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WinForms and ASP.NET Training Classes in Germany

Oliver Sturm will be conducting two training courses in the coming months - one targeting DevExpress ASP.NET Controls and the other DevExpress WinForms Controls. Both events will be held in Germany. Expert DXperience ASP.NET - March 1-2 2012 (2 days)...

Posted Jan 17 2012, 12:07 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with no comments

Filed under: WinForms, ASP.NET, training

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

WinForms Metro - How It Made Us Re-Think Our WinForms Application Skin Delivery Model

As you already know by now, DXperience v2011 vol 2 will ship with a Metro-style WinForms skin named Metropolis (yes, we'll be following up with Peter Thorpe who originally suggested the name so we can get him some DX swag). Because this new skin might...

Posted Oct 01 2011, 03:32 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 13 comment(s)

Filed under: Skins, WinForms, Themes, v2011.2, assemblies

WinForms Pivot Grid Control Enhancements (coming in v2011 vol 2)

With this release, we'll be extending the capabilities of our WinForms Pivot Grid with the following new features: To improve easy-of-use, filter drop-downs within the DevExpress WinForms Pivot are now able to ignore field values that cannot be displayed...

Posted Sep 27 2011, 01:21 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 8 comment(s)

Filed under: WinForms, Pivot, v2011.2, analytics

WinForms Picture Edit Enhancements (coming in v2011 vol 2)

This release of DXperience v2011 vol 2 will include minor additions to our WinForms Picture Edit control. Scrolling Large Images - this new feature allows you to activate scrollbars within the Picture Edit and or enable image scrolling via mouse drag...

Posted Sep 27 2011, 01:10 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 3 comment(s)

Filed under: WinForms, v2011.2, image, scrolling, picture, zooming

WinForms Tab Control: Colored Tabs (coming in v2011 vol 2)

Yes - a small enhancement, but definitely one we get asked about a lot here at DevExpress...DXperience v2011 vol 2 will introduce the ability to color the background of individual tabs in any skinned paint themes. Where can this new feature be of use...

Posted Sep 25 2011, 11:50 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 13 comment(s)

Filed under: WinForms, Tab Control, v2011.2, colored tabs

.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

The New Name for our WinForms Skin (help me decide)

Thank you for your awesome feedback on new names for our Metro-like skin . Here are the 3 that we love... Metropolis Chromeless Clarity Now it's your turn... Since I've never really done anything with social media and since everyone in the office...

Posted Sep 21 2011, 03:52 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 19 comment(s)

Filed under: Skins, WinForms, twitter

WinForms and ASP.NET Gauge Control Enhancements (coming in v2011 vol 2)

I'm going to hijack Ray's blog and talk about the upcoming enhancements to our WinForms and ASP.NET Gauge Controls. Citius, Altius, Fortius As we began work on this iteration, we reviewed our source code and discovered unnecessary complexity in...

Posted Sep 21 2011, 03:59 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: WinForms, ASP.NET, performance, gauges

WinForms Tree List Data Filtering Enhancements (coming soon in v2011 vol 2)

With the upcoming release of DXperience v2011 vol 2, we'll be introducing the following data filtering capabilities to our WinForms Tree-List Control . New Microsoft Excel Style Dropdowns Column headers can display glyphs that invoke Excel style data...

Posted Sep 19 2011, 11:44 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 7 comment(s)

Filed under: WinForms, XtraTreeList, v2011.2, list, tree, treelist

WinForms QR Code BarCode Type (coming soon in v2011 vol 2)

As you all know QR (Quick Response) Code is a popular two-dimensional matrix barcode that consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. With the release of DXperience v2011 vol 2, QR Code support will be included as part...

Posted Sep 19 2011, 11:33 AM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 7 comment(s)

Filed under: XtraReports, WinForms, reports, v2011.2, qr code

Metro Style WinForms Skin (coming soon in v2011 vol 2)

So we need your help - we've got this brand new shiny WinForms Skin in the works and we're not sure what we should call it. Give us your thoughts and the person who suggests the best name for this new Metro-like or Zune-like (fill in the blank...

Posted Sep 15 2011, 04:01 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 54 comment(s)

Filed under: WinForms, Themes, Build Conference, zune, metro, skin

WinForms Controls: Multi-Touch and Tablet Support part 2

A few days ago I posted a teaser video outlining some of the multi-touch enabled features of our WinForms Controls in the upcoming release of DXperience v2011 vol 2. As is usually the case, we've gotten a lot of questions...among them one from vaskess...

Posted Sep 12 2011, 10:51 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 10 comment(s)

Filed under: WinForms, Build Conference, Tablet, Win8, Touch

WinForms Gantt View (coming in v2011 vol 2)

Hot off the press - I wanted to share an early preview of our WinForms Gantt View (part of the WinForms Scheduler Suite) with all of our loyal WinForms users. I know many of you have been patiently waiting for this control and hopefully you'll be...

Posted Sep 12 2011, 12:24 PM by Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress) with | with 17 comment(s)

Filed under: WinForms, Scheduler, v2011.2, Build Conference, gantt

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

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