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Erfassen von PDF-Inhalten über den Viewer

Dezember 30, 2025
Ermöglichen Sie Apps, vom Benutzer ausgewählten Text und Bereiche direkt aus PDF-Dokumenten zu extrahieren und abgerufene Daten mit sichtbaren Bildschirminteraktionen abzugleichen.

Extracting content using a PDF Viewer refers to enabling end users or applications to select and retrieve content directly through the viewer’s user interface, based on interactive actions such as text selection, area selection, or page-level capture. For software developers, this means the viewer acts not only as a rendering surface but also as a controlled extraction layer that exposes selected text, images, or regions. This approach is valuable in review, approval, and data capture scenarios because it reflects explicit user intent, aligns extracted data with what is visibly selected on screen, and avoids reliance on background parsing alone, resulting in more predictable and user-driven content retrieval within applications.

Several WinForms PDF Viewer components allow content extraction, including:

  • DevExpress WinForms PDF Viewer (part of DevExpress WinForms) allows you to extract user-selected text and visual regions directly through the PDF viewer.
  • Telerik UI for WinForms PDF Viewer (part of Telerik UI for WinForms) allows you to capture visually selected PDF content in the viewer, returning text aligned with user interactions.
  • PDFView4NET Windows Forms Edition by PDF4DEV Solutions facilitates extracting text, images, and regions directly from its PDF viewer based on  user selections.
  • Syncfusion WinForms PDF Viewer (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) lets you retrieve user-selected PDF text and areas via the viewer.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our comparison of WinForms PDF Viewer components.

Compare WinForms PDF Viewer Components

Vergleichen und Wechseln zwischen mehreren KI-Chats

Dezember 30, 2025
DevExpress WinForms 25.2 ermöglicht das einfache Wechseln zwischen KI-Diensten und Vergleichen von deren Ausgaben, ohne Ihre Anwendung zu verlassen.

DevExpress WinForms is a comprehensive suite of 190+ UI controls and development tools designed for building high-performance desktop applications. It offers a broad array of customizable controls, from data grids and ribbon interfaces to advanced charts, maps, and diagramming components. This empowers developers to rapidly create functionally rich applications, while adhering to accessibility guidelines and touch-enabled technology for modern Windows environments.

The DevExpress WinForms 25.2 update introduces multi-provider support in the AI Chat Control, allowing developers to integrate several AI services into one application. This enables advanced use cases such as side-by-side comparison of responses from different AI models, concurrent sessions with independent chat histories, and dynamic switching between providers during runtime. It’s especially useful in environments where evaluating model performance or offering user choice is essential, such as customer support tools, research platforms, or development sandboxes.

To see a full list of what's new in version 25.2, see our release notes.

DevExpress WinForms is licensed per developer and is available as a Perpetual License with a 12 month support and maintenance subscription. See our DevExpress WinForms licensing page for full details.

DevExpress WinForms is available individually or in the following products:

Verbessern der Klarheit von Tortendiagrammen mit seitlich ausgerichteten Beschriftungen

Dezember 29, 2025
ComponentOne Studio WinForms 2025 v2 verbessert FlexPie mit seitlich ausgerichteten Beschriftungen für sauberere Grafiken und eine bessere Lesbarkeit.

ComponentOne Studio WinForms by MESCIUS is a comprehensive toolkit offering over 120 advanced UI components to improve Windows Forms application development. It helps you to build visually appealing and feature-rich applications with functionalities like data visualization through charts and reports, intuitive data editing with performant grids, and modern UI elements including ribbons and docking for a user-friendly experience.

The ComponentOne Studio WinForms 2025 v2 update introduces a new data label placement option for FlexPie that aligns labels along the left and right sides of the chart to improve readability and visual structure. By moving labels out of the pie area, this option reduces overlap and congestion when working with datasets that contain many slices or small values, which are common challenges in pie chart rendering. The result is a more consistent and predictable layout that helps developers present data more clearly while maintaining a clean, modern appearance across different screen sizes and data scenarios.

To see a full list of what's new in 2025 v2, see our release notes.

ComponentOne Studio WinForms is licensed per developer on a perpetual basis and includes a 12 month subscription. Priority Support is also available. See our ComponentOne Studio WinForms licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our ComponentOne Studio WinForms product page.

Aktivieren von PDF-Anmerkungen in WinForms-Apps

Dezember 19, 2025
PDF-Viewer mit integrierten Anmerkungsfunktionen ermöglichen es Nutzern, Dokumente zu überprüfen, zu kommentieren und gemeinsam daran zu arbeiten, ohne den Originalinhalt zu verändern.

PDF annotation in .NET WinForms PDF viewer components refers to the ability to add visual and textual markup directly onto PDF documents without altering the original content. These tools allow users to draw shapes, highlight text, insert comments, and place notes within the viewing interface, supporting workflows such as document review, feedback, and approval. This functionality improves collaboration and clarity in document handling, making it well-suited for document processing tasks in WinForms applications.

Common features include:

  • Freehand Draw (Ink Annotation) allows users to sketch, underline, or handwrite directly on the page using a mouse, stylus, or touch input, making it ideal for markups and signatures.
  • Lines provide a simple way to connect points or emphasize linear elements within a document, often with configurable thickness, color, and opacity.
  • Rectangles enable users to highlight or frame areas of interest, supporting both outlined and filled styles for visual emphasis.
  • Ellipses offer a similar highlighting function to rectangles but with a rounded shape, useful for circling content or marking irregular regions.
  • Arrows are commonly used to direct attention to specific content, combining line styling with arrowheads to clearly indicate focus or flow.
  • Sticky Note annotations allow users to attach comments to precise locations in the document, typically displayed as icons that reveal text on interaction.
  • Free Text enables direct placement of typed text onto the page with control over font, size, color, and alignment, supporting clear, visible commentary without pop-ups.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our WinForms PDF viewer components comparison.

Explore WinForms PDF Annotation Features

Wir feiern 15 Jahre Partnerschaft mit combit

Dezember 15, 2025
ComponentSource und combit sind seit 15 Jahren zusammen Partner und ermöglichen es Entwicklern, datengetriebene Anwendungen mit vertrauenswürdigen Berichtwerkzeugen bereitzustellen.

ComponentSource and combit have partnered for 15 years, providing developers worldwide with powerful reporting, reporting designers, and data visualization tools to build professional, data-driven applications.

combit is a leading provider of reporting components for software developers, best known for List & Label – a multiple award-winning reporting tool used by development teams around the globe. Their components make it easier to design and integrate customized reports, dashboards, lists, and labels into business applications. Through ComponentSource, customers can conveniently license, and maintain these combit products, confident they’re choosing proven technology backed by professional support and ongoing innovation.

Together, ComponentSource and combit help development teams deliver applications faster, with flexible licensing options, reliable updates, and expert assistance. As demand for advanced reporting and analytics continues to grow, this long-standing collaboration ensures customers can rely on a trusted combination of combit’s technology and ComponentSource’s global distribution and customer service for many years to come.

Learn more about combit.