Architecture News

Display Trends Alongside the Corresponding Data

May 17, 2024
Adding sparklines to your grids helps users identify patterns across rows and columns, leading to fast, insightful analysis of large datasets.

Sparklines are miniature charts embedded directly within grid cells, providing a quick visual summary of data trends within a larger dataset. These tiny line graphs, often lacking axes or detailed labels, condense information into a highly space-efficient format, allowing viewers to grasp patterns and fluctuations at a glance across multiple rows and columns of a grid.

Several Vue.js grid controls offer support for sparklines including:

  • Kendo UI for Vue Grid (part of Kendo UI by Telerik) empowers developers to integrate insightful sparklines within Vue grids, offering a concise view of data trends.
  • Wijmo FlexGrid (part of Wijmo by MESCIUS) facilitates data exploration through sparklines embedded directly in cells, enhancing visual analysis without overwhelming users.
  • Jspreadsheet Pro Data Grid offers a robust data manipulation platform, where sparklines can be incorporated into cells to visually represent data trends.
  • Smart HTML Elements Grid allows developers to seamlessly integrate sparklines into grids, enabling users to gain quick insights from data fluctuations.
  • Syncfusion Grid control for JavaScript (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) lets you leverage sparklines for efficient data pattern recognition within the grid.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our Vue.js Grid controls comparison.

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Help Users Find Information with PDF Search

May 17, 2024
Choose a PDF component with built-in search support to enhance accessibility, increase engagement, and improve user experience.

Incorporating a PDF component with search functionality into your application offers significant advantages. Users can locate specific information within complex documents with ease, streamlining their experience and enhancing productivity. This translates to a more user-friendly and efficient app, reducing frustration and allowing users to find what they need quickly, without the needing to install additional software.

Several WPF PDF Viewer controls allow you to search for text in PDF files including:

  • DevExpress WPF PDF Viewer enables in-application text search for PDFs, highlighting matches and navigating for efficient information retrieval.
  • Telerik UI PDF for WPF can effortlessly search PDFs for keywords and phrases, highlighting results for quick information retrieval.
  • PDFView4NET WPF Edition by O2 Solutions facilitates searching for text within PDF documents, offering both user-driven search bars and programmatic control for integration.
  • Syncfusion WPF PDF provides text search functionality including highlighting matches and programmatic search options.

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

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Preserve Built-in and User-Defined Styles as CSS

May 17, 2024
GroupDocs.Editor for Java 24.4 adds the ability to preserve and store built-in and user-defined styles as CSS rulesets in an external stylesheet.

GroupDocs.Editor for Java is a document editing library that lets you integrate rich editing functionalities into your Java applications. It works by converting various document formats like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint presentations into editable HTML. This allows you to leverage any external HTML editor, be it open-source or commercial, for in-app document editing. After edits are made in the HTML, GroupDocs.Editor can save them back to the original format or even convert them to different file types.

The GroupDocs.Editor for Java V24.4 release introduces a new forward conversion mode for Word Processing documents. When converting original documents such as DOCX to HTML, all built-in and user-defined styles are preserved and stored as CSS rulesets in an external stylesheet. This enhancement allows users to manipulate, edit, and apply these styles directly within the external WYSIWYG editor, facilitating a seamless document editing experience.

To see a full list of what's new in V24.4, see our release notes.

GroupDocs.Editor for Java is offered as Developer Small Business, Developer OEM, Site Small Business, and Site OEM 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 GroupDocs.Editor for Java licensing page for full details.

GroupDocs.Editor for Java is available in the following products:

Boost .NET 8 App Performance with Profiling

May 17, 2024
ANTS Performance Profiler 11.3.0 expands .NET profiling capabilities with support for .NET 8 assemblies and projects.

ANTS Performance Profiler by Redgate is a .NET application performance profiling tool that helps developers pinpoint bottlenecks in their code. It offers line-level and method-level timings, pinpoints expensive database queries, and visualizes call trees to identify the most time-consuming execution paths. This comprehensive data allows developers to diagnose performance issues efficiently and optimize their code for smoother application runtime.

The ANTS Performance Profiler 11.3.0 release adds support for profiling Microsoft .NET 8 assemblies and projects. This directly benefits developers working with the latest .NET version and ensures compatibility with potential performance optimizations or regressions introduced in .NET 8. By allowing seamless profiling, developers can maintain their existing performance analysis workflows and gain insights into how their code behaves within the new .NET environment. This ultimately leads to a smoother transition to .NET 8 and helps developers build high-performing applications leveraging the latest features.

ANTS Performance Profiler is licensed per user and is available as a 1 Year, 2 Year or 3 Year timed subscription license. See our licensing pages for ANTS Performance Profiler and ANTS Performance Profiler Pro for full details.

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Flatten PDFs for Seamless Sharing and Printing

May 17, 2024
Aspose.PDF for .NET 24.5 adds the ability to flatten a layered PDF file ensuring consistent presentation and prevents unintended modifications.

Aspose.PDF for .NET empowers developers to seamlessly integrate PDF generation, manipulation, and conversion functionalities within their applications. It eliminates the dependency on Adobe Acrobat by providing a programmatic interface for working with PDF documents, allowing for tasks like creating PDFs from scratch, editing existing ones, adding elements like images and watermarks, and managing security features.

Aspose.PDF for .NET V24.5 adds the ability to flatten a layered PDF file, streamlining document sharing and archiving by converting editable layers into a static, unalterable format. This ensures consistent presentation and prevents unintended modifications.

To see a full list of what's new in V24.5, see our release notes.

Aspose.PDF for .NET is offered as Developer Small Business, Developer OEM, Site Small Business, and Site OEM 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.PDF for .NET licensing page for full details.

Aspose.PDF for .NET is available in the following products: