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Create Calculated Fields in a C# .NET RDL Report

Mai 16, 2025
Use ActiveReports.NET to create new values based on existing data, enabling on-the-fly calculations.

ActiveReports.NET helps you deliver beautiful reports with intuitive Visual Studio integrated report designers and rich controls. It provides code-based cross-platform reporting, easy-to-use designers, and a flexible API, enabling you to design and deliver powerful reports with intuitive, reliable, and user-friendly report designers and controls.

In this blog post, MESCIUS Product Manager Alec Gall shows you how to add a calculated field to your report using the ActiveReports.NET Web Designer. Steps include:

  • Opening the Data Tab
  • Editing the Data Set
  • Adding a Calculated Field
  • Defining your Calculation
  • Using the Field in your Report

Read the complete blog to learn this simple but powerful method to extend your data inside ActiveReports.NET.

ActiveReports.NET is licensed per developer and is available with or without a 12 month support and maintenance subscription. See our ActiveReports.NET licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our ActiveReports.NET product page.

Easily Add Pages to PDF Documents

Mai 16, 2025
Enable users to expand documents effortlessly with tools for inserting pages anywhere in a PDF file, without leaving the viewer.

Adding a page to a PDF file is a key feature in modern PDF viewer components, enabling users to dynamically insert new content into existing documents. This capability is particularly useful in web applications that require real-time document editing or automated PDF generation, such as form processing, report building, or multi-user collaboration platforms.

Several ASP.NET Core PDF viewer controls offer the ability to add pages to a PDF file including:

  • Telerik UI PDF for ASP.NET Core (part of Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core) allows developers to insert a new page at any location.
  • Document Solutions for PDF by MESCIUS enables the addition of new pages with configurable size and orientation, making it ideal for dynamic document creation.
  • Syncfusion ASP.NET Core PDF (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) provides methods to add blank pages or clone existing ones.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our ASP.NET Core PDF viewer controls comparison.

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Unmittelbares Teilen von Berichten mit einem Bildexport

Mai 15, 2025
Der Bildexport ermöglicht es Benutzern, Momentaufnahmen von Berichten zu teilen und die Formatierung für eine klare und unmittelbare visuelle Kommunikation beizubehalten.

The export to image feature in reporting tools allows users to save a static visual representation of their reports in common image formats such as PNG or JPEG. This functionality offers numerous benefits, including simplified sharing across diverse platforms without requiring specific software, ensuring the consistent presentation of data by preserving formatting and visualizations, and enabling offline access for users who may not have continuous network connectivity. Example use cases include easily embedding key performance indicator dashboards into presentations or emails for broad dissemination, archiving reports for historical record-keeping, and providing accessible versions of data insights for individuals who prefer or require visual formats.

Several .NET WPF reporting controls offer image exporting including:

  • MindFusion.Reporting for WPF facilitates saving report layouts and data visualizations as universally viewable image files for easy sharing and embedding in various documents.
  • Stimulsoft Reports.Wpf enables users to export their interactive WPF reports to static image formats, ensuring consistent visual representation across different platforms.
  • ComponentOne FlexReport WPF (part of ComponentOne Studio WPF by MESCIUS) allows you to generate image renditions of complex reports, simplifying distribution.
  • DevExpress Reports (Multi-Platform) (part of DevExpress Reporting) lets developers export visually rich reports to various image formats.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our WPF Reporting controls comparison.

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Integrieren der RTL-Unterstützung für eine schnelle Bereitstellung globaler MAUI-Apps schneller bereitzustellen

Mai 13, 2025
Das Grial UI Kit 2025.1 integriert eine neue RTL-Unterstützung (von rechts nach links), die eine reaktionsschnelle und konsistente Erfahrung für globale Anwendungen bietet.

Grial UI Kit by UXDivers is a collection of pre-designed user interface components and templates specifically built for .NET MAUI app development. It offers a wide range of customizable XAML code snippets, custom controls, and helpers, allowing developers to rapidly build modern and visually appealing mobile applications for Android and iOS platforms while focusing on the core functionalities of the app.

The Grial UI Kit 2025.1 release introduces full support for right-to-left (RTL) languages, marking a significant enhancement for developers building multilingual and globally accessible mobile applications. This additional support enables developers to deliver an improved user experience to users of RTL languages, aligning with modern internationalization best practices. With this update, Grial continues to solidify its position as a robust, design-friendly toolkit for MAUI app development.

To see a full list of what's new in 2025.1 (4.3.120.0), see our release notes.

Grial UI Kit is licensed per application and is available as an perpetual license. See our Grial UI Kit licensing page for full details.

For more information, see our Grial UI Kit product page.

Verwenden von Dateneditoren mit Unterstützung für Barrierefreiheit

Mai 13, 2025
Statten Sie WinForms-Anwendungen mit Dateneingabesteuerelementen aus, die Hilfstechnologien und -funktionen unterstützen und sie für alle Benutzer zugänglich machen.

Data input controls with accessibility support are user interface components designed to capture user input, such as text fields, checkboxes, dropdowns, date pickers, and numeric fields, that can be used by anyone, regardless of physical or cognitive limitations. With assistive technologies like screen readers, voice input systems, and keyboard navigation, they ensure that individuals with disabilities or impairments can enter and manipulate data without obstruction. By adhering to accessibility standards like the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and supporting technologies, these controls help developers deliver user-friendly interfaces that improve user experience for all, and help organizations meet legal and ethical accessibility obligations.

Several WinForms data editor collections include accessibility support, such as:

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our comparison of .NET WinForms data editor collections.

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