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Working with CRUD activities – Short Transactions

In this post we are going to examine a workflow model that involves long operations. Our example will be based on the following concept which should be familiar from previous posts. When working with workflows and persistent objects it is better to keep...

Apostolis Bekiaris (DevExpress)

14 June 2011

XAF – The State of Domain Components Technology in v2011 Vol 1

EDIT: Domain Components (DC) is in maintenance mode and we do not recommend its use in new software projects. We are happy to announce that in v2011 vol1 the Domain Components (DC) technology leaves CTP and reaches the Beta stage. During this release...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

1 June 2011

Working with XAF CRUD activities–Introduction

In this post we are going to explore the built in XAF CRUD activities beginning with how a workflow execution takes place. The workflow server acts as a host for WorkflowServiceHost objects and a number of services. Services will perform every action...

Apostolis Bekiaris (DevExpress)

1 June 2011

KPI Module Improvements (coming in v2011 vol1)

In order to simplify the creation of evaluating expressions for the XAF KPI we have implemented a new PropertyEditor - PopupExpressionPropertyEditor . Let's demonstrate its features in the FeatureCenter demo. To enable this editor for a property of your...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

30 May 2011

XAF Workflow Visual Designer

The introduction WF post has covered the basics. This is the first in a series of WF related posts, stay tuned! Microsoft has included a state of the art designer with WF4 which means better rehosting capabilities. The designer’s main purpose is to provide...

Apostolis Bekiaris (DevExpress)

24 May 2011

XAF - Filter Editor Improvements in List Views (coming in v2011 vol1)

Introduction I would love to share some good news with our XAF customers. It all regards one of the most widely used utility control – Filter Editor . Before I start revealing this news, I would like to refresh your memory and remind you about the latest...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

12 May 2011

XAF – Finally…Workflow It! (coming in v2011 vol1)

Introduction We are happy to announce that in v2011 vol1 version of the eXpressApp Framework , we have finally supported popular workflow scenarios, starting from simple and finishing by very complex ones. In this introduction blog post, we will dig into...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

5 May 2011

XAF – Core & Performance Improvements (coming in v2011 vol1)

Introduction Do you remember last great performance improvements we introduced in versions 10.1 and 10.2 ? Now, I’m pleased to report that the upcoming major release is no exception! You might already have heard some details on further improvements we...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

28 April 2011

XAF - EasyTest Improvements (coming in v2011 vol 1)

As you know, XAF is shipped with EasyTest functional test framework . In the upcoming release, we made a number of changes in the EasyTest script commands. Several new commands were introduced, and the existing commands functionality was extended. The...

Apostolis Bekiaris (DevExpress)

28 April 2011

XAF - Eliminating the number of Conditional “Something” (coming in v2011 vol1)

Introduction I believe that every XAFer has used or at least heard about a set of extra modules XAF currently provides for customizing the appearance of editors used in List and Detail screens, most often against certain business conditions. As you guessed...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

25 April 2011