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Simplify Total Value Tracking in Charts

April 22, 2025
Syncfusion Essential Studio ASP.NET MVC 2025 Volume 1 adds a new option to show cumulative totals directly in stacked chart labels.

Syncfusion Essential Studio ASP.NET MVC (available as part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) is a comprehensive suite of web UI controls that empowers developers to craft rich, interactive ASP.NET MVC applications. Backed by the lightweight and modular Essential JS 2 library, it offers over 80 components ranging from data grids and charts to schedulers and pivot grids, while ensuring a seamless integration with the MVC framework for an efficient development experience.

The Syncfusion Essential Studio ASP.NET MVC 2025 Volume 1 release introduces the ability to display cumulative totals directly within data labels on stacked charts. This enhancement provides immediate insight into the overall contributions of each category or series without requiring interaction or external calculations. By making the total visible at a glance, it improves data readability, supports faster decision making, and enhances dashboard usability, particularly in performance monitoring, financial reporting, and sales analysis applications.

To see a full list of what's new in 2025 Volume 1, see our release notes.

Syncfusion Essential Studio ASP.NET MVC is available as part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise which is licensed per developer starting with a Team License of up to five developers. It is available as a 12 Month Timed Subscription License which includes support and maintenance. See our Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our Syncfusion Essential Studio ASP.NET MVC product page.

Paginate Large Data Collections with Ease

April 22, 2025
Telerik UI for .NET MAUI integrates RadCollectionView with DataPager, enabling smooth, efficient paging of large datasets.

Telerik UI for .NET MAUI is a robust suite of user interface components designed to simplify the creation of cross-platform applications using .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI). It offers a wide range of pre-built controls, including charts, grids, and navigation elements, enabling developers to build visually appealing, high-performance apps for Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS from a shared codebase. By ensuring a consistent user experience across platforms, it accelerates development and allows a focus on functionality, making it ideal for business applications, dashboards, and data-driven projects.

Telerik UI for .NET MAUI includes integration between the DataPager and RadCollectionView, enabling developers to efficiently implement paging for large data sets with minimal performance impact. This enhancement simplifies the process of managing and displaying paginated data, allowing for smoother scrolling and a more responsive user interface. Developers can take advantage of built-in support for navigation controls, page size configuration, and customizable templates, making it easier to build scalable and intuitive data presentation experiences within .NET MAUI applications.

Telerik UI for .NET MAUI is licensed per developer and has two licensing models: an annual Subscription License and a Perpetual License. The Subscription license provides access to the latest product updates, technical support, and exclusive benefits for a flat annual fee, and must be renewed to continue using the software. The Perpetual license is a one-time purchase granting access to the current released version and includes a one-year subscription for product updates and technical support. After this initial period, users can choose to renew the subscription element to continue receiving updates and support; otherwise, they may continue using the installed version available during their active subscription term but will forgo future updates and support. See our Telerik UI for .NET MAUI licensing page for full details.

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Reveal Correlations with Visual Data Points

April 17, 2025
Visually explore relationships, outliers, and data ranges with intuitive scatter charts, enabling clear understanding and informed analysis.

Scatter charts, also known as scatter plots or scatter diagrams, are fundamental visualization tools used to explore the relationship between two continuous variables by plotting data points, where each point's position is determined by its corresponding values for the two variables. This visual representation effectively reveals correlations and helps identify outliers, clusters, and the overall range and distribution of the data. The benefits of using scatter charts include their simplicity in conveying complex relationships, their ability to highlight anomalies that might be missed in tabular data, and their role as a precursor to more advanced statistical analyses like regression.

Several .NET WinForms chart controls offer scatter charts including:

  • DevExpress WinForms Chart (part of DevExpress WinForms) facilitates insightful data analysis by visualizing correlations and distributions through interactive scatter plots with rich styling options.
  • TeeChart WinForms by Steema Software allows developers to create diverse scatter series with point customization, trendline analysis, and zooming for detailed data exploration.
  • Syncfusion WinForms Chart (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) enables the creation of visually appealing scatter charts with features like data labels, tooltips, and multiple series for comparative relationship analysis.
  • ProEssentials by GigaSoft provides high-performance scatter charts to reveal trends, clusters, and outliers for fast, real-time, interactive data exploration and informed analytics.

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

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Connect Dashboards to Azure SQL Using Entra

April 17, 2025
DevExpress BI Dashboard 24.2 adds enhanced security and connectivity by integrating Microsoft Entra authentication for Azure SQL databases.

DevExpress BI Dashboard (part of DevExpress Universal) empowers you to craft interactive dashboards for desktop, web and mobile applications. It provides a visual designer for building dashboards without writing code, allowing you to drag-and-drop various data visualization widgets onto the canvas. These widgets connect to your data sources and update dynamically, offering real-time insights to end users. The tool also supports customization through properties and events, enabling you to tailor the look and feel of the dashboards to perfectly integrate with your application's design.

The DevExpress BI Dashboard 24.2 update enhances data security and simplifies connectivity by integrating Microsoft Entra authentication for Azure SQL databases. This update allows developers to use modern Active Directory-based authentication methods, such as ActiveDirectoryPassword, ActiveDirectoryIntegrated, ActiveDirectoryInteractive, and ActiveDirectoryDefault, ensuring that access to critical data is both secure and compliant with current enterprise standards.

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

DevExpress BI Dashboard is included as part of DevExpress Universal which is licensed per developer and is available as a Perpetual License with a 12 month support and maintenance subscription. See our DevExpress Universal licensing page for full details.

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Unlock Rich Messaging with MIME in .NET

April 17, 2025
MIME support in .NET components streamlines email handling, enabling secure, multi-format messages with attachments and global character sets.

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) in .NET communications and messaging components enables the structured creation and parsing of email messages with non-ASCII text and attachments such as images or files. It enhances interoperability, supports internationalization, and allows for rich content features like inline media and multipart formatting. Common use cases include sending automated reports with attachments or handling complex inbound messages in customer support systems.

Several .NET Comms & Messaging components offer MIME support including:

  • Aspose.Email for .NET lets you create, parse, and manage MIME messages with attachments, headers, and multi-part content.
  • IPWorks S/MIME .NET Edition by /n software enables secure encryption, decryption, and signing of MIME messages using S/MIME and digital certificates.
  • MailBee.NET IMAP by Afterlogic allows receiving and parsing complex MIME emails, including attachments, HTML bodies, and alternative content views.
  • PowerTCP Mail for .NET by Dart Communications provides robust MIME handling for encoding, decoding, and managing non-ASCII data and attachments in messages.
  • Rebex Mail Pack supports building and processing MIME messages with support for attachments, inline images, and HTML formatting.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our comparison of .NET Comms & Messaging.

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