.NET 8 WinForms 新闻

轻松从 PDF 中提取附件

4月 2, 2025
TX Text Control .NET 33.0 简化了嵌入文件的提取，使访问文档和支持电子发票标准变得更加容易。

TX Text Control .NET is a royalty-free, fully programmable document editor that empowers developers to add rich WYSIWYG word processing to desktop and web applications across various platforms. It provides everything from comprehensive text formatting and mail merge to PDF creation and processing, all through a robust API and intuitive user interface.

The TX Text Control .NET 33.0 release enhances the DocumentServer PDF namespace, making it easier to extract attachments and embedded documents from PDFs. This feature is especially useful for bundling related materials - such as images, spreadsheets, or additional documents - without requiring separate file handling. A key application is electronic invoicing with standards like ZUGFeRD and XRechnung, where machine-readable data is embedded alongside human-readable invoices.

To see a full list of what's new in version 33.0, see our release notes.

TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms and TX Text Control .NET for WPF are licensed per developer and are available as a Perpetual License with a 12 month support and maintenance subscription. See our TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms licensing page or TX Text Control .NET for WPF licensing page for full details.

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在 C# .NET 应用程序中创建钻取报表

3月 25, 2025
通过传递参数和设置导航操作，使用 ActiveReports.NET 构建交互式钻取报表。

ActiveReports.NET helps you deliver beautiful reports with intuitive Visual Studio integrated report designers and rich controls. It provides code-based cross-platform reporting, easy-to-use designers, and a flexible API, enabling you to design and deliver powerful reports with intuitive, reliable, and user-friendly report designers and controls.

In this blog post, MESCIUS Product Manager Alec Gall shows you how to use ActiveReports to drill through from one report to another in your .NET application. Steps include:

  • Defining Parameters for Drill-Through Reports in ActiveReports
  • Creating Dynamic Report Titles and Data Filtering with Parameters
  • Adding Interactive Drill-Through Actions to Images

Detailed source code is completed and there is even a video that you can watch as you go through the steps.

Read the complete blog and begin providing a seamless way to navigate between related datasets in your .NET applications.

ActiveReports.NET is licensed per developer and is available with or without a 12 month support and maintenance subscription. See our ActiveReports.NET licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our ActiveReports.NET product page.

优化 .NET WinForms 网格中的数据输入

3月 21, 2025
使用 AutoComplete 单元格通过提供上下文感知建议、减少用户工作量和降低出错的可能性来增强数据输入。

An AutoComplete cell type in a grid control facilitates efficient data entry by providing predictive suggestions as users type, drawing from a predefined data source to minimize errors and enhance user experience. This functionality, often implemented via lookup editors, custom cell editors, or event handling, streamlines data input by displaying a dropdown list of matching values, allowing for quick selection and reducing typing effort, ultimately contributing to faster and more accurate data management within the application.

Several .NET WinForms grid controls enable the AutoComplete cell type including:

  • DevExpress WinForms Data Grid (part of DevExpress WinForms) enhances user input with an AutoComplete Cell Type, providing real-time suggestions from bound data sources.
  • True DBGrid for WinForms (part of ComponentOne Studio WinForms by MESCIUS) improves data entry efficiency with AutoComplete cells, minimizing errors by offering context-aware suggestions.
  • Telerik UI for WinForms GridView (part of Telerik UI for WinForms) enables seamless data selection with AutoComplete cells, reducing typing effort through intelligent, customizable predictions.
  • Infragistics WinDataGrid (part of Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms) optimizes UX with the AutoComplete cell type, simplifying structured input by dynamically displaying relevant choices.

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

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在 WinForms 应用程序中生成和自定义条形码

3月 18, 2025
快速创建和集成多种格式的条码，简化您软件应用程序的数据编码。

Barcode generation involves creating visual representations of data encoded in standardized barcode formats. This feature provides developers with the ability to programmatically produce barcodes, such as QR codes or Code 128, that can be displayed, printed, or exported. Integrating barcode generation simplifies the process of embedding machine-readable information into documents or physical items, allowing applications to automate data transfer, facilitate inventory tracking, and improve overall data management by enabling the creation of easily scannable identifiers.

Several WinForms UI Suites feature a barcode component including:

  • DevExpress WinForms allows you to generate diverse barcode symbologies with comprehensive customization, enabling seamless integration of machine-readable data.
  • ComponentOne Studio WinForms by MESCIUS facilitates barcode generation, providing developers the means to embed various barcode types into their software.
  • Infragistics Ultimate UI for Windows Forms provides developers with barcode generation controls, enabling the creation of scannable data representations within their applications.
  • Nevron Open Vision for .NET enables the creation of graphical barcodes, supporting varied symbologies, to enhance data encoding and retrieval in .NET applications.

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

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通过对 Zoom 的支持改进电子表格的可见性

3月 11, 2025
允许用户专注于详细的电子表格数据或获得更广泛的概览，从而满足不同的视觉需求和分析要求。

Zooming in a spreadsheet component refers to the ability to scale the displayed content, effectively increasing or decreasing the visible size of cells, data, and gridlines. This feature allows users to adjust the level of detail shown, enabling them to gain a broader overview or focus on specific data segments. Developers implement this to enhance user experience by providing flexibility in data visualization, improving accessibility for users with varying visual needs, and facilitating efficient data analysis through customized display levels.

Several WinForms spreadsheet controls offer support for zooming including:

  • Spread.NET WinForms (part of Spread.NET by MESCIUS) provides deep zoom controls, enabling precise magnification for detailed analysis and effortless data inspection.
  • DevExpress WinForms Spreadsheet (part of DevExpress WinForms) allows zooming, scaling content smoothly for optimal readability, and adapting to various screen resolutions.
  • MindFusion.Spreadsheet for WinForms facilitates flexible zoom levels, empowering users to adjust views for focused data entry or comprehensive overview.
  • Syncfusion WinForms Spreadsheet (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) offers responsive zooming, ensuring clarity for intricate data sets.

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

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