In DXperience 2011 volume 2 we are further expanding the available WPF and Silverlight Charts. We introduced Range Area charts to WinForms and ASP.NET in DXperience 2011 volume 1 and was very well received. For DXperience 2011 volume 2 we are proud to announce the Range Area Chart as well as the Scatter...

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 the new “Seven” theme, which matches (but doesn't...

With the recent release of DXperience 2011 vol.1 we’ve included the all-new DXGauge suite which allows you to create fantastic looking gauges in WPF and Silverlight. While the new Gauge Controls look good and have a great selection of templates you may find yourself wanting to modify or customize the...

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 ="FirstName"/> < dxg : GridColumn...

Here is a brief overview of a small new feature we'll introduce to help simplify use of subreport parameters in Silverlight. In previous versions, accessing client-side subreport parameters when using nested subreports was inconvenient. The ReportPreviewModel provided the Parameters property, access...

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 our most recent improvements and additions: WPF...

With our recent 11.1 release we have added support for Microsoft’s brand new development platform: Visual Studio LightSwitch . LightSwitch enables developers to quickly create business applications using preconfigured screens that adapt to the data you create. Unlike the Access databases of yore, the...

Sometimes clicking takes too long! Accelerate your users’ ability to get things done with reporting by using shortcuts for some of the common things they do. Here they are: Ctrl + Mouse Wheel Scroll Up = Zoom in Ctrl + Mouse Wheel Scroll Down = Zoom out Home = Show first page Ctrl + Shift + PageUp =...

Some new events have been added to the document preview model for both Silverlight and WPF: PreviewClick , (Silverlight/WPF) PreviewDoubleClick , (WPF) and PreviewMouseMove . (Silverlight/WPF) These events will enable you to add some serious interactivity to your reports within Silverlight and WPF. I...

Previously I announced the DXGauge Suite and if you’ve seen some of the recent charting webinars you’ve seen a little bit of what is possible with the new suite. One of the things that is really interesting is the flexibility of the WPF and Silverlight and how easily that flexibility translates to our...