Architecture News

Streamline Your Documentation Delivery Workflow

May 10, 2024
MadCap Flare 2024 can now publish your Flare project directly to Xyleme Syndicate™ with a single click, saving time and effort.

MadCap Flare is a technical authoring tool designed to streamline the creation and delivery of software documentation. It utilizes a single-source, topic-based approach, allowing developers to create reusable content that can be published in various formats, including online help systems, PDFs, and mobile apps. This facilitates efficient documentation management and ensures consistency across different outputs.

The MadCap Flare 2024 release adds seamless integration with Xyleme Syndicate™, a cloud-based content delivery platform. This allows you to directly upload your Flare projects, including technical documentation and eLearning materials, to Syndicate's cloud-based platform. Syndicate offers a robust suite of hosting benefits, such as a global content delivery network (CDN) for faster access, federated search for easy information retrieval, and granular control over content availability through scheduled activation and deactivation dates. This one-click publishing feature streamlines your workflow by enabling direct publication of Flare projects to Syndicate, offering a robust platform specifically designed to meet the varied content delivery needs of today's software development environment.

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

MadCap Flare is licensed per user as an annual subscription and includes Platinum Maintenance (upgrades and support). See our MadCap Flare licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our MadCap Flare product page.

Efficiently Manage and Deploy Your Applications

May 10, 2024
Repackaging lets you build custom installers that meet your specific security and configuration needs, ensuring consistent deployments.

In the realm of Windows software deployment, repackaging refers to the process of adapting an existing installation program, often a traditional installer such as an EXE, into a more manageable format for large-scale deployments. This can involve capturing file system and registry changes during installation, then utilizing a repackaging tool to create a streamlined package such as an MSI that offers silent deployment, improved consistency, and better control over the installation process.

Several installation tools offer repackaging functionality including:

  • Advanced Installer Architect by Caphyon streamlines software deployment by efficiently repackaging existing applications into MSI, AppX, App-V, and MSIX formats.
  • PACE Suite by Infopulse includes a robust application repackager for simplifying software deployment through MSI and virtual package creation.
  • AdminStudio Enterprise by Flexera offers a comprehensive repackaging toolkit for creating reliable MSI and virtualized application packages.
  • Master Packager provides a user-friendly repackaging module to convert legacy applications into manageable MSI or EXE installers.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our Installation Tools comparison.

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Enhance PDF Comprehension with Highlighting

May 10, 2024
PDF viewers with highlighting support let users draw attention to key points in a PDF, saving time when scanning through lengthy files.

Highlighting text in PDF viewers allows you to visually emphasize important passages within the document. This is achieved by selecting the desired text and applying a colored overlay, typically translucent, to make it stand out from the surrounding text. This functionality is particularly useful for studying, referencing key information, and keeping track of important points during the reading process.

Several WinForms PDF Viewer controls offer the ability to hightlight text in PDF files including:

  • DevExpress WinForms PDF Viewer (part of DevExpress WinForms) empowers you to visually mark up PDFs with a built-in text highlighter.
  • Telerik UI PDF for WinForms (part of Telerik UI for WinForms) offers native highlighting capabilities for emphasizing crucial passages within your documents.
  • XFINIUM.PDF CROSS PLATFORM EDITION provides cross-platform compatibility while enabling you to highlight text for clear emphasis within PDFs.
  • Syncfusion Windows Forms PDF (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) facilitates easy text selection and highlighting to enhance focus on critical information.

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

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Learn How to Boost Your DevOps Workflow with AI

May 10, 2024
The JetBrains Academy May 2024 update teaches you how to build a custom AI-powered GitHub action for automating code generation.

JetBrains Academy is an online educational platform designed to help developers advance their programming skills. It provides a holistic approach to learning in which users study the theory and immediately put it into practice by building working applications. The project-based learning environment is integrated with JetBrains IDEs, and allows developers to learn Java, Python, and other programming languages with ease.

The JetBrains Academy May 2024 update includes a new hands-on AutoCoder project designed for DevOps engineers. The project will teach you to build a reusable GitHub Action that leverages OpenAI's ChatGPT to automatically generate code based on GitHub issues. This project will equip you with the skills to create workflows, interact with APIs using Bash scripts, enforce security practices, and integrate AI into your DevOps workflow, making it a valuable addition to your skillset and portfolio.

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

JetBrains Academy is licensed per user as a commercial annual subscription. See our JetBrains Academy for Organizations licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our JetBrains Academy for Organizations product page.

Share Presentations from Your App with XML Export

May 10, 2024
Aspose.Slides 24.4 enhances data accessibility by enabling PPTX export to XML, streamlining the process of extracting presentation content.

Aspose.Slides is a software development library that empowers applications to create, edit, and convert presentations without requiring Microsoft PowerPoint. Developers can leverage this API to programmatically manage text, shapes, tables, animations, and more within presentations, while also offering conversion capabilities to various formats like PDF, HTML, and image files.

Aspose.Slides 24.4 adds support for exporting PPTX to XML. XML offers a well-defined, text-based format that can be easily parsed and manipulated by various applications and programming languages. This allows developers to extract specific data or elements from presentations for further processing or integration with other systems.

To see a full list of what's new in Aspose.Slides version 24.4, see our .NET, Android via Java, Java, Node.js via Java, and PHP via Java release notes.

Aspose.Slides 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.Words licensing pages for .NET, Android via Java, Java, Node.js via Java, and PHP via Java for full details.

The ability to export PPTX to XML is available in the following Aspose.Slides platforms: