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VCL Ribbon Control, Gallery and Skin Chooser

For all of our Delphi and C++ Builder customers - The following new features will ship as part of the ExpressBars Suite v7 Build 54. Microsoft Office 2010 style Ribbon UI We've implemented changes to the following Ribbon UI elements to emulate corresponding...

Posted Dec 14 2010, 03:33 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 4 comment(s)

Filed under: VCL, Ribbon, ExpressBars, Gallery, Build 54

VCL - Chart View Enhancements (coming in the new version of the ExpressQuantumGrid)

As you all know, we're hard at work on the newest version of the ExpressQuantumGrid. Among the new features we'll introduce, are enhancements to the Grid's integrated Chart View. Transparency for Area diagrams (GDI+ is required for this feature...

Posted Oct 15 2010, 12:26 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 4 comment(s)

Filed under: VCL, ExpressQuantumGrid, Chart

VCL Grid and the Chart View v7

I recently blogged about the new Layout View in the DevExpress VCL Grid v7. This release will also introduce a number of changes to the VCL Grid Chart View including: Stacked Bars Chart Type Stacked Bars Displayed Side-by-Side

Posted Aug 26 2010, 12:02 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 15 comment(s)

Filed under: Delphi, VCL, Grid, ExpressQuantumGrid, Chart

VCL Org Chart - Minor Enhancements Coming

For those of you who are using the ExpressOrgChart Control for Delphi and C++Builder, the DevExpress VCL Team will be introducing a couple of new enhancements to the Org Chart Control in the next update. The changes are straightforward - Antialiasing...

Posted Aug 24 2010, 10:26 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 20 comment(s)

Filed under: Skins, Delphi, VCL, gdi+, org chart

VCL - Tabbed MDI (Multiple Document Interface)

In addition to the improvements in our VCL Ribbon Control to match some of the new capabilities found in Office 2010, we've extended a much requested feature to the ExpressBars Suite - Tabbed MDI Support. The following are a couple of early screenshots...

Posted Aug 16 2010, 11:56 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 7 comment(s)

Filed under: VCL, Toolbar, ExpressBars, MDI

VCL Ribbon - ExpressBars and the Office 2010 Look and Feel plus Mini Toolbar

ExpressBars 7 will extend the look and feel options available within our Ribbon to include numerous Office 2010 styles including: VCL Ribbon - Aero Black VCL Ribbon - Aero Blue VCL Ribbon - Aero Silver Many of you have been requesting a mini-toolbar ...

Posted Aug 16 2010, 11:48 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 9 comment(s)

Filed under: VCL, Ribbon, ExpressBars

VCL Grid v7 - Improved Excel Export

Another highly requested feature - improved Excel file export options for the ExpressQuantumGrid Suite. As you can see from the illustrations below, our new export options will allow you to ouptut image files contained within vcl grid columns to your...

Posted Aug 13 2010, 11:53 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 8 comment(s)

Filed under: VCL, Grid, ExpressQuantumGrid

VCL Ribbon - ExpressBars and Backstage Views

I've already mentioned that our VCL team is hard at work on the QuantumGrid Suite v7. The good news for those using our VCL Ribbon is that ExpressBars v7 is also on the horizon and promises a number of highly requested features...among them -- Ribbon...

Posted Aug 12 2010, 04:27 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 9 comment(s)

Filed under: VCL, Ribbon, ExpressBars

VCL Tab (Page) Control - The Close Button

A highly requested feature for our VCL Tab (Page) control is a close button - which would hide unwanted tabs as user needs dictate. Screenshots speak volumes, so here's how it will look.

Posted Aug 12 2010, 09:20 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 6 comment(s)

Filed under: Delphi, VCL, Page Control

VCL Spell Checker Beta

If you're an active DevExpress VCL Subscriber and need spell checking capabilities in your Delphi application, then you'll want to check out the newest beta release of the ExpressSpellChecker. The following are the 2 key areas of focus with this...

Posted Jan 07 2010, 04:08 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Delphi, VCL, spell checker

VCL News - Coming Soon, the QuantumTreeList v5

In the coming days, we'll be announcing a beta for the QuantumTreeLIst v5 with the following new features/capabilities... Significant Performance Improvements (examples of these improvements are 50 times faster full node expansion in smart load mode...

Posted Apr 01 2009, 10:15 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 15 comment(s)

Filed under: VCL, QuantumTreeList

Knock Knock...Delphi Developers

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the impending beta of our Delphi 2009 compatible components. With about 90 replies, we figured the minute the beta hit the airwaves, we'd be flooded with feedback and comments... ...But we are still waiting. To...

Posted Oct 01 2008, 01:59 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 49 comment(s)

Filed under: Delphi, Tiburon, VCL

Tiburon Support across DevExpress VCL components

Just wanted to let our loyal Delphi customers know that we are relatively close to releasing the first beta of our VCL controls for Tiburon. We expect the beta sometime next week. If you're using Delphi and are planning to move all your projects to...

Posted Sep 18 2008, 12:44 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 95 comment(s)

Filed under: Tiburon, VCL

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