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Modernize Legacy Office Automation

March 10, 2026
Explore TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET's powerful, Word-based document automation.

TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET is a server-side component for Web applications, or services. It is a fully programmable ASP.NET word processor engine that offers an extensive palette of word processing features. Using TX Text Control .NET Server, programmers can develop server side, end user applications that generate documents on-the-fly, using data from databases, binary files (Microsoft Word DOC and DOCX), ASCII files (XML, RTF, HTML) and image data (JPG, PNG, BMP, TIF, GIF, WMF).

In this blog post, Text Control's Bjoern Meyer demonstrates how to use TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET to build scalable, server-safe document automation using C# .NET. The TX Text Control native document automation engine provides many benefits over using the Microsoft Word desktop automation, including:

  • Headless and Server-Ready Execution
  • Native DOCX Processing
  • Flexible, Data-Driven Document Generation
  • PDF Automation
  • High Performance and Predictability
  • Unified Document Workflows inside your Stack

Read the complete blog to get started automating the generation of Word documents in your mission-critical systems.

TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET is licensed per developer and is available as a Perpetual License with a 12 month support and maintenance subscription. Run time licenses are required for the deployment to production servers. See our TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET product page.

Present Data Clearly with Standard Charts

March 10, 2026
Use familiar chart types to display trends, proportions, relationships, and process stages across application data.

Standard chart types form the foundation of most charting components, providing widely recognized visual formats for representing numerical and categorical data. These charts help developers present trends, comparisons, distributions, and relationships in ways that are immediately understandable to end users. Because these visualizations are familiar across industries, they are commonly included as built-in options in charting libraries and dashboards, allowing applications to communicate insights clearly while supporting interactive features such as tooltips, legends, and dynamic data updates.

Common chart types include:

  • Area charts display quantitative trends over time while emphasizing cumulative values through filled regions beneath a line.
  • Column & Bar charts compare values across categories using vertical or horizontal bars, making them suitable for ranking and side-by-side comparisons.
  • Funnel charts represent sequential stages in a process, typically used to visualize conversion rates or drop-off between steps.
  • Line charts illustrate continuous data trends across time or ordered categories using connected data points.
  • Pie charts show proportional relationships within a whole by dividing a circle into segments representing percentage contributions.
  • Radar & Polar charts plot multiple variables on circular axes, enabling comparison of multivariate data across several dimensions.
  • Scatter & Bubble charts visualize relationships between variables by plotting points across two axes, with bubble variations adding a third value through marker size.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our Blazor charts components comparison.

Explore Blazor Standard Charts

Switch Between States with Toggle Controls

March 10, 2026
.NET data editors with toggle switch controls present clear on/off choices for forms and settings interfaces, improving usability and visual feedback.

A toggle switch is a user interface control that allows users to quickly switch between two states, typically on and off. It provides a clear visual indication of the current state and enables immediate changes with a single interaction. Toggle switches are widely used in forms, settings panels, and configuration interfaces because they present binary choices in a compact and easily understandable format. Their visual clarity helps reduce user errors, while their interactive design supports efficient input and consistent behavior across desktop and mobile applications.

Several .NET data editor collections give you toggle switch functionality, including:

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our comparison of .NET data editor collections.

Compare .NET Data Editors

Leverage Image to Report Functionality in .NET Apps

March 9, 2026
Learn how to use the powerful Image to Report feature in ActiveReports.NET.

ActiveReports.NET helps you deliver beautiful reports with intuitive Visual Studio integrated report designers and rich controls. ActiveReports provides code-based cross-platform reporting, easy-to-use designers, and a flexible API. MESCIUS recently released ActiveReports.NET v20, which includes the powerful AI Image to report feature.

In this blog post, MESCIUS Product Manager Alec Gall presents a detailed walkthrough for creating a report from an image in the Designer. Steps include:

  • Start a new Report From Image
  • Pick your Source Image
  • Confirm Page Settings
  • Generate the Report Layout
  • Review the Generated Layout

Read the full blog to learn how to turn screenshots, scans, and even photographs of reports into editable .NET RDL reports.

ActiveReports.NET is licensed per developer. Dependent on geographic location it is available as either an Annual (Timed) Subscription License or as a Perpetual Developer License which comes with 1 year of software updates and support. Each developer requires a license to design, develop, or maintain applications. The Annual Subscription License must be renewed each year to continue to work with the software. Published applications are royalty free and do not expire. Optional pipeline licenses available for CI/CD build servers. See our ActiveReports.NET licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our ActiveReports.NET product page.

Convert HTML Tables to PDF in Python

March 6, 2026
Use Aspose.HTML for Python via .NET to convert HTML content, including complex tables.

Aspose.HTML for Python via .NET is an advanced API for HTML processing that allows for a wide range of management and manipulation tasks in cross-platform applications. The API can create, modify, extract data, convert, and render HTML documents without the need for external software. It supports popular file formats such as EPUB, MHTML, XML, SVG, and Markdown and can render to PDF, DOCX, XPS, and Image file formats.

In this blog post, Aspose provides a step-by-step guide to convert HTML tables to PDF with Aspose.HTML in Python via .NET while preserving table layout and styling. You will start with a clean table template, then add custom CSS, custom page size, footer text, and page numbers for report grade PDFs. Steps include:

  • Install Aspose.HTML for Python via .NET
  • Prepare Input HTML Table
  • Convert HTML Tables to PDF using Aspose.HTML

Detailed code is included, along with a guide to troubleshoot common table issues.

Read the full blog to learn how to convert HTML tables into clean, well-formatted PDF documents.

Aspose.HTML for Python via .NET is offered as Developer Small Business, Developer OEM, Developer SDK, Site Small Business, Site OEM, and Site SDK licenses catering to a range of business needs. Licenses are perpetual, and include 1 year of support and maintenance. Subscription renewals are also available. See our Aspose.HTML for Python via .NET licensing page for full details.

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