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WPF Data Grid — Items Source Wizard for New XAML Design Time (v22.1)

When you add a WPF Data Grid to your application, the first logical step is to bind the Data Grid to a data source (EF Core, Entity Framework, XPO). In this post, I’ll describe our Items Source Wizard and show you how it’s used to bind data to our WPF…

Blazor Grid — New Examples

If you are new to Blazor or are considering our Blazor component suite for a future project, feel free to review the following Blazor-related GitHub examples to learn more about the DevExpress Blazor Grid.

Blazor Grid — How to Incorporate Drag-and-Drop Support (v22.1)

In this blog post, I'll share a link to a GitHub example that demonstrates how to add drag-and-drop support when using the DevExpress Blazor Grid component. The sample project illustrates how to move rows within a single data grid (reorder rows) and move rows (records) between two data grids.

WPF Themes, Dialogs, MessageBox and Other Controls — Upcoming Features (v22.2)

In our next major release, we will extend our WPF product line with a number of frequently requested features/capabilities. Please take a moment to review the features below and share your thoughts/opinions with us. The information contained within this…

Blazor Reporting — Upcoming Features (v22.2) — Report Viewer for WebAssembly (ASP.NET Core Hosted)

Though our JS-based report components can be integrated into ASP.NET Core hosted Blazor WebAssembly applications (via JavaScript Interoperability), we decided to create new platform-specific components. Specifically, we decided to create Blazor WebAssemby wrappers for our JS-based controls to minimize implementation costs and reduce support inquiries.

WinForms UI Templates — Early Access Preview (EAP) for Universal Subscribers

As the title of this blog post suggests, we are about to issue an Early Access Preview (EAP) of our newest WinForms-related product (currently, it will be available to Universal subscribers only). The UI Templates described in this post were designed…

Blazor Grid — How to Add a Context Menu (v22.1)

I’d like to demonstrate how you can display a Context (Popup) Menu when a user clicks a Blazor Grid element. For this example, the Context Menu will appear when you right-click a Grid column header or row.

Deploy and scale an XAF Blazor Server app: use Azure Kubernetes Service to serve hundreds of users

We published a GitHub example that shows how to deploy an XAF Blazor application to a Kubernetes cluster with horizontal autoscaling. We tested the application in two types of clusters: locally-run K3s and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

Blazor Rich Text Editor — Ribbon and Toolbar Customization (v22.1)

As you may already know, we introduced a series of UI customization options for the DevExpress Blazor Rich Text Editor in our v22.1 release cycle

Pivot Grid — An Overview of Latest Enhancements

In this post, I’ll summarize Pivot Grid-related enhancements we’ve introduced over our last few release cycles (specifically, API changes designed to simplify product use for those targeting WinForms, WPF, and web platforms).

.NET Core 6+ Migration Notes (WinForms, WPF)

Microsoft continues to update .NET (.NET Core, if you prefer the previous name) and we are doing our best to address customer needs in this regard. In a previous post , I shared our plans for .NET. Today, I’d like to get a bit more practical and talk…

Reporting — Upcoming Features (v22.2) — XRBarCode Enhancements for Better Scanning Results

As you know, the use of bar codes is commonplace across numerous market sectors — the global increase in smartphone usage and the worldwide movement toward paperless payment systems has helped drive increased usage rates. If you're using DevExpress Reports or considering it for future use, it is important to correctly configure barcodes so that barcode scanning devices can read information accurately.

Blazor Rich Text Editor — Mail Merge (v22.1)

Our most recent major update (v22.1) introduced a new Mail Merge feature within the DevExpress Blazor Rich Text Editor

Blazor Grid — Appearance Customization Enhancements (v22.1)

With v22.1, you can now customize the DevExpress Blazor Grid to better address your business requirements. Our Blazor Grid allows you to modify the appearance of 30+ grid UI elements

Blazor Grid — Save and Restore the Layout (v22.1)

As you may already know, the DevExpress Blazor Grid (v22.1x) allows you to save and restore its UI layout settings

Reporting — Enhancements, Documentation Updates, New Video Tutorials, Tips & Tricks (July 2022)

This post documents recent enhancements made to DevExpress Reports , links to updated help topics, summaries of new video tutorials, and links to a handful of support tickets that might be of value to those using our reporting product line. As always…

WPF Data Grid — Upcoming Features (v22.2)

In this blog post, I’ll outline WPF Data Grid enhancements we expect to deliver in v22.2. We encourage you to answer the survey questions for each item described below. Your responses will help us fine tune our development plans.

.NET — Visual Studio 2012 & 2013 Deprecation, Raised C# Version for Product Source and More (v22.2)

First, a quick reminder : This year we intend to deprecate .NET Core support for Visual Studio 2019 for our desktop products (since this IDE version does not support .NET 6 LTS). In our v22.2 release cycle, DevExpress .NET Core-based WinForms and WPF…

DevExtreme JavaScript — UI Template Gallery (v22.2)

In our next release, we’ll extend the capabilities of our component library with a set of responsive UI templates. These ready-to-use UI “blocks” will allow you to focus efforts on application logic and minimize energy spent on app/UI design

v21.2 is Here. Experience it Today

We are proud to announce the immediate availability of DevExpress Universal v21.2, our award-winning software development platform for .NET and Visual Studio developers. With numerous new products and dozens of high-impact features, v21.2 allows you to build your best, without limits or compromise. From the desktop, the web or your mobile world, DevExpress Universal allows you to deliver intuitive solutions that fully address a broad range of usage scenarios.

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DevExpress Products Voted Best-in-Class 20 Times

DevExpress and its products were voted best-in-class in 20 development categories in this year's Visual Studio Magazine Reader's Choice Awards. Our deepest thanks to those who voted on our behalf. We appreciate the trust and confidence you’ve placed in DevExpress.

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TestCafe Studio is Here

We are proud to announce the immediate availability of TestCafe Studio – our next-gen automated web testing framework. To learn more about TestCafe Studio and experience its capabilities first hand, feel free to download a no-cost 30-day evaluation version today.