Thinking Out Loud

January 2009 - Posts

• WinForms DataGrid Date Filtering

  Last week Julian blogged about the new DevExpress date filtering feature to be made available with the next release of the XtraGrid Suite (v2009 vol 1). I wanted to post a few images of how this new feature has evolved after internal and external feedback. Notice the tooltip as you hover over a checkbox - this was implemented in the last couple of days to help end-users view the criteria prior to filter execution.   Based on feedback, Mike updated this new feature- unlike the first variant, the shipping version will allow you to specify filter criteria based on specific business needs (notice the checkboxes below the calendar)   Posted Jan 29 2009, 03:38 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with 15 comment(s) Filed under: v2009.1, XtraGrid

• Rich Text Editor for WinForms in 2009

  In DXperience v2009 vol 1, we've implemented an extensive API for the XtraRich Editor including: Text and RtfText properties Save and Load content using different formats Enumerating document paragraphs Read/modify paragraph properties Read/modify section properties Read/modify text range properties Insert text at a specified position Text Deletion Throughout this coming year, we expect to continue refining our XtraRichEdit Control and implementing requests made by our user community. Major features we will introduce include: Extended Printing Support Headers and Footers Field Support Table Support HTML Save/Load Support Ability to Host Objects (including .net objects such as a grid) Text Flow Enhancements Open XML Save/Load Support The importance of the Rich Editor in our long term development plans will become more clear over this year - but hopefully the ability to host .net objects gives you a bit of a clue as to where we hope to take this product.   Posted Jan 22 2009, 02:46 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with 10 comment(s) Filed under: v2009.1, XtraRichEdit, 2009 Roadmap

• WPF Scheduling - Calendar Control in 2009

  Yesterday, Julian blogged about WPF products we expect to deliver in 2009. I wanted to take a minute to discuss our plans as they relate to scheduling/calendars for WPF. I guess the easiest way to do this is just to say - yes. Yes, we plan on delivering DXScheduler for WPF this year. Posted Jan 22 2009, 02:30 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with 12 comment(s) Filed under: WPF, 2009 Roadmap