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EasyTest Improvements (Coming in v2011 vol 1.7)

In this post, I would like to announce improvements to the EasyTest framework, which will be available in the next minor update. CheckTable Command Those XAFers who use EasyTest for testing their XAF applications, know the CheckTable command well. This...

The DevExpress Team

18 August 2011

XAF – The State of Domain Components Technology in v2011 Vol 1

EDIT: Domain Components (DC) is in maintenance mode and we do not recommend its use in new software projects. We are happy to announce that in v2011 vol1 the Domain Components (DC) technology leaves CTP and reaches the Beta stage. During this release...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

1 June 2011

KPI Module Improvements (coming in v2011 vol1)

In order to simplify the creation of evaluating expressions for the XAF KPI we have implemented a new PropertyEditor - PopupExpressionPropertyEditor . Let's demonstrate its features in the FeatureCenter demo. To enable this editor for a property of your...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

30 May 2011

XAF Workflow Visual Designer

The introduction WF post has covered the basics. This is the first in a series of WF related posts, stay tuned! Microsoft has included a state of the art designer with WF4 which means better rehosting capabilities. The designer’s main purpose is to provide...

Apostolis Bekiaris (DevExpress)

24 May 2011

XAF - Filter Editor Improvements in List Views (coming in v2011 vol1)

Introduction I would love to share some good news with our XAF customers. It all regards one of the most widely used utility control – Filter Editor . Before I start revealing this news, I would like to refresh your memory and remind you about the latest...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

12 May 2011

State Machine Module - Introduction

I guess everyone is very excited by the new WF module that is coming up this year, v2011.1. However such flexibility does not come without difficulties, for example a learning curve exists. This is true even though our module provides the familiar XAF...

Apostolis Bekiaris (DevExpress)

10 May 2011

XAF – Finally…Workflow It! (coming in v2011 vol1)

Introduction We are happy to announce that in v2011 vol1 version of the eXpressApp Framework , we have finally supported popular workflow scenarios, starting from simple and finishing by very complex ones. In this introduction blog post, we will dig into...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

5 May 2011

XAF – Core & Performance Improvements (coming in v2011 vol1)

Introduction Do you remember last great performance improvements we introduced in versions 10.1 and 10.2 ? Now, I’m pleased to report that the upcoming major release is no exception! You might already have heard some details on further improvements we...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

28 April 2011

XAF - Eliminating the number of Conditional “Something” (coming in v2011 vol1)

Introduction I believe that every XAFer has used or at least heard about a set of extra modules XAF currently provides for customizing the appearance of editors used in List and Detail screens, most often against certain business conditions. As you guessed...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

25 April 2011

XAF - Merge User Differences from a Custom Model Storage

Recently, we announced a new Model Merge feature that will be available with the v2011 vol 1 release.  There was a lot of positive feedback in comments, thanks for that. But the question was - if it is possible to merge a user model stored in a database...

The DevExpress Team

21 April 2011