-231-8588; 609-448-2000

WinEditors (part of NetAdvantage)
WinEditor controls give you control over inserting and editing inside of grids, treeviews, and scheduling controls. You can choose the right control for the kind of data you're working with, including checkboxes, option buttons, calendars, drop-down grids, and more.
Infragistics
Version 2005 Volume 1
Starts at $495
www.infragistics.com
800-231-8588; 609-448-2000

Xceed UI Studio for .NET
Xceed UI Studio for .NET helps you create rich and flexible .NET WinForms interfaces. It includes 34 managed .NET and COM controls.
Xceed Software
Version 2005 v2
$349.95
www.xceedsoft.com
800-865-2626; 450-442-2626

XtraBars Suite
XtraBars Suite is a 100-percent native .NET component library that fully emulates the menu/toolbar and sidebar navigation systems introduced in Microsoft Office XP and the .NET IDE. It is available with or without C# source code.
Developer Express
Version 3.5
Starts at $219.99
www.devexpress.com
702-262-0609

XtraEditors Library
XtraEditors Library is a suite of individual field editors written using C#. It is available as part of the XtraGrid Suite, or for purchase individually. The suite has more than 20 data edit controls and is available in both unbound and data-aware mode.
Developer Express
Version 3.0
Starts at $149.99
www.devexpress.com
702-262-0609

XtraPrinting Library
XtraPrinting Library is a 100-percent C# data-rendering and visualization system designed to bring your user interface to the printed page. You can print the contents of visual controls and offer your end users a series of "reports" without having to use a traditional report writer. The resulting document created by the XtraPrinting System can be exported to various formats directly from the preview window.
Developer Express
Version 1.1
Starts at $149
www.devexpress.com
702-262-0609

XtraTreeList
XtraTreeList is a TreeList control for Visual Studio .NET. It is a multipurpose data-visualization system that can display information as a tree, a grid, or a combination of both, in either data-bound or unbound mode. It features full XP theme support, dynamic data loading for fast display of information, and summary and customization capabilities.
Developer Express
Version 1.9
Starts at $199.99
www.devexpress.com
702-262-0609

Web Design & Development Tools

ASP.NET Morph Controls
ASP.NET Morph Controls are a set of controls designed to help speed up Web application development by cutting down the number of Web pages needed to create a Web app. Morph controls let you morph a textbox to a label, or a dropdown to a label control, allowing you to have forms that serve more than one purpose. You can use the same code for both data input and summary pages.
Author Software
Contact vendor for pricing
www.authorsoftware.com

aspNetEmail
aspNetEmail is an e-mail component used for sending e-mails from any .NET application. aspNetEmail's features include bulk e-mailing from a DataSet, DataReader, or DataTable; e-mailing Web pages; and advanced logging.
Advanced Intellect
Version 2.5
$129
www.aspnetemail.com
812-836-2951

BEA WebLogic Workshop
BEA WebLogic Workshop is an integrated development framework that lets you create, test, and deploy enterprise-class Web service applications on the BEA WebLogic platform. It lets you build and connect components, data, and application business logic.
BEA Systems
Version 8.1
Contact vendor for pricing
www.bea.com
800-817-4232; 408-570-8000

BrowserHawk
BrowserHawk is used by ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion MX, servlet, JSP, and Java developers to produce Web sites that properly support the wide variety of browsers in use today. This results in sites that reach the widest possible audience, while at the same time provide a consistent layout and level of site operation for all visitors.
cyScape
Version 8.0
Starts at $319
www.cyscape.com
800-932-6869

BV Commerce
BV Commerce is a full Web-based and managed e-commerce solution for new or existing Web site customers. Features include unlimited categories and subcategories, products and coupon-based discounts, services such as e-mail to a friend, related items and gift-wrapping, and built-in templates and color schemes.
BV Software
Starts at $899
www.bvsoftware.com
866-606-7080

Casper
Casper (CrypKey Automated Software Purchasing & Electronic Registration) automates the authorization of CrypKey-protected products. Its users can process and authorize customer payment information by verifying serial numbers or credit-card purchases before authorizing the use of a CrypKey-protected product. It enables users to download, complete product trials, and purchase automatically 24 hours a day.
CrypKey
Version 2.0
Starts at $1,995
www.crypkey.com
403-258-6274

CMS400.NET
CMS400.NET is an XML content-management solution built on the Microsoft .NET Framework. It streamlines site management, automates internal processes, supports workgroup collaboration, and more. It features a browser-based, Word-like authoring environment; workflow and approval processes; content versioning; audit trails; content comparison; task management; HTML and XML forms support; and Web calendar control.
Ektron
Version 4.8
Starts at $7,200
www.ektron.com
866-435-8766; 603-594-0249

ColdFusion MX
ColdFusion MX helps you build and deploy powerful Internet applications. It introduces new application services, including rich Flash forms generation, structured reports, and dynamic generation of printable documents.
Macromedia
Version 7
Contact vendor for pricing
www.macromedia.com
800-457-1774; 415-832-2000

Crossfire
Crossfire is a mobile and wireless application development environment that extends and simplifies .NET and VB6 development to mobile and wireless devices. It provides barcode and camera support for the HHP Dolphin 9500 and Intermec 700 Series devices, and barcode support for the Intermec CK30. It also adds direct support for cameras in mobile devices, including Nokia Series 60, palmOne Zire 71, Sony Clie, Treo 600, and others.
AppForge
Version 5.6
$1,000
www.appforge.com
800-637-5740; 678-686-9400

Dreamweaver MX
Dreamweaver MX provides a combination of visual layout tools, application development features, and code-editing support. Its CSS-based design and integration features enable Web designers and developers to create and manage any Web site. You can use Dreamweaver MX with the server of your choice to build Internet applications that connect users to databases, Web services, and legacy systems.
Macromedia
Version 2004
$399
www.macromedia.com
800-457-1774; 415-832-2000

EasyMail .Net Edition
EasyMail .Net Edition is a set of 100-percent managed .NET assemblies for creating, sending, and retrieving Internet e-mail. It features full support for SMTP, ESMTP, POP3, IMAP4, MIME, Base64, Uuencode, Quoted-Printable, HTML, and more.
Quiksoft
Version 2.1
$499
www.quiksoftcorp.com
800-509-8700; 610-544-3139

eWebEditPro
eWebEditPro is a WYSIWYG XHTML/HTML editor. It provides a browser-based content editor that lets you and your contributors create and publish Web content, while your Webmaster maintains control over the site's look and feel. The new Data Designer feature offers functionality to define XML data elements and format how they're presented.
Ektron
Version 4.0
Starts at $359
www.ektron.com
866-435-8766; 603-594-0249

InnerWorkings Developer
InnerWorkings Developer delivers learning and performance solutions that support the software function. It has been designed to enhance the skills of software engineers through structured practice.
InnerWorkings
Contact vendor for pricing
www.innerworkings.com
888-465-5007

OneTimeDownload-5M (part of Desaware Universal .NET)
OneTimeDownload-5M for Microsoft ASP.NET allocates, implements, and manages temporary links, which are URLs that are active for a limited amount of time and are often uniquely associated with individual users. Typical scenarios for this type of link include software distribution, e-mail campaigns, and special offers or discounts.
Desaware
$495
www.desaware.com
408-404-4760

PortSight Meta Tree for .NET
PortSight Meta Tree for .NET helps you organize your relational data in a tree hierarchy, publish it on the Web, set permissions for each record, and search. It reduces time developing Web sites, portals, product catalogs, knowledge bases, and other applications.
PortSight
Version 2.1.3
$499
www.portsight.com
420-545-552-552

PowerWEB LiveControls for ASP.NET
PowerWEB LiveControls for ASP.NET is a suite of 21 Web controls that let you update form elements from code-behind without reloading the page. Based on standard Microsoft controls, LiveControls let you manipulate page elements without forcing full-page refreshes. No JavaScript programming is required.
Dart Communications
Version 1.1.2
$499
www.dart.com
866-383-3278; 315-339-8040

PrimalCode
PrimalCode is a complete .NET development environment in a compact size that works with your existing hardware. Designed for professional coders, it streamlines every .NET project phase, from start-up to deployment, with syntax coloring, project wizards, PrimalSense as you type, project management, and support for all .NET compiler options.
SAPIEN Technologies
Version 3.1
$249
www.sapien.com
866-774-6257; 707-252-8700

RapTier
RapTier is a template-based ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, and SQL code generator that helps you create database-driven applications. It features data access layer generation; DataSet and typed data transfer object support; stored procedure and dynamic SQL support; existing stored procedure wrapping; support of many database engines, including SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and Sybase; template-based design; WebForm and WinForm UI generation; and database documentation generation.
SharpPower
$299
www.sharppower.com

Serena Collage
Serena Collage enables IT to gain control of existing Web sites (remove the Webmaster bottleneck and ensure compliance and security) without requiring extensive modification to existing IT infrastructure.
Serena Software
Version 4.5
$15,000
www.serena.com
800-457-3736; 650-522-6600

VS.Php for Visual Studio .NET
VS.Php for Visual Studio .NET enables Visual Studio developers to design, develop, debug, and deploy Php applications to any platform where Php is supported. VS.Php provides IntelliSense, a real-time syntax checker, a class browser, color coding, remote debugging, source control integration, and deployment over FTP.
Jcx.Software
Version 1.1
$99.99
www.jcxsoftware.com
303-301-6752

Web.Config Editor
Web.Config Editor helps you manage ASP.NET's Web configuration files. It supports two modes: Simple Mode, used for editing a single web.config file; and Composite Mode, used for editing all web.config files that apply to an ASP.NET application.
HunterStone
Version 2.0
$99
www.hunterstone.com
803-749-8980

Web Hosting

2coolWEB
2coolWEB is a comprehensive Web hosting service with support for a variety of plans and a range of services that include server components, a variety of database options, statistical analysis of traffic, and FrontPage 2002 server extensions.
2coolWEB
Contact vendor for pricing
http://2coolweb.com
888-226-6593; 972-503-2665

ActiveHost
ActiveHost offers advanced ASP and ASP.NET hosting services. ActiveHost is a Microsoft Certified Partner, and its technical support staff are Microsoft Certified Professionals.
ActiveHost
$899 per server
www.activehost.com
518-372-2842

Alentus
Alentus provides comprehensive services that include Web hosting, dedicated servers, ASP.NET hosting, SQL Server hosting, ColdFusion hosting, Web site applications, and business Web hosting. It provides several options to deploy and administer both small- and large-scale, data-driven applications on the Web.
Alentus
Contact vendor for pricing
www.alentus.com
877-922-9903

ASPwebhosting.com
ASPwebhosting.com specializes in ASP and ASP.NET Web hosting services on Dell PowerEdge Servers and a Cisco Gigabit Fiber Network. It offers support for virtual dedicated hosting, SQL Server 7 and 2000 data access, and a 99.99-percent uptime guarantee.
ASPwebhosting.com
Contact vendor for pricing
www.aspwebhosting.com
800-431-6140; 812-759-6100

Brinkster
Brinkster is a Web hosting company focused on providing Microsoft ASP and ASP.NET hosting services to the small- and mid-market Web developer. Its services enable you to design fully functional and interactive Web sites through two levels of hosting: General Solution provides a free space to test and build sites, and Premium Solution offers many additional features.
Brinkster
Contact vendor for pricing
www.brinkster.com

CS Managed Networks
CS Managed Networks provides Web hosting with a selection of plans from small, shared hosting to dedicated hosting, with e-mail, site management, and Access and SQL Server data access.
CS Managed Networks
Contact vendor for pricing
www.csmanagednetworks.com
321-262-5024

Enterhost
Enterhost simplifies the Web hosting selection process by offering tailored plans that are designed specifically for the most popular Web development tools, including Dreamweaver MX and Ultradev, ColdFusion MX, ASP.NET, and FrontPage plans. The Enterhost Basic Plans are also available for developers who might not require the tailored plans.
Enterhost
Contact vendor for pricing
www.enterhost.com
877-571-4678; 817-989-8481

EraServer.NET
EraServer.NET is a comprehensive ASP.NET Web hosting service with support for many Microsoft development tools, including Visual SourceSafe, flexible Access and SQL Server data access, and many others that provide the flexibility to use the service as though it were your own development environment.
EraServer.NET
Contact vendor for pricing
www.eraserver.net
859-341-4844

FullControl Network
FullControl Network offers affordable server plans designed exclusively for hosting your Windows applications. Its virtual dedicated and full dedicated server plans will put you in administrative control of your own Microsoft Windows 2000 Server. FullControl Network has a 30-day satisfaction guarantee and a dedicated team of Microsoft Certified Professionals.
FullControl Network
Contact vendor for pricing
www.fullcontrol.net
877-876-3027; 913-338-5280

GearHost
GearHost offers instant account activation and account tools such as iControl, which is a Web hosting automation server. iControl solves the complexity of using several server software programs by providing online account management, billing, customer service, and more in one united interface.
GearHost
Contact vendor for pricing
www.gearhost.com
888-535-5443; 303-268-8305

Halfprice Hosting
Halfprice Hosting provides Windows-based hosting solutions with more than 20,000 active domains. It provides the tools and features needed to manage accounts effectively, including a 24-hour online customer control panel to update your account, access your billing record, and more. The LiveStats program provides statistics about your Web site's visitors.
Express Technologies
Contact vendor for pricing
www.halfpricehosting.com
800-284-9391; 502-214-4135

Highly Managed Hosting
Highly Managed Hosting is a managed services solution offering systems design and testing, systemic change management, performance analysis and optimization, a rapid return-to-service philosophy, and full production support that includes troubleshooting custom application code. Data Return engineers work with your architects and developers to document your custom application, creating an application flow diagram.
Data Return
Contact vendor for pricing
www.datareturn.com
800-767-1514

Hostway
Hostway operates three data centers located in Chicago, London, and Seoul for international coverage, in data centers that are equipped with security systems and under constant surveillance. It provides Unix, Windows, and ColdFusion servers with a variety of plans for maximum flexibility.
Hostway
Contact vendor for pricing
www.hostway.com
866-467-8929; 312-994-7677

Infosaic
Infosaic offers flexible hosting solutions on a Windows-based platform to include ASP, ASP.NET, FrontPage, SQL, Visual InterDev, control panel, free domain name, and no set-up fees. It uses Dell servers that reside in a secure data center with reliable connections to the Internet through multiple, redundant OC-3s.
Infosaic Technologies
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www.infosaic.com
888-855-7084

Interland
Interland delivers standardized business-class hosting solutions to small- and medium-sized businesses. Interland's product portfolio includes shared and managed dedicated accounts, e
-commerce, Web marketing support, Web site building tools and services, value-added services for dedicated plans, and managed services.
Interland
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www.interland.com
877-467-8464; 404-260-2477

MaximumASP
MaximumASP provides Web hosting using the latest Microsoft technologies. Its services include a variety of options for virtual private servers with and without load balancing, and dedicated servers, along with e-mail and a variety of database options.
MaximumASP
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www.maximumasp.com
866-925-4678; 502-899-3220

Nexpoint
Nexpoint provides shared, dedicated, and managed Web services. Its special ASP.NET option includes the .NET Framework 1.0, Code Behind, and Mobile Internet Toolkit, which allows you to connect using Visual Studio .NET.
Nexpoint Technologies
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www.nexpoint.net
866-639-7646; 540-442-9499

ORCS Web
ORCS Web provides Web hosting for Microsoft-based products, and hosts many of the most popular ASP.NET user and community sites. Its plans feature all of the services you'll need for Web applications, including a licensed copy of the AspNetEmail control.
ORCS Web
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www.orcsweb.com
888-313-9421; 951-715-3115

RackWire
RackWire Hosting Solutions provide a single point of accountability for your hosting infrastructure. RackWire helps customers optimize their Internet initiatives, deploy new technologies, and maintain maximum uptime and productivity.
RackWire Hosting Solutions
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www.rackwire.com
888-548-1444

True VPS
True VPS gives clients full access to the server, a feature that has traditionally only been available in a dedicated hosting environment. Features include terminal server access, a custom install of Windows 2003, IIS access, and remote rebooting capabilities. Invotion's proprietary solution allows up to 12 instances of the Windows OS to be run simultaneously on one server, allowing multiple clients to share in the hardware costs of the server while benefiting from a dedicated hosting environment. It supports the latest Microsoft technologies, including ASP.NET.
Invotion
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www.invotion.com
866-468-6846; 502-214-4138