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Enhance Your WinForms Reports with Themes

February 16, 2024

Reporting controls with theming support transform reports into visually appealing documents that reinforce your brand identity.

Theme support in reporting controls allows you to customize the visual appearance of your reports without directly modifying individual elements. It works by applying pre-defined themes or creating custom ones, affecting aspects like fonts, colors, backgrounds, and layout. This simplifies report design, ensures brand consistency, and improves accessibility by adhering to user interface guidelines. Theme support is particularly valuable for generating multiple reports with a cohesive look and feel, catering to different audiences, or complying with specific accessibility standards.

Several WinForms reporting controls offer theme support including:

DevExpress Reports (Multi-Platform) (part of DevExpress Reporting) allows you to design cross-platform reports with pre-built themes and custom options for seamless branding.
ActiveReports.NET by MESCIUS leverages rich theming features and inheritance to create consistent, branded reports across different outputs.
Telerik Reporting lets you apply pre-defined or custom themes to ensure visual consistency and accessibility compliance in your reports.
Stimulsoft Reports.Net enables you to create visually unified reports with built-in themes and the ability to define custom themes for specific needs.

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

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Render Complex 3D Geometries in JavaScript

February 16, 2024

LightningChart JS v5.1.0 adds a new Mesh Model chart type for colorful, high-performance visualizations of 3D objects using vertex values.

LightningChart JS is a high-performance JavaScript charting library that utilizes WebGL rendering and GPU acceleration to deliver exceptional performance for a wide range of data visualization needs. It is designed to handle large datasets and complex visualizations with ease, enabling developers to create interactive and visually appealing charts for various applications.

The LightningChart JS v5.1.0 release lets you unleash the power of complex visualizations with the new Mesh Model 3D chart type. Render intricate geometries and models with dynamic coloring pulled from a separate data set in real-time. The PaletteFill feature imbues 3D Mesh Models with vibrant colors based on vertex values, transforming your charts into captivating representations of even the most detailed 3D shapes.

To see a full list of what's new in v5.1.0, see our release notes.

LightningChart JS is licensed based on method of deployment with options including SaaS Developer Licenses, Application Developer Licenses, and Publisher Developer Licenses. Each license is perpetual and includes 1 year subscription for technical support and software updates. See our LightningChart JS licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our LightningChart JS product page.

Build .NET 8 Apps that Work with Office Files

February 16, 2024

Iron Software adds .NET 8 support, empowering developers with robust document manipulation, data extraction, and automation capabilities.

Iron Software offers a versatile suite of C# libraries specifically designed to enhance developer productivity. Its solutions empower developers to effortlessly tackle tasks like PDF manipulation, data extraction from websites and images (OCR), and seamless Excel automation, eliminating the need for external dependencies.

Iron Software products now support .NET 8, offering developers a seamless transition to the latest advancements in .NET. With this support, Iron Suite for .NET continues to be a comprehensive solution for modern application development. As an LTS release, .NET 8 offers long-term stability and security for mission-critical applications, receiving guaranteed support and patches from Microsoft until November 2026.

Iron Software products are licensed based on the number of developers, developer locations, and projects. They are available as perpetual licenses with 1 year of support and product updates. See our Iron Suite for .NET licensing page for full details.

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Analyze Changes Between XML Documents

February 16, 2024

XML differencing pinpoints discrepancies between versions, saving time and ensuring code modifications are clear and accurate.

XML tools that support document differencing allow you to compare two or more XML files, highlighting any changes made between versions. This empowers developers by pinpointing exact modifications at a glance, including insertions, deletions and alterations to elements, attributes and text content. This helps save development time and fosters efficient code management.

Several structured document tools offer document differencing features, including:

Oxygen XML Editor Enterprise by Syncro Soft offers side-by-side comparison with detailed change reports, highlighting element, attribute, and text differences.
Altova XMLSpy Enterprise XML Editor allows you to visualize changes using color-coded text blocks and attribute edits, offering customizable comparison options.
Stylus Studio XML Enterprise Suite lets you track document evolution through version control integration, providing clear overviews of additions, deletions, and modifications.
Liquid Studio XML Editor Edition boasts robust XML diff functionality that visually pinpoints insertions, deletions, and movements within document elements.

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

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Build Rich UIs for Desktop and Web with .NET 8

February 15, 2024

Infragistics .NET 8 support empowers developers to seamlessly integrate their UI expertise into cutting-edge .NET applications.

Infragistics Ultimate is a comprehensive toolkit designed to streamline UX/UI creation and development across desktop, web, and mobile platforms. It offers hundreds of pre-built, high-performance UI components like grids and charts, alongside design-to-code tools for rapid prototyping, user testing, and even code generation. This enables developers and designers to create visually appealing and interactive applications faster, while its support for various frameworks and platforms ensures flexibility.

Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms, Ultimate UI for WPF and Ignite UI for Blazor now support .NET 8. This allows developers to benefit from the performance improvements, cross-platform compatibility, and new APIs in the latest version of Microsoft's leading development framework.

Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms, Ultimate UI for WPF and Ignite UI for Blazor are licensed per developer and are available as a Perpetual License with 1, 2 or 3 year support and maintenance subscription. See our Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms, Ultimate UI for WPF and Ignite UI for Blazor licensing pages for full details.

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