DNM RAD Version v.1.30

WITH CHART CONTROL, CAPTCHA CONTROL AND FASTER PERFORMANCE

This version of the DNM RAD (v.1.3) is characterized by a drive to enhance visualization, security and performance of the DNM RAD. As in all our releases, we have listened to what our ever-growing community had to say and we have implemented them. Needless to say is that there are many more exciting enhancements that we are testing right now and which will be integrated in the DotNetMushroom RAD so stay tuned for much much more!

Version 1.3 contains the following features:

• All the features found in the Trial version (v.1.10)
• All the features found in v.1.20, that is:

	External DataSources: You can connect to external SQL databases using a connection string
	Linked Tables: Tables can be created using the connection string specified in datasources
	Direct Queries: Direct queries can be used to call a table directly without going through the DNM Parser. This will give access to the user to query tables that are being called using external datasources
	Query Designer: The query designer UI is now more rich giving the user clear distinction between reserved words and other syntax
	Javascript Designer: The JavaScript designer UI is now more rich giving the user clear distinction between reserved words and other syntax
	Template Designer: The template designer UI is now more rich giving the user clear distinction between HTML tags and other syntax
	Line Numbers & Maximize: All designers include line numbers and a maximize function
	Packaging: Packaging has beed upgraded to handle external datasources therefore if you are using an application with EDS and unpackage it to another installation, all you need to do is to change the connection string, if necessary, and you’re all set up to go online

• and the Following Features which are NEW in DNM RAD 1.3:

1. The Chart Control

Using the Chart control, one can apply a data source to represent the data in a graphical manner. DNM RAD 1.3 enables data to be represented by a

Other features of the chart control are:

	Cross browser compatibility: The Chart Control has been successfully tested on Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8, Firefox, Safari and Opera.
	Chart Legend. Tick or un-tick an option to show or hide the chart legend which displays the various series present in the chart along with their respective colour.
	Various line style options to choose from with 6 built in marker styles. Various combinations can be achieved to display chart lines in different styles, e.g. Show/hide line, filled square marker.
	Horizontal and vertical Bar charts. By just ticking a checkbox one can switch a horizontal bar graph into a vertical bar graph without the need to change any other properties.
	Chart points with labels. One can display the point value in a chart line in order to have a better visualisation of the figure represented by that specific point on the chart.
	Trend Line. By ticking an option in the chart properties one can show a trend line in the chart which automatically works out the trend of the chart’s data.

2. The Captcha Control

The Captcha control will further enhance the validation control arsenal in the DNM RAD since it gives you the opportunity to increase form validation in your DNM RAD applications.

Features of the Captcha control include:

	Setting of Height and Width
	Assigning CSS to both the captcha control and the error messages it displays
	Access to set the character set and the number of characters that will be used by the control to generate the captcha image
	Set the prompt text that can be displayed under the captcha control
	Set the text that will be displayed in the event that the captcha characters are entered wrongly

3. Improved Speed Performance

We have optimized and compressed all the CSS and Javascript files used by DNM RAD. This exercise has approximately yielded a 40% improvement over the DNM RAD 1.2 when we ran speed tests. This also means that your applications will consequently perform faster.