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

Data Filtering Enhancements

• Microsoft Excel Style Filter Dropdowns
  Column headers can display glyphs that invoke Excel style data filtering dropdowns. You can choose between a listbox based dropdown allowing single-value selection and checked list dropdown, allowing multiple selection. Date-time columns can be easily filtered using a Windows Vista style dropdown window. Note that end-users can easily select multiple dates, month or years.

  Node Filtering via Column Dropdown Filter List

  Node Filtering via Dropdown Calendar

• Automatic Fitler Row
  

  An alternative to filter dropdowns is the Auto-Filter Row. This row is displayed above data rows and allows users to filter data by entering values (or value portions) into corresponding data cells.

  

• Advanced Filter Editor Dialog
  

  You and your end-users can now build complex filter criteria with ease using our WinForms filter criteria builder control. This control automatically determines associated fields and types in order to provide appropriate data field name and value editor suggestions when generating filter conditions. At runtime, end-users can invoke the Filter Editor dialog using the column header's context menu or filter panel button.

  

• Filter Panel
  The Filter Panel is displayed at the TreeList's bottom-most edge. This is a multi-functional panel that offers you the following benefits:
  • Displays the currently applied filter condition.
  • Allows you to clear the currently applied filter condition - simply press the panel's Close button.
  • Enables you to temporarily disable the currently applied filter by using the built-in check box.
  • Provides a most recently used filter condition list. This is especially useful if you need to switch between two or three filter conditions all the time. In such instances, you won't have to construct your conditions again and again - simply choose a previously specified filter criteria from the list.
  • Allows you to invoke the Advanced Filter Editor.

  

• Criteria Operators Support
  Using the TreeList's API, you can apply any filter criteria programmatically.

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.

A number of DevExpress controls allow you to format the display text using Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). For instance, you can use HTML tags to format text in a Label Control, the Grid Control's column header, Alert Windows, etc. With this release, support for the Image tag has been added. This tag allows you to easily embed images into text, at any position:

You can display multiple images within the text whenever required:

HTML text formatting has been expanded to the following controls:

• XtraGrid Control - XtraGrid Control - In addition to the previously supported column header, you can now use HTML tags to format text in group rows and cells (when text editing is turned off).
• XtraEditors - XtraEditors - For all text button editors you can use HTML tags to format edit values (when editing via an edit box is disabled). You can also format text in the editor's embedded buttons when needed.
• ListBoxControl, CheckedListBoxControl, ComboBoxEdit, ImageComboBoxEdit and CheckedComboBoxEdit controls - You can use the HTML formatting feature to format control items.

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:

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