Announcing New
Iron Speed Designer Version 7.0 Features!



Easier to Use

Easier to Customize

SharePoint Application Features

New Generated Application Features

Upgrading to V7.0

Easier to Use

Menu Configuration Wizard. Use the new Menu Wizard to rearrange and menu items. Quickly drag, drop and rename. An automatic validation feature identifies duplicate menu entries.
Property sheet streamlines configuration. Quickly configure databound code generation tags and ASP.NET controls. Both Iron Speed and .NET properties for the underlying controls can be set in one convenient location.
Application Deployment Wizard. Quickly create MSI Installers, SharePoint Solution Packages (WSPs) and deployment project folders. Then, automatically push your applications to a server or into the cloud. (Enterprise Edition feature.)
Database tab. Quickly configure Data Access Layer properties for individual fields. Highlight the database node to configure the connection string prior to deploying to a production server.
Expanded Toolbox. We've really expanded the ASP.NET and AJAX controls available in the Toolbox.
Web application generation. Generate web applications and SharePoint applications in addition to traditional websites. And you can easily switch from one type to another in many cases.

Easier to Customize ... with Formulas!

Formulas make calculations easy. Create calculated fields, conditionally display text, and add custom validation — all without coding! Formulas can be tied to events, such as initialization, loading and saving, and they can be used in the Query Wizard. They're a lot quicker and easier than code customization!
Display multiple fields in dropdown lists... and other venues with formulas. You can even customize dropdown list sort order.
Conditionally display text... and database field values using formulas. Over 100 built-in functions and operators provide limitless possibilities. Get and set data into session variables and cookies; Display row and column sums, running totals, averages and ranks; Encrypt and decrypt field data.
Add custom validation... with formulas. Built-in logical operators and test functions let you easily validate and display messages.
Create dependent dropdown lists (make, model, year)... that dynamically update each other. Reference user interface controls in formulas and watch them dynamically "recalculate" as you change values.
Customize dropdown list queries... with your own query or formula, or populate the list from existing database values.

SharePoint Application Features

SharePoint application generation. Generate Microsoft SharePoint applications straight from your database, just like other .NET applications. Generated applications run inside and are fully integrated with SharePoint. (Enterprise Edition feature.)
SharePoint master pages. Generated applications use SharePoint master pages so they contain the same content as other SharePoint pages. (Enterprise Edition feature.)

New Generated Application Features

New page styles. Try the new Appalachian page style which lets users select the color scheme at run-time. (Enterprise Edition feature.)
Simplified language selection. Select languages directly from the Upper Tool Bar.

Upgrading to Iron Speed Designer Version 7.0

Applications created with earlier versions of Iron Speed Designer will be converted automatically to Version 7.0 with these caveats:

Iron Speed Designer's Migration Wizard will migrate many of your code customizations. However, code customizations written for Versions 1.X, 2.X and 3.X require migration by hand.
The Version 7.0 code customization model is the same as Version 4.0 and later. No code customization changes are required for applications built in Versions 4.X, 5.X and 6.X.

Please see Application Migration for instructions on how to migrate applications created with earlier versions of Iron Speed Designer.


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