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Pre-Release Software

Products Shipping as CTP/EAP, Beta, and RC

Products marked as pre-release (Community Technology Preview "CTP", Beta or Release Candidate "RC") may contain deficiencies and as such, should not be considered for use or integrated within any mission critical software application. DevExpress may discontinue availability of its pre-release software, limit or modify software functionality, or eliminate support services at any time.

Version Labels and Their Meaning

CTP (Community Technology Preview) & EAP (Early Access Preview)

  • Target audienceDevelopers with a high demand for a specific new product or functionality.
  • PurposeAllows developers to share feedback and influence the development process.
  • ExpectationsPartially implemented functionality, moderate chance of bugs, high chance of breaking changes in final implementation, and possible termination of project.

Beta

  • Target audienceDevelopers with active Universal, DXperience and VCL Subscriptions eligible for major updates.
  • PurposeAllows developers to explore new functionality within existing projects and report issues prior to release.
  • ExpectationsImplements functionality fully, low probability of defects, low likelihood of breaking changes in final implementation, product is scheduled and should be released in an upcoming major version.

RC (Release Candidate)

  • Target audienceAvailable to all active subscribers.
  • ExpectationsFully functional with only minor issues. No breaking changes are expected in final implementation though documentation may still be incomplete.

2025 Releases

Universal Subscription v25.1

  • Blazor Filter Builder (CTP)
  • Blazor Pivot Table (CTP)
  • Blazor Ribbon (CTP)
  • WinForms End-User Report Designer — Create AI-powered Reports Using the Report Wizard (CTP)
  • ASP.NET Core / Blazor / Angular / React End-User Report Designer — Create AI-powered Reports Using the Report Wizard (CTP)
  • WinForms End-User Report Designer — Modify Reports Using AI (CTP)
  • XAF Blazor — Fluent UI Theme and Icons (CTP), Middle Tier Security (CTP)
  • XAF — TagBox, Progress, PDF Viewer Property Editors for WinForms/Blazor (CTP)
  • DevExpress Template Kit (CTP)

VCL Subscription+ v25.1

  • Report Designer and Report Viewer

2024 Releases

Universal Subscription v24.2

  • Blazor Fluent Theme (CTP)
  • Blazor Pivot Table (CTP)
  • Blazor Ribbon (CTP)
  • DevExpress Template Kit (CTP)

Universal Subscription v24.1

  • DevExtreme JavaScript/ASP.NET Core Components - Shadow DOM Support (CTP)
  • Blazor TreeList (CTP)
  • Blazor PDF Viewer (CTP)
  • Report Designer for Visual Studio Code (CTP)

2023 Releases

Universal Subscription v23.2

  • Blazor Grid — Cell Editing (CTP)
  • Blazor Grid — Keyboard Support (CTP)
  • Report Designer for Visual Studio Code (CTP)

Universal Subscription v23.1

  • Blazor Grid — Keyboard Support (CTP)
  • Blazor Grid — Virtual Scrolling (CTP)
  • WinForms UI Templates (EAP)
  • WPF — Lightweight Themes (CTP)
  • XAF — New Scheduler Module (CTP)
  • XAF — Multi-Tenancy Module for Blazor and WinForms (CTP)

2022 Releases

Universal Subscription v22.2

Blazor Hybrid Support (CTP)

.NET 7 & Linux Support

DevExpress Drawing Graphics Library — .NET 7 Linux Support (CTP)
(Reporting, Office File API, Winforms Charts, Dashboards)

Universal Subscription v22.1

  • HTML & CSS Templates for WinForms (CTP)
  • Code Diagnostics for WinForms (CTP)

.NET 5, .NET 6 Products v22.1

Pivot Grid for WinForms - Design-Time Support (CTP)

2021 Releases

Universal Subscription v21.2

  • HTML & CSS Templates for WinForms (CTP)
  • File Manager for WinForms (CTP)
  • WPF Heat Map Control (CTP)
  • Blazor Grid (CTP)
  • DevExtreme Data Grid - Export to PDF (CTP)
  • XAF - EF Core Support for WinForms (CTP)
  • XAF - New Grid List Editor for Blazor (CTP)
  • XAF - Pre-Built Error Code Diagnostics (CTP)
  • XAF - Middle Tier Application Server for .NET 5 (CTP)
  • XAF - Web API Backend Service (CTP)

.NET 5 Products v21.2

  • Design-Time Support (CTP) for WinForms, Dashboard
  • ASP.NET Core Data Grid - Export to PDF (CTP)

VCL Subscription v21.2

  • ExpressCharts Suite (EAP)
  • ListView Control (Beta)
  • Shell TreeView and Shell ListView Controls (CTP)
  • ExpressPDFViewer - Interactive Forms and the Field Edit Functionality (CTP)
 

Universal Subscription v21.1

  • 'Advanced Mode' for WinForms Text Editors (CTP)
  • WinForms Rich Text Edit - Chart Integration (CTP)
  • WPF Rich Text Edit - Chart Integration (CTP)
  • DevExtreme Data Grid - Export to PDF (CTP)
  • DevExtreme Gantt - Export to PDF (CTP)
  • DevExtreme Data Grid/TreeList - Add New Rows to a Specified Position (CTP)
  • Blazor Grid Blazor (CTP)
  • Blazor Rich Text Editor (CTP)
  • Dashboard for Blazor with the End-User Dashboard Designer (CTP)
  • XAF - EF Core Support for WinForms & Audit Trail Module (CTP)
  • Office File API / Word Processing API - Chart Integration (CTP)

.NET 5 Products v21.1

  • Design-Time Support (CTP) for WinForms, Dashboard, Reporting
  • ASP.NET Core Data Grid - Export to PDF (CTP)
  • ASP.NET Core Data Grid/TreeList - Add New Rows to a Specified Position (CTP)
  • .NET 5-compatible Visual Studio Report Designer (CTP)

VCL Subscription v21.1

  • TreeView and ListView Controls (CTP)

2020 Releases

Universal Subscription v20.2

  • 'Advanced Mode' for WinForms Text Editors (CTP)
  • WinForms Gantt Control (CTP)
  • WinForms Spreadsheet - Excel 2016 Chart Support (CTP)
  • WPF Spreadsheet - Excel 2016 Chart Support (CTP)
  • WPF TreeView (CTP)
  • WPF Scheduler - 'One Month' View (CTP)
  • ASP.NET Core HTML/Markdown Editor (CTP)
  • DevExtreme HTML/Markdown Editor (CTP)
  • DevExtreme Data Grid - Export to PDF (CTP)
  • DevExtreme Data Grid/Tree List - Access updated/inserted/deleted rows via declarative bindings (CTP)
  • XAF - EF Core Support (CTP)
  • Office File API - Digital Signatures for Excel, Word, PPT (CTP)
  • Office File API - Excel 2016 Chart Support (CTP)

.NET Core Products v20.2

  • .NET 5 / .NET Core Support (CTP) - WinForms, Dashboard, Reporting, XAF
  • ASP.NET Core GridView - Export to PDF (CTP)
  • ASP.NET Core GridView - Access updated/inserted/deleted rows via declarative bindings (CTP)

VCL Subscription v20.2

  • ExpressGanttControl Suite (Beta)
  • ExpressQuantumGrid - Custom Row Layout in Table and Banded Table Views (CTP)
  • ExpressPDFViewer - Save Functionality (Beta)
  • Open File and Save File Dialogs (CTP)

 

Universal Subscription v20.1

  • WPF Charts - Large Data Source Processing (CTP)
  • DevExtreme HTML/Markdown WYSIWYG Editor (CTP)
  • XAF - Blazor Server UI (CTP)
  • XAF - Asynchronous Data Loading in WinForms List and Detail Views (CTP)
  • XPO / ORM Library - Database Schema Migration (CTP)

.NET Core 3.0 Products v20.1

  • .NET Core 3 Support (CTP) - WinForms, Dashboard, Reporting, XAF
  • WinForms Controls (CTP)
  • Reporting - Desktop Controls (CTP)