Graphical Programming Interface
for Visual Studio® 2003

Over 50 New Controls!

SoftWIRE 7.0 offers over 250 controls, including powerful new Windows form and Web Form controls!

View selected control icons and descriptions by browsing or clicking on a category below.

7.0 New Web Forms Controls Descriptions

Control Tab Description
AnalogMeter GUI Displays an analog value graphically by positioning a pointer along a circular scale.
BarChart GUI Displays from 1-to-32 static sets of X-Y values or arrays, in bar-graph form.
BarMeter GUI Displays an analog value graphically by positioning a pointer along a linear scale.on
Button GUI The Button control encapsulates a Web Form Button control. Whenever the button is clicked, it generates an event that can trigger other controls.
CheckBox GUI The CheckBox control encapsulates a Web Form CheckBox control. Clicking on the CheckBox toggles and outputs the checked state.
CheckBoxList GUI The CheckBoxList control encapsulates a Web Form CheckBoxList control. Clicking on CheckBox in the list toggles its value outputs the checked state.
DatePicker GUI The Date Picker control provides an entry control that allows the user to enter a date by typing or by selecting the data from a drop down calendar.
DropDownList GUI The DropDownList control encapsulates a Web Form DropDownList control. The DropDownList displays a list of items and allows the user to select one item from the list.
DVM GUI Similar to WinForm version
Flash GUI The Flash control will display a Macromedia Flash movie in the web page.
Image GUI The Image control will display an image file in the web page.
ImageButton GUI The ImageButton control encapsulates a Web Form ImageButton control. Whenever the button is clicked, it generates an event that can trigger a diagrammatic response.
Label GUI The Label control is used to display a text string on a Web form.
LED GUI Represents the state of a binary variable by changing its color between off and on states.
ListBox GUI The ListBox control encapsulates a Web Form ListBox control. The ListBox displays a list of items and allows the user to select one item from the list.
MessageBox GUI The Message Box control will display a message box in the user's (client's) browser.
RadioButtonList GUI The RadioButtonList control encapsulates a Web Form RadioButtonList control. The RadioButtonList displays a list of radion buttons and allows the user to select one of them.
Table GUI The Table is a web form table control that can display an input array in a table.
TextBox GUI The TextBox control provides an edit field to allow the user to enter a text string. The control has an input property that allows the contents of the edit field to be set programmatically.
XY Graph GUI Similar to WinForm version
DataGrid Database The DataGrid is a web form grid control that can be wired directly to an ADO.NET DataTable, DataSet or DataView  object.
WebDatabaseRead Database Similar to WinForm version
ExcelRead Excel Reads an Excel spreadsheet. Do to web form limitations, the control uses database access.
ExcelWrite Excel Writes to an Excel spreadsheet. Do to web form limitations, the control uses database access.
LoadPage Web The Load Page control will navigate to another web page in the user's (client's) browser.
QueryStringRead Web The Query String Read control will read a Query String value. Query Strings may be used to communicate data from one web page to another.
SessionVariableRead Web The Session Variable Read control will read a session variable value. Session variables may be used to communicate data from one web page to another.
SessionVariableWrite Web The Session Variable Write control will write a session variable value. Session variables may be used to communicate data from one web page to another.

7.0 New Windows Forms Controls Descriptions  Back to Top

Control Tab Description
TransposeArray Array Swaps rows and columns.
ArrayToDataset Array Converts an array to a Dataset so that it can be output to a grid or a web service.
AddArrayRecords Database Adds records to a database based on an array input.
DatabaseWriteArray Database Writes to records in a database based on an array input.
DatabaseReadArray Database Reads an array from a database.
SqlBuilder Database Builds complex SQL statements for use by the Query component.
Thermometer GUI Thermometer display control.
ShowForm GUI Shows another form
HideForm GUI Hides a form.
MenuItem N/A Catches menu events. Automatically added to the diagram when the user creates a menu item in the designer.
Toolbar Tab Toolbar control.
MessageBox GUI MessageBox dialog control.
GetQuadStatus MCCDaq Gets quad board status.
ReadQuadCounter MCCDaq Reads quad board counter values.
LogReadAI MCCDaq Reads analog input data from a data logger.
LogReadCJC MCCDaq Reads temperature input data from a data logger.
LogReadDIO MCCDaq Reads digital input data from a data logger.
LogReadFile MCCDaq Reads all input data from a data logger.
Send Network Sends data to remote applications using a network connection.
Receive Network Receives data sent by remote applications using a network connection.
SendCommand Network Sends commands to remote applications using a network connection. It will wait for a response.
ReceiveCommand Network Receives a command from a remote application's Send Command control through a network connection.
CommandResponse Network Sends back data over the network in response to a command received by a Receive Command component.
ControlWrapper Programming Allows user to add non-SoftWIRE controls to SoftWIRE applications.
UserFunction Programming Adds dynamic pin support to allow users to select number of inputs and outputs.
CurrentPath System Returns the application's current path.