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WPF: Asynchronous server mode for lookup editors (new in v16.1)

In our v16.1 release we have introduced a very nice feature to improve the U.I experience on the LookUpEdit , ComboBoxEdit and ListBoxEdit . We call it asynchronous server mode and it means that we use our server mode functionality for the data being...

Don Wibier (DevExpress)

29 August 2016

Creating Desktop Apps for Windows, Mac OS and Linux with DevExtreme

Last week I did a webinar on creating desktop applications with DevExtreme and Electron . In case you missed it, it is available on our YouTube Channel This was also one of the first webinars where a swift introduction on DevExtreme with Visual Studio...

Don Wibier (DevExpress)

19 August 2016

DevExtreme: New client-side export for Charts and Data Visualization

DevExtreme comes with some really powerful Charting and other data visualization controls like Maps, Gauges and Range widgets. One of the issues faced in the pre-v16.1 versions of our suite was that exporting such a widget to e.g. PNG, JPG or PDF was...

Don Wibier (DevExpress)

4 August 2016

DevExtreme: New project template for WebAPI back-end and client (Coming soon in v16.1)

We already had a very nice project template in the previous versions of DevExtreme which allows you to create an OData service based on an existing database in minutes. The OData protocol is a data access protocol specifically designed to use a uniform...

Don Wibier (DevExpress)

1 June 2016

DevExtreme: Bootstrap integration (Coming soon in v16.1)

Since Bootstrap is one of the most popular responsive positioning frameworks out there - even Microsoft uses it in their web project templates - we have improved our own DevExtreme theming in v16.1. What does this mean? This means that our generic desktop...

Don Wibier (DevExpress)

24 May 2016

DevExtreme: Angular 2 Support CTP (Coming soon in v16.1)

In our v16.1 release, DevExtreme supports Angular 2. Find out how nicely this integrates with Angular’s one-way and two-way binding, templates and forms. ...

Don Wibier (DevExpress)

23 May 2016

Take a Closer Look at the DevExpress Web Report Designer

In this webinar Mehul and I showed you how to use the End User Web Report Designer where we talked about some topics you will run across when implementing the Report Designer in your own application. Introduction The Web Report Designer is a very powerful...

Don Wibier (DevExpress)

15 April 2016

Upcoming webinar: Give AdHoc Query Powers to Your ASP.NET Grid Users

March 8th at 10:00 am (PST), Mehul and I will present a really cool webinar on one of our new WebForms controls, the ASPxQueryBuilder. Though this control is in beta with v15.2, it offers a really nice way to your end users to visually create all kinds...

Don Wibier (DevExpress)

24 February 2016