Support for .NET Client Profile being discontinued
OK, color me surprised: I thought we’d discontinued supporting the .NET Client Profile a while back, but it seems I am wrong. First of all, a little background. Way back in .NET 4.0 beta days,...
View ArticleASP.NET: Beautiful custom themes (Coming soon in 14.1)
You can now create your own custom themes based on the beautiful and professionally-designed DevExpress ASP.NET themes.This new feature is part of the DevExpress ASPxThemeBuilder tool in the 14.1...
View ArticleTechEd 2014–Watch Video Interviews with Hanselman, Papa, and Kristensen
Check out these 3 video interviews that I got with Scott Hanselman, Mads Kristensen, and John Papa:Scott Hanselman gives an overview of the ASP.NET vNext announcement:Read his blog post and watch his...
View ArticleBusiness Class Library for Entity Framework (Coming soon in v14.1)
The new DevExpress.Persistent.BaseImpl.EF.v14.1.dlllibrary contains ready-to-use Code-First entities. These are general-purpose entities (like Person, Task, Address, etc.), and entities that are...
View ArticlePictures from the DevExpress TechEd Bowling Event
Thanks to everyone who came out to our TechEd Lucky Strike Event in Houston! The entire team had a blast bowling, gambling and chatting with you.Check out the pictures on Facebook:Amanda in particular...
View ArticleDevExpress wins Best of TechEd 2014 for Software Development
So, there was this little conference in Houston this week. The locals (and everyone else, come to that) called it Microsoft TechEd 2014, and it seems that several thousand attendees were there; and, to...
View ArticleWPF Taskbar Services (Coming soon in v14.1)
In our 13.2 release, we added Taskbar Services to our WinForms product line. With this release, we're adding the same capabilities to our WPF Subscription. To read more about what you can accomplish...
View ArticleLet's Build Some Great Outlook-Inspired User Experiences
Next week, we'll be taking you through a tour of new demos we plan on shipping with v14.1. If you've been following my blog posts leading up to our launch, you'll know I hinted to something we've...
View ArticleReporting: New Web End User Designer (Coming soon in v14.1)
You might have heard we are (finally) releasing an end user designer for the web. I’ve been wanting this gem for years! Imagine being able to manage reports (create, edit, view) all from the web! We...
View ArticleDataExplorer - Build a native iPad app without writing any Objective-C code
These days, companies have a need to deliver a mobile companion app for their main desktop application, or a standalone mobile app for some new data usage scenarios. A .NET developer trying to address...
View Article.NET Spreadsheet Control (Coming soon in v14.1)
Back in my younger days, I was a Lotus 1-2-3 buff. There was nothing I couldn’t do with the ‘/’ menu system and 1-2-3’s formulas. I’d take raw spreadsheets that the bank’s traders had made to price...
View ArticleXAF Solution Wizard for easier getting started (Coming soon in v14.1)
XAF now ships with the wizard which allows you to quickly create a new application in a few simple steps. All you need to do is choose a target platform (desktop, web or both), data model type (Entity...
View ArticleWindows Spreadsheet: Name Manager and Data Protection (Coming soon in v14.1)
I thought I would elaborate a bit more on two of the new features we are introducing in our Windows Spreadsheet offering coming in 14.1.Name ManagerThis feature is quite simple actually: it lets you...
View ArticleASP.NET: Round Panel New Features (Coming soon in v14.1)
The DevExpress ASP.NET Round Panel has been improved for the upcoming v14.1 release. It's now faster and supports loading content on callbacks:CSS3 - No ImagesThe DevExpress ASP.NET Round Panel control...
View ArticleHTML5 Dev Conf 2014 - Video Interviews
Check out these interviews I was able to do with 3 speakers from HTML5 DevConf 2014 in San Francisco:I was very happy to meet and interview these smart folks. Unfortunately, we didn't have our full...
View ArticleSpreadsheet Control Chart API (Coming soon in v14.1)
When it comes down to it, I am a programmer. That is what I went to school for: it’s what I like to do. While wizards and drag-and-drop are really cool, sometimes we just want to get down to the code...
View ArticleASP.NET: GridView Select All Rows Updated (Coming soon in v14.1)
The DevExpress ASP.NET GridView will now let your end-users select all of the rows in the GridView (for all the pages):All Pages ModeTo be accurate, the DevExpress ASP.NET GridView already allows you...
View ArticleNew CodeRush Plugin – Use Extension Method
Another plugin requested by our communityTo paraphrase: It would be great to have something that could recognise that an extension method was being called in the style of a normal method ie...
View ArticleSpreadsheet Mail Merge (Coming soon in v14.1)
At DevExpress we are committed to innovation when it comes to working with and presenting data. Our reporting suite is second to none when it comes to pixel-perfect reporting. Snap was designed to...
View ArticleWinForms Map: New Legend Types, Bubble and Pie Charts (coming soon in 14.1)
In data visualization, two powerful controls solve a lot of popular tasks – Charts and Maps. Charts are great for visualizing numeric data in an easy-to-understand form, while Maps spread this data...
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