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Uncover Insights Faster with Chart Data Grouping

August 22, 2024

Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms 24.1 helps users organize and categorize complex chart data with advanced data grouping features.

Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms is a comprehensive suite of over 100 pre-built UI controls and components designed to accelerate Windows Forms application development. It offers a rich feature set including grids, charts, dashboards, reports, and Microsoft Office-style UI elements, enabling developers to create visually appealing, high-performing, and touch-enabled applications with minimal coding effort.

The Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms 24.1 release introduces a powerful new feature for the UltraDataChart: Data Legend and Data Tooltip Grouping. This innovative enhancement allows users to effectively categorize and organize large datasets by grouping related series together. When multiple series share the same group text, they are visually clustered together within both the data legend and tooltips, providing a clear and intuitive representation of the data. This feature significantly improves data comprehension and analysis, making it easier for users to extract meaningful insights from complex datasets.

To see a full list of what's new in 24.1, see our release notes for Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms.

Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms is licensed per developer and is available as a perpetual license with 1, 2 or 3 year support and maintenance subscription. See our Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms licensing page for full details.

Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms is available to buy in the following products:

Display Visual Representations of Data or Processes

August 20, 2024

.NET WinForms diagram controls let you easily build complex diagrams, flowcharts, organizational charts, and other visual representations.

Diagram controls provide pre-built graphical elements for constructing various diagrams, flowcharts, and organizational charts within applications. These components accelerate development by offering customizable shapes, connectors, layouts, and interaction features, enabling developers to rapidly create visually appealing and interactive diagrams without extensive manual coding, thereby enhancing user experience and application functionality.

Many .NET WinForms UI Suite collections contain diagram controls including:

DevExpress WinForms offers a robust suite of diagram components for visualizing complex data relationships.
Telerik UI for WinForms provides a comprehensive collection of diagram components for effective data visualization and interaction.
Nevron Vision for .NET features a powerful set of diagram components for creating interactive and visually appealing diagrams.
MindFusion.WinForms Pack includes a versatile range of diagram components for flexible data visualization and customization.
Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise offers a comprehensive suite of diagram components for creating informative and visually appealing diagrams.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our comparison of .NET WinForms UI Suites.

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Enhance Data Organization with Tables

August 20, 2024

Tables in spreadsheets provide a structured way to organize data, enhance data integrity, and enable efficient analysis and reporting.

Spreadsheet tables are organized groups of data in a spreadsheet, often with a header row and a range of cells containing related information. They make data management easier by grouping related information, improving how it looks and how easy it is to use. You can use functions and formulas on entire tables to automate calculations and reduce manual work. Tables often let you filter and sort data based on specific criteria, making analysis and reporting easier. Common uses include financial analysis, inventory management, project tracking, and customer databases.

Several WinForms spreadsheet controls offer table support including:

DevExpress WinForms Spreadsheet (part of DevExpress WinForms) enables developers to create and manage tables with sorting, filtering, and data binding capabilities.
Aspose.Cells for .NET provides programmatic control over tables in Excel files, enabling creation, formatting, and manipulation.
Spread.NET WinForms (part of Spread.NET by MESCIUS) simplifies creating data-bound tables with automatic formatting and built-in filtering options.
Infragistics WinForms Spreadsheet (part of Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms) allows users to define and format tables, offering filtering and calculated columns.

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

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Make Color Selection Easier and More Efficient

August 8, 2024

Incorporating a color picker user interface component into your WinForms application allows users to apply colors with greater efficiency and control.

A color picker is user interface component that typically presents a visual spectrum or palette from which users can choose colors, input specific color values like RGB or HEX codes, or use sliders to adjust hue, saturation, and brightness. By enabling users to select and apply colors to various elements, such as text, backgrounds, or data visualizations, this type of data editor enhances the precision and efficiency of color selection and greatly improves the user experience.

Several WinForms data editors can provide you with a color picker, including:

DevExpress WinForms Data Editors provides WinForms applications with an intuitive color picker that enables precise color selection for enhanced UI customization.
ComponentOne WinForms Input and Editors (part of ComponentOne Studio WinForms) by MESCIUS features a versatile color picker for choosing and fine-tuning colors with ease.
Telerik UI for WinForms Data Editors includes a comprehensive color picker, facilitating easy access to predefined and custom color options for consistent theming.
Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms Data Editors delivers a customizable color picker, allowing seamless selection and adjustment of colors to meet design requirements.

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

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Optimize Dashboard Layouts for Various Screen Sizes

August 6, 2024

Stimulsoft's 2024.3.3 release allows users to adjust dashboard elements to fit specific output formats or optimize for print or digital media.

Stimulsoft offers a comprehensive suite of tools for creating interactive data visualizations. Stimulsoft Dashboards excels at crafting engaging dashboards for web and desktop applications, while Stimulsoft BI Designer provides a powerful platform for designing both reports and dashboards. Developers can seamlessly integrate these tools into their projects using platform-specific components or a centralized cloud designer, supporting .NET, JavaScript, PHP, and more. With rich data analysis capabilities, extensive customization options, and pre-built templates, Stimulsoft empowers you to transform complex data into clear, actionable insights for any audience.

The 2024.3.3 release adds a new Scale Mode option when exporting dashboards. This feature enables users to precisely adjust dashboard elements to fit specific output formats, maintain aspect ratios, or optimize for print or digital media.

To see a full list of what's new in 2024.3.3, see our release notes for Ultimate, BI Designer, Dashboards.WEB, and Dashboards.WIN.

Stimulsoft Ultimate is licensed per developer and is available as a Perpetual license with 1 year support and maintenance. See our Stimulsoft Ultimate licensing page for full details.

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