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.NET — Automatic Upgrade of .NET and External Dependency Versions, Converting Assembly to Package References and More (v24.2)

Reducing Issues with Target Framework/3rd Party Dependency Upgrades Based on research, a more effective/automated .NET framework and 3rd party dependency upgrade process is high on the priority list for our customers (without appropriate automation, major...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

15 October 2024

.NET — .NET 8 and .NET Framework 4.6.2 Are Minimally Supported Target Frameworks for DevExpress Libraries in v24.2

What Will Change in v24.2 Once we release v24.2 (December 2024) , our libraries will no longer support .NET 6/7 and .NET Framework 4.5.2, 4.6 and 4.6.1. The following DevExpress . NET Core and .NET Framework-based products will also – at a minimum – require...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

10 July 2024

.NET — .NET Standard 2.0 Deprecation, Support for .NET 6 or .NET 8 (LTS) in DevExpress Libraries (v23.2)

UPDATED See also .NET — .NET 8 and .NET Framework 4.6.2 Are Minimally Supported Target Frameworks for DevExpress Libraries in v24.2 What Will Change in v23.2 Once we release v23.2, our libraries will no longer support .NET Standard 2.0. I’ve outlined...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

4 July 2023

DevExpress.Drawing Graphics Library — Early Access Preview (v23.1) — Office File API, Reporting, and Dashboard-related Enhancements

As you may already know, we introduced our new DevExpress.Drawing graphics library in v22.2 release cycle (and have already introduced a series of enhancements in subsequent minor updates). This new graphics library was released as a Community Technical...

Dmitry Tokmachev (DevExpress)

16 April 2023

DevExpress.Drawing Graphics Library — v22.2.4 Update — Package Dependencies and Font Libraries

We made a series of enhancements to the DevExpress.Drawing graphics library recently (v22.2.4). This blog post summarizes what we delivered to date and what we are working on at present....

Poline Fedorova (DevExpress)

15 February 2023

DevExpress.Drawing Graphics Library — v22.2 Update — SkiaSharp for .NET 6/7 and Linux Support (CTP)

This blog post documents changes, enhancements, and breaking changes related to the System.Drawing.Common library usage in our cross-platform products (v22.2 release cycle). ...

Dmitry Tokmachev (DevExpress)

11 December 2022

.NET — Visual Studio 2012 & 2013 Deprecation, Raised C# Version for Product Source and More (v22.2)

First, a quick reminder : This year we intend to deprecate .NET Core support for Visual Studio 2019 for our desktop products (since this IDE version does not support .NET 6 LTS). In our v22.2 release cycle, DevExpress .NET Core-based WinForms and WPF...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

16 August 2022

DevExpress Cross-Platform Products — Getting Ready for .NET 7

This blog post details our solution for the System.Drawing.Common-related breaking change in our cross-platform products. Because the number of apps deployed on non-Windows machines continues to increase, this task is a high priority for multiple development teams at DevExpress. As you might expect, we must refactor and modify significant portions of our code for .NET 7. This is not a trivial undertaking and your feedback on this matter is very important....

The DevExpress Team

23 February 2022

Localizing Your DevExpress-powered .NET App – Complete the Survey to Help Shape Our Development Strategy

As you may recall from my recent blog post , our Unified Component Installer will soon include an option to install localized resources for certain languages (DE, ES, JA, RU). We will not install these resources by default – you can install them at your...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

27 January 2022