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Highlight Translation Changes to Boost Accuracy

May 6, 2026
MadCap Lingo v12 adds Translation Memory suggestion highlighting, making it easier to spot changes and speed up translation reviews.

MadCap Lingo is a translation management solution that helps technical writers, documentation specialists and professional translators streamline the translation and localization process. It improves efficiency through built in Translation Memory technology with TMX support, enabling reuse of existing translations and ensuring consistency across projects. With features such as content alignment, termbase management and detailed reporting, it supports accurate translations while reducing manual effort. MadCap Lingo is ideal for managing multilingual documentation, software localization and ongoing content updates.

The MadCap Lingo v12 update introduces Translation Memory suggestion highlights, which improves translation efficiency and accuracy by clearly identifying differences between translation memory matches. By visually distinguishing unchanged text from removed and newly added content, developers and localization teams can quickly assess updates without manually comparing segments. This reduces review time, minimizes the risk of errors, and supports more consistent translations across projects, making it particularly valuable for workflows that involve frequent content updates or iterative localization cycles.

To see a full list of what's new in version 12, see our release notes.

MadCap Lingo is licensed per user and is available as an annual license with support and maintenance. See our MadCap Lingo licensing page for full details.

For more information, see our MadCap Lingo product page.

Add Dynamic Calculations to Reports

May 6, 2026
Define calculated fields to generate values at runtime, reducing the need to modify underlying data sources or preprocessing logic.

Calculated fields are dynamic values derived from existing data within reporting components. They enable complex data manipulations, calculations, and transformations, providing enhanced data analysis capabilities. By creating new fields based on existing data, calculated fields offer flexibility and efficiency, allowing users to perform calculations, aggregations, and logical comparisons directly within the report. This empowers users to generate insights, visualize trends, and make data-driven decisions without requiring modifications to the underlying data source, ultimately improving report accuracy and usability.

Several React reporting controls offer support for calculated fields:

  • DevExpress Reporting provides a comprehensive expression engine that allows calculated fields to be defined using a rich syntax, supporting functions and conditional logic.
  • ActiveReportsJS by MESCIUS enables developers to create calculated fields using JavaScript-based expressions, offering flexibility for dynamic calculations.
  • Stimulsoft Reports.JS includes built-in support for calculated fields with an intuitive expression editor, allowing users to define formulas that can reference other fields.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our React reporting controls comparison.

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Visualize Data Variation with Range Charts

May 5, 2026
Highlight value ranges with intuitive visuals that reveal patterns, making comparisons and trends clearer and easier to interpret at a glance.

Range charts visualize the difference between minimum and maximum values for each data point using a filled area to represent variation. This makes it easier to understand fluctuations, compare ranges and identify patterns without the clutter of multiple lines. By focusing on value distribution rather than individual points, they improve readability and highlight trends and inconsistencies at a glance. They are useful for scenarios such as tracking temperature ranges, monitoring performance thresholds or comparing variations across datasets.

Several .NET Blazor charting components provide you with range charts, including:

  • Telerik UI Blazor Chart (part of Telerik UI for Blazor) lets you visualize value ranges with filled areas, enabling clear comparison of variations and trends.
  • Infragistics Ignite UI for Blazor Chart (part of Infragistics Ignite UI) allows you to display minimum and maximum values effectively, highlighting fluctuations.
  • TeeChart .NET for Blazor by Steema Software facilitates range-based visualizations, helping you represent value differences clearly while identifying trends and inconsistencies.
  • Syncfusion Blazor Charts (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) lets you present data ranges using intuitive visuals, making it easier to compare results.

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

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Simplify Data Entry with Advanced Input Editors

May 5, 2026
FastReport VCL Reporting Lazarus adds 10 advanced UI editors enabling faster development with richer customization.

FastReport VCL Reporting Lazarus is a powerful reporting solution for the Lazarus IDE built on Free Pascal, enabling developers to design and generate rich, band oriented reports for Windows and Linux applications. It provides a visual report designer with support for text, images, tables, and scripting in multiple languages, allowing the creation of diverse report types such as invoices, catalogs, and business forms. With integrated data handling, export to widely used formats, and full source code access, it offers extensive customization and flexibility. Its cross platform compatibility, multi language support, and seamless alignment with FastReport VCL make it an efficient choice for developers building scalable, data driven applications.

The latest FastReport VCL Reporting Lazarus release introduces new UI editor components that enhance application development by providing more advanced input controls and extended customization beyond standard components. This enables developers to implement richer user interfaces with built in support for features such as barcode generation, masked input, and currency handling, reducing the need for custom development and third party libraries.

FastReport VCL Reporting Lazarus is licensed per named user and is available as a Perpetual license with 1 year of technical support and product updates. See our FastReport VCL Reporting Lazarus licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our FastReport VCL Reporting Lazarus product page.

Sort Data Across Multiple Columns in jQuery

May 5, 2026
Organize and compare complex datasets efficiently in web applications by applying hierarchical sorting across multiple grid columns.

Multi-column sorting in a grid allows users to order data based on more than one column at the same time, applying a hierarchy of sort conditions. This means that when values in a primary column are identical, secondary or tertiary columns are used to further refine the order. The approach improves data exploration by enabling more precise organization, reducing the need for manual filtering, and supporting clearer comparisons across related fields. It is particularly useful in datasets where single-column sorting does not provide enough context to surface meaningful patterns.

Several jQuery grid components allow you to sort multiple columns, including:

  • DevExtreme jQuery Data Grid (part of DevExtreme Complete by DevExpress) supports multi-column sorting via a configurable mode with UI and API control.
  • Kendo UI jQuery Data Grid (Table) (part of Kendo UI by Telerik) enables multi-column sorting with modifier keys and configurable control over sorting behavior and order.
  • jQWidgets Grid (part of jQWidgets) provides multi-column sorting with support for defining sort priority and direction, manageable through both user interaction and code.
  • ZingGrid supports sorting across multiple columns, with behavior that can be configured and adapted through declarative attributes and event-driven customization.

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

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