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Build Insightful Reports with Filtering and Grouping

January 8, 2025
WPF reporting controls enhance analysis by enabling dynamic grouping and filtering, creating tailored reports that drive smarter decisions.

Data filtering and grouping in a .NET WPF reporting control are essential features that enable developers to organize, analyze, and present data effectively within an application. Data filtering allows users to specify criteria to display only relevant subsets of data, reducing noise and focusing on meaningful information. Grouping arranges data into categorized segments based on shared attributes, facilitating a structured and hierarchical view. These capabilities enhance user experience by making reports more intuitive and insightful while improving performance by minimizing data processing overhead. Together, filtering and grouping empower developers to create dynamic, user-friendly reports that meet diverse business requirements with precision and clarity.

Several .NET WPF reporting controls offer data filtering and grouping including:

  • DevExpress Reporting enables seamless data filtering and grouping, delivering dynamic, interactive reports with customizable views across multiple platforms.
  • ActiveReports.NET by MESCIUS, empowers developers to filter and group data efficiently, ensuring tailored, responsive reporting for comprehensive data analysis.
  • TX Text Control .NET for WPF Professional by Text Control supports advanced data grouping and filtering, creating precise, user-focused WPF-based document reporting solutions.
  • List & Label Professional Reporting Edition by combit allows tailored filtering and grouping, enhancing structured reporting with flexible design and hierarchical presentation.
  • FastReport .NET by Fast Reports facilitates efficient data filtering and grouping, enabling streamlined report generation with organized, meaningful insights tailored to user needs.

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

Compare .NET WPF Reporting Controls

Improve Accessibility with High Contrast Themes

January 8, 2025
Telerik UI for WinForms 2024 Q4 introduces a visually distinct Windows 11 theme, specifically designed to improve readability and inclusivity.

Telerik UI for WinForms is a comprehensive UI library offering over 160 versatile controls designed to streamline the development of modern, data-rich desktop applications. With features like built-in High DPI support, extensive customization options, and components ranging from grids and charts to schedulers and rich text boxes, it empowers developers to craft visually appealing and feature-packed Windows Forms applications.

The Telerik UI for WinForms 2024 Q4 update introduces the Windows 11 High Contrast Theme, providing developers with an essential tool to enhance accessibility and meet the needs of users with visual impairments or those who prefer high-contrast displays. This new theme aligns with Windows 11's modern design principles, ensuring consistency with the operating system's native appearance. By incorporating this theme, developers can create applications that are both visually appealing and inclusive, addressing diverse user requirements while maintaining seamless integration and ease of implementation within existing projects.

To see a full list of what's new in 2024 Q4, see our release notes.

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

Telerik UI for WinForms is available individually or as part of the following products:

Simplify Formulas with Spill Range Automation

January 7, 2025
DevExpress Office File API adds spill range support, streamlining spreadsheet workflows and enhancing data manipulation efficiency.

The DevExpress Office File API is a robust library designed to simplify the creation, editing, and processing of popular office document formats, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF. It allows developers to integrate advanced document management features into their applications without relying on external software like Microsoft Office. Key features include document generation, data import/export, template customization, and seamless integration with modern platforms. The API supports advanced formatting, encryption, and digital signatures, ensuring secure and professional-grade output. Ideal for enterprise applications, it streamlines workflows for reporting, data analysis, and document automation, saving time and enhancing productivity for developers and end-users alike.

The DevExpress Office File API v24.2 update introduces support for dynamic array formulas, enabling developers to enhance spreadsheet functionality with automated formula calculations that dynamically spill into adjacent cells. This update simplifies data manipulation by allowing efficient recalculations, importing, and exporting of Excel documents with dynamic array formulas. Developers gain precise control through APIs that manage dynamic array formulas programmatically, identify spill ranges, and customize behavior to suit specific application needs. This capability not only streamlines complex data workflows but also ensures seamless compatibility with modern Excel features, offering greater flexibility and efficiency in application development.

To see a full list of what's new in version 24.2, see our release notes.

DevExpress Office File API is licensed per developer and is available as a Perpetual License with a 12 month support and maintenance subscription. See our DevExpress Office File API licensing page for full details.

DevExpress Office File API is available individually or in the following products:

Create Modern Apps Faster with .NET 9 Features

January 3, 2025
Infragistics now supports .NET 9, offering enhanced performance and new capabilities to streamline app development and design workflows.

Infragistics Ultimate is a comprehensive toolkit designed to streamline UX/UI creation and development across desktop, web, and mobile platforms. It offers hundreds of pre-built, high-performance UI components like grids and charts, alongside design-to-code tools for rapid prototyping, user testing, and even code generation. This enables developers and designers to create visually appealing and interactive applications faster, while its support for various frameworks and platforms ensures flexibility.

Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms, Ultimate UI for WPF and Ignite UI for Blazor now support .NET 9. By embracing the latest version of Microsoft's popular framework, developers gain access to the most up-to-date language features, performance enhancements, and improved tooling provided by .NET 9. This ensures that applications built with Infragistics components are modern, efficient, and leverage the latest innovations in the .NET ecosystem.

Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms, Ultimate UI for WPF and Ignite UI for Blazor 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, Ultimate UI for WPF and Ignite UI licensing pages for full details.

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Infragistics Windows Forms, WPF and Ignite UI are also available in the following product suites:

Refine Data Precision with TimeOnly Filters

January 2, 2025
DevExpress WPF v24.2 adds enhanced TimeOnly Column Filters for efficient time-based data analysis with Excel-inspired filtering options.

DevExpress WPF is a powerful suite of controls that enhances your WPF development toolkit. It offers data grids, ribbon menus, rich text editors, spreadsheets, charts, and more – all with beautiful themes and touch-friendly interfaces. DevExpress WPF empowers you to build professional-looking, responsive applications that meet modern user expectations, saving you time and effort while adding polish and functionality.

The DevExpress WPF v24.2 update introduces enhanced TimeOnly Column Filters, providing users with a streamlined and precise way to analyze time-specific data. This feature enables users to efficiently filter grid data based solely on time values using an intuitive, Excel-inspired interface. By offering dedicated time interval rules within the column filter popup, developers can deliver a more focused and user-friendly experience for end users working with time-based datasets. This enhancement simplifies data exploration, improves productivity, and ensures that time-related insights can be identified quickly and accurately within WPF applications.

To see a full list of what's new in version 24.2, see our release notes.

DevExpress WPF is licensed per developer and is available as a Perpetual License with a 12 month support and maintenance subscription. We can supply new subscriptions, subscription renewals, and additional licenses. See our DevExpress WPF licensing page for full details.

DevExpress WPF is available to buy in the following products: