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Developer and End-User Help Files for .NET and VCL

Navigate the lists below to obtain a printable version of our documentation or to download a help file to review before purchasing a product. In addition to the files available on this page, you can get product documentation from the following locations:

  • Registered Products
    Login to the Download Manager to obtain an installer that integrates documentation into your IDE.
  • Online Documentation
    Available for all DevExpress technologies with the exception of our VCL product line.
Developer Documentation for .NET Products
Product
Download CHM
Download PDF
All Help Files
760,968,197 bytes
1,585,607,599 bytes
WinForms Controls
249,531,044 bytes
381,264,185 bytes
ASP.NET Controls
125,733,492 bytes
328,657,496 bytes
WPF Controls
195,063,139 bytes
423,010,704 bytes
Silverlight Controls
67,919,738 bytes
122,969,677 bytes
Reporting
25,281,751 bytes
73,902,556 bytes
Windows 8 XAML Controls
20,990,059 bytes
26,754,587 bytes
Windows 10 App Controls
16,018,725 bytes
35,936,533 bytes
Office File API
4,671,557 bytes
13,978,403 bytes
Dashboard
17,761,104 bytes
45,732,005 bytes
Report Server
3,282,074 bytes
7,935,412 bytes
eXpressApp Framework (XAF)
36,134,275 bytes
93,376,714 bytes
Cross-Platform Core Libraries
64,116,840 bytes
145,168,212 bytes
Xamarin Controls
3,865,353 bytes
9,697,742 bytes

Note on CHM documentation
If you don't see any information when you download and open the CHM file (instead, you see "The address is not valid" error), you may need to unblock this CHM file. To do this, right-click the CHM file, then click Properties and click Unblock. For more information, refer to the following Web page: Can't read .chm (Compiled Help) on Vista/XP/2003.

Note on PDF documentation
PDF files are obtained by converting our CHM files to PDF. For this, we use the Help & Manual suite from EC Software.

End-User Documentation for .NET Products
Version
Downloads
v17.1+
GitHub Repository
v17.1
132,978,560 bytes
v16.2
134,514,024 bytes
v16.1
114,702,616 bytes
v15.2
100,635,056 bytes
v15.1
88,516,608 bytes
v14.2
78,311,624 bytes
v14.1
76,781,512 bytes
v13.2
64,467,992 bytes
v13.1
36,365,680 bytes
v12.2
36,330,504 bytes
v12.1
34,848,224 bytes

Each installation contains two CHM and two PDF files that describe end-user capabilities in WinForms and ASP.NET applications. You are free to download these files and distribute them to your end-users. However, Developer Express Inc. has the right to change or remove these resources without notice.

Developer Documentation for VCL Products
Product
Download CHM
Download PDF
VCL Subscription
83,631,342 bytes
201,423,251 bytes
ExpressGridPack
47,625,717 bytes
133,481,207 bytes
ExpressQuantumPack
42,927,539 bytes
119,496,623 bytes
ExpressNavigationPack
30,316,774 bytes
62,872,969 bytes

Note on CHM documentation
If you don't see any information when you download and open the CHM file (instead, you see "The address is not valid" error), you may need to unblock this CHM file. To do this, right-click the CHM file, then click Properties and click Unblock. For more information, refer to the following Web page: Can't read .chm (Compiled Help) on Vista/XP/2003.

Note on PDF documentation
We use the PDF Creator Pilot software (available at http://www.colorpilot.com/) to convert CHM files to PDF. Although we can't guarantee to fix all CHM to PDF conversion issues, but we will do our best to provide the best possible output.