Thinking Out Loud

• ASP.NET
• reports
• Scheduler
• Silverlight
• Skins
• Themes
• WinForms
• WPF

WPF Map Control - it's FREE to all MSDN Subscribers

We've been receiving lots of questions on our WPF Map Control and I wanted to take a minute to remind all of you that the control is free to all MSDN Subscribers. Download your free DevExpress WPF Map Control here: http://dxpr.es/rAQxNW To learn more...

Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress)

2 December 2011

WinForms Metro - How It Made Us Re-Think Our WinForms Application Skin Delivery Model

As you already know by now, DXperience v2011 vol 2 will ship with a Metro-style WinForms skin named Metropolis (yes, we'll be following up with Peter Thorpe who originally suggested the name so we can get him some DX swag). Because this new skin might...

Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress)

1 October 2011

ASP.NET CheckBox List Control (coming in v2011 vol 2)

There are only so many things you can do on a flight…my favorite being to sleep. Before I pass out on my way to NYC for our Mixer, here’s one more new DevExpress control for ASP.NET. One of the objectives of our ASP.NET team in this release cycle was...

Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress)

29 September 2011

MVC Pivot Grid Control (coming in v2011 vol 2)

If you are using our Business Intelligence Controls and Libraries, then you know that our award-winning Pivot Grid Control presently supports the WinForms, ASP.NET Web Forms, and WPF Platforms. With the release of DXperience v2011 vol 2, we'll extend...

Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress)

29 September 2011

New WPF and Silverlight Themes (coming in v2011 vol 2)

DXperience v2011 vol 2 will bring those of you targeting the WPF Platform a brand new Theme Editor and 2 new WPF Themes - emulating the Windows 7 and Office 2010 Black Look & Feel. As always, a picture is worth a thousand words... The DevExpres Seven...

Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress)

29 September 2011

Silverlight Report Designer and End-User Report Wizard (coming in v2011 vol 2)

With the upcoming release of DXperience v2011 vol 2, XtraReports for Silverlight will feature a new WYSIWYG End-User Report Designer for in-browser report editing. The report designer will allow your users to: Edit static content. Re-position controls...

Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress)

27 September 2011

ASP.NET Outlook Style Demo Application

In the next release, we'll be providing all of our ASP.NET users with a few new demo applications - among them will be a new Outlook Style Web Client. Hopefully you'll be able to use and or extend the capabilities of these applications in your next project...

Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress)

27 September 2011

Silverlight Calendar and Date Navigator Control (coming in v2011 vol 2)

We'll be describing some of the capabilities of our upcomingn Silverlight Scheduler Control shortly, but in the meantime, here's a short description of another new control for the Silverlight Platform - The DevExpress Silverlight Calendar. I won't get...

Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress)

27 September 2011

WinForms Pivot Grid Control Enhancements (coming in v2011 vol 2)

With this release, we'll be extending the capabilities of our WinForms Pivot Grid with the following new features: To improve easy-of-use, filter drop-downs within the DevExpress WinForms Pivot are now able to ignore field values that cannot be displayed...

Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress)

27 September 2011

WinForms Picture Edit Enhancements (coming in v2011 vol 2)

This release of DXperience v2011 vol 2 will include minor additions to our WinForms Picture Edit control. Scrolling Large Images - this new feature allows you to activate scrollbars within the Picture Edit and or enable image scrolling via mouse drag...

Ray Navasarkian (DevExpress)

27 September 2011