JavaScript / HTML5 News

View Image and Document Formats in your Node.js Apps

October 31, 2023
GroupDocs.Viewer for Node.js via Java lets you natively rasterize documents and convert them into SVG, HTML, and CSS to enhance the quality of document viewing while delivering a true-text, high-fidelity output.

GroupDocs.Viewer for Node.js is a JavaScript library that allows you to display images and document formats in your web applications without needing to install additional software. It supports a wide range of file formats, including PDF, HTML, XML, Microsoft Word, Visio, Project, metafiles, and images. GroupDocs.Viewer for Node.js is also highly customizable, allowing you to display the whole document or render it partially to speed up the process. You can also view single pages, a specific cell range in a spreadsheet, or even render an individual document layer in formats such as, PDF and CAD.

In addition, the GroupDocs.Viewer for Node.js via Java API allows you to render documents with/without annotation or comments for supported file formats. It also enables you to add custom font directories and extract basic document information such as file type, extension, name, page count, etc. GroupDocs.Viewer for Node.js via Java is compatible with all Java versions and supports popular operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS) that support the Java runtime.

GroupDocs.Viewer for Node.js via Java is available to buy in the following products:

Replicating Desktop Docking Experiences in Web Applications

October 30, 2023
Kendo UI R3 2023 introduces DockManager, a UI component for jQuery that provides flexible, customizable web app layouts.

Kendo UI by Telerik is a suite of JavaScript UI components and widgets that can be used to build modern, responsive, and accessible web applications. Available for jQuery, Angular, React, and Vue, Kendo UI includes over 110 components, including data grids, charts, schedulers, tree views, menus, and more.

The Kendo UI R3 2023 release introduces a new jQuery DockManager component designed to help developers easily transition from desktop to web environments. It replicates the familiar desktop user experience, enabling users to create and manage movable, dockable, and pinnable elements with automatic layout adjustments. With support for various pane and dock types, DockManager can emulate desktop environments like Microsoft Visual Studio. It gives users full control over their layouts, allowing them to customize their interface through pinning, resizing, moving, maximizing, and hiding panes. DockManager also provides flexible configuration options for different pane types and docking scenarios, both inside and outside boundaries.

To see a full list of what's new in R3 2023, see our release notes.

Kendo UI is available to buy in the following products:

Read Text from Images with RESTful OCR API

October 11, 2023
PrizmDoc 13.25 offers an Optical Character Recognition API add-on that provides high accuracy recognition, ideal for image or document processing apps.

PrizmDoc Viewer is a Web-based HTML5 document viewer that allows developers to embed powerful document viewing and document conversion functionality into their Web applications. It supports a wide range of document formats, including PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, AutoCAD, and more.

PrizmDoc Viewer 13.25 offers an optional RESTful API that lets you read text from images using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). The API is compatible with any programming language, making it easy to integrate into your own applications, no matter which platform you are targeting. It can perform high-accuracy OCR on both full pages and specific areas of interest.

The OCR API can help you quickly and accurately convert any image-based document into an editable text file or searchable PDF. It is compatible with a variety of input formats, including JPEG, TIFF, PNG, and BMP, and can automatically detect page orientation and recognize text in various page layouts. It can also generate image-over-text PDF output, providing searchable text that aligns with the text on the image. This allows you to convert scanned documents or other image-based files into searchable PDFs.

To see a full list of what’s new in version 13.25, see our release notes.

For more information, visit our PrizmDoc Viewer product page.

Powerful Email Programming API Now Available for Node.js

October 11, 2023
Aspose.Email for Node.js via .NET lets you create, manipulate and convert common email message formats including MSG, EML, EMLX and MHT.

Aspose.Email for Node.js via .NET is a powerful tool that allows you to work with email messages in a variety of ways. The API is easy to use and provides a comprehensive set of features. It is also well-documented, with plenty of examples and tutorials available online.

It can convert email messages between various formats, including EML, MSG, HTML, and PDF, which can be useful for archiving email messages or for sending them to recipients who use different email clients. The API can be used to manage PST, OST, and MBOX files, including tasks such as creating, opening, and saving files; adding, removing, and modifying messages; and searching for messages. For example, it can be used to create a new PST file and import emails into it, or to search for all of the emails in an MBOX file that contain a specific keyword.

It can also be used to create and save appointments in a several formats, including ICS and VCF. This can be useful for managing calendars, sending appointment invitations, or integrating with other calendar systems.

Aspose.Email for Node.js via .NET is available to buy in the following products:

Send Secure, Encrypted Communications between Applications

October 6, 2023
IPWorks SNMP 22.0.8669 adds support for SSL/TLS over TCP to securely encrypt communications.

IPWorks SNMP is a comprehensive toolkit for building secure network management solutions. It supports a complete range of network management capabilities including advanced SNMPv3 security features, trap handling, MIB parsing, and more. IPWorks SNMP is available in editions for virtually every development platform, including .NET, Java, C++, and Delphi in both UDP-based and TCP-based versions.

IPWorks SNMP v22.0.8669 has added SSL/TLS over TCP, a cryptographic protocol that provides secure communication over a computer network. By using SSL/TLS, IPWorks SNMP can now encrypt all communications between the SNMP agent and the SNMP manager, protecting them from eavesdropping and tampering. Many industries and organizations have regulations that require the use of encryption for sensitive data. With the addition of SSL/TLS support, IPWorks SNMP can help organizations comply with these regulations.

For more information, visit our IPWorks SNMP product pages.