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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

MVVM Enhancements in WPF and Silverlight versions of Toolbar, Ribbon and Gallery Controls

In my previous blog post , I introduced the enhanced MVVM support for our WPF & Silverlight Data Grid Control to enable binding for column and summary creation. In this post, I’ll introduce new improvements in three of our other Silverlight and WPF...

Posted Aug 03 2011, 01:42 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: WPF, Bars, Gallery Control, MVVM, Silverlight: Ribbon

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

WPF Grid Control – How to data bind with Entity Framework 4 and activate Server Mode

Check out the following video on the DevExpress Channel that demonstrates how to data bind the DXGrid control with Entity Framework 4. Click on the image to watch the video:

Posted Apr 26 2011, 02:57 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: Video, WPF, DXGrid, 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

Webinar: Silverlight/WPF Grid Control End-User Customization and Features

Join me in an upcoming webinar where I’ll introduce Customization and Data Analysis features available to end-users in both the Silverlight and WPF Grid Controls. This session will cover mostly runtime functionality, therefore it will be presented in...

Posted Jan 04 2011, 04:05 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

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

WPF Project Wizard Update

By now, you’ve had a chance to grab the latest 2010.2 release and also try the updated DevExpress Project Wizard for WPF. In the next upcoming build of 10.2, we’ve added support for creating Ribbon UI as well as improved the product’s...

Posted Dec 22 2010, 01:52 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: WPF, Project Wizard, v2010.2

Silverlight and WPF Controls – A review of 2010 and what to expect in the 2010.2 release

If you follow our blogs, you may know that we are currently at our annual company summit where we discuss our plans and create a roadmap for next year. As I was talking with our developers, I had a chance to reflect on our accomplishments in terms of...

Posted Nov 29 2010, 06:22 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: WPF, Silverlight, 2010.2

Right-to-Left (RTL) Language Support in WPF and Silverlight

All of DevExpress components for WPF and Silverlight support Right-to-Left languages with the release of version 2010.2 of DXperience. I’ve prepared the following training video that demonstrates how to populate the new Silverlight Data Grid control...

Posted Nov 24 2010, 02:09 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with 4 comment(s)

Filed under: WPF, Silverlight, v2010.2, RTL, Right-to-Left

Webinar: Layout Management in WPF and Silverlight

Join me in an upcoming webinar where I’ll introduce DXLayoutControl, our Layout Management solution for Silverlight and WPF. I’ll go over the included components and how to implement certain features. Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 10:00...

Posted Nov 19 2010, 04:21 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: WPF, Webinar, Silverlight: LayoutControl

DevConnections, Silverlight, WPF, and more...

Here we are at DevConnections with one of our largest and most impressive booths yet... but you know that’s not what I’m going to talk about. Why? because if you don’t see it, you won’t appreciate it. So, if you are at DevConnections...

Posted Nov 03 2010, 02:36 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: WPF, Silverlight, DevConnections

What’s coming for Silverlight & WPF in v2010 Vol 2 – Blog Summary

So lately, you’ve been seeing a lot of posts about new products and features for the Silverlight and WPF platforms that are slated to be introduced in the upcoming 2010.2 release of DXperience. To put everything in perspective, here is a summary...

Posted Oct 31 2010, 02:28 PM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with 7 comment(s)

Filed under: WPF, Silverlight, DXperience, v2010.2

Grid Control Printing Support and Optimization for Silverlight and WPF (Coming in v2010 Vol 2)

In the previous version of the DXGrid for WPF, the print preview contained visual elements for each row within the grid. When creating a printable document, these elements were generated all at once and stored for the document’s entire life cycle...

Posted Oct 28 2010, 11:30 AM by Emil Mesropian (DevExpress) with | with 8 comment(s)

Filed under: WPF, DXGrid, Silverlight, Grid, v2010.2, Printing

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