﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Perpetuum Software LLC News</title><managingEditor>pr@perpetuumsoft.com</managingEditor><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/</link><description><![CDATA[News on Perpetuum Software LLC products: .NET reporting, gauge, OLAP, and charting components.]]></description><language>en</language><item><title>Perpetuum Software Wins the Top 100 ComponentSource Bestselling Publisher Award for 2011-2012.</title><description><![CDATA[<br><br>
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Perpetuum Software LLC, a reliable vendor of software components and libraries for data reporting and visualization, is proud to announce about winning the Top 100 ComponentSource Bestselling Publisher Award for 2011-2012. <br><br>

ComponentSource® is the world's largest marketplace and community for reusable software components and development tools. The company pioneered the open market for reusable software components in 1995, and continues to drive the market through its award-winning e-business model. The yearly ranking of bestselling products and vendors is held by ComponentSource for 6 years and it is based on the total sales dollar value of orders placed by customers during the year through ComponentSource. <br><br>

 “As in past years, these awards on based on real orders from our customers world-wide, as such they represent a real global market snap-shot for commercial software component and development tools in 2011. We believe the awards represent accurate real-world data on how our customers are using these components and development tools in their latest projects.” says Sam Patterson, ComponentSource CEO. <br><br>

Perpetuum Software LLC is proud to be in the ComponentSource winners list 4 years in row, presenting there the latest solutions for reporting and data visualization components for Windows, WPF, ASP.NET, Silverlight, HTML5, and JavaScript technologies. And being in the winners list for years means that Perpetuum Software products continue to be in the list of the best solutions on the software market helping developers save on their development costs and time-to-market.    
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“We are delighted to be one of the Top 100 ComponentSource Publishers again! To be recognized by the largest marketplace of software components is a really meaningful and tangible reward for our work. It is based on real money value developers invest into our components and not on subjective opinions” says Michael Payson, Perpetuum Software CTO.  <br><br> 
 

<b>About ComponentSource:</b><br>
ComponentSource is the world's largest marketplace and community for reusable software components for all platforms. The respected barometer for the component industry, ComponentSource pioneered the open market for reusable software components in 1995, and continues to drive the market through its award-winning e-business model and groundbreaking work to establish the first widely accepted reusable component standard. A global e-business with customers in over 180 countries, ComponentSource is headquartered in Atlanta, GA United States and has offices in Reading, England and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, please visit <a href='http://www.componentsource.com'>http://www.componentsource.com</a> or <a href='http://www.componentsource.co.jp'>http://www.componentsource.co.jp</a> ]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=386</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 04:57:28 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=386</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>SharpShooter Collection 6.2: New Experience in Creating Reporting and Data Visualization Apps!
</title><description><![CDATA[<br><br>Perpetuum Software is happy to announce the availability of a new version 6.2 of SharpShooter Collection, a set of .NET components for reporting and data visualization. <br><br>

“In this product version, we’ve added many long-awaited features” says Dmitry Plutalov, a senior developer in Perpetuum Software. “A developer can add parameterized queries to Report Designer making reports development process even more flexible. In addition we enriched SharpShooter Reports with a collection of very pretty styles. You will love it!” – continues Dmitry.<br><br>

Geography of supported languages in SharpShooter Reports for Silverlight and WPF applications has been considerably extended. Japanese, Chinese, Arabian. Hebrew, Hindi and other languages are now supported on native level. Reports which use these languages look even more quality and professional.  <br><br>

ASP.NET developers who value their time have now an opportunity to save it thanks to the support for NuGet packages. These packages allow adding a system of reports creation and display to your ASP.NET Web Application or ASP.NET MVC3 Application in minutes. <br><br>

And finally, a new feature has been added to SharpShooter OLAP which allows take into account filtering conditions of a column when filtering other column. <br><br>

Thus, SharpShooter Report becomes even more powerful but still user-friendly, and its compatibility with WPF, Silverlight, and HTML5 technologies allows using the product in creation of cross-platform solutions.<br><br>

<a href='Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=38&tid=history'>See what’s new in SharpShooter Collection 6.2… </a><br><br>

<a href='Downloads.aspx?lang=en&pid=38'>Download free trial …</a>.
]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=383</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:56:40 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=383</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>SharpShooter Collection 6.1 Release: New WPF Report Viewer, Advanced Export to Excel, and More.</title><description><![CDATA[<br>Perpetuum Software LLC is happy to announce the availability of a long awaited SharpShooter Collection 6.1, a suite of components for the creation of Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), ASP.NET Web Forms, HTML5+JavaScript, and Silverlight reporting and data visualization applications. <br><br>

One of the most crucial updates in the Collection is an advanced WPF report viewer for SharpShooter Reports that allows the creation of feature-rich Windows-based apps with advanced UI customization features. <br><br>

SharpShooter Reports.Web now features a new HTML5-based zoom and the ability to use Item Templates to create WCF Service in Visual Studio.<br><br>

All editions of SharpShooter Reports now include the considerably improved export to Excel: thanks to a new Open XML (.xlsx) export filter it is possible to export reports to Excel using text styles and formatting, charts, images, etc.<br><br>

Work with SharpShooter Collection 6.1 becomes even more productive thanks to minor improvements and bug fixes in all the included components.<br><br>

<a href='Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=38&tid=history'>See a full list of what is new in SharpShooter Collection….</a><br><br>

<a href='Downloads.aspx?lang=en&pid=38'>Download SharpShooter Collection 6.1…</a>
]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=378</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:14:13 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=378</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>New abilities of .Net ModelKit Suite 4.0.3.0 for corporate applications creation.</title><description><![CDATA[Perpetuum Software LLC announces the release of a new version of the components package for creation of corporate reporting, monitoring and data visualization systems which stand out for their advanced abilities and features.<br><br> 
<b>New version of .Net ModelKit Suite 4.0.3.0 includes improvements in the following products:</b><br><br>
<b>Report Sharp-Shooter 4.0.3.0</b> – a powerful report generator for creation of reports of any complexity. A new version features more convenient designer interface. It is possible to drag and drop any report element in the document tree. In order to move the report element you should just drag it to the needed report section.  Thus, the reports editing becomes easier and demands less time.<br><br>
The use of Rich Edit 4.1 component considerably extends the RTF element functionality. You can hyphenate, rotate pages and use all Text Services Framework features.<br><br>
<b>Instrumentation ModelKit 4.0.3.0</b> – a component for gauges and digital dashboards creation. A new NavigateUrl property allows the addition of hyperlink to any element. Now, you can pass to any external reference just clicking the control. <br><br> 
.Net ModelKit Suite 4.0.3.0 includes errors and shortcomings fixes which make the work with the product more convenient and effective.<br><br>
<A href="/Downloads.aspx?lang=en&pid=38">Create your corporate reporting and data visualization system with .Net ModelKit Suite!</a>   
]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=263</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:29:34 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=263</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>.Net ModelKit Suite 3.9.0.0 solves the problem of visually appealing BI apps design.</title><description><![CDATA[<b> Perpetuum Software announces the release of a new version of .Net components package intended for the creation of functional and efficient management systems for all aspects of company business: reporting systems, OLAP analysis, data processing and visualization.</b><br><br>
A new version of the .Net ModelKit Suite set is developed taking into consideration advanced technologies in reports creation and visual data representation. The main issue of the version 3.9.0.0 release is visualization of any information.<br><br>  
The libraries of Chart ModelKit charts and Instrumentation ModelKit gauges were considerably extended. New Chart ModelKit 3.9 collection includes 180 unique examples designed in 10 various styles. Chart and diagram palettes allow the display of data in bright, vivid, light or neutral tones. 80 Instrumentation ModelKit collection gauges, designed in the same styles, allow the creation of unique digital dashboards in a single style. New graphs and indicators advantageously design any application in the color which is the most preferable for your client. Now any application created with Chart ModelKit 3.9.0.0 or Instrumentation ModelKit 3.9.0.0 will not only display data as clear as possible, but will differ from analogous ones.<br><br>    
New visual elements collection will be especially useful for reports building. Report Sharp-Shooter 3.9.0.0 allows the use of charts and gauges in the reports to visually represent data in accessible for understanding and analysis form. Now you can display all numeric information in your client most comprehensive form.<br><br>     
New Report Sharp-Shooter 3.9.0.0 functionality will be especially interesting for the developers who values comfort and conveniences in work. Using Public designer functionality you can create custom designer by full customization of toolbox and changing designer appearance. The whole standard designer functionality will be the same. Now, it is possible to use Linq-to-Sql model as a data source. Make your work with component as convenient and productive as possible!  <br><br>
A new version 3.9.0.0 of .Net ModelKit Suite includes a set of fixes which allows the increase of components performance and flexibility. Now nothing will draw your attention away from the creation of effective and qualitative data processing, analysis and visualization applications.<br><br>
<A href="Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=38&tid=history">Please see detailed information on .Net ModelKit Suite 3.9.0.0 functionality on the version history page.</a>
]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=253</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:43:24 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=253</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>Software companies merge to increase IT market presence.</title><description><![CDATA[<b>23 October, 2008 – Russia, Barnaul – Perpetuum Software LLC, a global vendor of software components for Business Intelligence, and Enterra Inc., a software development and consulting company, have announced a strategic merger.</b><br><br>
The aim of this advantageous merger is to join technical and marketing expertise to offer extended services spectrum, more elegant and intelligent software solutions and products.<br><br>
Enterra Inc. will be able to provide its customers’ projects with powerful and reliable software components for reporting, data analysis and visualization; it will dramatically reduce cost and timeline of customers’ projects and increase their ROI.<br><br>
Perpetuum Software will intensify development of existing products; new releases will be announced oftener and will feature more new abilities. As usual all new and promising technologies will be delivered to the customers.<br><br>
So, customers of the combined company will benefit from this merger as they will get advanced software products, solutions and services of higher level. It will allow us to reach and address new market segments, as well as strengthen our position on the established markets.<br><br>
Both organizations will go to the next stage of success, innovate and make breakthroughs in the IT industry.<br><br> 
About Perpetuum Software LLC (<A href="http://www.perpetuumsoft.com">http://www.perpetuumsoft.com</a>)<br><br>
The company was founded in 2002. It offers .Net software components designed for reporting, data analysis and visualization. Company headquarter is based in Russia (Barnaul) with offices in Europe (Netherlands) and Latin America (Brazil). It stands as Microsoft Certified Partner. 3500 clients in more than 70 countries have been using Perpetuum Software products for 6 years.<br><br>
About Enterra (<A href="http://www.enterra-inc.com">http://www.enterra-inc.com</a>)<br><br>
The company was founded in 2001. This is a multi-national company with offices based in Tampa (USA), Walldorf (Germany), Barnaul, Moscow (Russia). Enterra specializes in custom software development, business systems integration, software products licensing. It stands as Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, IBM Business Partner, and Sun Partner. Its staff consists of over 50 highly professional specialists. For 7 years it has successfully accomplished over 300 projects.
]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=228</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:51:01 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=228</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>Perpetuum Software LLC becomes Microsoft Certified Partner</title><description><![CDATA[<p align='justify'>Perpetuum Software LLC, a vendor of reliable and flexible .Net components for corporate Business Intelligence, today announced that it has achieved <strong>Microsoft Certified Partner</strong> status with an <strong>ISV / Software Solutions Competency</strong>.
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ISV / Software Solutions Competency recognizes company skill and expertise in Microsoft technologies and demonstrates the ability to address customer needs. To achieve the competency, vendors undergo testing to ensure solutions can be easily integrated with Microsoft-based infrastructure.
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Certified Partner status offers Perpetuum Software technical and business benefits and support to continue developing innovative products, increasing market opportunities, providing customers with the best services ever possible.
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We thank all our customers who assisted us in achieving this honorable status by providing customer references. We highly appreciate your contribution.
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Sincerely yours,<br>
Perpetuum Software Team.
]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=210</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:18:03 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=210</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>Perpetuum Software LLC announces Visual Studio 2008 compatibility.</title><description><![CDATA[<p>Perpetuum Software LLC unveils the .Net ModelKit Suite&trade; 3.8, a new version of Business Intelligence component set completely compatible with Visual Studio 2008. You will able to use reporting, charting, gauge and OLAP components included in the package, if you decide to upgrade to the most advanced and effective Microsoft tools.<br><br>
<b>Report Sharp-Shooter&trade;</b><br><br>
The product features new QR Barcode that is very popular in Japan.<br> 
It also features master style support. Now, styles specified in the master report are available in sub reports, they can be assigned to any report element. This new feature will reduce time required for templates development, since there will be no need to duplicate styles. At the same time master reports and sub reports will have unified style and this will make your reporting system more professional.<br><br>
<b>Instrumentation ModelKit&trade; and Chart ModelKit&trade; </b><br><br>
Sample centers are amplified. New charts and instruments using new attractive styles are added.<br><br>
<b>OLAP ModelKit&trade; </b><br><br>
The component provides highlighting of insert area, where a field can be dropped.<br><br>
<b>Common</b><br><br>
All components included in the .Net ModelKit Suite&trade; now have updated user interface in designers and viewers. New icons on the toolbars will make your application even more professional.<br><br>
Localization to basic languages is complete.<br><br>
Using .Net ModelKit Suite&trade; 3.8 will make development of Business Intelligence and data visualization applications even easier and more intuitive.<br><br>
To get more information, please visit .Net ModelKit Suite&trade; <A href="Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=38">home page</a>.</p>
]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=204</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:55:21 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=204</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>Use new .Net ModelKit Suite functionality for effective data reporting, analysis and visualization.</title><description><![CDATA[<p>Perpetuum Software LLC announces the release of a new version of the .Net ModelKit Suite 3.7. This package of fully compatible components is intended for the creation of decision support systems and control of management processes. The product includes a powerful report generator – Report Sharp-Shooter, flexible OLAP component – OLAP ModelKit 3.7, and graphical components for data visualization – Chart ModelKit 3.7 and Instrumentation ModelKit 3.7.<br><br>
Report Sharp-Shooter 3.7 is developed subject to the both developers and end-users demands. The support of the integrated SQL and XML data sources allows the developer to create reports independent from the final application; and the end user can edit and add specified data sources directly in the report designer.
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OLAP ModelKit 3.7 allows the creation of reports with more professional appearance because of ability to set page header, page footer, header and footer printed out and taken into account when the document is exported to Excel, Html and PDF. Now, end users can edit page header, page footer, header and footer and, thus, considerably facilitate their work with the application.
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In a new version of the .Net ModelKit Suite 3.7, a special attention is devoted to the visual elements design in Chart ModelKit 3.7 and Instrumentation ModelKit 3.7. Imitation of 3D effects on chart series elements is added to PieSeriesView, PointSeriesView and BarSeriesView. Thus, your charts will have more visual appealing appearance. A new component version 3.7 provides additional abilities for unique charts development. Ability of displaying custom image in the BarSeriesView columns allows chart representation in the needed form. New palettes of Chart ModelKit 3.7 allow the creation of bright and colorful charts and diagrams which address the most sophisticated requirements. The chart and gauge templates library is completely redesigned. Now, new charts and instruments created on the basis of redesigned templates will advantageously distinguish with their attractive appearance. Instrumentation ModelKit 3.7 includes DigitalText gauge element that is intended for the display of text and numbers using LED markers. Thus, you can obtain all the needed information about the process state on the DigitalText element display.<br><br>
Tight integration of the .Net ModelKit Suite 3.7 components allows the use of new functionality of one component in all others. Thus, by purchasing the .Net ModelKit Suite 3.7, you obtain a unified framework for the creation of decision support systems which include components for data analysis, reporting and visualization.<br><br>
More precise description of new product functionality is available <a href='Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=38&tid=history'>here</a>.</p>]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=165</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:04:06 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=165</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>Latest technologies in a new version of the .Net ModelKit Suite&amp;trade; 3.6.</title><description><![CDATA[<p><i>Perpetuum Software LLC announces the release of a new 3.6 version of the .NET ModelKit Suite&trade;, a comprehensive package of the .NET components for advanced reporting, analysis, and visualization of mission-critical data.</i><br><br>
The latest version of the suite features the tighter integration of OLAP ModelKit&trade; and Chart ModelKit&trade;. This provides the ability to dynamically present OLAP data as feature-rich charts and graphs without writing the sophisticated code.<br><br> 
A new version of .Net ModelKit Suite&trade; is developed subject to advanced design-time features of Visual Studio 2005. Smart tags on the suite components considerably simplify the process of their adjustment as the common properties are available in smart tag windows.<br><br> 
Special attention is paid to Report Sharp-Shooter&trade;, a powerful reporting tool that supports now export to XPS. It is intended to display a document in the same way across the machines independently from the software installed. Support for PDF417 2D barcode is an irreplaceable feature for the applications where the data must travel with the labeled item. It can store up to 1,800 printable ASCII characters per symbol and can be used for hazardous materials labeling, storing technical specifications and calibration data on electronic instruments. <br><br>
OLAP ModelKit&trade; 3.6 and Report Sharp-Shooter&trade; 3.6 feature an improved PDF export filter which provides the considerable compression of files thus, the exported documents become dramatically smaller.<br><br>
<A href="Downloads.aspx?lang=en&pid=38">Download the .NET ModelKit Suite 3.6 and evaluate its new capabilities!</a>
]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=147</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:04:18 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=147</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>New release of the .Net ModelKit Suite products.</title><description><![CDATA[<p>Perpetuum Software LLC releases a new version of all products included in the .Net ModelKit Suite: Report Sharp-Shooter, Instrumentation ModelKit, OLAP ModelKit, and Chart ModelKit.
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A new version includes the following fixes:<br><br>
<b>Fixed:</b> Problem with design-time components licensing appeared on Windows Vista x64.<br>
<b>Fixed:</b> Some other slight problems with licensing.<br><br>
We strongly recommend that everyone download the latest version of the product in possession in order to avoid such problems in the future.<br><br>
You can download the latest version in the <a href='Downloads.aspx?lang=en'>Downloads Section</b>.
</p>]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=138</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:54:34 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=138</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>Create professional BI applications with a new version of the .Net ModelKit Suite 3.5.</title><description><![CDATA[<p><i>Perpetuum Software LLC announces the release of a new version of the .Net ModelKit Suite&trade;3.5. This is a pack of the pure .Net 2.0 components: Report Sharp-Shooter&trade;, OLAP ModelKit&trade;, Instrumentation ModelKit&trade;, and Chart ModelKit&trade; which are intended for data reporting, processing and visualization. The .Net ModelKit Suite&trade; 3.5 provides a powerful set of tools for developers for the creation of technical, financial, analytical, data visualization and other types of applications. All components included in the package represent an interconnected framework and can be used separately or jointly.</i><br><br>

The .Net Dashboard Suite&trade; 3.5 and Chart ModelKit&trade; 3.5 feature new Web Viewers which allow the developers to display charts and digital dashboards in the ASP.NET applications. You can use the whole functionality of these products for the creation of Windows and Web Forms applications. Now, a developer can host a dashboard or a chart on a Web Form with the help of the Web Forms Viewer, which is available as a control in the Visual Studio Toolbox.<br><br>

Report Sharp-Shooter&trade; 3.5 includes redesigned demo application. Now, all examples are placed in a single Sample Center. This considerably facilitates the search of the required example. Redesigned examples demonstrate the component functionality in a more comprehensible manner. This facilitates the perception and understanding of the important information. The localization of the Sample Center allows the developer to examine the example in the chosen language.<br><br>
 
Visit the <A href='Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=38'>product page</a> and get more detailed information on the .Net ModelKit Suite&trade; 3.5.<br><br>

<A href='Downloads.aspx?lang=en&pid=38'>Download</a> the .Net ModelKit Suite&trade; 3.5 and evaluate its new functionality.</p>
]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=129</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:05:29 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=129</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>.Net ModelKit Suite 3.0 is a pure .NET 2.0 component.</title><description><![CDATA[<p align='center'><b>.Net ModelKit Suite 3.0 is a pure .NET 2.0 component.</b></p>

Perpetuum Software LLC announces the official release of the .Net ModelKit Suite 3.0, a comprehensive and complete set of BI software components with vast capabilities for the creation of enterprise-grade decision support systems. The delivery package contains only pure .NET 2.0 versions of the following components: Report Sharp-Shooter, Instrumentation ModelKit, Chart ModelKit, and OLAP ModelKit. Now you can take advantage of the whole .NET 2.0 functionality.<br><br>

The .Net ModelKit Suite 3.0 ensures improved usability and delivers some new features.<br><br>

<b>Improved Visual Interface.</b><br>
Automatic layout of localized interface elements allows the correct displaying and positioning of these elements in the property grid and on the toolbar. So, designers of all components included in the package will have an attractive appearance no matter what language is selected as the current one.<br><br>

<b>New designers.</b><br>
Designers became more convenient, as some properties are available not only in the property grid but also from the designer toolbar. For example you can change element’s style, size, fill, as well as text style, size, font color, format, alignment from the toolbar. Expressions toolbar provides a more convenient way of assigning expressions for a selected element property; no need to invoke the expression editor.<br><br>

<b>New syntax editor.</b><br>
New syntax editor is similar to those in Visual Studio.Net. It provides the code completion and syntax highlighting features. Now it is so easy to write scripts in Report Sharp-Shooter&trade;.<br><br>


<b>Improved report viewer.</b><br>
Report Sharp-Shooter features an improved WinForms viewer. Its user interface became more convenient and attractive.<br><br>

<b>Re-designed mechanism of data grouping</b><br>
The working with groups in Report Sharp-Shooter became easier. Now it is possible to sort groups and their elements. More over, Master-Detail reports are designed in the same way Group reports are created; this facilitates evaluation and exploration of the report generator.<br><br> 

<b>The DataBand functionality is extended.</b><br>
The component is able to perform filtering and sorting of the displayed data.<br><br>

<b>Re-designed mechanism of working with aggregate functions.</b><br>
Calculation of data totals in Report Sharp-Shooter is performed in a more convenient manner; a wide range of aggregate functions is available: sum, minimum, maximum, average, standard deviation, estimate of standard deviation, variance, estimate of variance, median, skewness, and kurtosis. Group totals are calculated automatically; no need to specify the current group. It is possible to calculate running totals and totals by page.<br><br> 

<b><i>Please be advised that the .NET ModelKit Suite 3.0 supports only .NET 2.0. If you work with .NET Framework 1.1, please use the .Net ModelKit Suite 2.3 that is compatible with .NET 1.1 and 2.0.</b></i><br><br>

The.NET ModelKit Suite 3.0 is available as a <a href='http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/Downloads.aspx?lang=en&pid=38'>free download</a>]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=119</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 19:34:24 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=119</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>.NET ModelKit Suite 3.0 Beta is a pure .NET 2.0 component.</title><description><![CDATA[<p><b>Perpetuum Software LLC releases a beta version of the .Net ModelKit Suite&trade;. The delivery package contains only pure .NET 2.0 versions of the following products: Report Sharp-Shooter&trade;, Instrumentation ModelKit&trade;, Chart ModelKit&trade;, and OLAP ModelKit&trade;. Now you can take advantage of the whole .NET 2.0 functionality.</b><br><br>

Some new features include:<br><br>

<b><i>Improved Visual Interface.</i></b><br>
Automatic layout of localized interface elements allows the correct displaying and positioning of these elements in the property grid and on the toolbar. So, designers of all components included in the package will have an attractive appearance no matter what language is selected as the current one.<br><br>

<b><i>New designers.</i></b><br>
Designers became more convenient, as some properties are available not only in the property grid but also from the designer toolbar. For example you can change element’s style, size, fill, as well as text style, size, font color, format, alignment from the toolbar. Expressions toolbar provides a more convenient way of assigning expressions for a selected element property; no need to invoke the expression editor.<br><br>

<b><i>New syntax editor.</i></b><br>
New syntax editor is similar to those in Visual Studio.Net. It provides the code completion and syntax highlighting features. Now it is so easy to write scripts in Report Sharp-Shooter&trade;.<br><br>


<b><i>Improved report viewer.</i></b><br>
Report Sharp-Shooter&trade; features an improved WinForms viewer. Its user interface became more convenient and attractive.<br><br>

<b><i>Re-designed mechanism of data grouping</i></b><br>
The working with groups in Report Sharp-Shooter&trade; became easier. Now it is possible to sort groups and their elements. More over, Master-Detail reports are designed in the same way Group reports are created; this facilitates evaluation and exploration of the report generator.<br><br> 

<b><i>The DataBand functionality is extended.</i></b><br>
The component is able to perform filtering and sorting of the displayed data.<br><br>

<b><i>Re-designed mechanism of working with aggregate functions.</i></b><br>
Calculation of data totals in Report Sharp-Shooter&trade; is performed in a more convenient manner; a wide range of aggregate functions is available: sum, minimum, maximum, average, standard deviation, estimate of standard deviation, variance, estimate of variance, median, skewness, and kurtosis. Group totals are calculated automatically; no need to specify the current group. It is possible to calculate running totals and totals by page.<br><br> 

Please be advised that final release of the product will support only .NET 2.0.<br><br>

<b>You can <A href='Downloads.aspx?lang=en&pid=38'>download</a> the .Net ModelKit Suite&trade; 3.0 beta and evaluate its new features.
Your feedback and comments on the new product functionality will be much appreciated. Please send them to <a 

href='mailto:support@perpetuumsoft.com'><b>Support@PerpetuumSoft.com</b></a>.</b></p> 
]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=106</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:22:58 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=106</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>Perpetuum Software LLC thanks customers for their contribution.</title><description><![CDATA[<i>No successful business can be done without customers’ feedback and contribution. Perpetuum Software LLC would like to thank our customers for their contribution in our success. We value every our customer and really appreciate clients’ loyalty, opinion of our products, and suggestions on how to improve them.</i>
<br><br>
Most active customers whose contribution is available to all Perpetuum Software clients are:
<br>
<ul type='disk'><li><b>Andre Pires<br>
</li><li>Anders Bjerin<br>
</li><li>Christiaan Baes<br>
</li><li>Henry Nordström<br>
</li><li>Michal Hrabak<br>
</li><li>Loïc Faure<br>
</li><li>Stefan Rotaru<br>
</li><li>Pavel Gardavsky<br>
</li><li>Tanai Suwanik<br>
</li><li>Sergio De Angelis<br>
</li><li>Robert Pawlowski<br>
</li><li>Terje Myklebust<br>
</li><li>Sameh Refaat<br>
</li><li>Aziz Belchiter<br>
</li><li>Amador Fernandez<br>
</li><li>Maricarmen Conejero<br>
</li><li>Miguel Navarro</li></ul></b>

These persons helped us provide our worldwide users with a localization feature of our flagship products. Only due to customers’ assistance the following localizations are available:
French, Thai, Swedish, Italian, Romanian, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish, Turkish, Serbian, Portuguese.
<br><br>
All the contributors were presented with an additional bonus; so, their time and effort were awarded.
<br><br>
We also thank all customers who participate in our regular polls. Provided information is always useful.
<br><br>
Special thanks to <br><br>
<b><ul type='disk'><li>Hans Wurst<br>
</li><li>Marco Buri <br>
</li><li>Philipp Knecht<br>
</li><li>Dominic Winterstein<br>
</li><li>Samuel Lee<br>
</li><li>Igor Stanec</li></ul></b>
for their continual participation in our community and for their suggestions on products improvement.
<br><br>
We strive to keep tight collaboration with our customers. We would like you to succeed, as your success is our inspiration and success as well.
]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=101</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:05:27 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=101</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>Perpetuum Software LLC nominated its products for the asp.netPRO readers’ choice award.</title><description><![CDATA[Each year, <b>asp.netPRO</b> recognizes outstanding products and vendors in the ASP.NET add-on market. This year we nominated the following products: <a href='Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=21'><b>Report Sharp-Shooter</b></a>, <a href='Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=22'><b>Instrumentation ModelKit</b></a>, and <a href='Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=38'><b>.Net ModelKit Suite</b></a>.
<br><br>
Please take a moment to vote for your favorite Perpetuum Software product. This is your chance to voice your opinions regarding the tools and products you use in your everyday development efforts. Your contribution will be much appreciated. Please <a href='http://www.aspnetpro.com/ReadersChoice/default.asp'><b>visit this page</b></a> to vote.
<br><br>
Voting ends April 8, 2007. The results of this survey will be published on aspnetPRO.com and in the June 2007 issue of asp.netPRO.
<br><br>
We are confident in your loyalty and we thank in advance all voters.]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=100</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:35:12 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=100</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>Official release of the .NET ModelKit Suite 2.3</title><description><![CDATA[<p><b><i>Perpetuum Software LLC announces the release of a new version of the .NET ModelKit Suite&trade;. This pack of .NET components offers complex solution for reports creation, data visualization and data analysis.</i></b><br><br>  

The .NET ModelKit Suite&trade; 2.3 includes new versions of Report Sharp-Shooter&trade;, OLAP ModelKit&trade;, Chart ModelKit&trade; and Instrumentation ModelKit&trade;.<br><br>

A new version of Report Sharp-Shooter&trade; includes an improved Web Forms report viewer that allows setting of the custom method of the generated document temporary storage on the server side.<br>
The $Value variable which was added to the OLAP ModelKit&trade; 2.3 provides access to the source data records and not just to source data fields. A new ProfessionalPainter style was added.
<br>
The UseRoundValues property was added to a new version of the Chart ModelKit&trade; 2.3 and the Instrumentation ModelKit&trade; 2.3. Now it is possible to display numeric labels on axes and grids in the form of round values.<br>  
The Chart ModelKit&trade; 2.3 was amplified with a new ability to create multicolumn legends. Non-standard series types were added; now it is possible to display chart data in the form of spectrum analyzers, thermometers or tanks located along the scale. Make your applications even more intuitive!  <br><br>

The Instrumentation ModelKit&trade; 2.3 and the Chart ModelKit&trade; 2.3 are included in the .NET Dashboard Suite&trade;. The .NET Dashboard Suite&trade; features a new DashBoardViewer control. Now it is possible to use the functionality of the Chart ModelKit&trade; and the Instrumentation ModelKit&trade; in a single element. This new control facilitates the creation of complex digital dashboards. <br><br>    

The .NET ModelKit Suite&trade; is a pack of fully compatible components that have similar customization facilities. The .NET ModelKit Suite&trade; subscription gives you an opportunity to receive product updates, upgrades, new product versions and qualified technical support during one year absolutely free of charge.<br><br>
   
<b><i>Comprehensive overview of the .NET ModelKit Suite&trade; 2.3 functionality can be found on the <A href='Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=38'>product page</a>.</i></b><br><br> 

<b><i><A href='Downloads.aspx?lang=en&pid=38'>Download</a> the evaluation version of the .NET ModelKit Suite&trade; 2.3.</i></b></p>
]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=94</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:40:04 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=94</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>.NET ModelKit Suite 2.1 has been released</title><description><![CDATA[<p align='justify'><i>Perpetuum Software LLC announces the release of the new version 2.1 of .NET ModelKit Suite. This pack 

of .NET components is intended for analytical data processing and data visualization.</i><br><br>

.NET ModelKit Suite 2.1 includes final versions of the well-known components: <a href='Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=21'><b>Report 

Sharp-Shooter 2.1</b></a>, <a href='Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=22'><b>Instrumentation ModelKit 2.1</b></a>, <a 

href='Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=32'><b>OLAP ModelKit 2.1</b></a>, and a new component for interactive graphs and charts creation - 

<a href='Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=42'><b>Chart ModelKit 2.1</b></a>.
<br><br>
<b>Report Sharp-Shooter 2.1</b> includes a built-in Chart component. Now you can build reports of any complicity and present the 

necessary data in the form of powerful 2D graphs and diagrams. Integration with Instrumentation ModelKit allows the 

addition of various visual elements.<br>
<b>Instrumentation ModelKit 2.1</b> includes new high-level elements, an improved designer, a unified sample browser, and a layout management system. These new features were added to the scale architecture.<br>
<b>OLAP ModelKit 2.1</b> is fully compatible with Chart ModelKit. You can present the results of multidimensional data analysis 

in the form of powerful charts.<br>
<b>Chart ModelKit 2.1</b> is a data visualization component intended for the creation of feature-rich 2D graphs and diagrams. The 

product features a built-in WYSIWYG designer, an advanced data binding model, unique object architecture, rich library of 

standard elements and available series types, and integration into any types of applications.
<br><br>
In addition to staff changes, the components of the .NET ModelKit Suite package include bug fixes and minor improvements. 
<br><br>
All .NET ModelKit 2.1 components present an interconnected structure, as they are fully compatible with each other. The 

purchase of .NET ModelKit Suite 2.1 allows you to receive regular upgrades, bug fixes, beta versions, new products, and 

qualified technical support absolutely free of charge during one year. For developers' convenience we synchronized versions 

of the products included in the suite.
<br><br>
A comprehensive overview of the .NET ModelKit Suite 2.1 functionality can be found on the <a 

href='Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=38'>product page</a>.
<br><br>
.NET ModelKit Suite 2.1 is currently available for <a href='Downloads.aspx?lang=en&pid=38'>free evaluation</a>.]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=76</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=76</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item><item><title>Perpetuum Software announces the release of the improved .NET ModelKit 

Suite&amp;trade;.</title><description><![CDATA[.Net ModelKit Suite&trade; provides an updated component - Report Sharp-Shooter&trade; 2.0.3.<br>
The following features are available:<br><br>
<b>Updated expression language.</b><br><br>

<b>Improved export to the most familiar formats.</b><br>


<UL type=disk><li>Export to multi-page TIFF is available.</li>

<li>Due to an improved RTF filter, cell size more accurately corresponds to the input data.</li>


<li>The updated PDF filter provides more correct export of the advanced text.</li>

<li>While exporting in HTM,L it is possible to output tables with a fixed column width.</li>


<li>Output of the formatted values to Excel is improved.</li></UL><br>

<b>Report Viewer for ASP.NET WebForms.</b><br>

<UL type=disk><li>The work with query strings became easier.</li>
<li>It is possible to use multiple report viewers on a single form.</li></UL><br>


<b>Changes in Advanced Text provide more correct rendering. </b><br><br>

.NET ModelKit Suite&trade; is currently available for <A href="Downloads.aspx?lang=en&pid=38">free 

evaluation</A>.]]></description><link>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=62</link><author>Perpetuum Software LLC</author><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/news.aspx?lang=en&amp;pid=38&amp;id=62</guid><category>SharpShooter Collection</category></item></channel></rss>