Version History
v2011 vol 2
WinForms applications powered by DevExpress Controls are now touch enabled - from the dragging of UI elements to horizontal and vertical scrolling.
The following is a list of DevExpress Controls shipping with built-in touch support:
- Grid Control
- TreeList Control
- Chart Control
- Pivot Grid Control
- Docking Library
- Rich Text Editor
- Image Slider
Touch Support
With this release, DevExpress introduces touch support across a number of WinForms Controls, including the XtraCharts Suite for WinForms. Your end-users can now use gestures (such as tap, flick and pinch) to scroll, zoom and rotate charts within your application on any touch enabled device.
Related Blog Posts:
WinForms Controls: Multi-Touch and Tablet Support
WinForms Controls: Multi-Touch and Tablet Support part 2
Related Videos:
WinForms Controls: Multi-Touch and Tablet Support
WinForms Multi-Touch and Tablet Support Preview - Part 2
Hide Overlapped Axis Labels
This release introduces a new algorithm to detect overlapped axis labels. When automatic resolution is enabled, XtraCharts hides all excessive axis labels to make a chart more readable.
Disabled Automatic Resolving
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Enabled Automatic Resolving
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Splash Screen Manager
Adding splash screens to WinForms projects has never been easier with the SplashScreenManager Component. With two simple steps, you can display a splash screen when your app starts without writing any code.
The Splash Screen Manager allows you to display a custom image as your splash screen and with image transparency support, your splash screen may be any irregular form and contain shadows when required:
Splash screens are fully customizable. You can modify default splash screens by changing the default image, default control layout, adding custom controls, etc.
Automatic display mode is one of two options when using splash screens. You can also control the display of a splash screen manually from code - display and close it when required, and send custom commands to it.
In addition to splash screens displayed on form start up, the Splash Screen Manager helps you create Wait Forms with progress indicators:
Fully customizable, Wait Forms are useful when displaying information windows with progress indicators at any time during the application run. For each skin, the Wait Form has its own unique appearance.
New Metro-style Skin
DXperience v2011 vol 2 ships with a new skin - Metropolis, allowing you to introduce a Metro inspired look and feel to your WinForms application:
In this release, we ship four new demos illustrating how DevExpress web controls can be integrated together to deliver real life solutions.
- Event Registration
An event scheduling application demonstrating the use of DevExpress data editors, scheduler and report controls.
- Hotel Booking
A simple application that emulates a hotel booking system.
- Webmail Client
A Microsoft Outlook inspired web mail application.
- Video Portal
A simple YouTube-like application to find, watch and comment on videos.
Licensed users can apply and or extend the capabilities of these demos as needed.