Xceed DataGrid for WPF

What's new in Xceed DataGrid for WPF V4.3?

• Improved performance during horizontal scrolling with a large number of columns
• Improved responsiveness and efficiency in auto-filtering when there are changes in the data source
• Initial loading and vertical scrolling have been improved
• Scrolling performance improved while dragging a column over the edges of the datagrid
• Developers now have access to several command-related methods

What's new in Xceed DataGrid for WPF V4.2?
Xceed DataGrid for WPF version 4.2 features performance improvements to its Cardflow 3D view. This version takes better advantage of the computer’s video card to help render card animation, providing a vastly smoother scrolling experience. The more cards there are, and the bigger they are, the more pronounced the improvements will be. And because this takes the computation burden off the computer’s CPU, the application’s performance can improve in general.

What's new in Xceed DataGrid for WPF Version 4.1?
This version features improved support of the MVVM architectural pattern, which will make it easier for designers and developers to work together concurrently on a project, thanks to a better separation of the View from the rest of the architecture. This translates to better apps, faster. The ability to sort based on the results of statistical functions has also been added. Improvements have also been made to how the datagrid interacts with its items source, and styling cell content alignment for specific columns has been simplified.

What's new in Xceed DataGrid for WPF Version 4?
Xceed DataGrid for WPF now includes two installers, Xceed DataGrid for WPF Version 4 for .NET framework 4 / Visual Studio 2010 and Xceed DataGrid for WPF Version 3.7 for previous editions of the .NET Framework.

What's new in Xceed DataGrid for WPF Version 3.7?

• A new continuous insertion mode property lets programmers deliver improved data entry to end-users, removing the need to manually go to the first editable cell after entering a row’s data.
• New events give programmers control over how the data grid reacts when the current visual row is changing or has changed, and allows the change to be canceled in certain situations.
• Column cells can now be non-focusable when read-only.
• Notifications for auto-filter value changes are now provided.
• Unicode is now enabled in the grid’s clipboard exporters for enhanced character support.

What's new in Xceed DataGrid for WPF Version 3.6 Edition?

• Windows 7 and Xceed Live Explorer themes
• Print Preview
• Multi-Select when using data virtualization
• Group Navigation control
• Improved performance for scenarios of 100,000 rows and up
• Cell Selection
• Customizable Cursors in most views

What's new in Xceed DataGrid for WPF Version 3.5 Edition?
Xceed DataGrid for WPF Professional Edition v3.5 features a beautiful new view called Tableflow. This view offers fast animated smooth scrolling with inertia for impressive UI performance (works with data virtualization), sticky group headers and master-detail master row and headers, full-column animated drag and drop reordering. Also new is filtering and status indicator glyphs for datagrids bound to a virtualizing collection.

What's new in Xceed DataGrid for WPF Version 3.2 Edition?
Xceed DataGrid for WPF Version 3.2 Professional Edition features improvements to the datagrid's data virtualization capabilities (grouping, support for data sources implementing IQueryable (LINQ), support for inserting and deleting items with InsertionRow and DeleteCommand), support for Entity Framework data sources, and the ability to customize the contents of the AutoFilterControl. Both the Professional Edition and the Standard Edition v3.2 feature a ComboBox editor (combo boxes can now easily be used as cell editors now without the need to write code to fill the combo box) and unbound columns.

What's new in Xceed DataGrid for WPF Version 3.1 Edition?
Features asynchronous data virtualization that supports caching, pre-emptive loading, and delayed triggering of events to avoid needless querying during scrolling. Vastly improving performance and reducing memory usage, especially when working with large data sources, it also means the UI is decoupled from the data source, which keeps the application responsive while data is being retrieved. Also new are Excel export, persist/restore of user settings, context menu column chooser, and UI automation to enable script-based testing and assistive technology, and more.

What's new in Xceed DataGrid for WPF Version 3.0 Edition?

Xceed DataGrid for WPF Version 3.0 Professional Edition features a 3D view. Xceed's Cardflow 3D view, with multiple card layouts and transitions, gives developers and end-users complete control over aspects such as card offsets, spacing, and angles; camera position and angle; and field of view. Further views will be added for the foreseeable future as they become available. A choice of four multi-surface themes is provided: Three Outlook look-alike themes (Elemental Blue, Elemental Black, Elemental Silver), and Chameleon, which lets you choose the gradient colors. End-users can even switch between any 2D and 3D view on the fly, while the datagrid retains its state.

Also new to the Xceed DataGrid for WPF Professional Edition are column virtualization, column stretching and column widths supporting star values, substantial performance increases, ability to handle millions of rows and thousands of columns, custom sorting, improved validation, support for IDataErrorInfo, easy binding to XML data sources, and inserting records into non-IBindingList sources

What's New in Xceed DataGrid for WPF V2.0?

• Each datarow—whether in the main grid or in any detail grid—can have an unlimited number of detail grids attached to it. Futhermore, detail grids can have “sibling” or “child” detail grids, or both, and also support headers and footers, grouping, sorting, and autofiltering, as well as custom detail relations and different styles for the data items contained in each same-level detail. Finally, custom grouping in grid and details is supported.

What's New in Xceed DataGrid for WPF V1.3?

• Both the Professional and the Express Edition feature Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend design-time support, in addition to a scroll tip, which displays information about the first visible row in the viewport when the grid is scrolled. Finally, a VB.NET template with a tutorial is provided for setting up a new theme project for creating custom themes, complementing the already available C# template.
• Available exclusively to owners of the Professional Edition is the addition of Excel-like end-user automatic filtering, which filters items in the underlying data source.

What's New in Xceed DataGrid for WPF V1.x?

• Enhanced sorting, grouping, and scrolling performance, as well as the ability to control whether end-users can sort, group or re-order columns, and a custom CollectionView that provides fine-grained and efficient control over the grid’s underlying data source
• Advanced features—such as Office 2007 (blue, silver, and black) and Windows Media Player 11 themes, and fixed columns—are also now available with a Vanguard subscription

Xceed DataGrid for WPF is used in Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2010 and IBM SystemBuilder 4GL (SB+). Please, visit the 'Evals and Downloads' section to read the press releases.

Xceed DataGrid for WPF Main Features:

Xceed DataGrid Edition includes Xceed 3D Views for WPF and Xceed Editors for WPF

WPF / .NET Technology

• Created entirely for WPF and built for .NET, written in C# and XAML.
• Complete source code is available in the Blueprint Edition. (Only available with the Professional Edition.)
• Supports UI virtualization, even when grouping data, so only elements currently in view are created and kept, meaning faster loading time, uses less memory.
• Design-time support in Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend. (New in v1.3)
• Design-time configuration window that lets you set up the most important features quickly and easily. (New in v2.0)
• XBAP-friendly, CLS compliant, and uses no unsafe blocks. No special permissions are required, so it can run within the limited permission set granted to XBAP applications.
• Based on a flexible and extensible object model, with modular and reusable visual elements.
• The datagrid's cells are true WPF content controls, so they can contain anything.
• Supports the WPF command infrastructure, for example letting you map a toolbar button to "enter edit" in a cell.
• Comprehensive documentation fully integrated into Visual Studio .NET is provided.
• Supports Right-To-Left and Inking.
• Supports regional settings including numbers, money type, dates, etc.
• Includes a variety of VB.NET and C# sample applications to get you started.
• All error handling works through .NET exception classes.
• Can also be used in your Windows Forms applications.

Xceed DataGrid for WPF Rich in-place editing

• Features rich in-place editing that works in all views. See Included editor controls below.
• Updates source when the cell or row exits edit mode or immediately when the cell content changes. (New in v3.0.)
• Routed edit events for both cell and row, providing fine-grained control over the edit process. (New in v3.0.)
• Provides configurable keyboard and mouse edit commands.
• Auto-detection of ComboBox columns (enums, foreign keys).(New in v3.2)
• Programmatic control over edit mode. (New in v1.2.)
• Provides Excel-like default keyboard and mouse edit behavior, including F2, Esc (cancel edit on a cell and restore the original value), Double-Esc (cancel edit on the entire row and restore the original values), and Enter.
• Allows you to specify a different visual template for a cell being edited.
• Cell editors can be displayed without entering edit mode, under a variety of conditions such as a mouse hover over the cell or row, the cell or row becoming current, the row being edited, or always.
• Single-click edit mode allows entering edit mode and activating items such as check, text, and combo boxes with one click.
• Automatically selects the appropriate editor control depending on the field data type.
• Insertion row / card object allows for quick entry of new data.
• Triggers meaningful edit events for both rows and cells.
• Manages "null" and "DbNull" values.
• Any portion of the grid can be made read-only.

Xceed DataGrid for WPF Master/detail capabilities

• Provides hierarchical master/detail capabilities.
• Each datarow in the main grid or in a detail can have an unlimited number of details attached to it.
• Details can have "sibling" or "child" details, or both.
• Details support headers and footers, grouping, sorting, and autofiltering.
• Different style for the data items contained in each same-level detail.
• Custom grouping in grid and details supported.
• Custom detail relations supported.

Xceed DataGrid for WPF Data grouping

• Supports hierarchical, multi-level grouping in all views.
• Customizable group-level configurations with header and footer support. (New in v1.2)
• Supports UI virtualization, preserving memory and reducing load time, even when grouping.
• Supports custom grouping criteria, to allow your code to group together rows with your own conditions.
• Interactive, hierarchical "Group-by" row allows end-users to easily create and manipulate groups themselves. Adapted for all included views.
• Programmatic control over expanding and collapsing groups. (New in v1.2)
• Grouping can be controlled via code.

Xceed DataGrid for WPF Views and themes

• Presents data and lets users edit it in a variety of 2D and 3D views and themes. Can switch between 2D and 3D views in real-time while preseving state.
• A Window 7 theme. (New in v3.6)
• Ships with the stunning, interactive Cardflow 3D view, with multiple card layouts. More are currently being developed. (New in v3.0; Professional Edition only)
• The Xceed Live Explorer theme. (New in v3.6)
• Ships with two 2D views (traditional table view and card view). Achieve the look of traditional XP or Vista applications with a true native WPF control.
• Ships with the Tableflow™ 2D view, which provides inertial smooth scrolling and animated full-column reordering, zero-lag data virtualization (New in v3.5)
• Ships with several backgrounds, as well as textures for 2D and 3D cards. (New in v3.0)
• Project template for Visual Studio that sets up a new theme project so you can create your own. A tutorial on creating a custom theme is also included to help you get started. (VB.NET template new in v1.3)
• Various cursors—such as "busy", "resize", and "drag" cursors—can be customized in the different views. (New in v3.6)
• Glass and Windows Media Player 11 (Professional Edition only), and Zune
• All Microsoft Windows themes: Classic (NT), Luna (Normal/Olive, Metallic/Silver, Homestead/Blue), Aero (Vista), and Royale (Media Center)
• Office 2007: Blue, Black, and Silver (Professional Edition only)
• 3D view, multi-surface: Office themes (Blue, Black, and Silver); Chameleon.(New in v3.0; Professional Edition only)
• Includes the commented XAML source code to the card and table view styles and templates, so you have a great starting point for developing your own.

Xceed DataGrid for WPF Tableflow™ 3D view

• Fast animated smooth scrolling (with inertia) for impressive UI performance.
• Works when using data virtualization for great perceived responsiveness.
• Sticky group headers (group headers are always visible).
• Sticky master-detail master row and headers.
• Full-column animated drag and drop reordering
• A new group navigation control in the Tableflow view greatly increases the datagrid’s usability. It lets the end-user go instantly to any group or sub-group with a single click in a combo box. (New in v3.6)

Xceed DataGrid for WPF Cardflow 3D view features
(New in v3.0; Professional Edition only)

• Gives end-users complete control over their experience.
• Multiple card layouts and transitions.
• Controls the offsets, spacing, and angles of cards.
• Controls camera position and angle
• Controls field of view.
• Four themes: Office 2007 themes (Blue, Black, and Silver); Chameleon.

Xceed DataGrid for WPF 2D Card view features

• Defaults to cards stacked into columns, with horizontal scrolling.
• Two types of card view styles are included: compact card view (borderless cards with column separator lines) and standard card view (cards with borders, but no separator lines).
• Supports grouping with multiple levels. Group-by row includes built-in list of columns, so end-users can still group by columns and reorder fields even if there are no column headers. Group headers flow within the card list.
• Cards can be independently sized, each card sizing itself to its content.
• Resizable cards in CardView. (New in v1.2)
• Allows you to hide empty fields on a per-card basis.
• Insertion card lets users quickly add new data to the grid.

Xceed DataGrid for WPF 2D Table view

• Features Column stretching and starrable column widths. (New in version 3.0; Professional Edition only)
• Custom sorting. (New in version 3.0; Professional Edition only)
• Fixed columns. (New in v1.1; Professional Edition only.)
• Includes an Outlook-style table view with all the typical elements you would expect.
• Column headers support drag-and-drop column reordering, column resizing, click-to-sort, and dragging to "Group-by" row.
• Row margin selects and resizes rows, and displays icons indicating that the row is current, is being edited, is an insertion, or has a validation error.
• Provides horizontal and vertical Grid line brush and grid line thickness properties.
• Automatically changes a row's height to fit the contents of the largest cell.

Xceed DataGrid for WPF Input validation

• Supports IDataErrorInfo. (New in version 3.0)
• Supports IDataErrorInfo. (New in version 3.0)
• Supports IEditableObject and error style when IEditableObject's EndEdit throws an exception when trying to leave edit mode. (New in version 3.0)
• Includes built-in data validation, at the cell or row level.
• Error display is integrated with the included views.
• You can completely style the way a cell or row looks when a validation error occurs.
• Can validate on any criteria, including the values of other cells.
• Validation error messages are overridable and localizable.
• Expandable and compatible with custom validation rules you have already built.

Xceed DataGrid for WPF Included editor controls

• CheckBox.
• AutoSelectTextBox.
• DatePicker/Calendar.
• ValueRangeTextBox. (New in v2.0)
• NumericTextBox. (New in v2.0)
• MaskedTextBox. (New in v2.0)
• DateTimeTextBox. (New in v2.0)
• Several editors available in the "Included Editors" sample (New in v2.0):

Xceed DataGrid for WPF Data binding

• Inserting records into non-IBindingList sources. (New in version 3.0)
• Support for Entity Framework data sources. (New in v3.2; Professional Edition only)
• Ability to customize the content of the AutoFilterControl. (New in v3.2; Professional Edition only)
• Easy binding to XML data sources. (New in version 3.0)
• Excel-like end-user filtering automatically filters items contained in the underlying data source. (New in v1.3; Professional Edition only)
• Custom CollectionView that provides fine-grained and efficient control over its underlying data source. (New in v1.1.)
• Fully supports WPF data binding.
• Displays, edits, and works with bound and unbound data.
• Directly supports unbound columns, allowing for example the display of static information such as a delete button for each row, etc. (New in v3.2)
• Custom key-value mappings, which lets you map any kind of value or object to fields in the data that represent keys, such as mapping an employee first and last name fields to an integer ID field in an employee database. (New in v3.2)
• Can be bound directly to an array of simple types such as String, Decimal, DateTime, TimeSpan, Guid, or Primitive (e.g., SByte, Byte, Int32, etc.), and will show the value of those types in one column.
• Automatically obtains and synchronizes bound data from any .NET source, including jagged arrays, any object that implements IListSource or IList, and any ADO.NET DataSet, DataTable, DataView, or DataViewManager object.
• Can intercept, parse, and modify data being synchronized with the database from the grid.

Xceed DataGrid for WPF Other features

• Includes Xceed 3D Views for WPF and Xceed Editors for WPF.
• Ability to enable or disable sorting, grouping, and column reordering via the UI. (New in version 1.1.)
• Full keyboard navigation is possible through cells and rows. Navigation can be limited to cell-only or row-only, or navigation can be disabled.
• Allows multiple-field sort and custom criteria sort.
• Provides easy manipulation of the grid's current row.
• Scrolls the view to any cell, row, group, or column.
• Scroll tip displays information about the first visible row in the viewport when the grid is scrolled. (New in v1.3)
• Allows elements other than columns to be fixed. (New in version 1.1.)
• Provides fixed, non-scrolling header and footer regions into which you can put any number and type of row or card.
• 14 statistical functions that can be used both inside and outside of a grid in any element. (New in v1.2; Professional Edition only)
• Configurable item scrolling (immediate or deferred). (New in version 1.1.)
• Customizable "today" label in the Calendar. (New in version 1.1.)
• Ability to create alternating styles for data rows. (New in version 1.1.)
• Built-in printing and XPS-exporting capabilities with fully customizable progress dialogs and page layouts.(New in v1.2; Professional Edition only)
• Customizable group-header control display. (New in v1.2)
• A Resource Center that centralizes various DataGrid for WPF assets and provides a news feed for the latest developments concerning the product. (New in v2.0)
• Support for HP’s QuickTest Professional (QTP), in addition to the currently supported White and Ranorex, allowing for automated UI testing. (New in v3.6)
• Excel-like cell and row selection capabilities (single, multiple, and extended modes), letting end-users select and copy blocks of cells or rows.(New in v3.6)