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• XAF RWA Use Case #1

  It’s time to create our first use case, so where to start? Well it seems clear to me that a top down approach is needed here, after all you can’t book tee times on a course that doesn’t exist and you can’t book tee times on a course when you don’t know... Posted Oct 07 2008, 02:41 PM by Gary Short (Developer Express) with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: XAF, Real World App

• UK MVP Open Day

  Tomorrow I’m off to the UK MVP Open Day where I’ll be speaking on the topic of “The Science of Social Networking” if you are UK based and going to be there then don’t forget to come and say hello. On a different note, I’ve decided what our “Real World... Posted Oct 01 2008, 05:40 PM by Gary Short (Developer Express) with | with no comments Filed under: XAF

• Basta Germany Day 3 - XAF, and the Erica Bomb

  Well day three of the conference was good; the delegates seemed a little tired (possibly due to the long hours that they worked at the conference) and they didn't seem much interested in hearing about just how fantastic XAF and XPO are (of course... Posted Sep 27 2008, 07:47 PM by Gary Short (Developer Express) with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: XPO, XAF

• BASTA Germany Day 2

  It was another brisk day on the booth yesterday. There was a lot of interest in XAF and XPO, as there was on the first day. However, yesterday also saw a lot of interest in our WPF grid, with many people leaving the booth, after the demo, to go and search... Posted Sep 25 2008, 08:27 AM by Gary Short (Developer Express) with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Community, XPO, XAF

• BASTA Germany Day 1

  I am back on the DevExpress booth at the BASTA conference. As I write this Oliver is demo'ng XAF to an eager crowd. I say he's demo'ng XAF, but since it's in German, and I don't speak the language, he could of course be giving them... Posted Sep 24 2008, 08:56 AM by Gary Short (Developer Express) with | with no comments Filed under: Community, XAF

• XAF and XPO in Germany

  Oliver and I are off to the BASTA conference in Germany where we’ll be flying the DevExpress flag. So, as always, if there are any of our customers attending the conference, don’t forget to stop by the booth and say hello – oh, and collect a coveted DevEx... Posted Sep 18 2008, 06:11 PM by Gary Short (Developer Express) with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Community, XPO, XAF

• XAF, XPO and the Squeaky Wheel

  I love my granny, as all of us who are fortunate enough still to have one alive do I’m sure. My granny hails from Highland Perthshire and is, as we say in Scotland, of farming stock; that is to say that, before retiring, she worked a farm, as her forebearers... Posted Sep 16 2008, 11:45 AM by Gary Short (Developer Express) with | with 20 comment(s) Filed under: Community, XPO, XAF

• XAF Cookbook #6 – Programmatically Add a New BO

  Problem You have defined a business object and XAF has generated the necessary UI to enable you to carry out CRUD functionality; however, you now wish to be able to add a new instance of the business object programmatically. Solution In your chosen module... Posted Sep 09 2008, 12:51 PM by Gary Short (Developer Express) with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: XAF, XAF Cookbook

• Guest Starring…You?

  while I’m busy pushing out the XAF and XPO cookbooks and the more advanced version, which I’ve decided to call Black Belt XAF/XPO for no other reason that it makes me sound tough; it occurred to me, that as you guys are the ones who are using the products... Posted Sep 08 2008, 02:02 PM by Gary Short (Developer Express) with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Community, XPO, XAF

• XAF Cookbook #4 – Customise the Default Detail View for Your BO

  Problem You have created you own custom business object but you do not like the default layout of the details view. Solution Use the Model Editor (either at design time or runtime) or access the Layout Control in code to affect the required changes. Discussion... Posted Sep 04 2008, 03:54 PM by Gary Short (Developer Express) with | with no comments Filed under: XAF, XAF Cookbook

• Advanced XAF You Say?

  So this morning I received an email which basically said “Hey, stop writing basic stuff on XPO and XAF and start writing about the advanced stuff that I need to know about. The community can look after the noobs, but you need to start looking after those... Posted Sep 04 2008, 10:12 AM by Gary Short (Developer Express) with | with 14 comment(s) Filed under: Community, XPO, XAF

• XAF Cookbook #2 – Change the Default Layout Position of a New Property

  Problem You inherit from an XAF business object and add the new properties your require, however you don’t like the default placement of the property elements on the UI Solution Use the Model Editor to change the default position of the of the UI elements... Posted Sep 02 2008, 05:10 PM by Gary Short (Developer Express) with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: XAF, XAF Cookbook

• XAF Cookbook #1 – Quickly Create a Contact Management Application

  Problem You need to quickly create an application to manage Contacts. You want both win form and web form applications. Solution Use XAF to create the win form and web form solutions and sub class the built in Person class to create the Contact class... Posted Aug 29 2008, 03:21 PM by Gary Short (Developer Express) with | with no comments Filed under: XAF, XAF Cookbook

• Cooking up a Storm with XPO and XAF

  My wife likes to cook – which is good for me, as I like to eat – and every time I watch her in the kitchen I can’t help but notice the parallels between chefs and programmers. There are chefs who work for large hotels and conference centres who prepare... Posted Aug 25 2008, 11:08 AM by Gary Short (Developer Express) with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: XPO, XAF

• The eXpressApp Application Framework, Project Mojave and Show-stoppers

  The provenance of the word show-stopper dates back to the music hall days when a performer’s act was so good that the show was quite literally brought to a stop by the audience’s applause. Of course, time moves on and the word has taken on an altogether... Posted Aug 06 2008, 01:01 PM by Gary Short (Developer Express) with | with 28 comment(s) Filed under: XAF, Videos