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Add a WPF Excel XLSX Viewer to your Desktop App

April 8, 2025
Use Spread.NET by MESCIUS to programmatically import Excel files, customize worksheets, and prevent changes by end-users.

Spread.NET helps you create spreadsheets, grids, dashboards, and forms. It includes a powerful calculation engine with 450+ functions and the ability to import and export Excel spreadsheets. Leverage the extensive .NET spreadsheet API and powerful calculation engine to create analysis, budgeting, dashboard, data collection and management, scientific, and financial applications.

In this blog post, MESCIUS Product Marketing Specialist Mackenzie Albitz demonstrates how to use Spread.NET to enable your WPF application to display or interact with Excel files using a dedicated viewer. She'll walk through how to add an Excel XLSX viewer to a WPF app using the WPF spreadsheet control, Spread.NET for WPF. You'll learn how to load a .xlsx file, lock down the worksheet, and allow users to edit only specific cells — perfect for budget forms, reports, or review-only sheets. Once you have created a WPF project, the steps are as follows:

  • Define the User Interface for the WPF Spreadsheet app
  • Import Excel (.xlsx) Files into the WPF App Excel Viewer
  • Protect the .NET Worksheet in the WPF Excel Viewer

Detailed sample code is included and you can even download a sample project to follow along.

Read the full blog post to learn how to add this versatile capability to your WPF applications.

Spread.NET is licensed per developer and is available as a Perpetual License with a 12 month support and maintenance subscription. We can supply any Spread.NET license including new licenses, maintenance renewals, and upgrade licenses. See our Spread.NET licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our Spread.NET product page.

Easily Retrieve Data from GraphQL APIs

April 3, 2025
Telerik Reporting 2025 Q1 supports native GraphQL integration with a dedicated data source for faster, easier access to GraphQL-powered data.

Telerik Reporting is a comprehensive and lightweight embedded reporting tool for .NET web and desktop applications. It enables developers and reporting users to create, design, and export visually appealing, interactive, and reusable reports to effectively present analytical and business data. It supports various technologies, including ASP.NET Core, Blazor, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET AJAX, HTML5/JS, Angular, WPF, WinForms, and WinUI.

The Telerik Reporting 2025 Q1 update introduces GraphQL native support with a dedicated GraphQLDataSource component, allowing developers to seamlessly connect reports to GraphQL APIs. This enhancement streamlines data retrieval by enabling precise queries that fetch only the necessary information, optimizing performance and reducing overhead. The Standalone Report Designer now includes an intuitive wizard that simplifies the setup process, guiding users through creating and configuring GraphQL data sources with minimal effort. By integrating GraphQL natively, Telerik Reporting enhances flexibility and efficiency, empowering developers to build dynamic, data-driven reports with greater ease and precision.

To see a full list of what's new in 2025 Q1 (19.0.25.211), see our release notes.

Telerik Reporting is licensed per developer and is available as a perpetual license with a one year support subscription, which is offered in three tiers: Lite, Priority or Ultimate. See our Telerik Reporting licensing page for full details.

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Easily Extract Attachments from PDFs

April 2, 2025
TX Text Control .NET 33.0 simplifies extracting embedded files, making it easier to access documents and support electronic invoicing standards.

TX Text Control .NET is a royalty-free, fully programmable document editor that empowers developers to add rich WYSIWYG word processing to desktop and web applications across various platforms. It provides everything from comprehensive text formatting and mail merge to PDF creation and processing, all through a robust API and intuitive user interface.

The TX Text Control .NET 33.0 release enhances the DocumentServer PDF namespace, making it easier to extract attachments and embedded documents from PDFs. This feature is especially useful for bundling related materials - such as images, spreadsheets, or additional documents - without requiring separate file handling. A key application is electronic invoicing with standards like ZUGFeRD and XRechnung, where machine-readable data is embedded alongside human-readable invoices.

To see a full list of what's new in version 33.0, see our release notes.

TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms and TX Text Control .NET for WPF are licensed per developer and are available as a Perpetual License with a 12 month support and maintenance subscription. See our TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms licensing page or TX Text Control .NET for WPF licensing page for full details.

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Allow Users To Cut, Copy and Paste Spreadsheet Data

March 28, 2025
Create .NET WPF spreadsheet apps that support clipboard operations while preserving structure, formatting and multi-cell operations.

Clipboard operation support lets users copy, cut, and paste data between spreadsheet instances or other applications while maintaining structure and formatting. This functionality ensures seamless data transfer, improving efficiency in data manipulation tasks. Modern implementations often include support for multi-cell operations, rich text handling, and programmatic access through APIs, allowing developers to integrate clipboard interactions into their applications. Clipboard support enhances usability and improves overall productivity in spreadsheet-based applications.

Several .NET WPF spreadsheet controls offer clipboard operations, including:

  • Spread WPF (part of Spread.NET by MESCIUS) lets you copy and paste spreadsheet data, preserving formatting, formulas, and multi-cell selections.
  • Telerik WPF Spreadsheet (part of Telerik UI for WPF) allows you to transfer data between applications while maintaining styles, formulas, and structured content.
  • Syncfusion WPF Spreadsheet (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) facilitates clipboard operations with rich text, formulas and multi-range selections.
  • MindFusion.Spreadsheet for WPF supports intuitive clipboard functionality, enabling structured data transfers while retaining formatting and multi-cell layouts.

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

Compare .NET WPF Spreadsheet Controls

Simulate Motion with Precise Assembly Mates

March 26, 2025
Eyeshot 2025 lets you define how components move together, making it easier to model and test mechanical behavior in real time.

Eyeshot by devDept Software empowers you to integrate robust CAD functionalities into your .NET applications. Supporting both Windows Forms and WPF natively, it offers a comprehensive suite of tools accessible through the Visual Studio toolbox. These include design for 2D/3D geometry creation and editing, drawing for automatic 2D view generation, simulation for geometry validation, and manufacture for CNC toolpath generation and simulation.

The Eyeshot 2025 release introduces Assembly Mates, enabling developers to define geometric relationships between components in a 3D assembly. As each mate is added, it restricts specific degrees of freedom, guiding how parts can move or rotate relative to each other. This makes it possible to simulate and visualize mechanical behavior in real time, offering a clearer understanding of component interaction before finalizing design constraints. By integrating mates directly into the modeling workflow, Eyeshot now supports a more dynamic and precise assembly modeling experience for engineering and CAD applications.

To see a full list of what's new in version 2025, see our release notes.

Eyeshot is licensed per developer and is available as an annual license, with either Lite or Priority support. See our licensing pages for Eyeshot Pro, Eyeshot Ultimate, and Eyeshot Fem for full details.

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