FREE WinUI Controls - Windows App SDK 1.0 Support, Data Grid Performance Enhancements, and the Future (v21.2)
As you may know, Microsoft released a new version of Windows App SDK. For those considering WinUI, we updated the DevExpress WinUI component suite and introduced Windows App SDK 1.0 support. We also added important features/capabilities to our WinUI distribution (read on to learn more).
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WinForms Tips & Tricks — HTML & CSS Syntax Editor
It’s been a couple of weeks since we released our WinForms HTML & CSS Templates option (an entirely new approach to WinForms app design). The DevExpress HTML & CSS Template option for the WinForms platform allows you to re-imagine/re-design our…
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Reporting — Parameters Panel Customization (v21.2)
As you may already know, DevExpress Reports v21.2 allows you to customize the appearance of the Parameters panel for both the WinForms and WPF platform. If you are unfamiliar with our Parameters panel, please refer to the following help topic for more information: The Parameters Panel.
Our new Parameters panel customization API allows you to combine report parameters into expandable groups, place parameters side-by-side, add separators, and more.
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WPF Accessibility – Enhanced Contrast Palettes and Validation Support
As you may already know, our most recent release includes two major accessibility-related enhancements for our WPF product line (Enhanced Color Palettes and Validation Support). Enhanced Contrast Palettes We have added Enhanced Contrast predefined palettes…
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Blazor Rich Text Editor - Localization and Text Customization Enhancements (v21.2)
We are happy to announce the official release of the DevExpress Rich Text Editor for Blazor in our v21.2 release cycle. Our Blazor Rich Text Editor/Word Processing component includes all features announced with the EAP version and the following new capabilities
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WPF Themes - Use System Colors and Switch Between Light and Dark App Modes Like Office 2021 (v21.2)
In the latest version of Microsoft Office products, users can select a theme based on system settings. When this theme is used, Office takes Windows Accent Color and App Mode (Light/Dark) settings and applies them to Office itself. If a user changes the Accent Color or App Mode in the OS, Office detects this change and updates the appearance of the application automatically.
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Office File API & Office-Inspired Desktop UI Controls - Generate Accessible PDF Files (v21.2)
Our most recent release (v21.2) includes enhanced PDF export options for our Spreadsheet and Word Processing product lines (WinForms-WPF-Office File API). You can now convert your spreadsheet and rich text documents to accessible PDF files. This will allow people with disabilities to use screen readers and other assistive technologies to read and navigate PDF documents.
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Reporting — Video Tutorial, Enhancements, Documentation Updates, Tips & Tricks (November 2021)
New DevExpress Reporting Video Tutorial DevExpress MVP Jose Javier Columbie has started a new DevExpress Reporting training course on YouTube ( DevExpress XtraReports ). We want to thank Jose for his hard work and ongoing commitment to our tools. Jose…
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Stock Market App for .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) (Part 2)
In this second post of our .NET MAUI “Stock App” blog series, we'll show you how to leverage the capabilities of the DevExpress Chart View for .NET MAUI and illustrate how to display historical data (daily open-close-high-low stock prices and transaction…
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DevExpress UI Controls Support the Latest Microsoft .NET MAUI Preview 10
As of last Friday, our .NET MAUI controls fully support Microsoft Preview 10 . If you’re ready to install the latest version of Microsoft’s .NET MAUI platform, please review the following post: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-maui…
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Microsoft’s New XAML Designer for WPF apps
As you may already know, Visual Studio 2022 uses an entirely new WPF XAML Designer (for all versions of .NET and .NET Framework). We’ve been working closely with Microsoft to replicate (and extend) the design-time capabilities of our WPF product line…
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Stock Market App for .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) (Part 1)
As you probably know, Microsoft’s .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI - a development framework designed to target multiple platforms from a single shared codebase) is set to ship soon. If you are new to .NET MAUI, please refer to the following blog…
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Grid for Blazor - Standard and Popup Edit Forms (v21.2)
As you may know, our most recent major update - v21.2 – introduced new data editing and validation features for our new DevExpress Blazor Grid component (CTP)
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XPO - 2.7M Downloads, Visual Studio 2022 Support (Visual Designer) Coming Soon, Secure Web API Service Generation Made Easier
XPO ORM – It’s Free and Will Remain Free A quick reminder: XPO ORM is available free-of-charge. To obtain your free copy, point your browser to: https://www.nuget.org/packages/DevExpress.Xpo (and feel free to share this link with friends/colleagues).…
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DevExpress Universal v21.2 released
It’s that time of the year – time for our second major release of 2021. A couple of days ago we officially released v21.2 and introduced enhancements and new features across the whole of our .NET/JavaScript product portfolio (including updates to the…
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Office File API & Office-Inspired Desktop UI Controls – Tips, Tricks, and a Breaking Change (October 2021)
This post includes a series of interesting support tickets answered throughout August and September along with a breaking change notice. It also includes a list of enhancements made to our Office-inspired product line. We hope you find the contents of…
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DevExtreme Data Grid & Tree List - New Toolbar Customization API (v21.2)
As you may already know, our next major update is set to ship in a few weeks. If you have not yet done so, please take a moment to review our What’s New webpage for information on our upcoming release.
In this blog post, I’ll describe our new DataGrid and TreeList Toolbar Customization API and show you how to leverage its capabilities in your next DevExtreme-powered app
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Reporting — Tips & Tricks (October 2021)
This blog post includes links to a series of interesting DevExpress Reports-related support tickets. We hope you find these tickets of value as you explore the capabilities of our reporting platform. In addition, we’ve included links to a number of help…
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Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 6 Support
We have noticed a slight uptick in Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 6-related support traffic. In this post, we'll take a closer look at what you can expect from DevExpress in our upcoming release (v21.2). Visual Studio 2022 Support First and…
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