yWorks announces yFiles FLEX version 1.3, the new major release of its Adobe® Flex™-based add-on for their flagship product, the yFiles Java class library for analysis, automatic layout, and visualization of diagrams, networks, and graphs.

yFiles FLEX can be used as a front-end Flash user interface for a yFiles Java server component performing graph analysis and automatic layout calculations. The ActionScript™ client library allows easy integration of sophisticated diagram visualization, animation, and editing functionality into Rich Internet Applications.

For more information, please see the yFiles FLEX home page which provides details on the requirements and features of yFiles FLEX and offers live demo applications featuring yFiles Java layout calculation.

New features of this yFiles FLEX release include:

• client-side interactive grouping support
• Undo/Redo and clipboard functionality
• new hierarchy view component
• new grouping demo application
• support for highlighting of graph items
• new panel node style
• interactive port relocation
• new API for working with client-side visual features and labels on a yFiles Java server
• compatibility with the Adobe® AIR™ framework

For a detailed list of the new features and functionality, please refer to the yFiles FLEX 1.3 release notes. Test and experience the new features with a 30-day evaluation version of yFiles FLEX. Enjoy live demos showcasing yFiles FLEX and yFiles Java in a client/server setup on http://live.yworks.com/yfiles-flex.

About yWorks

yWorks specializes in professional software solutions for the visualization of diagrams and graphs. Our yFiles product family offers high-quality diagramming for Java and .NET applications as well as for browser applications based on Adobe® Flex™ or AJAX technology.
The extensive yFiles Java class library and the .NET class libraries yFiles.NET and yFiles WPF deliver state-of-the-art component technology which can easily be integrated into Java applications, servlets, and applets, and Windows Forms, ASP.NET, and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications, respectively.
Our web products yFiles FLEX and yFiles AJAX are a perfect fit for web-based diagramming applications that use state-of-the art web technologies.