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Handle Long Text in Grid Cells Gracefully with Ellipses

July 10, 2025
Handsontable 16.0.0 adds a new 'textEllipsis' feature that shortens overlong cell content with an ellipsis, signaling hidden text.

Handsontable is a JavaScript library designed to help developers build interactive data grids into their web applications. Offering a familiar spreadsheet-like interface, it allows users to edit, sort, and filter data with ease. Highly customizable and compatible with popular frameworks like React and Angular, Handsontable empowers developers to build robust data manipulation features into their web applications.

The Handsontable 16.0.0 update adds a new feature called 'textEllipsis' which improves the readability and layout of tables. When activated, this feature automatically replaces any overflowing text in a cell with an ellipsis (…), ensuring that excessive content does not spill over and disrupt the alignment of the table. This approach keeps tables visually clean while clearly signaling that additional content exists, making it easier for users to scan data-heavy views without distraction.

To see a full list of what's new in version 16.0.0, see our release notes.

Handsontable is licensed per developer and is available as an Annual or Perpetual license with 1 year support and maintenance. See our Handsontable licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our Handsontable product page.

Add Logging to Monitor and Audit Message Flow

July 9, 2025
Logging tools across email and file transfer components make it easier to trace protocol activity, debug failures, and ensure messaging reliability.

Logging in communication and messaging components is essential for monitoring, diagnosing, and auditing data exchange processes across applications. Whether handling email, file transfers, or secure messaging, robust logging capabilities help developers track the flow of information, capture errors, and ensure compliance with operational and security standards. By recording detailed transaction histories, logs also provide valuable insights for performance optimization and issue resolution.

Several .NET communications and messaging components offer logging functionality including:

  • IPWorks .NET Edition by /n software includes configurable logging for all supported protocols, making it easier to troubleshoot network communications in real time.
  • Aspose.Email for .NET captures detailed logs of email send and receive operations, including SMTP and IMAP session transcripts.
  • Rebex SFTP offers verbose logging with options to trace protocol-level interactions, particularly useful for secure file transfer debugging.
  • Xceed FTP for .NET features integrated logging to monitor FTP commands and responses, assisting developers in identifying connectivity issues or transfer errors efficiently.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our .NET comms and messaging comparison.

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Encrypt PDF Documents with Data Integrity Checks

July 9, 2025
The Syncfusion Essential Studio WPF 2025 Volume 2 adds AES GCM encryption support for PDFs, ensuring secure document protection.

Syncfusion Essential Studio WPF (available as part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) is a powerful suite of over 95 UI controls, 50+ charts, and document processing libraries designed to boost the development of high-performance line-of-business applications for the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) framework. With built-in themes, touch-friendly interfaces, and seamless Visual Studio integration, it empowers developers to craft modern, feature-rich, and cross-platform experiences with ease.

The Syncfusion Essential Studio WPF 2025 Volume 2 update introduces AES GCM encryption support for PDF documents, giving developers a reliable and efficient way to implement modern, standards-based security in their applications. This enhancement allows for both encryption and decryption of PDFs using a cryptographic method that ensures data confidentiality and integrity, making it easier to comply with industry regulations and safeguard sensitive content. By integrating AES GCM, developers can build secure document workflows with performance-optimized encryption that is widely supported across current platforms and environments.

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

Syncfusion Essential Studio WPF 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 WPF product page.

Easily Compare Data Using Enhanced Tooltips

July 9, 2025
Stimulsoft Dashboards.PHP 2025.3.1 adds a Multi Tooltip feature, showing all matching values for clearer and more accurate data insights.

Stimulsoft Dashboards.PHP is a powerful dashboard and reporting tool designed for PHP web applications. It enables developers to create interactive and visually appealing dashboards that provide real-time insights into data. With its intuitive interface and extensive features, Stimulsoft Dashboards.PHP helps users to analyze complex data sets, visualize trends, and make data-driven decisions effectively.

The Stimulsoft Dashboards.PHP 2025.3.1 update improves data clarity and accuracy by introducing a new multi tooltip feature. This enhancement ensures that when hovering over a data point, all matching values are displayed in the tooltip, rather than just the last one as in previous versions. For developers building dashboards with overlapping or identical values across series or categories, this provides a more complete and immediate view of the underlying data, reducing ambiguity and improving the efficiency of data interpretation during analysis or debugging.

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

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

Stimulsoft Dashboards.PHP is available individually or as part of Stimulsoft Ultimate.

Protect Data in WPF Spreadsheet Applications

July 8, 2025
Utilize spreadsheet security features to prevent unauthorized access and restrict data modification, granting greater control in WPF desktop apps.

Spreadsheet security features are essential tools designed to protect sensitive data, ensure data integrity, and control user access within spreadsheet applications. These capabilities typically include such measures as password protection or cell locking, and are used to prevent the unauthorized viewing or modification of content in the spreadsheet. Implementing security measures in their spreadsheets allows organizations to maintain compliance with data security standards or data governance policies, and avoid accidental or malicious data loss or alteration. This level of control is particularly important in environments where multiple users collaborate on financial models, project plans, or other critical datasets.

Several WPF spreadsheet components offer security features, including:

  • DevExpress WPF Spreadsheet (part of DevExpress WPF) offers various levels of password encryption for workbooks, worksheets and specific ranges to protect spreadsheet data.
  • Spread WPF (part of Spread.NET by MESCIUS) provides workbook and worksheet protection with support for cell locking and setting passwords in WPF spreadsheet apps.
  • Telerik WPF Spreadsheet (part of Telerik UI for WPF) includes full support for workbook and worksheet level protection mechanisms to control and enforce user rights.
  • Infragistics WPF Spreadsheet (part of Infragistics Ultimate UI for WPF) has a range of protection settings to safeguard content from unauthorized modifications.

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

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