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Help Users Find Information with PDF Search

May 17, 2024
Choose a PDF component with built-in search support to enhance accessibility, increase engagement, and improve user experience.

Incorporating a PDF component with search functionality into your application offers significant advantages. Users can locate specific information within complex documents with ease, streamlining their experience and enhancing productivity. This translates to a more user-friendly and efficient app, reducing frustration and allowing users to find what they need quickly, without the needing to install additional software.

Several WPF PDF Viewer controls allow you to search for text in PDF files including:

  • DevExpress WPF PDF Viewer enables in-application text search for PDFs, highlighting matches and navigating for efficient information retrieval.
  • Telerik UI PDF for WPF can effortlessly search PDFs for keywords and phrases, highlighting results for quick information retrieval.
  • PDFView4NET WPF Edition by O2 Solutions facilitates searching for text within PDF documents, offering both user-driven search bars and programmatic control for integration.
  • Syncfusion WPF PDF provides text search functionality including highlighting matches and programmatic search options.

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

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Easily Remove Sensitive Information from PDFs

May 14, 2024
IronPDF for .NET 2024.5.2 lets you sanitize and scan PDF files, improving the safeguarding of user data and enhancing application security.

IronPDF for .NET empowers developers with a user-friendly C# library to generate, edit, and manage PDFs. It leverages a familiar HTML/CSS foundation for effortless PDF creation, while also offering robust features like text extraction, OCR, signing, and more. This comprehensive solution simplifies complex PDF development tasks, saving time and boosting productivity for .NET projects.

The IronPDF for .NET 2024.5.2 update introduces the IronPdf.Cleaner API, designed to improve the security and reliability of PDF handling in applications. This new API offers developers the capability to sanitize and scan PDF files, effectively mitigating the risks associated with processing content from an untrusted source. It removes potentially malicious code and sensitive information, such as metadata, comments, or embedded objects, that could compromise the application or user data. This enhances application security and safeguards against potential vulnerabilities introduced through untrusted PDF sources.

To see a full list of what's new in 2024.5.2, see our release notes.

IronPDF for .NET is licensed based on the number of developers, organization locations and projects, and is available as a Perpetual license with one free year of product updates and support services. See our IronPDF for .NET licensing page for full details.

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Effortlessly Convert PDFs to the PDF/A Format

May 9, 2024
ImageGear for .NET 26.4.0 adds new RESTful API to automate conversion, eliminating the need for manual intervention or additional tools.

ImageGear for .NET by Accusoft is a development toolkit that empowers you to add robust image processing and document handling functionalities to your .NET applications. It provides comprehensive support for a wide range of file formats, including common image types, PDFs, DICOM medical images, and even Microsoft Office files. ImageGear offers functionalities such as conversion, editing, annotation, viewing, and OCR, streamlining your development process for document-centric applications.

The ImageGear for .NET v26.4.0 update streamlines PDF archiving with the introduction of a RESTful PDF to PDF/A Converter API. This API empowers your applications to seamlessly convert any PDF document into a fully PDF/A compliant archive format. This ensures long-term accessibility and fidelity of your documents, meeting industry standards for preservation.

To see a full list of what's new in v26.4.0, see our release notes.

ImageGear for .NET is licensed per developer and is available as an annual license with 12 months support and upgrades. See our ImageGear for .NET licensing page for full details.

For more information, see our ImageGear for .NET product page.

Simplify Data Sharing with XLSX Export

May 8, 2024
Easily export data from your spreadsheet application into a familiar and widely-used format for further analysis and manipulation.

Spreadsheet components with XLSX export functionality allow developers to seamlessly save spreadsheet data and formatting from their application as a Microsoft Excel compatible file. This functionality provides significant benefits such as increased data portability for users who can then open and edit the spreadsheets in Excel, and improved collaboration as data can be easily shared and worked on across different platforms.

Several WPF spreadsheet controls offer the ability to export XLSX files including:

  • DevExpress WPF Spreadsheet (part of DevExpress WPF) empowers you to export spreadsheets to customizable XLSX files.
  • Spread WPF (part of Spread.NET by MESCIUS) enables seamless data visualization and export to editable XLSX spreadsheets.
  • Telerik WPF Spreadsheet (part of Telerik UI for WPF) offers an intuitive API for exporting data directly to XLSX format.
  • Infragistics WPF Spreadsheet (part of Infragistics Ultimate UI for WPF) facilitates exporting data to XLSX files, preserving formatting for easy analysis.

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

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Emphasize Specific Sections of a Funnel Chart

May 7, 2024
Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms and WPF gain a new overlay feature to help users identify areas that deviate from the overall trend.

Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms and Infragistics Ultimate UI for WPF are comprehensive suites of UI controls designed to streamline development and enhance the user experience of desktop applications. Boasting over 100 components, they offer a rich set of functionalities, including data visualization tools, high-performance grids, and modern UI elements that mimic the look and feel of Microsoft Office. These feature-packed libraries empower developers to craft powerful, visually appealing applications with a consistent user experience.

In the latest version, funnel charts can now display a special overlay to highlight specific sections. This highlighting feature allows you to compare the values of different stages in your funnel. You can also control the transparency of the overlay to emphasize the difference between the main data and the highlighted data.

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

Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms and Infragistics Ultimate UI for WPF are licensed per developer and are 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 or Infragistics Ultimate UI for WPF licensing page for full details.

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