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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
We thank you for your continued support and for sharing your document processing needs and requirements with us. In this blog post, I’ll outline our development and release plans for the first half of 2026. If you’d like to discuss this roadmap in greater...
Maria Nikulina (DevExpress)
23 February 2026
Thank you for your continued support and for sharing your document processing needs and requirements with us. In this blog post, I'll share our development/release plans for the second half of 2025. If you’d like to discuss this roadmap in greater detail...
Maria Nikulina (DevExpress)
14 August 2025
We are happy to announce the CTP release of our new .NET PowerPoint Presentation API library (available with v25.1.4+ ). This library was designed to help you create, read, edit, convert, merge, split, and print Microsoft PowerPoint files within .NET...
Maria Nikulina (DevExpress)
13 August 2025
This post outlines what’s inside our current Early Access Preview build (v25.1), which is available for download for our Universal and DXperience subscribers. Early Access and CTP builds are provided solely for early testing purposes and are not ready...
Polina Fedorova (DevExpress)
25 April 2025
As we look ahead to the DevExpress v25.1 release anticipated early June, there is a lot to get excited about across our product line-up. From UI enhancements and performance boosts to serious AI integration and accessibility upgrades, the focus this cycle...
Paul Usher (DevExpress)
13 April 2025
We thank you for your continued support and for sharing your document processing needs and requirements with us. In this blog post, I'll share our development/release plans for the first half of 2025. If you’d like to discuss this roadmap in greater detail...
Maria Nikulina (DevExpress)
20 February 2025
In a recent minor update (v24.1.4), we introduced new UI elements for both our WinForms and WPF Spreadsheet component libraries. These enhancements allow users to sort and filter spreadsheet data by color. The following video showcases this new capability...
Polina Fedorova (DevExpress)
14 October 2024
Complex PDF documents such as CAD drawings, technical construction plans, layered artwork, maps, or multi-language documents are full of visual information. PDF layers are often used to simplify these documents and improve overall readability (layers...
Margarita (DevExpress)
28 August 2024
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