DevExtreme Data Grid & Tree List - Data Editing API Enhancements (v21.1)
DevExtreme v21.1 will address a series of user requests and add a new data editing API to our Data Grid and Tree List components (these capabilities were available as a CTP in v20.2). This new API...
View ArticleReporting — Enhancements, Documentation Updates, Tips & Tricks (January-March...
This month’s Tips & Tricks post includes links to a few interesting technical support tickets and info on product/documentation updates. We hope this information is helpful to those of you...
View ArticleWinForms — Skin Patches
As you may know, a few years ago we overhauled our WinForms Skin Editor. This new tool – what we now call "Skin Editor v2" - is superior to its predecessor in every possible way: it includes a more...
View ArticleWPF App Design - Views with Flexible Appearance Options
As you may already know, our WPF product suite includes a broad range of appearance customization options to help you address UI design requirements and deliver the best possible desktop user...
View ArticleImportant Changes to NuGet Packages and the Unified Component / .NET Core...
Applies ToDevExpress WinForms and WPF developers who expect to build .NET Core Desktop apps with products included in our v21.1+ release cycle.No Action Is Required IfYou build .NET Framework desktop...
View ArticleWinForms Dashboard - Custom Items
Hope you’re doing well. As you may know, a couple of years ago we introduced custom item support for DevExpress Web Dashboards (v17.1). Many of you have asked us to add this capability to our WinForms...
View ArticleDashboard Component for Blazor
v21.1 will include a new DevExpress Dashboard Component for Blazor (CTP). This new Dashboard component works with both Blazor WebAssembly and Blazor Server hosting models. Technically, DxDashboard...
View ArticleWPF Tips & Tricks (March – April 2021)
Here is this month’s edition of WPF Tips & Tricks and interesting support tickets we answered over the last couple of months. If you would like us to elaborate on any item listed within this post,...
View ArticleWinForms Charting – Data Binding Optimization and New Data Adapters (v21.1)
Series data binding optimizationNot long ago, memory consumption (for apps deployed on 32-bit machines) was a top priority for every developer. Though this is far less an issue today (as most new PCs...
View ArticleCase Study: Jōb Engineering Management System
We just published a case study submitted to us by Ben Rand, IT director at Jōb Industrial Services, Inc. - a multidisciplined engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company. Ben’s case study...
View ArticleXAF - Vanguard AI and its Trading Platform (Cross-Platform .NET App UI)
Meet Greffith Ponce of Vanguard AI (an IT company in the Philippines) who has been using the DevExpress eXpressApp Framework (XAF) since 2008.We recently published a case study about their trading...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms Are Available Free-of-Charge, Transition to .NET Multi-platform...
Use Xamarin.Forms TodayGot some good news for those of you considering our Xamarin.Forms product line - while we wait for .NET MAUI’s official release, all DevExpress Xamarin UI controls are available...
View ArticleDevExpress Template Gallery Changes (v21.1.3)
With v21.1.3 (RTM) just around the corner, I wanted to describe a couple of changes to the DevExpress Template Gallery - all driven by user feedback and .NET Core/.NET 5 development:The DevExpress...
View ArticleOffice File API & Office-Inspired Desktop UI Controls (WinForms & WPF) – Tips...
We have compiled a list of interesting support tickets answered throughout April and May. We hope you find these support tickets interesting and of business value. Should you have any questions, feel...
View ArticleXAF - Improved .NET 5 Support, EF Core, OAuth2-based Security and Other...
As you may already know from our 2021 roadmap, we planned to simplify .NET 5 and Blazor development in v21.1 with XAF, our award-winning cross-platform application UI framework. XAF's Solution Wizard...
View ArticleA New Blazor Grid Control (Preview) is Available in v21.1
If you install v21.1 or visit our website after official release, you will notice a second Blazor Grid component in our product lineup (available as a CTP). In this blog post, we'll explain why we...
View ArticleReporting - Visual Studio integrated Report Designer for .NET Apps (CTP, v21.1)
We’ve got some great news for those awaiting our .NET 5-compatible Visual Studio Report Designer. With our v21.1 release, you’ll be able to design reports for .NET apps within Visual Studio. We want to...
View ArticleWPF RichEdit and Spreadsheet Controls - Startup Performance Enhancements (v21.1)
Our latest release (v21.1) significantly improves startup performance for both our Word-inspired WPF Rich Text Editor and our Excel-inspired Spreadsheet components. Based on machine configuration and...
View ArticleCreate WPF View Models at compile time with MVVM Code Generator
As you may already know, the DevExpress WPF product suite (v21.1) now includes a View Model Code Generator. This Code Generator allows you to generate boilerplate code for your View Model at compile...
View ArticlePDF Document API – Embed XMP Metadata & Create ZUGFeRD-Compliant PDFs in...
Our PDF File API v21.1 allows you to embed Adobe Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) and ZUGFeRD-compliant XML data within your PDF documents.As you may already know, XMP is an XML-based ISO metadata...
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