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XAF - Startup Performance, Application Model and Non-Persistent Objects Enhancements (Coming soon in v16.1)

The Blog of the ultimate business application framework for .NET Developers from DevExpress...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

23 May 2016

XAF - Enhancements to Core and other modules (Coming soon in v15.2)

Over the last few days, I've described some of the new features we've introduced into the eXpressApp Framework v15.2. In this post, I'll describe enhancements we've made to XAF's core and other modules. Reset View Settings The Reset View Settings Action...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

27 November 2015

XAF: Enhancements to App UI Management Settings in the Database (Shipping in v15.1)

This feature was first demonstrated in our v14.2 release and based on your feedback, was one of the most popular additions to the eXpressApp Framework. For this release, we have made it even more powerful by implementing the following features: The latest...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

4 June 2015

XAF: Enhancements to Existing Features & Performance Tuning (Coming soon in v14.2)

Grid Designer for List View In XAF v14.2, responding to customer feedback, we introduce a new easy-to-use way to configure List View columns at design time. Model Editor now includes a designer that imitates the grid filled with sample data. When the...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

20 November 2014

XAF: Brand New Module & Features for both Windows and the Web (Coming soon in v14.2)

End-User Report Designer for ASP.NET With this release, the Reports V2 module supports the ASP.NET Report Designer out-of-the-box. End-users can create and modify reports directly in a browser! Check it out! We have already incorporated this functionality...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

17 November 2014

Best practices of creating reusable XAF modules by example of a View Variants module extension

Introduction Last week I saw a request from an XAF customer about an updated version of a workaround for the suggestion we have in our Support Center: ViewVariants - provide the capability to save the current view as a new view variant at runtime . I...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

4 July 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 - 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

XAF – Model Merge Tool (coming in v2011 vol1)

End-users can customize an XAF application user interface at runtime with ease. The Layout Manager, Column Chooser and other capabilities allow end-users to configure a UI in a " W hat Y ou S ee I s W hat Y ou G et" way. But when you, as a developer,...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

20 April 2011

XAF - Model Editor Usability Improvements (coming in v2011 vol1)

When you develop XAF applications, you work not only within the Visual Studio code editor, but use XAF design-time features intensively. Model Editor is the designer that you use most often, so its usability is critical. Let us consider the improvements...

Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

11 April 2011