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Natively Edit PDF Forms in Drupal

September 18, 2025
ONLYOFFICE Docs with Drupal Connector v9.0.4 adds built-in PDF form editing, letting users update fields and layouts directly in Drupal.

ONLYOFFICE Docs Enterprise Edition with Drupal Connector lets teams edit and collaborate on office files directly within Drupal’s Media module, streamlining content creation and management. It integrates the full ONLYOFFICE Docs suite for text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, supporting formats like DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODT, ODS, ODP, PDF, TXT, RTF, HTML, EPUB, and CSV with full OOXML compatibility. Users can create documents, build spreadsheets, and design presentations collaboratively in real time, all in their browser. With options for customization and rebranding, it enhances productivity and delivers a seamless, integrated digital experience.

The ONLYOFFICE Docs Enterprise Edition with Drupal Connector v9.0.4 update introduces the ability to edit PDF forms directly within Drupal, allowing developers and administrators to modify fields, adjust layouts, and update existing forms without re-uploading files. This enhancement improves form management by keeping all edits within the Drupal environment and saving changes back to the original templates, reducing versioning issues and eliminating the need for external tools. It simplifies maintenance, accelerates updates, and ensures that form templates remain consistent and accessible throughout the development lifecycle.

To see a full list of what's new in v9.0.4 (2.0.0), see our release notes.

ONLYOFFICE Docs is licensed by the number of simultaneous document connections and is available as an annual license with 1 year support and upgrades. See our ONLYOFFICE Docs licensing page for full details.

For more information, see our ONLYOFFICE Docs Enterprise Edition with Drupal Connector.

Deliver Unified Dark UI with Fluent Theme

September 17, 2025
Blazorise 1.8.2 adds a Fluent UI Dark Theme with consistent styling, comfortable contrast, and light/dark mode support.

Blazorise is a versatile component library that empowers developers to build modern and feature-rich web applications using Blazor, a client-side web development framework from Microsoft. It offers a comprehensive collection of user interface components, including buttons, forms, charts, and navigation elements, all built with accessibility and responsiveness in mind.

The Blazorise 1.8.2 update introduces a Fluent UI Dark Theme that enables developers to deliver a consistent and accessible dark mode experience across their applications. It provides a complete set of tuned color tokens covering surfaces, typography, and accents, ensuring all Fluent UI components such as DataGrid, Modal, Sidebar, Dropdown, Button, and Tabs maintain visual coherence without additional customization. The theme also integrates with existing light and dark mode toggling, automatically adapting to the application’s current color scheme.

To see a full list of what’s new in version 1.8.2, see our release notes.

Blazorise is licensed per developer and includes a 1 year subscription for updates and support. Professional, Enterprise, and Enterprise Plus editions are available, each offering tailored levels of support and service to meet varying business needs. See our Blazorise licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our Blazorise product page.

Combine Multiple Charts in Word Documents

September 17, 2025
Xceed Words for .NET 5.1 enables multiple chart types in one layout, making complex data clearer in generated Word documents.

Xceed Words for .NET is designed to enable .NET developers to programmatically create, modify, and convert Microsoft Word (.docx) documents without requiring Microsoft Word or Office to be installed. It provides a comprehensive API for manipulating document elements, including paragraphs, tables, images, and formatting, and extends functionality to include PDF conversion, allowing for robust document generation and processing within .NET applications.

The Xceed Words for .NET 5.1 update introduces a new ComboChart class that enables developers to combine multiple chart types within a single chart, allowing different data series to be represented in the most appropriate format while maintaining a unified layout. This improves the clarity and efficiency of data presentation by reducing the need for multiple separate charts and simplifying the process of building complex visualizations within word processing documents.

To see a full list of what's new in version 5.1, see our release notes.

Xceed Words for .NET is licensed per developer and is available as a perpetual license with 1 year of updates and support. See our Xceed Words for .NET licensing page for full details.

Xceed Words for .NET is available individually or as part of Xceed Ultimate Suite.

Enable Image to PDF Conversion in WPF

September 16, 2025
Equip WPF desktop applications with the ability to convert image files, such as JPEG, PNG or TIFF, into the universally accessible PDF format.

Image to PDF conversion is a common feature in document processing that enables the transformation of static image files, such as JPEG, PNG, or TIFF formats, into a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. PDFs support consistent rendering across different devices and platforms and are compact, secure, and easily viewable. This conversion is widely used to preserve visual content, including scanned documents, receipts, visual records, photos, or graphical outputs while making them easier to share, annotate, archive, or print in a universally accessible format.

Several WPF PDF components allow you to convert images to PDF, including:

  • ComponentOne Studio WPF PDF (part of ComponentOne Studio WPF by MESCIUS) offers the ability to render images directly onto PDF pages with control over sizing and position.
  • Telerik UI PDF for WPF (part of Telerik UI for WPF) supports desktop applications in the creation of PDF documents from image files using its PdfProcessing library.
  • IronPDF for .NET by Iron Software can equip WPF applications with the ability to convert single or multiple image files into PDF pages, supporting various image formats.
  • Syncfusion WPF PDF (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) delivers versatile image-to-PDF conversion functionality, including BMP, EMF and ICON formats.

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

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Transform Applications with Ready-Made Themes

September 16, 2025
DevExpress DXperience offers customizable themes to create modern, consistent, and visually engaging interfaces with ease.

DevExpress DXperience is a comprehensive development suite that enables developers to build high-performance applications for Windows, Web, mobile, and tablet platforms using a unified set of controls and tools. It includes hundreds of desktop UI controls for WinForms, WPF, and reporting, as well as web UI controls for Blazor, ASP.NET, MVC, Core, Bootstrap Web Forms, JavaScript, Angular, React, Vue, and web reporting, plus productivity tools like XPO ORM and CodeRush for Visual Studio. With its extensive component library, DXperience accelerates development, ensures visually consistent and responsive interfaces, and is ideal for creating enterprise applications, data-driven web apps, dashboards, and reporting solutions.

DevExpress DXperience enhances application development with new app-wide themes and skins, allowing developers to apply a consistent, modern visual style across entire projects with minimal configuration. By providing professionally designed themes that align with Microsoft Office and Windows 11 aesthetics, along with built-in tools for customizing these designs, it improves the UI design process and reduces the need for manual styling. This enables developers to focus on functionality while delivering polished, cohesive user interfaces that improve usability and maintain a professional appearance across all application modules.

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

For more information, visit our DevExpress DXperience product page.