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Pittsburgh, PA – June 05th, 2025 MESCIUS USA, Inc., a global provider of award-winning enterprise software development tools, is pleased to announce the ComponentOne 2025 v1 release. The highlights of the year's first major release include modernized filtering in FlexGrid for WinForms, a WPF Rules Manager UI library, and much more.
ComponentOne’s FlexGrid now features a modern tabbed column filter UI with null/distinct filters and improved search match feedback. With a new streamlined filter API and nearly 100% backward compatibility, including full theming support, these updates bring better usability and flexibility to .NET applications. Read the release article to learn more about ComponentOne’s updates to FlexGrid for WinForms.
With the ComponentOne 2025 v1 release, the team has introduced a new Rules Manager UI library for WPF that lets users create and manage conditional formatting at runtime without code. It supports color rules, icons, gradients, and progress bars. Integrated with FlexGrid and more, this new UI library enables personalized, persistent data views for dynamic, user-driven WPF apps. Visit the website to learn more about ComponentOne’s new Rules Manager for WPF.
In this latest release, FlexReport for .NET Standard and FlexViewer for WinUI are now production-ready, enabling in-app viewing of FlexReports, PDFs, and SQL Server reports. Built for Windows 11 with modern UI, search, zoom, print, and export features, this update brings professional reporting directly into WinUI 3.0 apps. Read the release article to learn more about what’s new in ComponentOne’s WinUI edition.
"Rolling out a redesigned FlexGrid filter UI was no small decision,” said Product Manager Greg Lutz. “It's a major shift, and we approached it with excitement and a healthy dose of caution. We know stability and familiarity are important to our users, so we strived to maintain full backward compatibility where possible."
Pittsburgh, PA – May 15th, 2025 MESCIUS USA, Inc., a global provider of award-winning enterprise software development tools, is pleased to announce the SpreadJS v18.1 release. The highlights of SpreadJS v18.1 include workbook and calculation engine enhancements, updates to the designer ribbon add-on component, and two new previews for upcoming add-on components. SpreadJS v18.1 is now available as an upgrade for existing customers and a download for new customers on the MESCIUS website.
SpreadJS v18.1 allows users to add a full-sheet image for branding, watermarking, or instructional overlays. These backgrounds maintain performance and are visually responsive across zoom levels. With new TRIMRANGE and REGEX functions in the calculation engine, Excel-compatible functions enable cleaner and smarter data handling. Read the release announcement to learn more about the workbook and calculation engine enhancements in SpreadJS v18.1.
The team has significantly reduced the size of the Designer Component add-on itself, achieving a 30% or more reduction in the JavaScript and CSS file size. This improvement comes from careful refactoring and optimization of the Designer Component codebase, leading to faster load times and improved performance across web applications. The Designer’s dockable side panel enhances user experience and efficiency. It allows users to flexibly adjust the panel position based on personal preferences or workflow needs, optimizing screen space while keeping the design viewport unobstructed. Visit the website to learn more about the new designer component enhancements in SpreadJS v18.1.
The SpreadJS v18.1 release introduces two new optional add-on previews. The AI beta component brings natural language intelligence to JavaScript spreadsheets, allowing developers to instantly generate formulas, create PivotTables, and analyze data using simple text prompts—all without writing complex code. The Collaboration Add-On is a server-side component that facilitates real-time collaboration and editing within a SpreadJS workbook. It enables developers to implement features like auto-saving and version control to help create their proprietary collaboration platforms. Learn more about SpreadJS’s upcoming add-on components in the release blog.
“With the release of SpreadJS v18.1, we're delivering significant advancements for JavaScript developers,” said Product Manager Donald Williamson. “SpreadJS adds new PivotTable enhancements, more Excel-compatible features, and a powerful AI Add-on Preview, enabling natural language interaction and intelligent automation within JavaScript spreadsheets. These updates empower developers to build more intelligent, efficient, and visually rich applications across platforms.”
Pittsburgh, PA – May 14th, 2025 MESCIUS USA, Inc., a global provider of award-winning enterprise software development tools, is pleased to announce that it has been recognized as the 2025 number two publisher and top five publisher by ComponentSource, the world's largest marketplace for software components and development tools. ComponentSource also recognized MESCIUS for its many top-selling products on its annual listing.
As the component and tools market expands with increased JavaScript component usage, MESCIUS USA, Inc. is pleased to offer high-performing and robust components that allow developers to “write once, deploy anywhere” across mobile, web, desktop, server, and multiple OS platforms.
ActiveReports. NET Professional received a #5 Product Award and a Top 5 Product Award. Spread. NET and ComponentOne Studio Enterprise were each honored with Top 10 Product Awards. ActiveReports .NET Standard and ComponentOne Studio WinForms received a Top 25 Product Award, while SpreadJS and Wijmo earned Top 50 Product Awards. ActiveReportsJS, ComponentOne Studio WPF, and Document Solutions for PDF secured a Top 100 Product Award.
Publisher and product rankings are calculated based on ComponentSource's actual sales orders placed by customers globally during 2024.
"As ComponentSource approaches our 30-year anniversary in October 2025, the component and tools market continues its expansion with JavaScript component usage rising dramatically and starting to rival sales of components based on traditional frameworks like .NET, and Blazor/WebAssembly,” said ComponentSource CEO, Sam Patteron. “We are thrilled to announce the winners of our 2025 Awards, and based on our customer feedback, we are confident that these Awards, along with our online Product Comparison Charts, continue to assist our customers in comparing and choosing the right products for the solutions they are developing.
“The entire MESCIUS team is delighted to continue our longstanding partnership with ComponentSource, which has been instrumental in distributing our .NET and JavaScript grids, UI components, reporting tools, spreadsheet and document APIs, and mobile controls. This collaboration ensures that our global developer community remains well-equipped with superior products and services they have come to expect from us,” stated Joseph R. Lininger, Director of Marketing at MESCIUS (formerly GrapeCity).
Pittsburgh, PA – April 29th, 2025 MESCIUS USA Inc., a global provider of award-winning enterprise software development tools, is pleased to announce the Document Solutions v8.1 release. This release introduces features and enhancements to MESCIUS’ server-side document APIs, JavaScript document viewers, and editors. The v8.1 update includes many innovative features to elevate the document processing experience.
In this latest release, the WebAssembly version of Document Solutions PDF Viewer now supports redaction, annotation-to-content conversion, and export to raster images. These new features enable powerful PDF editing entirely in the browser without a server. Document Solutions PDF Viewer is designed to meet the needs of modern users and offers seamless performance, cross-platform compatibility, and an array of advanced features. Read the release announcement to learn more about the v8.1 updates to Document Solutions PDF Viewer.
The new CellAttributeOptions in Document Solutions for Excel, .NET allows users to include cell addresses in exported HTML tables, making identifying and interacting with specific cell elements easier. Users will also experience smoother and faster calculations using VLOOKUP and UNIQUE functions, especially in large datasets. Visit the website to learn more about the updates and enhancements in Document Solutions for Excel.
The v8.1 release of Document Solutions for Word expands the Word DOCX field support with new INDEX and XE fields for generating document indexes. With strong typed options, users can easily update, configure, and export these fields to PDF. View the release article to learn more about additional v8.1 features for Document Solutions for Word.
“MESCIUS USA Inc. is proud to announce the release of Document Solutions v8.1, delivering powerful new features that streamline enterprise-level development and enhance end-user interactivity,” said Product Manager Hunter Haaf. “This release brings major updates across the Document Solutions suite, equipping developers with advanced tools to build more dynamic, multimedia-rich, and data-driven applications. With v8.1, Document Solutions continues to provide modern, scalable, and developer-friendly tools built for today's enterprise demands.”
Pittsburgh, PA – April 1st, 2025 MESCIUS USA Inc., a global provider of award-winning enterprise software development tools, is pleased to announce the Wijmo 2025 v1 release. The first major release of 2025 includes support for Angular 19 and Next.js 15 and enhancements to FlexGrid, such as tri-state sorting, an empty data message, and accessibility improvements. Wijmo 2025 v1 is now available as an upgrade for existing customers and a download for new customers at developer.mescius.com.
With the release of Wijmo 2025 v1, JavaScript developers now have access to full Angular 19 support. Wijmo has a long tradition of support for Angular, including powerful markup features like Cell Templates in FlexGrid. Wijmo offers the most powerful set of Angular components and the best Angular datagrid on the market. To get started using Wijmo in Angular, read the release announcement.
Wijmo’s latest release supports Next.js 15 in addition to Angular 19. Its React Interop enables JavaScript software developers to utilize Wijmo controls within a Next.js project. To successfully use Wijmo components in a Next.js application, software engineers must ensure that they are rendered only on the client side, as server-side rendering is not supported. Visit the website to learn more about Wijmo’s Next.js 15 support.
To address a customer request, the Wijmo team has added a new noDataOverlayContent property to FlexGrid. This allows developers to specify an HTML string content string to be displayed in the overlay when the grid data is empty, which is a more user-friendly way of showing an empty datagrid. Another customer requested the ability to customize sort behavior when column headers are clicked, suggesting a three-click pattern. To support this and change the order, the team has introduced a sortOrder property, which allows the user to choose the Sort behavior for FlexGrid. Explore the release article to learn more about FlexGrid’s updates in the 2025 v1 release.
“Wijmo is happy to release its first major version for 2025, which includes support for Angular 19 and Next.js 15,” said Product Manager Chris Bannon. “More importantly, it includes some enhancements that were all ideas from our customers. These will benefit many other JavaScript developers in the Wijmo community.”
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MESCIUS USA, Inc. is one of the world's largest providers of developer components. The company retains 400 employees and hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide. MESCIUS inc. is committed to providing enterprises around the world with state-of-the-art developer tools and components, software services, and solutions. For more information, visit https://developer.mescius.com.