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Set Columns as Mandatory in Data Grid Apps

Mayo 16, 2025
Use grid controls in JavaScript to define mandatory columns, ensuring that essential fields are filled out to maintain complete and valid input.

A fundamental feature in a data grid is the ability to specify that a column must be populated with values and cannot be left empty. By designating certain columns as mandatory, developers can enforce input rules that prevent users from leaving critical fields blank, such as user identifiers, product names, or timestamps. Required columns are typically enforced through validation rules that prevent the submission or processing of incomplete records, thereby ensuring the completeness and validity of data entries. This improves data integrity, reduces the likelihood of processing errors, and supports consistent business logic across applications that rely on structured datasets.

Several JavaScript grid controls allow you to set columns as required, including:

  • Wijmo FlexGrid (part of Wijmo by MESCIUS) is a JavaScript data grid that allows columns to be marked as required, including built-in validation logic to ensure compliance.
  • Jspreadsheet Pro Data Grid (part of Jspreadsheet Pro) supports the use of validation rules to ensure entries meet predefined criteria, enabling you to define mandatory fields.
  • SmartClient Grid (part of SmartClient by Isomorphic Software) equips JavaScript apps with required column configuration to prevent the submission of incomplete records.
  • Ignite UI Angular Grid (part of Infragistics Ignite UI) offers developers an out of the box validator to enforce the population of required columns during data entry.

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

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Provide Localized AI Responses for User Feedback

Mayo 16, 2025
Oxygen Feedback V5.2 AI assistant queries are now handled with full awareness of language, improving the relevance of answers.

Oxygen Feedback by Syncro Soft is a modern feedback management platform designed for technical writers, software developers, and content managers seeking to streamline user interaction with documentation. It integrates seamlessly with Oxygen XML Editor and WebHelp, enabling teams to gather, manage, and act on user feedback directly within their documentation portals. Key features include intuitive comment tracking, real-time notifications, role-based moderation, and detailed analytics to monitor user engagement and content effectiveness. By simplifying collaboration and enhancing user-driven insights, Oxygen Feedback helps organizations improve documentation quality, increase user satisfaction, and foster stronger connections with their audience.

The Oxygen Feedback V5.2 release adds support for multi-lingual AI assistant responses. The responses received from the AI Assistant are now displayed in the same language as the user's input. The language of the indexed documentation is also detected, ensuring that search queries are made in the correct language to retrieve relevant results.

To see a full list of what's new in V5.2, see our release notes.

Oxygen Feedback is licensed per site configuration and is available as a Timed Subscription license. Support & Maintenance Pack (SMP) is included for the duration of your subscription. See our Oxygen Feedback licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our Oxygen Feedback product page.

Create Calculated Fields in a C# .NET RDL Report

Mayo 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

Mayo 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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Comparta informes al instante mediante exportación a imagen

Mayo 15, 2025
La exportación de imágenes permite a los usuarios compartir instantáneas de informes, conservando el formato para lograr una comunicación visual clara e instantánea.

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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