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WPF and Silverlight Themes – Introducing the Seven Theme

As part of our continuous effort to enhance the visual experience of using our WPF and Silverlight controls, we have been working hard to complement our products with new themes. With the latest release of DXperience vol 2011 v1.7, we have introduced...

Posted Aug 23 2011, 03:48 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: WPF, Silverlight, Themes

WPF and Silverlight Data Grid – MVVM Enhancements

For typical WPF/Silverlight business application scenarios you can quickly create and setup the DevExpress Grid in XAML: < dxg : GridControl ItemsSource ="{ Binding Source} "> < dxg : GridControl.Columns > < dxg : GridColumn FieldName...

Posted Jul 19 2011, 10:43 AM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with 6 comment(s)

Filed under: WPF, DXGrid, Silverlight, Grid, MVVM

Silverlight and WPF Video Training Roundup

During the last month, we’ve put together a number of videos demonstrating the use of several products and features that became available with the latest 2011.1 release of DXperience. Here is a roundup of the tutorial videos to help you get started with...

Posted Jul 05 2011, 03:38 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: WPF, Training, Silverlight, DevExpress Channel, Videos

Performance Improvements of DevExpress Silverlight Controls in 2011.1

In my yesterday’s post , I discussed the compatibility of our upcoming 2011.1 controls with the Silverlight 5 platform as well as the memory consumption improvements that developers and end-users will benefit from. That is however not the only improvements...

Posted May 13 2011, 03:38 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: Silverlight, v2011.1, Memory, Performance

DevExpress Silverlight Controls and Silverlight 5

What do we do when a new Silverlight version is announced and made publicly available as a beta? We make sure that our controls not only work in the new release, but also provide outstanding performance! That’s exactly what we have done with our upcoming...

Posted May 12 2011, 04:35 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Silverlight, v2011.1, Memory

Webinar: Accelerating Layout Development in Silverlight

Join me in an upcoming webinar where we’ll discuss why layouts are important when building Silverlight applications, look at the available out-of-the-box options, and evaluate the power and flexibility you can gain by utilizing the DevExpress Layout Control...

Posted Apr 26 2011, 02:40 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: Silverlight, Webinar, Layout Control

Silverlight Grid – Webinar on how to Print, Export, Theme and Serialize the DXGrid

Hello everyone, in case you missed my webinar earlier today, the recorded version is now available on the DevExpress Channel . In this webinar, we start with a new Silverlight application project and create the infrastructure of a simple program. We then...

Posted Mar 24 2011, 02:31 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: DXGrid, Silverlight, Webinar, Grid

Using Ribbon and Docking in WPF and Silverlight – Webinar Now Available!

If you missed my webinar yesterday, the recording is now available on the DevExpress Channel . In this webinar, we take a look at how to start with a WPF application, and use the DevExpress Ribbon Control and DevExpress Docking Control to create the user...

Posted Feb 25 2011, 10:37 AM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: WPF, Silverlight, Webinar, Ribbon, Docking, DXDocking, DXRibbon, XPF

Ask DevExpress (XPF team) webinar now available

If you missed the Ask DevExpress webinar with the XPF team earlier this week, the recording is now available on the DevExpress Channel. In the first segment of the event, I provide an overview of our Silverlight and WPF product roadmap for 2011. Click...

Posted Feb 24 2011, 02:09 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: WPF, Silverlight, Webinar

Silverlight Grid Control – Custom Data Sorting

Check out the following tutorial video on the DevExpress Channel that demonstrates how to apply custom data sorting to the DevExpress Silverlight Grid Control . We’ll first look at the default behavior, then see how a custom sorting rule can be...

Posted Feb 18 2011, 09:45 AM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: Video, DXGrid, Silverlight, Grid

Silverlight Grid Control – Custom Data Grouping

Check out the following tutorial video on the DevExpress Channel that demonstrates how to apply custom data grouping to the DevExpress Silverlight Grid Control . We’ll first look at the default behavior, then see how a custom grouping rule can be...

Posted Feb 17 2011, 04:09 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: Video, DXGrid, Silverlight, Grid

Silverlight Grid Control – Video Training on How to Persist the Layout

Yesterday, I posted a blog entry that described how to get started and persist the grid control’s layout information in the Silverlight isolated storage. If you’d like to see this in action and follow it along at your own pace, click the image...

Posted Feb 10 2011, 09:30 AM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: Video, Silverlight, Grid

Silverlight Grid Control – Layout Persistence in Isolated Storage

The DevExpress Grid Control for Silverlight allows you to save the layout information to a data store and reload it when required. This layout information can include the visibility, position and size of visual elements, filter, sorting, grouping and...

Posted Feb 09 2011, 10:49 AM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: DXGrid, Silverlight, Grid

Silverlight Layout Control – Runtime Customization Features and Layout Persistence

If you recall, Vlad had posted a blog entry about a month ago announcing the full runtime customization features for the Silverlight and WPF versions of the DevExpress Layout Control . I have put together a training video which demonstrates… How...

Posted Feb 04 2011, 04:10 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: Video, Silverlight, Layout Control

Silverlight Grid Control – Video Tutorial on How to Bind, Edit, and Save data using RIA Services

Last week I posted a tutorial on how to use a combo box editor control to update and save the data for a field. As that tutorial referenced previous posts, I decided to create a training video that demonstrates how to go from a new application to one...

Posted Jan 31 2011, 11:08 AM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: Video, DXGrid, Silverlight, Grid

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WPF and Silverlight Themes – Introducing the Seven Theme

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Silverlight and WPF Video Training Roundup

Performance Improvements of DevExpress Silverlight Controls in 2011.1

DevExpress Silverlight Controls and Silverlight 5

Webinar: Accelerating Layout Development in Silverlight

Silverlight Grid – Webinar on how to Print, Export, Theme and Serialize the DXGrid

Using Ribbon and Docking in WPF and Silverlight – Webinar Now Available!

Ask DevExpress (XPF team) webinar now available

Silverlight Grid Control – Custom Data Sorting

Silverlight Grid Control – Custom Data Grouping

Silverlight Grid Control – Video Training on How to Persist the Layout

Silverlight Grid Control – Layout Persistence in Isolated Storage

Silverlight Layout Control – Runtime Customization Features and Layout Persistence

Silverlight Grid Control – Video Tutorial on How to Bind, Edit, and Save data using RIA Services