VCL UI Controls — June 2024 Roadmap (v24.1)
The following list outlines features/capabilities we expect ship for VCL UI Components for Delphi & C++Builder (expected release date: June 2024). We will outline plans for our second major release...
View ArticleSpreadsheet Document API, Spreadsheet Controls (Win and WPF) – Form Controls...
As you know, form controls represent interactive elements (buttons, checkboxes, and drop-down lists) and are used in worksheets to deliver a more refined user experience. In our last major release...
View ArticleBlazor — Accessibility Enhancements and Options
In our last major update (v23.2), we modified element structure to improve screen reader compatibility, added alternate text descriptions, and WAI-ARIA roles/attributes for the following DevExpress...
View ArticleWord Processing Document API, Rich Text Editors (WinForms and WPF) — Content...
As you know, content controls are interactive UI elements (text fields, drop-down lists, date pickers) designed to enter and manage information on-screen. Content controls are often used within...
View ArticleBlazor Grid - Batch Editing with Entity Framework Core
If you are using the DevExpress Blazor Grid with Entity Framework Core and are interested in batch data editing, we recently published a GitHub example that incorporates batch data editing within the...
View ArticleEnhance WinForms Application Reliability with UI Test Automation
As you know, UI Automation testing leverages specific tools/frameworks to simulate user interactions with the interface - and helps ensure an app meets relevant end-user requirements. When used in...
View ArticleVoice Setup in CodeRush for Visual Studio
This blog post provides an overview of the new Voice Features in CodeRush for Visual Studio and shows you how to set up and enable the features.Voice Features are invoked by holding down one of the two...
View ArticleVoice Commands in CodeRush for Visual Studio
Voice Commands let you control and access Visual Studio by voice. Voice Commands are fully customizable, are context-aware, and support inferred intent (e.g. a “Build Solution” voice command can be...
View ArticleVoice to Code in CodeRush for Visual Studio
One of the more exciting features in this release is Voice to Code, which uses Visual Studio's IntelliSense to intelligently convert spoken words to code.Voice to Code features are triggered with the...
View ArticleString Dictation in CodeRush for Visual Studio
CodeRush Voice features include a powerful voice-to-text dictation engine available in C# strings. String Dictation features are triggered with the right Ctrl key. Make sure you've set up voice...
View ArticleComment Dictation in CodeRush for Visual Studio
CodeRush Voice features include a powerful voice-to-text dictation engine available in C# comments.Comment Dictation features are triggered with the right Ctrl key. Make sure you've set up voice...
View ArticlePDF Document API — PDF/A Conversion (v23.2)
As you may already know, our PDF Document API (part of the DevExpress Office File API suite) now ships with a PDF/A-2b and PDF/A-3b converter. PDF/A is an ISO standard (ISO 19005) designed for...
View ArticleWinForms — Performance Enhancements in the Microsoft WinForms Designer for...
We were in close collaboration with the Microsoft dev team over the last few months, and Microsoft has recently released Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 Preview 2, which improves form load performance...
View ArticleIntegrate the DevExtreme JavaScript HTML Editor into a WinForms Application
In this blog post, I’ll demonstrate a hybrid implementation: integrating web UI tools into a WinForms desktop application. Specifically, I’ll integrate the DevExtreme JavaScript WYSIWYG HTML Editor (a...
View ArticleXAF — World Training Tour by Xari to Master DevExpress .NET Application...
Good news for those of you interested in DevExpress XAF training.Microsoft and DevExpress MVPs, Jose Columbie of Xari.io and Joche Ojeda of BitFrameworks.com have organized a world training tour for...
View ArticleBlazor Component Suite — Early Access Preview (v24.1)
As you may know, our next major update (v24.1) will ship in a few months. In this post, I'll summarize some of the features/capabilities available in our early access (EAP) build. Before I begin — a...
View ArticleWinForms — Early Access Preview (v24.1)
Our next major update (v24.1) is a couple of months away. As such, we wanted to preview the features we expect to ship this spring and invite all active DevExpress Universal or DXperience subscriber to...
View ArticleOffice File API and Office-Inspired Controls (WinForms & WPF) — Early Access...
This post describes a number of features we expect to ship in the next major release and details what’s inside our current Early Access Preview build v24.1. For additional information on what you can...
View ArticleDevExtreme JS & ASP.NET Core — Early Access Preview (v24.1)
We're a couple of months away from our next major release (v24.1). In this post, I'll describe the new features we included in our Early Access Preview (EAP) build. If you encounter issues with our EAP...
View ArticleDevExpress Reporting & BI Dashboard — Early Access Preview (v24.1)
Our next major update (v24.1) is set for release in early June. This post details DevExpress Reports and BI Dashboard-related features we expect to ship in June and describes what’s included in our...
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