ComponentSource Topic | DXperience ASP.NET

DXperience DXv2 improves Business Intelligence

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:08:00 GMT

Web Mail client built using DXperience DXv2 ASP.NET.

New ASP.NET edition includes enhanced filtering options for field groups.

DXperience DXv2 ASP.NET includes controls for reporting, printing, charting, scheduling, grid and data editing. It also comes with an HTML editor, pivot grid and analytics features, menus, toolbars, navigation bars, spell checking and an ORM Library. If you are targeting the MVC platform, DXperience DXv2 ASP.NET includes a rich collection of ASP.NET MVC Extensions.

Updates in v2011 vol 2

Fast Grid Control - Filter Builder for MVC adds comprehensive data filtering and search options.
TrackBar Control - Provide users with an easy to use visual data selector.
HTML Editor - Adds the ability to remap keyboard shortcuts and bind keys to any editor command.
Theme Builder - A standalone ASP.NET Theme Builder designed to help you create new themes based on DevExpress ASP.NET Themes.
Touch Support - ASPxGridView and ASPxScheduler are now touch enabled for both iOS and Android. Features include scrolling, resizing and dragging.
Multi-File Upload Control - The new ASP.NET File Upload Control allows end-users to select multiple files and initiate upload operations with ease.
CheckBox List Group - Simplify the way in which users specify multiple values in your web application.
ASP.NET PivotGrid - Now includes group filtering options for enhanced filtering against field groups.

About DevExpress (Developer Express)

Developer Express is a software development company based in the United States. It produces coding assistance tools and components for Delphi, C++ Builder and Microsoft Visual Studio developers. The major part of its product line is VCL, .NET WinForms and ASP.NET components that replicate the UI of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office applications. Developer Express has won many industry awards for its products.

DXperience ASP.NET adds new docking suite

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:29:00 GMT

Master-detail view.

Version 2011 vol 1 also improves HTML right-to-left layout and charting series views.

DXperience ASP.NET includes the following products: XtraReports Suite, XtraCharts Suite, ASPxGridView and Editors Suite, ASPxScheduler Suite, ASPxHTMLEditor Suite, ASPxTreeList Suite, ASPxPivotGrid Suite, ASPxSpellChecker, ASPxCloudControl, ASPxDataView, ASPxMenu, ASPxNavBar, ASPxNewsControl, ASPxPopupControl, ASPxSiteMapConrol, ASPxTabControl, ASPxTitleIndex, ASPxUtilities Library and eXpress Persistent Objects. DXperience ASP.NET Subscription includes 1 Year Subscription for all DevExpress ASP.NET products.

Updates in v2011 vol 1

.NET Reports: ASP.NET Enhancements XtraReports for MVC

With this release, XtraReports introduces two specialized controls for MVC Reporting: MVCxReportViewer and MVCxReportToolbar.
Web Document Map
Web Parameters Panel

ASP.NET Chart Control

New MVC Chart Extension
8 New Series Views - Stacked Line, Full-Stacked Line, Step Area and Range Area series are now available both for 2D and 3D Chart Types.
Multi-Line Axis and Series Labels

ASP.NET Gauge Control

Custom Draw for Gauge Elements
Layout Enhancements

ASP.NET Grid Control

Multi-Row Headers (Bands)
Export Performance Boost

ASP.NET Pivot Table Control

Export Performance Boost
Enhanced Layout Serialization
Memory Consumption Enhancements
Unbound Fields
Collapsed States

ASP.NET HTML Editor Control

Document Selector
Export/Import Support
Right-To-Left Layout Support

ASP.NET Upload Control - Enhancements

Appearance Customization
Large File Upload

About DevExpress (Developer Express)

DXperience Enterprise adds new controls

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:01:00 GMT

A Silverlight ribbon UI built with DXperience.

DXperience Enterprise v2010 vol 2 adds Silverlight grid and chart, plus WPF scheduler, text editor and spell checker.

DXperience includes all the Developer Express .NET Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Silverlight and WPF components plus IDE tools (CodeRush and Refactor!). The Windows forms products are 100% C# based and fully optimized for Visual Studio 2008/2010. With just a couple of mouse clicks you can add navigation and docking facilities using the XtraBars and XtraNavBar suites, provide data browsing and editing by means of the XtraEditors, XtraGrid, XtraTreeList, XtraVerticalGrid suites and enhance your applications with the XtraPrinting Library and XtraReports Suite which are really easy-to-use flexible printing and reporting tools. WPF components include: DXEditors for WPF, DXGrid for WPF, DXCharts for WPF, DXBars for WPF and DXDocking for WPF. Silverlight components include: AgDataGrid, AgRichEdit, AgLayoutControl, AgControls and AgEditors for Silverlight. DXperience Enterprise/Universal Subscription includes source code for all WinForms, ASP.NET AJAX, WPF, Silverlight controls and ORM Library. Priority technical support is also included when you buy DXperience Universal or DXperience Enterprise.

DXperience Enterprise and DXperience Universal include all of the following editions, which are also available individually:

Updates in v2010 vol 2

To find out what's new in DXperience v2010 vol 2 please read the following articles:

About Developer Express

DXperience ASP.NET adds treeview control

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:01:00 GMT

Master-detail grid in DXperience ASP.NET.

DXperience ASP.NET v2010 vol 2 includes new treeview and file manager controls plus grid-based ASP.NET lookup control.

DXperience ASP.NET is also available as part of DXperience Enterprise and DXperience Universal.

Updates in v2010 vol 2

ASPxGridView Suite

New Grid-Based ASP.NET Lookup Control
By combining the functionality of the DXperience ASP.NET Dropdown Editor and Grid controls, DevExpress have implemented a new editor that allows end-users to easily locate and select values from a dropdown grid which contains lookup items. The ASP.NET Grid control is seamlessly embedded into the editor's dropdown window, providing powerful and customizable data-processing/data-representation options to your lookups (such as sorting, grouping, multi-selection, filtering, templates, etc.).

ASPxScheduler Suite

Scrollable Menu
A new feature makes life easier for end-users. When a popup menu does not fit the browser window, it displays scroll holders that enable you to navigate to the hidden menu items. To activate scrollable menus set the OptionsMenu.EnableMenuScrolling property to true.
Better Control over Import/Export Operations
New functionality of the Scheduler Core library allows you to handle errors during import/export operations. If a problem occurs when our exchanger object processes data, the OnException event fires. You can analyze the reason for an exception thrown and decide whether the entire operation should be rolled back. If so, call the Terminate method to interrupt the process and leave data unmodified. This functionality works with Microsoft Outlook, iCalendar and VCalendar appointment exchangers (i.e. used to import and/or export appointment to and from those formats).

ASPxPivotGrid Suite

Filtering and Sorting in the Customization Form
Field headers displayed in the Customization Form now display sort glyphs and filter buttons to allow data shaping operations directly from the Field List.
MS Excel Style Customization Form
With this release, a Microsoft Excel style Customization Form can be used within the ASP.NET Pivot Control. This form allows end-users to hide, restore and reorder fields, drag them between areas and sort/filter data against specific fields.
Adding and Removing Filter Items
By default, filter drop-downs display unique values from the underlying data field. In DXperience v2010 vol 2, we have introduced two new events allowing you to manage these drop-down lists. With these events, you can add or remove items, edit their captions and change their checked state.
Limiting the Number of Series and Points in a Chart Data Source
With this release, DevExpress have added the ability to limit the number of series in the data source passed to the Chart Control, as well as the number of points in a series.
Disabling Specific Customization Form Layouts
You can now specify which Customization Form layouts are available to end-users via the Layout menu.

ASPxHtmlEditor Suite

Image Selector
DevExpress have enhanced the Insert Image and Change Image dialogs with the ability to invoke a Select Image dialog - allowing end-users to manage content images via a point-and-click UI, rather than typing image web addresses manually. Because our new File Manager control is integrated into the Select Image dialog, all file/folder management and upload capabilities are available to you out-of-the-box, with full customization.
Content Validation
This release introduces a comprehensive API enabling you to validate editor content, both on the client and server. Among the newly introduced members are validation events and various settings for a built-in frame that displays validation errors.
Sizing Capabilities and Full-Screen Mode
With this release, end-users can change the ASPxHtmlEditor's size using a size grip. You can opt to disable this feature or specify size limits via the SettingsResize property set. In addition, the DevExpress ASP.NET HTML Editor now offers a full-screen mode option, which makes editing in the Design View easier. When active, the editor's Design View occupies the entire client region of the browser. To activate, end-users can click the corresponding toolbar button or press F11 when the editor has focus.
Custom Dialogs
You can now use any number of custom dialogs in addition to built-in dialogs available within the ASPxHtmlEditor. The editor has been extended with a CustomDialogs collection, allowing you to add and remove custom dialogs at both design and runtime. Collection elements provide a comprehensive API, enabling you to implement fully-featured dialogs with ease.
Client-Side Selection API
The ASPxHtmlEditor now exposes a client-side API, allowing you to access and modify currently selected content - its HTML markup, individual HTML elements (XML DOM nodes) or text. With this API, in-depth selection processing is now a breeze.
Re-Using Customized Dialog Forms
With this release, DevEpxress have simplified the way you apply customized dialog forms. Since dialog forms are now stored as resources within the ASPxHtmlEditor's assembly, they are not added to your web projects by default. To customize them, you need to first add these forms to a web project via a Smart Tag item.

ASPxTreeList Suite

Popup Edit Form
In addition to using the in-line Edit Row and/or built-in Edit Form, Tree List control cell values can now be edited via a fully customizable Popup Edit Form. Though by default it is displayed near the node whose values are currently being edited, you can easily define a custom position and layout of the Popup Edit Form.

ASPxperience Suite

New Control - ASP.NET Tree View
This control allows you to display hierarchical data as a simple tree and can be used to present menu-like information or to iterate through hierarchically organized pages/information structures.
New Control - ASP.NET File Manager
The DevExpress ASP.NET File Manager is an Explorer-like control giving your end-users the ability to manage files and folders. This control allows individuals to easily select files, upload files and change folder structures (by renaming, moving and deleting files or folders). File and folder management capabilities are fully customizable and can be switched off whenever necessary.

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DXperience adds full VS2010 support

Thu, 20 May 2010 10:10:00 GMT

The new Silverlight report viewer and WPF ribbon in DXperience v2010 vol 1.

v2010 vol 1 release adds new WPF ribbon control, report viewers for WPF and Silverlight and ASP.NET MVC Extensions.

DXperience includes all the Developer Express .NET Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Silverlight and WPF components plus IDE tools (CodeRush and Refactor!), eXpress Persistent Objects (a Business Application Framework) and eXpressApp Framework. The Windows forms products are 100% C# based and fully optimized for Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010. With just a couple of mouse clicks you can add navigation and docking facilities using the XtraBars and XtraNavBar suites, provide data browsing and editing by means of the XtraEditors, XtraGrid, XtraTreeList, XtraVerticalGrid suites and enhance your applications with the easy-to-use XtraPrinting Library and XtraReports Suite. WPF components include: DXEditors for WPF, DXGrid for WPF, DXCharts for WPF, DXBars for WPF and DXDocking for WPF. Silverlight components include: AgDataGrid, AgRichEdit, AgLayoutControl, AgControls and AgEditors for Silverlight. The DXperience Enterprise/Universal Subscription includes source code for all Windows Forms and ASP.NET components. Priority technical support is also included.

The following editions are available:

Updates in v2010 vol 1

Full Support for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework Client Profile
NEW WPF Ribbon Control
NEW Chart Types for WPF, WinForms and ASP.NET Charting Controls
NEW Report Viewers for WPF and Silverlight
Office 2010 Skin and Ribbon Style for WinForms
ASP.NET MVC Extensions - including GridView, Menu, Tab Control and NavBar
Filter Builder and Expression Editor for WPF and Silverlight
NEW ASP.NET Captcha and Validation Summary Controls

About Developer Express

DXperience v2009 vol 3 released

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:47:00 GMT

A selection of DXperience controls including Gauge and Gantt chart.

Latest update adds Silverlight subscription, new beta WPF controls and many updates to existing controls.

DXperience subscriptions give you access to a range of Developer Express products including WinForms presentation components, reporting controls, IDE productivity tools and business application frameworks for Visual Studio. Additional services such as priority support and early access to new technologies are also available depending upon subscription level.

The following editions are available:

Updates in v2009 vol 3

DXCharts for WPF

Support for Common DevExpress WPF Visual Themes - added support for standard DevExpress WPF themes. This change allows you to create visually consistent applications when using DevExpress WPF controls. If your application's theme is modified, DXCharts used within your application will be automatically synchronized to match all DevExpress controls used within the project.
Empty Points - Much like the XtraCharts Suite, DXCharts is now capable of processing data points that don't have a corresponding series value. Empty points are displayed either as gaps or as missing bars and points, depending on the series type.
Axis Titles - You can now display text next to chart axes.
Reversed Axes - Toggling this option for any 2D axis will change its direction, so that all corresponding series are also mirrored.
Templates for Axis Labels - You can fully customize the appearance of axis labels.
Custom Draw for Series and Series Points - Two newly introduced custom draw events allow you to modify individual Series and Series Points. For example, the following image demonstrates how to change bar and label color based upon the current series point value.
SeriesPoint.Tag Property - You can now associate any arbitrary object with a series point by placing it into the Tag property. The important fact here is that if you bind a chart to data, you don't need to manually fill the Tag property for all series points. By default, this property contains a reference to the underlying data object (e.g. DataRowView) which corresponds to this series point.
True Date-Time Value Axis - Previously, only numerical Y-axes were supported. With v2009 vol 3 release, you can also display charts with date-time values.

DXGrid for WPF

Best Fit for Columns - The DevExpress WPF Grid can now automatically adjust column width in a Table View to make a cell's contents fully visible wherever possible.
Row Indicator - Table Views now display a row indicator panel. This panel allows end-users to move row focus or select rows. It also indicates whether a row's values are being or have been updated.
Multi-Selection and Clipboard Support -End-users can now select multiple rows or cards by using standard methods such as clicking records while holding the CTRL or SHIFT keys. Data from selected records can then be copied to the Clipboard using standard shortcuts. The data is copied in a TAB separated format that is supported by spreadsheet applications like Microsoft Excel. You can also implement grid-to-grid data transfer via the clipboard by using an event that fires when attempting to paste data into a grid.
Expressions for Unbound Columns - Prior to v2009 vol 3, you needed to write event handlers to supply data for unbound columns. This task has now become much easier with expression support. Much like our WinForms Grid control, you simply specify strings like "[Price] * [Quantity]" so that your unbound column gets its data by performing calculations on other data field values.
Drag and Drop Column Headers to Hide Them -End-users can now hide columns without having to invoke the Field Chooser each time. They can simply drag a column header and if it's dropped far enough from the column header panel, the grid hides the corresponding column.

DXEditors for WPF

New WPF Memo Editor - In this version, the DXEditors Library extends its component list with a MemoEdit control - a dropdown multi-line text editor. This control is best utilized when you need to display memo information within grid cells. In addition to the text input features derived from the TextEdit control, it offers a few features related to multi-line text management.
Window Control - The common controls library now includes a Window control. This is a standard control descendant that features the same behavior and API, so you won't have problems replacing standard windows with our new control. By introducing full support for DevExpress WPF Themes, your title bars and window backgrounds will now match all other DevExpress controls in your application.

WPF Printing and Control Rendering

Automatic Page Numbering - added two new attached properties that indicate the current page number and the total page count. These properties can be visualized by any control in a page header or page footer section thus providing page numbers for your report.
More Options for XPS Exporting - You can now customize how documents printed to XPS. This means that you can specify a page range to be exported, select the compression level, and also specify various attributes of resulting XPS documents.
Print Preview Window Enhancements - several enhancements to the Print Preview window: Page Size specific zoom modes (Page Width, Page Height, Whole Page and Two Pages) update the current zoom factor when resizing the Print Preview window. The status bar includes an editor that displays the current page number and allows you to navigate to a different page.

DXThemeWheel for WPF

If the standard themes shipped with DXperience do not satisfy your business requirements, you can simply use a given theme as a base and then specify color transformations in order to preserve the overall look and feel yet alter the palette used. For instance, all shades of blue in the Office 2007 Blue scheme can be changed to corresponding shades of Pink or Green. These color transformations can be applied using the Color Theme Editor dialog shipped with our WPF Controls. The quickest way to see it in action is to invoke it from the control demos.

Common Changes Across the Entire Silverlight Product Line: Application-Wide Theme Support

This release ships with two themes - one similar to the default appearance of our Silverlight controls and another replicating the Microsoft Office 2007 UI.
You can specify a theme for any container control and propagate the theme to all child controls, unless overridden.
Your applications will be visually consistent even if you use standard Silverlight controls side-by-side with DevExpress components. Skinnable standard controls include: Button, CheckBox, ComboBox, ListBox, RadioButton, ScrollBar, ScrollViewer, Slider, TextBox and ToggleButton.
DevExpress Silverlight themes are extensible, meaning that even if there's no style definition for a control you need to use, you can add that style definition manually, and then re-use it with the theme as required.

AgRichEdit Suite

Bookmarks - Both the AgRichEdit and XtraRichEdit controls allow you to create named bookmarks at the current caret position or based on the current selection. The document stores a list of bookmarks so you can select them as hyperlink targets by choosing the required bookmark from the saved list.
Hyperlink Support - Both WinForms and Silverlight Rich Editors now support hyperlinks. This new features allows you to embed a link to an external resource, such as a file on disk or a web page, or to a bookmark within the current document. The XtraRichEdit provides a complete end-user UI allowing you to create and edit hyperlinks. The current version of AgRichEdit only allows you to handle hyperlinks within code.
Support for Two More Document Formats - Both AgRichEdit and XtraRichEdit can now open and save document in the following formats: OpenDocument Format (.odt), WordprocessingML Format (Microsoft Office 2003 XML format)

AgLayoutControl for Silverlight

Design-Time Support in Blend 3 - XAML can be edited manually, but with this release, AgLayoutControl introduces design-time support for Blend 3 to simplify the design and layout process.

AgControls for Silverlight

Silverlight Tab Control - The Utility Control Library for Silverlight has been extended with a full-featured tab control.

AgEditors for Silverlight

Silverlight and WPF Editors Compatibility -DevExpress Silverlight Editors are now compatible with WPF Editor Controls, which means that you can use the same code when developing cross-platform applications.
New Silverlight Date Picker Control - This control allows end-users to enter dates while using masks to control input. An alternative way to enter dates is using our Windows Vista style dropdown date picker that allows you to browse through months, years or decades.

AgDataGrid for Silverlight

Improved RIA Services Support - Though data connectivity via RIA Services was possible prior to DXperience v2009 vol 3, the bound data grid was completely re-built with every data change. With v2009 vol 3, the AgDataGrid provides improved data update support when using RIA Services. This means that additional coding is no longer necessary and there are no performance issues when working in this data connectivity mode.

XtraCharts Suite

Swift Plot (Quick Line Chart) - This new lightweight view type has been introduced to quickly render charts with a significant number of arguments. It can also be used to create real-time charts with large data changes. These chart types support key features, including trendlines, regression lines, Fibonacci Indicators, secondary axes and multiple panes.
New Models for 3D Bars Representation - You can now choose a model for 3D Bar series representation: Box (default), Cylinder, Cone or Pyramid.

XtraReports Suite

Enhanced Report Designer - Updated themes to make auxiliary elements more subtle. This includes the grid, band headers, resizing grips, selection and focus rectangles. The Toolbox now shows only icons by default, thus providing more space for the design surface. Both left and right margins can now be customized in the editor (only the right margin was previously available). Microsoft Visual Studio style snap lines are now available for easier control alignment.
New Script Editor - Prior to v2009 vol 3, all XtraReports scripts were available via individual properties and were edited in individual popup windows. It was hard to review the entire script code in the editor, hard to navigate between method and maintain common functionality. To overcome these script management issues, this new version introduces a new improved script editor that provides centralized access to all event handlers for your report. To access the new editor, simply click the Scripts tab at the bottom.

XtraPivotGrid and ASPxPivotGrid Suites

Disable Sorting in OLAP Mode - By default, Pivot Grid controls automatically sort field values (row and column headers) in either ascending or descending order. This can be replicated functionality when working with OLAP cubes since they can define their own value order. To handle these instances, our Pivot Grid controls allow you to disable header value sorting thus keeping the value sequence defined by the data source.
Improved Memory Utilization - Previously, our Pivot Grid controls loaded the entire underlying dataset into the memory, regardless of which data needed to be displayed on screen. With this release, only the visible field data is being loaded which dramatically decreases memory consumption, especially for data sources with a large number of data fields (properties).
WinForms Control - Improved Cell Multi-selection - Prior to v2009 vol 3, you could only use this mechanism to add cells to the current selection. This feature now works both ways, allowing you to deselect arbitrary cell blocks.

XtraEditors Library

Automatic Editor Type Switching - With this release, all DevExpress WinForms Editor controls used on a form can be converted to another editor using the dropdown available through the control's smart tag. This procedure automatically preserves the control's size and location so as not to break form layout and copies all common settings and event handlers - freeing you from any manual modifications.

ASPxEditors Library

New ASP.NET Time Editor - This editor looks and behaves like our spin edit control - making it easier to display and edit date and time portions of date values. With integrated keyboard support, there are now 3 different ways to edit values.
New Column Types - Added two column types to our ASP.NET grid controls to simplify editing of color and date-time values. These column types correspond to the new ASP.NET editor controls implemented in this and previous releases.

ASPxperience Suite

New ASP.NET Splitter Control - The ASPxSplitter control allows you to build web interfaces with user-resizable panes. When you place an ASPxSplitter on a web page, you get two container panes separated by a horizontal or vertical splitter. End-users can either drag the splitter to resize the panes or they can use the expand/collapse buttons to temporarily hide the panes they don't need. You can build nested resizable layouts since the ASPxSplitter control maintains a hierarchical splitter pane structure

eXpressApp Framework

EasyTest Script Recorder - EasyTest now ships with a script recorder which keeps track of all actions you perform, and saves them to an EasyTest script file. This feature is available for both WinForms and ASP.NET applications.
Integrated Report Wizard - In this release, the report wizard used in XtraReports is now available to both XAF developers and end-users. The wizard dialog resembles that found in Microsoft Access thus providing a user experience consistent with Office applications.

CodeRush and Refactor! Pro

Unit Test Runner - The CodeRush Unit Test Runner executes your unit tests, navigates through tests, and facilitates test results processing.