Thinking Out Loud

We are days or hours (depending on who you ask) from publishing beta 1 of our upcoming VCL release and I thought I'd blog about a new VCL component that will ship as a CTP in v16.1. Frankly, a picture will tell the whole story so here it is... The PDF...

We are approaching the first beta of the newest release for our VCL customers and throughout the next week, Julian and I will describe some of the features/products we'll ship in v15.1. I'll start things off with a quick description of a new control we...

I recently blogged about the new Layout View in the DevExpress VCL Grid v7. This release will also introduce a number of changes to the VCL Grid Chart View including: Stacked Bars Chart Type Stacked Bars Displayed Side-by-Side...

For those of you who are using the ExpressOrgChart Control for Delphi and C++Builder, the DevExpress VCL Team will be introducing a couple of new enhancements to the Org Chart Control in the next update. The changes are straightforward - Antialiasing...

A highly requested feature for our VCL Tab (Page) control is a close button - which would hide unwanted tabs as user needs dictate. Screenshots speak volumes, so here's how it will look....

If you're an active DevExpress VCL Subscriber and need spell checking capabilities in your Delphi application, then you'll want to check out the newest beta release of the ExpressSpellChecker. The following are the 2 key areas of focus with this release...

Events like PDC are great at many levels - among them is catching up with old friends. Over the last few days, we spent a fair amount of time with Nick Hodges, Michael Swindell, Anders Ohlsson, and Allen Bauer. Clearly, everyone at Embarcadero is excited...

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the impending beta of our Delphi 2009 compatible components. With about 90 replies, we figured the minute the beta hit the airwaves, we'd be flooded with feedback and comments... ...But we are still waiting. To everyone...

A couple of days ago, David I, Anders O and Christine Ellis were nice enough to touch base with me to briefly discuss the news most of our Delphi/C++Builder customers already know...that Borland sold it's CodeGear division to Embarcadero. Here's hoping...