Windows 7 support for DirectX in WinForms

Three weeks ago, at the start of our beta period for v17.2, I described a fascinating new feature for our data grid in WinForms: sidestepping GDI+ and going straight to DirectX for way faster rendering. At the time I mentioned that, unfortunately, it...

Julian Bucknall (DevExpress)

20 November 2017

Grid WinForms XtraGrid v17.2 DirectX

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Major speed enhancements in WinForms grid (coming soon in v17.2)

Now that we’ve published the beta for v17.2 , it’s time to reveal a major new enhancement for our WinForms grid. After reading this, I’m going to bet you’ll be downloading the installer and trying it out for yourself. Let us know your results! WinForms...

Julian Bucknall (DevExpress)

2 November 2017

Grid WinForms XtraGrid DirectX

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WinForms Data Grid: breaking change with Conditional Formatting (v14.2)

A week or so ago, Don published a blog post about our new Microsoft Excel-inspired conditional formatting feature for the WinForms data grid, XtraGrid, that’s coming in v14.2. (Again, the release is only a few weeks away, the beta is out if you are an...

Julian Bucknall (DevExpress)

21 November 2014

v14.2 formatting Breaking changes XtraGrid

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Sneak peek: improving the performance and memory footprint of Excel and PDF export from WinForms grid (coming in v2011.1)

Through valuable customer feedback and our own testing, we realized that our exporting engine wasn’t all it was cracked up to be, especially with regard to raw performance and memory usage. The call went out: increase the performance, and, at the same...

Julian Bucknall (DevExpress)

5 April 2011

WinForms XtraGrid v2011.1

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Still problems with ISupportInitialize and VS2010 RC

As part of the check-in process for Code Freeze for the next major release, the WinForms team did some more testing with Visual Studio 2010. And, lo and behold, there were still problems with the code that the designer in VS2010 RC produces. (I talked...

Julian Bucknall (DevExpress)

16 March 2010

WinForms XtraGrid v2010.1

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Previewing v2009 vol 1: Datagrid and editors for WinForms

These are the new features for the XtraGrid and Editors Suite. Windows Vista Style Filtering for Date-Time Columns For date-time columns, you can easily filter data using a handy filter dropdown. This now contains an embedded calendar. In addition, the...

Julian Bucknall (DevExpress)

4 March 2009

XtraGrid v2009.1 XtraEditors

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Breaking Changes for DXperience v2008 vol 3 (miscellaneous)

This is the fourth part of the Breaking Changes list for v2008 vol 3, covering miscellaneous changes. This list is not the What's New list for v2008 vol 3, but merely the changes we've had to make to DXperience in order to fix bugs, add new functionality...

Julian Bucknall (DevExpress)

30 October 2008

Breaking changes WinForms XtraGrid v2008.3

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Labels, Grid with formatted text

Someone in WinForms R&D obviously finished his work early and decided to add something we've been talking about for a little while: formatted text for labels and such like. It's not in the Release Candidate, but will be in the v2008 vol 2...

Julian Bucknall (DevExpress)

11 July 2008

WinForms XtraGrid v2008.2

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We know grids

It seemed like a long day at the second exhibitor session today. In fact, now that I've sat down I don't know if I'll be able to stand again for quite a while. The biggest thing that happened today was the editor of Visual Studio Magazine...

Julian Bucknall (DevExpress)

4 June 2008

XtraGrid ASPxGridView TechEd DXGrid for WPF

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Server mode using LINQ? Let's wax rhapsodic.

In all the excitement of releasing both DXperience v2008 vol1 and our VCL Subscription build 34 on the same day a week or so ago, you may have missed this rather stunning bit of news, so I thought I'd bring it to your attention again. SD Times also...

Julian Bucknall (DevExpress)

1 April 2008

XtraGrid ASPxGridView v2008.1 LINQ

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