Enhanced User Experience: Navigate the Web Report Designer with Ease in v23.2
DevExpress Reports v23.2 (our most recent major update) includes smart tags and context menu support for the DevExpress Web Report Designer. Together, these new features help streamline navigation/user...
View ArticleOffice File API — Enhance Accessibility in Office Documents using OpenAI...
In our last AI-related post, we described how to generate AltText (meaningful descriptions) for images and charts using DevExpress Office File API libraries and Azure AI OpenAI service (Office File API...
View ArticleWinForms — How to Integrate Semantic Similarity Search in the Grid Control...
I am sure many of you remember Introducing .NET Smart Components – AI-powered UI controls by Daniel Roth and Steve Sanderson (both from Microsoft) and the excitement this article generated within the...
View ArticleAngular: Native Report Viewer and Report Designer Integration
DevExpress continues its commitment to client-side web frameworks. Recent efforts in this regard include the release of the DevExpress Angular Report Viewer — a component that was recently redesigned...
View ArticleImportant Announcement: Bing Maps for Enterprise Service Deprecation
On May 21, 2024, Microsoft announced the deprecation and eventual retirement of its Bing Maps for Enterprise service:Bing Maps for Enterprise has been deprecated and will be retired.Enterprise account...
View ArticleOffice File API — Enhance Accessibility and Language Support in Word...
In my two previous AI-related blog posts, I explained how you can generate accessible descriptions for images, charts and hyperlinks used within Word and Excel documents using DevExpress Office File...
View ArticleDevExtreme v24.1 — AngularJS End of Life
With our most recent major update (v24.1), DevExtreme no longer includes an integration/angular module. As such DevExtreme v24.1+ will not work in AngularJS-powered applications.Important: This change...
View ArticleReporting — Create Drill-Through Reports (v23.2)
As you may know, a drill-through report allows users to open a "new" report by clicking a link within a main/active report document. Drill-through reports generally include detailed information about a...
View ArticleWord Processing Document API, Rich Text Editors (WinForms and WPF) – Reducing...
Reducing document file size can improve document import/processing related operations. It can also help minimize file storage requirements in databases and cloud servers. In this blog post, I will...
View Article.NET — .NET 8 and .NET Framework 4.6.2 Are Minimally Supported Target...
What Will Change in v24.2Once we release v24.2 (December 2024), our libraries will no longer support .NET 6/7 and .NET Framework 4.5.2, 4.6 and 4.6.1. The following DevExpress .NET Core and .NET...
View Article.NET MAUI — Year-End Roadmap (v24.2)
Thank you for your continued interest in our .NET MAUI component suite. In this post, we'll share our release plans for .NET MAUI in the second half of 2024 (v24.2). If you have any questions about the...
View ArticleOffice File API & Office-Inspired Desktop UI Controls — 2024 Year-End Roadmap...
We thank you for your continued support and for sharing your document processing needs and requirements with us. If you’d like to discuss this roadmap in greater detail or share a business use case...
View ArticleDevExtreme — Year-End Roadmap v24.2 (Angular, React, Vue, jQuery & ASP.NET Core)
In this blog post, we'll look at major features we expect to ship with v24.2. These features apply to both DevExtreme JavaScript (Angular, React, Vue, jQuery) and DevExtreme-based ASP.NET MVC/Core...
View Article.NET — About NuGet Package Audit and "False-Positive" Security Warnings
Over the last few years, the commitment to `information security` has evolved in a positive direction - more organizations taking a far more serious posture when it comes to system security and its...
View ArticleWinForms — Connect a .NET Desktop Client to a Secure Backend Web API Service...
Series OverviewGeneral MotivationAs you may recall from an earlier post (Modern Desktop Apps And Their Complex Architectures), we want to help guide our loyal WinForms/WPF/VCL/.NET MAUI/XAF customers...
View ArticleDevExpress Reports — Year-End Roadmap (v24.2)
As always, thank you for your continued support and for choosing DevExpress Reports. We appreciate the faith and confidence you’ve placed in DevExpress Reports. Please take a moment to review the...
View ArticleXAF (Cross-Platform .NET App UI & Web API Service) — Year-End Roadmap (v24.2)
As always, thank you for choosing XAF. We appreciate your support. This blog post outlines some of our XAF-related development plans for the second half of 2024 (v24.2). Strategically, our goal is to...
View ArticleBlazor — Year-End Roadmap (v24.2)
As always, thank you for your continued support and your interest in the DevExpress Blazor UI component suite. The following Year-End Roadmap (v24.2) documents what we expect to ship in December 2024...
View ArticleWinForms — Year-End Roadmap (v24.2)
This blog post outlines some of our WinForms-related development plans for the second half of 2024 (v24.2). As you will read below, key focus areas will be .NET Core UX, AI, and Accessibility. The...
View ArticleVCL — Year-End Roadmap (v24.2)
The following list outlines VCL UI component (Delphi & C++Builder) features/capabilities we expect to ship in December 2024.Before I detail our year-end VCL Roadmap...if you have not yet done so,...
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