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Working with CRUD activities – Short Transactions

In this post we are going to examine a workflow model that involves long operations. Our example will be based on the following concept which should be familiar from previous posts. When working with workflows and persistent objects it is better to keep...

Apostolis Bekiaris (DevExpress)

14 June 2011

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Working with XAF CRUD activities–Introduction

In this post we are going to explore the built in XAF CRUD activities beginning with how a workflow execution takes place. The workflow server acts as a host for WorkflowServiceHost objects and a number of services. Services will perform every action...

Apostolis Bekiaris (DevExpress)

1 June 2011

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XAF Workflow Visual Designer

The introduction WF post has covered the basics. This is the first in a series of WF related posts, stay tuned! Microsoft has included a state of the art designer with WF4 which means better rehosting capabilities. The designer’s main purpose is to provide...

Apostolis Bekiaris (DevExpress)

24 May 2011

11.1 state machine v2011.1 WF workflow XAF

XAF - Filter Editor Improvements in List Views (coming in v2011 vol1)

Introduction I would love to share some good news with our XAF customers. It all regards one of the most widely used utility control – Filter Editor . Before I start revealing this news, I would like to refresh your memory and remind you about the latest...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

12 May 2011

11.1 criteria Filter Editor Filtering Usability v2011.1 XAF

XAF – Finally…Workflow It! (coming in v2011 vol1)

Introduction We are happy to announce that in v2011 vol1 version of the eXpressApp Framework , we have finally supported popular workflow scenarios, starting from simple and finishing by very complex ones. In this introduction blog post, we will dig into...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

5 May 2011

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XAF – Core & Performance Improvements (coming in v2011 vol1)

Introduction Do you remember last great performance improvements we introduced in versions 10.1 and 10.2 ? Now, I’m pleased to report that the upcoming major release is no exception! You might already have heard some details on further improvements we...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

28 April 2011

11.1 Application Model caching core modules Performance v2011.1 XAF

XAF - Eliminating the number of Conditional “Something” (coming in v2011 vol1)

Introduction I believe that every XAFer has used or at least heard about a set of extra modules XAF currently provides for customizing the appearance of editors used in List and Detail screens, most often against certain business conditions. As you guessed...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

25 April 2011

11.1 Conditional ConditionalAppearance ConditionalEditorState ConditionalFormatting v2011.1 XAF

XAF - Merge User Differences from a Custom Model Storage

Recently, we announced a new Model Merge feature that will be available with the v2011 vol 1 release.  There was a lot of positive feedback in comments, thanks for that. But the question was - if it is possible to merge a user model stored in a database...

The DevExpress Team

21 April 2011

11.1 Application Model Model Editor Model Merge Model Merge Tool v2011.1 XAF

XAF – Improved ASP.NET UI Performance (coming in v2011 vol 1)

While working on the XAF v2011 vol 1 release, we have introduced several performance improvements which we think are worthy of being blogged about. Check them out. First of all, we have substantially reduced the size of generated pages. Second, the lightweight...

The DevExpress Team

20 April 2011

11.1 ASP.NET Performance v2011.1 XAF

XAF – Model Merge Tool (coming in v2011 vol1)

End-users can customize an XAF application user interface at runtime with ease. The Layout Manager, Column Chooser and other capabilities allow end-users to configure a UI in a " W hat Y ou S ee I s W hat Y ou G et" way. But when you, as a developer,...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

20 April 2011

11.1 Application Model merge Model Editor Usability v2011.1 XAF