We're getting close to releasing DXperience v2007 vol. 1. How close? Well, put it like this: it's scheduled for the first quarter of this year, and so that means within the next six weeks. I will reveal though that we've hit code freeze, and for us that means no more new functionality will be entertained and we're now in a phase of testing and bug fixing and help file proofing and example program checking, etc, etc, etc.
Actually, since we've hit code freeze, we're close enough that I want to take this opportunity to prewarn our customers about certain breaking changes that are coming down the 'pike. This is part of our new philosophy of keeping you, our customers, appraised of what we're doing at a much earlier stage than we've done before. This will help you plan how you're going to deal with our releases.
Anyway, without further ado, here's the current list of known breaking changes. I emphasize that we haven't made these to annoy you, but instead to ensure that we can move the products forward to make them more relevant and needed than before.
The first one is the biggest: DXperience v2007 vol. 1 will not support .NET Framework 1.0 or 1.1 any more, only version 2.0 or above. Similarly we won't support Visual Studio 2002 or 2003 either, only Visual Studio 2005. This breaking change has been in the pipeline for a while and indeed we surveyed our customers about it last year, with a vast majority of respondents supporting the move. (Remember DXperience v2006 vol. 3 will be supported and bugfixed for the foreseeable future, so if you are still using .NET 1.x you aren't being cut off.)
In particular, if you are using our .NET components and suites in Delphi 2005 or Delphi 2006, please note that since these products only support .NET 1.x and so you will have to continue using v2006 vol. 3.
Having got the big one out of the way, the rest of the breaking changes tend to be small and very product-focused.
XtraEditors Library
- The type of the
BaseEdit.DefaultErrorIcon, BaseEdit.ErrorIcon, GetErrorIconEventArgs.ErrorIcon properties has been changed from System.Drawing.Icon to System.Drawing.Image.
- The
DXErrorProvider.GetErrorIcon event is now static.
- The
IDXDataErrorInfo interface signature has been changed.
- The appearance of read-only editors has been changed due to the implementation of the following suggestion: A1741.
XtraScheduler Suite
- The
MappingInfoBase.DataManager property now always returns null. You should not use this property in your code.
- The
SchedulerStorage.ResourceInserted event is no longer fired. You should use the SchedulerStorage.ResourcesInserted event instead.
- The
SchedulerStorage.ResourceChanged event is no longer fired. You should use the SchedulerStorage.ResourcesChanged event instead.
- The
SchedulerStorage.ResourceDeleted event is no longer fired. You should use the SchedulerStorage.ResourcesDeleted event instead.
- The
SchedulerViewBase.VisibleIntervals property now always returns null. You should use the SchedulerViewBase.GetVisibleIntervals and SchedulerViewBase.SetVisibleIntervals methods instead.
XtraPrinting Library
The following obsolete public members have been removed. Note that all these members have been marked obsolete for a long time and are now being finally removed.
| Removed member |
What should be used instead |
PageTableBrick.AddRow method |
PageTableBrick.Rows.AddRow method |
LinkBase.AddReport method |
LinkBase.AddSubreport method |
PrintControl.BrickContentZoom property |
This property doesn't have to be used at all |
ProgressReflector.SetActiveReflector method |
ProgressReflector.RegisterReflector and ProgressReflector.UnregisterReflector methods |
PrinterSettingsUsing.IsAllSettingsUsed property |
PrinterSettingsUsing.AllSettingsUsed property |
PrinterSettingsUsing.IsAnySettingUsed property |
PrinterSettingsUsing.AnySettingUsed property |
XtraPageSettings.UsefulPageSize property |
XtraPageSettings.UsablePageSize property |
XtraPageSettings.UsefulPageRect property |
XtraPageSettings.UsablePageRect property |
XtraReports Suite
The following obsolete public members are removed. Note that all these members have been marked obsolete for a long time and are now being finally removed.
| Removed member |
What should be used instead |
XRControl.AutoHeight property |
XRControl.CanShrink and XRControl.CanGrow properties |
XRControl.BorderSide property |
XRControl.Borders property |
WinControlContainer.BorderSide property |
WinControlContainer.Borders property |
XRPageBreak.BorderSide property |
XRPageBreak.Borders property |
XRControl.TextAlign property |
XRControl.TextAlignment property |
XRControl.Style property |
You need to use appearance properties directly (XRControl.BackColor, XRControl.ForeColor, etc.) |
XRControl.EventScripts property |
XRControl.Scripts property |
XRPictureBox.SizeMode property |
XRPictureBox.Sizing property |
XtraReport.HtmlCompessed property |
XtraReport.HtmlCompressed property |
XtraReport.CreateFromFile method |
XtraReport.FromFile method |
XtraReport.UseDefaultPrinterSettings property |
XtraReport.DefaultPrinterSettingsUsing property |
XRControlStyle.BorderSide property |
XRControlStyle.Borders property |
XRControlStyle(Color, Color, XRBorderSide, int, Font, Color) constructor |
XRControlStyle(Color, Color, BorderSide, int, Font, Color) constructor |
StyleUsing.UseBorderSide property |
StyleUsing.UseBorders property |
PrintOnPageEventArgs.PageNumber property |
PrintOnPageEventArgs.PageIndex property |
XRScriptsBase.AddScripts(XRControl, XREventsScriptManager) method |
XRScriptsBase.AddScripts(XREventsScriptManager) method |
XRSummary.Value property |
XRSummary.GetResult method |
ControlViewData.BorderSide property |
ControlViewData.Borders property |
ASPxperience Suite
ASPxMenu, ASPxNavBar, ASPxPopupControl, ASPxSiteMapControl, and ASPxTabControl: All the separate assemblies (DevExpress.Web.ASPxMenu.vX.Y, DevExpress.Web.ASPxNavBar.vX.Y, DevExpress.Web.ASPxPopupControl.vX.Y, DevExpress.Web.ASPxSiteMapControl.vX.Y, DevExpress.Web.ASPxTabControl.vX.Y) have now been united into a single assembly for the entire ASPxperience suite. The new assembly is called DevExpress.Web.v7.1.
Remember that you don't need to change references to a new assembly in your project by hand. In fact, please don't: if you're anything like me you'll forget one or two and get frustrated. You should use the Project Converter tool instead.
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