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Simplify Teamwork with CardDAV Integration

June 10, 2024
IPWorks 2024's new CardDAV component helps users centralize and manage address books and contacts across devices and applications.

IPWorks by /n software is a comprehensive development library designed to streamline your creation of internet-enabled applications. It offers pre-built, secure components for common functionalities like sending emails, transferring files, and consuming web services. This allows you to focus on your application's core logic while leveraging pre-tested, robust tools for essential internet interactions.

The IPWorks 2024 release streamlines contact management with its all-new CardDAV component. This integration empowers applications to seamlessly create, edit, and synchronize contacts across devices and platforms. Users can effortlessly manage address books, add, delete, copy, or move entries, all while centralizing data on a CardDAV server. This ensures everyone stays in sync and fosters improved collaboration across an organization.

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

IPWorks is licensed per developer and is available as a Perpetual License with a 12 month support and maintenance subscription. See our IPWorks licensing page for full details.

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Keep Your Application's UI and Data in Sync

June 10, 2024
Infragistics App Builder eliminates the need for manual synchronization between user interface components and the underlying data.

Infragistics AppBuilder is a cloud-based, WYSIWYG development tool that streamlines enterprise application creation through drag-and-drop functionality. Designed to accelerate development lifecycles, it empowers users to build business apps more quickly with features like pre-built templates, real-time code generation, and instant previews. This low-code approach is ideal for businesses seeking to improve development efficiency and shorten time-to-market for web applications.

The latest App Builder release streamlines development with two-way data binding for components including input, checkboxes, and date pickers. This powerful feature automatically synchronizes UI changes with your underlying data. Whether you're entering text or selecting a date, the data is instantly reflected in both the UI and your application logic. This bi-directional flow simplifies development by reducing the need for manual data propagation. The 'two-wayBindable' property grants granular control, allowing you to tailor how specific UI elements interact with your data, enhancing the flexibility and efficiency of your app building process.

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

Infragistics App Builder is licensed per developer as an annual subscription. See our Infragistics App Builder licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our Infragistics App Builder product page.

Improve Readability for Wide Datasets

June 10, 2024
ComponentOne Studio WinForms 2024 v1 introduces a new Transposed View in FlexGrid for .NET 8 that allows rows and columns to be flipped.

ComponentOne Studio WinForms by MESCIUS is a comprehensive toolkit offering over 120 advanced UI components to streamline Windows Forms application development. It empowers you to build visually appealing and feature-rich applications with functionalities like data visualization through charts and reports, intuitive data editing with performant grids, and modern UI elements including ribbons and docking for a user-friendly experience.

The ComponentOne Studio WinForms 2024 v1 update introduces a new Transposed datagrid view for FlexGrid, enhancing its data presentation capabilities. This feature allows you to display data with rows as columns and columns as rows, providing an alternative view for scenarios where you have many columns or want to prioritize specific data points. This can improve data readability and analysis, especially for wide datasets or when focusing on specific attributes across multiple records.

To see a full list of what's new in 2024 v1, see our release notes.

ComponentOne Studio WinForms is licensed per developer on a perpetual basis and includes a 12 month subscription. See our ComponentOne Studio WinForms licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our ComponentOne Studio WinForms product page.

Localize Your PDF Viewer for a Global Audience

June 10, 2024
Leverage localization to offer users from around the world a user-friendly and culturally appropriate PDF viewing experience.

Localization capabilities in PDF viewer components allow for a user-friendly experience across various languages. By providing translated text and right-to-left support for interface elements like menus, buttons, and error messages, viewers can navigate and interact with PDFs in their native language. This improves international accessibility and fosters a wider user base for applications that utilize PDF documents.

Several React PDF Viewer controls offer localization including:

  • KendoReact PDF (part of KendoReact by Telerik) empowers developers to build PDF viewers with localized interfaces for a global reach.
  • Wijmo PDFViewer (part of Wijmo by MESCIUS) enables users to view and interact with PDFs in their preferred language through its localization capabilities.
  • PrizmDoc Viewer by Accusoft allows for the localization of its interface, making it accessible to users worldwide.
  • Syncfusion PDF Viewer (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) facilitates the creation of multilingual PDF viewers, enhancing UX for international audiences.

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

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Personalize Your UI with Customizable Toolbars

June 10, 2024
jQuery toolbars enhance web applications with organized UI elements like buttons and menus, promoting intuitive user interaction.

Toolbar controls for jQuery extend the functionality of your web applications by providing customizable toolbars with UI elements like buttons, dropdowns, and menus. These libraries offer features like drag-and-drop customization, theming options, and accessibility compliance, streamlining user interaction for common actions like editing, formatting, and navigation.

Several jQuery UI suites feature a toolbar control including:

  • DevExtreme Complete by DevExpress provides a toolbar component with extensive customization options for building feature-rich toolbars into your web apps.
  • Kendo UI by Telerik empowers you to build responsive web applications with a user-friendly interface for designing and integrating custom toolbars.
  • jQWidgets empowers you to design interactive toolbars with a variety of widgets and customization options for your web projects.
  • Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise offers a toolbar component with rich customization capabilities to create unique and functional toolbars for your applications.

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

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