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Display Report Metrics in Meaningful Formats

July 7, 2025
Stimulsoft Reports.NET 2025.3.1 adds flexible Value Type customization options for displaying values, percentages, and target pairs.

Stimulsoft Reports.NET is a reporting tool that empowers developers to design, edit, view, export, and print reports of varying complexity. It features a user-friendly report designer and an interactive viewer, allowing connection to various data sources. The generated reports can be seamlessly integrated into both Windows Forms and ASP.NET applications, with export capabilities to numerous formats for maximum flexibility.

The Stimulsoft Reports.NET 2025.3.1 update enhances the Value Type property by allowing developers to customize how values are displayed in Progress and Indicator dashboard elements. Progress elements can now show raw values, percentages, or value and target pairs, while Indicator elements support raw values or value and target formats. This added flexibility helps developers present data in the most relevant format for their users, improving clarity and making dashboards more informative and purpose-driven.

To see a full list of what's new in 2025.3.1, see our release notes.

Stimulsoft Reports.NET is licensed per developer and is available as a perpetual license with 1 year support and maintenance. See our Stimulsoft Reports.NET licensing page for full details.

Stimulsoft Reports.NET is available in the following products:

Fine-Tune Color Aesthetics with Precision Input

July 1, 2025
Syncfusion Essential Studio .NET MAUI 2025 Volume 2 (30.1.37) adds a Color Picker with spectrum modes, custom colors, and theme support.

Syncfusion Essential Studio .NET MAUI (available as part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) empowers developers with a comprehensive suite of native UI controls, data visualization tools, and performance optimizations for building modern, cross-platform mobile and desktop applications. This professional-grade toolkit leverages the power of C# and XAML, enabling rapid development of stunning and responsive experiences across diverse platforms.

The Syncfusion Essential Studio .NET MAUI 2025 Volume 2 update introduces a new Color Picker in preview, giving developers a flexible and efficient way to implement color selection in their applications. This control supports both palette and spectrum selection modes, allows direct input of RGB, HSV, and HEX values, and includes features such as opacity adjustment, recent color tracking, and theme adaptation. With inline display options and programmable interaction states, the Color Picker is well-suited for scenarios requiring user-driven customization while maintaining design consistency across different UI themes.

To see a full list of what's new in 2025 Volume 2 (30.1.37), see our release notes.

Syncfusion Essential Studio .NET MAUI 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 .NET MAUI product page.

Align UI Elements With Windows 11 Themes

June 26, 2025
Codejock Suite Pro 24.2.0 improves theme support, allowing your toolbars and ribbons to reflect Windows 11’s system and custom accent colors.

Codejock Suite Pro is a comprehensive collection of UI components and libraries designed to enhance the development process and create visually stunning applications. With a rich array of features including grids, charts, editors, docking windows and more, the suite empowers developers to rapidly build robust and user-friendly interfaces. Whether you're building enterprise applications, data visualization tools or custom user interfaces, Codejock Suite Pro provides the essential tools to elevate your projects and deliver exceptional user experiences.

The Codejock Suite Pro 24.2.0 release brings full support for Windows 11's visual styling, allowing toolbar and ribbon components to adopt both system-defined and user-custom accent colors. This enhancement ensures that applications built with Codejock controls visually align with the modern Windows 11 interface, delivering a more integrated and polished look. Developers can now create interfaces that feel native on Windows 11, helping end users enjoy a cohesive experience across both system and application elements.

To see a full list of what's new in the 24.2.0 release, see our release notes.

Codejock Suite Pro is licensed per developer and is available as a perpetual license with 30 days or 1 year subscription (product updates and phone/email technical support). See our Codejock Suite Pro licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our Codejock Suite Pro product page.

Organize Large Data Sets with Visual Hierarchy

June 20, 2025
Tree lists in UI Suites offer a clear, customizable way to organize and navigate complex data, improving usability, performance, and user control.

Tree lists, commonly included in professional UI component suites, are advanced controls designed to display hierarchical data in a structured and expandable format. They present parent-child relationships clearly, allowing users to navigate through multiple levels of data with ease. With features such as collapsible nodes, dynamic data loading, and customizable templates, tree lists improve both performance and user experience, particularly when working with large or complex datasets. In user interface development, they are frequently used for file explorers, category navigation, permission settings, project management views, and organizational charts. By integrating tree lists, developers can provide a more intuitive, scalable, and interactive way to manage structured information.

Several WPF UI suites offer tree list components including:

  • Actipro WPF Studio lets you display and edit hierarchical data with advanced tree controls that support virtualization, templates, and smooth interaction.
  • Infragistics Ultimate UI for WPF allows you to manage complex data structures visually through high-performance, customizable hierarchical grids and tree list views.
  • Telerik UI for WPF facilitates intuitive data navigation using powerful tree list components with built-in editing, filtering, and seamless data binding support.
  • DevExpress WPF enables interactive exploration of hierarchical data with feature-rich tree list controls, supporting grouping, sorting, and real-time updates.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our WPF UI suites comparison.

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Use Sliders To Capture Survey Feedback

June 18, 2025
SurveyJS v2.2.0 adds Slider and Range Slider question types for collecting single values or value ranges with interactive, drag-based input.

SurveyJS is a family of extensible JavaScript libraries designed to help developers build robust form management systems fully integrated into their web applications. These libraries work seamlessly with any backend system and are fully compatible with modern JavaScript frameworks, including React, Angular, and Vue.

The SurveyJS 2.2.0 update introduces new Slider and Range Slider question types that enable developers to implement more interactive and precise input mechanisms within surveys. These components support a wide range of configuration options, including customizable minimum and maximum values, step sizes, labeled scales, and tooltip formatting. The Range Slider further enhances flexibility by allowing respondents to select and drag a value range using dual thumbs, with optional constraints on range length. Both question types can be seamlessly bound to text input fields, offering a more responsive and accessible data collection experience in custom survey workflows.

To see a full list of what's new in version 2.2.0, see our release notes.

SurveyJS is licensed per developer with a one-time payment for indefinite use. Access to updates and technical support is available through a subscription. See our SurveyJS Survey Creator licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our SurveyJS Survey Creator product page.