Maximize Widgets!

Dynamic Dashboards Version 3.2 is ready. 

New version includes lots of enhancements and performance optimizations.

Below is a list of new features and changes.

NEW FEATURES

* Added widget maximize functionality.

- You can set a widget maxizable so that user can maximize widget. WidgetType.WidgetProperties

 can also be used to set if a widget can be maximizable by default. 

 WidgetInstance.Properties.MaximizeSettings.Notify property can be used if you want to be

 notified when a user maximizes widget.

   - You can assign MaximizeMode.External to WidgetProperties.MaximizeProperty.WidgetMaximizeMode so that 

 widget is displayed inside an iframe element instead of inline.

* DashboardSurface.GetWidgets method implemented. 

GetWidgets returns a list of WidgetInfo object which contains WidgetInstance reference 

and your user control instance.

* DashboardEditor page redesigned. Added localization support.

* Added four new themes; Kalitte, KalitteBlue, Slate and Access.

* You can now set widget mask is automatically displayed when a postback occurs in your widget.

Set a value WidgetType.WidgetProperties.PostbackMask or use WidgetInstance.Properties.PostbackMask

to show a mask message during update.

* Implemented an overloaded version of DashboardSurface.CreateWidget. 

Simplyfies creating of a widget inside dashboard.

* Dashboard handlers and modules are automatically added to web.config for IIS7.

* Added Toolbar auto hide feature. You set it using WidgetInstance.AutohideToolbar property.

* Removed page scroll position restoring after postback.

* Added WidgetContainer control. You can use WidgetContainer to display a widget outside dashboard.

* Added two (C#, VB.NET) Hellow World application. You can use these applications as a template

for your dashboard application.

BUGS RESOLVED

* Bug related with persisting ColumnPadding data in SQLServerProvider fixed.

BREAKING CHANGES

* Update your application's web.config file.

- Change AjaxRequestModule to DirectRequestModule.

* Execute following script on your SQL Server before upgrading:

alter table WidgetInstance

add [Properties] [ntext] NULL;

alter table WidgetType

add [WidgetProperties] [ntext] NULL;

* WidgetEditor.aspx file changed. Create a new file using smart-tag of DashboardSurface control.

* Add maximizeWidgetUrl to KalitteDashboardFramework section. Below is an example;

  <KalitteDashboardFramework editorUrl="~/Pages/Dynamic/WidgetEditor.aspx" widgetMaximizeUrl="~/widgetMaximize.aspx">

  You can see a sample of widgetMaximize.aspx in sample web project (inside Pages/Dynamic folder)

* Dont forget to update assembly version from 3.1.0.0 to 3.2.0.0. 

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Ajax - Widget based Dynamic Dashboards for Asp.Net is a fully managed ASP.NET server control library that lets you add fantastic looking, user customizable drag – drop Ajax dashboards and widgets to your applications with ease.  

Unlike static - non user customizable dashboards, DD provides  a dynamism platform which your customers can use to create their own dashboards. This also decreases your maintenance costs and increase customer satisfaction.

Below is a full feature list.

• Dashboard Providers, which provides database independency to store metadata.
• Browser independency; supports IE, Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
• Full Ajax support with automatic page life‐cycle management.
• Toolbar, bottom bar, tool command, and context menu and widget communication support.
• Styling and theme support including user defined themes.
• Multiple row and column layout including multi column spanning.
• Free Asp.Net gauge control.
• High level customization including widget resizing, animation and drop validation.
• Ready to use widgets; Open source widget library included.

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