Significant upgrade of professional .NET grid/spreadsheet product
includes cross-sheet referencing.
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MORRISVILLE, NC — June 6, 2005 — FarPoint Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of professional components, announces the immediate availability of a significant upgrade of its Spread for Windows Forms product. FarPoint continues its lead in the market of advanced .NET components by providing several features that customers have requested. Spread for Windows Forms version 2 adds cross-sheet referencing for formulas, more built-in functions, a range of ways to customize the interface including new cell types, and support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. With several new features that raise the bar for spreadsheet and grid component functionality, FarPoint is not just refining spreadsheet development but redefining component architecture.
This latest version of FarPoint Spread for Windows Forms includes column filtering, conditional formatting, and the ability of formulas to reference cells across multiple sheets. Along with support for XP themes, several new cell types, and the addition of drawing shapes, developers will find this a significant upgrade. “As a leading component vendor, FarPoint is committed to supporting development in Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0 so that our customers are able to expand their development efforts across the enterprise,” says Richard Williamson, FarPoint founder and CEO. The demonstration at TechEd will show an application made completely with Spread controls, handling data for a small winery that is looking to expand its business and provide data to restaurants over the Internet. “This illustrates the versatility and power of our latest products,” hints Williamson. Along with its ASP.NET version and an upcoming Java version, Spread is truly an enterprise-wide solution. These versions are available together as a package for multiple-platform customers creating enterprise applications. Enhanced support and subscriptions for updates give serious customers the comprehensive support they need.
Leading corporations, software companies, and independent consultants around the world use FarPoint’s award-winning tools as a cost-effective solution for building distributed enterprise-wide applications for commercial or in-house use. When you need high-performance, fully-customizable grid/spreadsheet components for Windows Forms or ASP.NET development, join the professional developers who continually turn to the leader in feature-rich component technology. Learn more from the FarPoint web site at www.fpoint.com.
Spread for Windows Forms is available from FarPoint Technologies at (800) 645-5913 or (919) 460-4551. It is distributed in North America by Programmer’s Paradise, Software Spectrum, VBxtras, and Component Source, as well as through selected local resellers. Internationally, customers can contact our European office, or any of our supported international resellers, such as ComponentSource, Contemporary plc, GrapeCity, and Ravenholm. It has a suggested retail price of $799. Upgrades from previous versions of Spread begin at $199.
FarPoint Technologies, Inc. is a leading publisher of professional components for enterprise-wide development in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0. Founded in 1991, FarPoint set the standard for grid/spreadsheet components with Spread, and continues to set high standards in component architecture, offering products across a full range of platforms.
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