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.NET Spreadsheet (WinForms, WPF, Office File API) – Create Thumbnail Images for Worksheets and Chart Sheets (v21.2)

Our Spreadsheet Document API v21.2 allows you to generate thumbnails from worksheets and chart sheets. A thumbnail is a small image that you can insert into a document, presentation, or website to display a preview of worksheet or chart sheet content...

Office Products Team

21 February 2022

API Chart Sheet Thumbnail Office Spreadsheet Thumbnails v21.2 WinForms Worksheet thumbnail WPF

Word Processing: WinForms, WPF, Office File API – Watermark API Enhancements (v21.2)

As you may know, we overhauled watermark support across our Word Processing product line (Document API and UI controls for WinForms and WPF) in our most recent release cycle (v21.2). Changes include an enhanced API and the ability to modify existing watermarks/add different watermarks to document sections....

Office Products Team

14 February 2022

API Office Rich Text Editor Shapes v21.2 Watermark Watermarks WinForms Word Processing WPF

WPF Controls — Remote Desktop Performance Enhancements

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced businesses to regroup and reimagine the workplace (remote work is now a reality for many). Accordingly, the use of remote desktop has increased substantially and we’ve taken steps to ensure that our WPF products perform...

The DevExpress Team

2 February 2022

v21.2 WPF

WPF Components on Windows ARM Devices

As you know, .NET 6 includes support for Windows ARM64, including native ARM64 execution. If ARM64 is on your radar, here is what you need to remember when using DevExpress WPF components on ARM64 devices....

The DevExpress Team

21 January 2022

.net 6 arm64 v21.2 WPF

Office File API & Office-Inspired Desktop UI Controls - Use Custom Fonts without Installation on the System (v21.2)

In our most recent major release (v21.2), we added custom font support to our Spreadsheet and Word Processing product lines. You can now load and apply custom fonts to avoid font substitution effects when you display, print, or export (to PDF) documents (when/if a document includes fonts not installed on the target operating system, in Azure App Service, or a Docker container)....

Office Products Team

19 January 2022

API Custom Fonts Font Repository Formatting Office PDF Rich Text Editor Spreadsheet v21.2 WinForms Word Processing WPF

.NET Spreadsheet (WinForms, WPF, Office File API) – Printing Options

In this blog post, we’ll review the extensive printing options available in the DevExpress Spreadsheet Document API and our Spreadsheet UI component for WinForms and WPF....

Office Products Team

9 December 2021

API Office Printing Spreadsheet v21.2 WinForms WPF

Reporting — Embed PDF Content into DevExpress Reports (v21.2)

With the introduction of the XRPdfContent control in our v20.1 release cycle, we gave users the ability to include/merge external PDF file content within a report. If you have yet to use the XRPdfContent control, please refer to the following blog post for more information: Reporting - Merge PDF Documents into Your Report (v20.1)....

The DevExpress Team

6 December 2021

PDF PDF Content Reporting v21.2 WinForms WPF XRPdfContent

Reporting — Parameters Panel Customization (v21.2)

As you may already know, DevExpress Reports v21.2 allows you to customize the appearance of the Parameters panel for both the WinForms and WPF platform. If you are unfamiliar with our Parameters panel, please refer to the following help topic for more information: The Parameters Panel. Our new Parameters panel customization API allows you to combine report parameters into expandable groups, place parameters side-by-side, add separators, and more....

The DevExpress Team

28 November 2021

Customization New API Parameters Reporting v21.2 WinForms WPF

WPF Accessibility – Enhanced Contrast Palettes and Validation Support

As you may already know, our most recent release includes two major accessibility-related enhancements for our WPF product line (Enhanced Color Palettes and Validation Support). Enhanced Contrast Palettes We have added Enhanced Contrast predefined palettes...

The DevExpress Team

24 November 2021

accessibility Theme Palettes Themes UI Automation v21.2 WPF

WPF Themes - Use System Colors and Switch Between Light and Dark App Modes Like Office 2021 (v21.2)

In the latest version of Microsoft Office products, users can select a theme based on system settings. When this theme is used, Office takes Windows Accent Color and App Mode (Light/Dark) settings and applies them to Office itself. If a user changes the Accent Color or App Mode in the OS, Office detects this change and updates the appearance of the application automatically....

Anthony Sameishchev (DevExpress)

22 November 2021

21.2 Themes v21.2 Windows 10 WPF