Software provides vector graphics.
Press Release Summary:
VG.net is an animated vector graphics engine and graphical designer integrated in Visual Studio .NET. It enables developers to create advanced graphical applications using any .NET language and Visual Studio .NET tools they are familiar with including Toolbox, designer surface, and Properties window. Using VG.net designer, developers create graphical components consistent with .NET development model; each component can expose properties, methods, and events.Original Press Release:
Vector Graphics in Visual Studio .NET: VG.net
Corte Madera, CA - June 3, 2004 - Prodige Software Corporation today announced the release of VG.net, an animated vector graphics engine and a full-featured graphical designer integrated in Visual Studio .NET. VG.net enables developers to create advanced graphical applications in a fraction of the usual development time, using any .NET language, and same Visual Studio .NET tools they are already familiar with: the Toolbox, a designer surface, and the Properties window. Download VG.net today at www.vgdotnet.com/downloads.shtml.
The Problem
Frank Hileman, the VG.net lead developer, sums up the current situation: "If you read posts in the .NET drawing newsgroup, where developers ask questions about graphics, you see the same questions repeated over and over. Developers are re-inventing the wheel for each application."
The graphics engine in the .NET framework lacks essential features, such as graphical objects, a graphics editor, and automatic screen updates. Consequently, developers either spend weeks writing low-level drawing code, or abandon vector graphics entirely.
VG.net Is the Solution
VG.net fills gaps in the .NET Framework, providing graphical objects, a designer integrated in Visual Studio .NET, and fast, automatic screen updates.
Using the VG.net designer, developers create graphical components consistent with the .NET development model: each component can expose properties, methods, and events. "VG.net is ideal for constructing industry-specific component libraries," said Hileman. "Since every graphical object has mouse events, user interaction is a snap."
Hugh Robinson, a lead developer for industrial simulation software, recently created a simulation designer using VG.net. He constructed a library of components for visualizing simulation data, and a visualization tool using these components. According to Robinson, "VG.net is a great tool. It's well thought out, well implemented and the support has been excellent."
About Prodige Software
Founded in 2000 by .NET experts, Prodige Software Corporation creates vector graphics tools for .NET developers. For more information, please visit www.vgdotnet.com. For the latest news and VG.net development tips, visit the VG.net development blog at weblogs.asp.net/frank_hileman.
