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WPF Map Control - it's FREE to all MSDN Subscribers

We've been receiving lots of questions on our WPF Map Control and I wanted to take a minute to remind all of you that the control is free to all MSDN Subscribers The link to MSDN is: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ Look for the banner that says:...

Posted Dec 02 2011, 04:33 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 7 comment(s)

Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, controls, v2011.2, map, DXv2, free, msdn

Introducing DXv2 from DevExpress

Today we released DXv2 to the world and delivered the next generation of development tools from DevExpress. This marks a renewed commitment by DevExpress to help you bridge the gap from the technologies you are using today to the opportunities presented...

Posted Nov 28 2011, 10:58 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 15 comment(s)

Filed under: Silverlight, WinForms, ASP.NET, WPF, v2011.2, Touch, DXv2, Whats New

Silverlight Report Designer and End-User Report Wizard (coming in v2011 vol 2)

With the upcoming release of DXperience v2011 vol 2, XtraReports for Silverlight will feature a new WYSIWYG End-User Report Designer for in-browser report editing. The report designer will allow your users to: Edit static content. Re-position controls...

Posted Sep 27 2011, 09:51 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 4 comment(s)

Filed under: Silverlight, reports, v2011.2, wizard, designer

Silverlight Calendar and Date Navigator Control (coming in v2011 vol 2)

We'll be describing some of the capabilities of our upcomingn Silverlight Scheduler Control shortly, but in the meantime, here's a short description of another new control for the Silverlight Platform - The DevExpress Silverlight Calendar. I won't...

Posted Sep 27 2011, 01:38 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Silverlight, Calendar, v2011.2, Date, Navigator

Silverlight and WPF Ribbon Bar Merging (MDI Apps) and Runtime Customization (coming in v2011 vol 2)

Silverlight and WPF Ribbon Bar Merging For those who prefer building WPF or Silverlight MDI applications, you may already be using our WPF Docking Library...If you are considering MDI for your next application, you can read more about the WPF DXDocking...

Posted Sep 26 2011, 12:18 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, Ribbon, MDI, v2011.2, customization, merging

WPF and Silverlight Map Control: A few more images (coming in v2011 vol 2)

I recently mentioned the upcoming release of our WPF and Silverlight Map Control and wanted to provide you with a few more descriptive images of what the new Map Control will deliver to market once we release DXperience v2011 vol 2. First and foremost...

Posted Sep 23 2011, 02:03 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 22 comment(s)

Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, map, open street, bing

.NET Reporting - a Preview of Report Templates for WPF Silverlight WinForms and ASP.NET

As I'm writing this, I realized that though we put out a press release about our Silverlight Report Designer Wizard , I have not actually blogged about it (will do so shortly) In any event, among the most interesting new features we'll introduce...

Posted Sep 21 2011, 11:51 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 19 comment(s)

Filed under: XtraReports, Silverlight, WinForms, DXperience, ASP.NET, WPF, reports, v2011.2

WPF and Silverlight Grid Control - Advanced Banded View Layout (a cool workaround)

In the next minor release of DXperience (11.1.8), we will be extending the capabilities of our WPF and Silverlight Data Grid with a cool "workaround" to generate Banded View Layouts - allowing you to arrange column headers and corresponding...

Posted Sep 21 2011, 03:26 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 4 comment(s)

Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, DXGrid, Grid, xpf, bands, data grid

WPF Silverlight Map Control (an early preview)

As part of our BUILD Conference related announcements, I wanted to share an early preview of the DXMapControl for the WPF and Silverlght Platforms. The following are planned features for our WPF and Silverlight Map Controls: Online Data Providers - Bing...

Posted Sep 15 2011, 12:35 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 19 comment(s)

Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, Build Conference, xaml, map

Silverlight Scheduler and Calendar Control (coming soon in v2011 vol 2)

One of the most anticipated new products from DevExpress is our Silverlight Scheduler and Calendar Control for the Silverlight platform and what better time to announce some of its features than on the eve of the upcoming BUILD Conference in Anaheim....

Posted Sep 13 2011, 02:38 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Silverlight, Calendar, Scheduler, v2011.2, Build Conference, dxscheduler

BUILD Conference: Thank You Microsoft...Here's to a Great Future

The Build Conference promises to be an amazing event. All of us at DevExpress (and I'm sure all of you) are looking forward to the official announcements and the proposed path for the future. We thank Microsoft for extending an invitation to DevExpress...

Posted Sep 09 2011, 12:12 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Silverlight, WinForms, ASP.NET, WPF, Build Conference

Silverlight Ribbon Control - Getting Started Video

We've just published a video on the DevExpress Channel covering our newest control - the Silverlight Ribbon. http://tv.devexpress.com/#DXRibbonSLGetStarted This introductory training video gets you up and running with DXBars for Silverlight. If you've...

Posted Nov 22 2010, 05:06 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: Silverlight, Ribbon, v2010.2

.NET Reporting - an Overview of What's on Tap for v2010 vol 2

With this post, I wanted to summarize the key features we'll be introducing into our .NET Reporting Controls in DXperience v2010 vol 2 - across the major platforms we support: WinForms, ASP.NET, Silverlight and WPF. 1. WinForms MDI End-User Report...

Posted Aug 27 2010, 11:47 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 5 comment(s)

Filed under: XtraReports, Silverlight, WPF, v2010.2, ExMedia, reports, controls

Rich Edit Controls - WinForms and Silverlight - v2010 vol 1

The DevExpress Rich Edit controls for both WinForms and Silverlight will ship with some important new features. Beta Support for Tables You can now create new tables, add and remove rows, load documents containing tables and modify data placed into table...

Posted Apr 08 2010, 02:29 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 5 comment(s)

Filed under: Silverlight, RTF, WinForms, v2010.1, Rich Edit Control

Silverlight Book Control v2009 vol 2

Our Silverlight team has been working hard to produce a series of multi-purpose utility type controls. Among these is our Silverlight Book Control which - as the name implies - uses a book metaphor to display information on screen. To navigate contents...

Posted Jul 11 2009, 09:00 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 19 comment(s)

Filed under: Silverlight, v2009.2

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