Heatmap Control — A New Data Visualization for Desktop (WinForms, WPF)
In our most recent major release (v21.2), we added a new interactive and high-performance Heatmap Control for both WinForms and WPF.As you know, a heatmap is a chart, where individual values are...
View ArticleAnnouncing DevExpress Mobile UI for .NET MAUI Preview 11
We are pleased to announce the newest preview release of our mobile controls for .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI). In this post, I’ll summarize what’s inside this release and describe the...
View ArticleASP.NET Web Forms and MVC - Internet Explorer support questions
Our ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC components still support Internet Explorer 9+. Last versions of Internet Explorer have security risks and a lack of modern CSS approaches and JavaScript features....
View ArticleReporting — Troubleshoot Report Printing Issues within the DevExpress Web...
I try to print a document but nothing happens! Ever heard this complaint from a customer?Last year we encountered an issue with Google's Chrome browser when Chromium chose to discontinue support for...
View ArticleWinUI 3 – UWP’s Successor
As you already know, WinUI is Microsoft’s follow-up to UWP. As the successor to the UWP platform, Microsoft has invested heavily in the WinUI platform. According to Microsoft’s Windows UI Library...
View ArticleBlazor Components - 2022 Survey
We hope you had a happy and healthy holiday season.We’ve nearly completed our 2022 Blazor Roadmap. Here’s a brief overview for our upcoming development plans (a blog post will be published...
View ArticleOffice File API & Office-Inspired Desktop UI Controls - Use Custom Fonts...
In our most recent major release (v21.2), we added custom font support to our Spreadsheet and Word Processing product lines. This new feature applies to the following products/libraries:Spreadsheet...
View ArticleWPF Components on Windows ARM Devices
As you know, .NET 6 includes support for Windows ARM64, including native ARM64 execution. If ARM64 is on your radar, here is what you need to remember when using DevExpress WPF components on ARM64...
View ArticleWinUI 3 Performance Boost
Performance and UI rendering speed remains at the top of our WinUI priority list. In this blog post, we will describe performance challenges we’ve encountered with WinUI and what we’ve done to address...
View ArticleReporting — Enhancements, Documentation Updates, Tips & Tricks (January 2022)
A Few Recent EnhancementsVisual Studio Report Designer - Improved Error HandlingOur Visual Studio Report Designer for .NET 6 / .NET 5 / .NET Core apps tracks the Microsoft.CodeAnalysis NuGet package...
View ArticleDevExpress Localization in .NET Apps - Your Feedback Matters
As you may recall from my recent blog post, our Unified Component Installer will soon include an option to install localized resources for certain languages (DE, ES, JA, RU). We will not install these...
View ArticleScaffolding Wizards (for WPF and WinForms) – The Past and the Future
In this blog post, we’ll quickly summarize the history behind our Scaffolding Wizard, and explain why we’ve chosen to cease additional development on the wizard itself. The Past (circa 2013)In 2013, we...
View ArticlePDF Document API – How to Use Page Facade API to Update Bates Numbering (v21.2)
Though the digital realm has overtaken much of society, paper documents or “paper trails” remain crucial for certain market segments (for instance, the legal professionals often produce paper documents...
View ArticleReporting — Introducing the Document Viewer for WinUI (v21.2)
As you may already know, we recently released a production-ready WinUI Document Viewer for DevExpress Reports. Like other platform-specific Document Viewers, you can use this new addition to our...
View ArticleBlazor Navigation and Layout - Menu Data Binding, Context Menu Templates, and...
As you may already know, our most recent release (v21.2) includes a series of enhancements for the following DevExpress Blazor layout components: Blazor Menu, Blazor Context Menu, and Blazor Tab...
View ArticleJoin Us in Celebration as .NET Turns 20
Throughout the month of February, we will be celebrating .NET’s 20th birthday and its 20 years of innovation! You can join the celebration as well. Share your .NET stories and custom-made .NET bots,...
View ArticleWPF Controls — Remote Desktop Performance Enhancements
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced businesses to regroup and reimagine the workplace (remote work is now a reality for many). Accordingly, the use of remote desktop has increased substantially and we’ve...
View ArticleAnnouncing DevExpress Mobile UI for .NET MAUI Preview 12
We are happy to announce the immediate availability of DevExpress Mobile UI for .NET MAUI Preview 12, AND our newest .NET MAUI offerings – the DevExpress .NET MAUI Scheduler and Popup control. With...
View ArticleDependency Injection in a WPF MVVM Application
When a solution grows in size and scope, it becomes much harder to maintain overall app flexibility. Dependencies between objects grows and altering one class may require updating others. Dependency...
View ArticleOffice File API & Office-Inspired UI Controls – 2022 Roadmap
Based on your votes and feedback, we’ve finalized our 2022 Office File API and Office-inspired UI Controls Roadmap. We thank you for your continued support and for sharing your needs/requirements. If...
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