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Verify JSON Data Quality

November 30, 2023
JSON validation ensures data is structured correctly and adheres to specific rules, preventing errors and improving data integrity.

A JSON validator is a vital tool that ensures the correctness of JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data by conducting thorough syntactic and structural checks. It verifies the proper placement of braces, brackets, and commas, confirming adherence to the JSON standard syntax. Validators can examine the accuracy of data types, ensuring that values align with the expected types such as numbers, strings, booleans, arrays, and objects.

Several Structured Document Tools support JSON validation including:

  • Oxygen XML Editor by Syncro Soft offers JSON validation ensuring data quality and adherence to data format specifications.
  • Altova XMLSpy provides comprehensive JSON validation capabilities enabling thorough data validation.
  • Liquid Studio JSON Editor Edition by Liquid Technologies supports verification of JSON data against defined data structures, ensuring data integrity.

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

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Enhance Teamwork with PDF Annotation Editing

November 29, 2023
IronPDF for .NET v2023.12.6 makes it easier to collaborate on documents with the ability to access and modify annotations in a PDF file.

IronPDF for .NET is a versatile PDF library that is compatible with .NET 5, 6, 7, .NET Core, Standard, and .NET Framework. Designed for C#, F#, and VB.NET, it empowers developers to effortlessly generate, format, edit, and extract content from PDF documents. IronPDF faithfully renders HTML, CSS, images, and JavaScript, closely mimicking Google Chrome's output.

IronPDF for .NET 2023.12.6 adds a new Annotations API which enables you to retrieve and edit document annotations. Once retrieved, you can change the value of the annotation properties such as its title, contents as well as the X and Y coordinates via the PdfDocument.Annotations collection. The use of these sticky-note-like comments provide a convenient way to add further information, reminders and feedback throughout the PDF document. With this, your applications can offer their users a more effective means of collaboration.

To see a full list of what's new in 2023.12.6, see our release notes.

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Send Emails from .NET 7 Apps via SMTP

November 29, 2023
Use the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol to integrate email sending capabilities into your .NET 7 applications.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is the standard protocol for sending emails across the Internet. Within the context of communications and messaging, SMTP plays a pivotal role in the email delivery process, acting as the postal service for emails. It works closely with protocols like IMAP and POP3, which are used for email retrieval, ensuring a complete system for email communication.

Several .NET 7 communications components provide SMTP functionality including:

  • IPWorks .NET Edition by /n software includes a robust SMTP component, offering reliable email sending and server management.
  • Rebex Secure Mail for .NET is a versatile SMTP library with advanced features like encryption, authentication and message composition.
  • PowerTCP Mail for .NET by Dart Communications is a high-performance .NET SMTP component for demanding email applications.
  • SocketTools .NET Edition by Catalyst Development Corp. is a lightweight SMTP component for sending emails offering ease of use and quick integration.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our .NET 7 Communications and Messaging comparison.

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How to Save Searches in Grids

November 29, 2023
Use Isomorphic Software's SmartClient to save search preferences, instead of repeating the same process time after time.

SmartClient is a comprehensive JavaScript component suite compatible with React, Vue, Angular, and more, that empowers you to craft large-scale, high-productivity Enterprise web applications. Its modern class system fosters clean encapsulation of application modules and screens, resulting in a more maintainable and comprehensible codebase.

In this blog post, Alex Fashakin demonstrates how to use SmartClient's built-in feature to save search preferences on grids. Steps include:

  • Creating the DataSource
  • Building the UI for the Saved Search feature
  • How to save searches on grids
  • Adding visible UI for storing search preferences

Read the complete blog to learn how to boost productivity with the SmartClient saved search feature.

For more information visit our SmartClient product page.

Easily Script Leading AI Solutions

November 29, 2023
Smart Package Robot v3.0 adds support for scripting Cloud and offline AI products including ChatGPT, DeepL Translator, and GPT4All.

Smart Package Robot is a powerful automation tool that streamlines tasks across various domains, enhancing productivity and efficiency. With over 1000 automated features, it replicates manual actions, freeing up time for more demanding tasks. Smart Package Robot prioritizes data security, employing robust encryption and data transmission protocols to safeguard sensitive information.

Smart Package Robot v3.0 makes it easy to integrate leading AIs into your own products. This new release allows you to benefit from AI-Cloud and AI-Offline systems, including such tools as Vision, TTS, ChatGPT, DALL·E 3 and WHISPER by Open AI, ElevenLabs Text 2 Speech, DeepL Translator, GPT4All and more, all without the need to make any Python scripts. Incorporating these tools can drastically improve your system's accuracy, efficiency and user experience.

To see a full list of what's new in v3.0, see our release notes.

For more information, see our Smart Package Robot product page.