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A .docx is a ZIP file Open a .docx file in a hex editor and the first two bytes are PK . Every
modern Office format - .docx , .xlsx , .pptx - is a ZIP archive of XML parts
and embedded resources. PDF is not a ZIP file, but just like Office formats it...
Oliver Sturm (DevExpress)
29 May 2026
Every application that stores passwords makes an implicit bet: that the hashing
algorithm it chose will remain strong enough to resist attacks for as long as
those hashes exist. It’s worth revisiting that bet regularly. This post walks
through the reasoning...
Oliver Sturm (DevExpress)
17 April 2026
As you probably know, Microsoft Multilingual App Toolkit (MAT) support ended on October 15, 2025. Since MAT is no longer supported, this post documents localization-related alternatives available to the Microsoft developer community. What MAT Deprecation...
Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)
1 April 2026
What Will Change in v24.1 In our v24.1 release cycle (set to ship in June 2024), the following DevExpress products will use Microsoft’s System.Text.Json instead of Newtonsoft.Json for JSON serialization-related tasks in runtime code : Data Access Library...
Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)
1 April 2024
As you may already know, we recently released our bi-annual major update across our entire product line - v23.1. As always, the new release strengthens and optimizes our product lines and introduces new controls and capabilities across a variety of platforms....
Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress)
27 June 2023
As you may recall from my recent blog post , our Unified Component Installer will soon include an option to install localized resources for certain languages (DE, ES, JA, RU). We will not install these resources by default – you can install them at your...
Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)
27 January 2022
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