ExpressNavigationPack Lanzamientos

Accessibility, Microsoft UI Automation, and Keyboard Navigation Enhancements

• VCL Data Editors: DevExpress added UI Automation support for more in-place and standalone editors. Al newly supported editors allow you to customize UI automation node settings accessible via the Properties.Automation property.

High DPI and Rendering/Performance

• Form resize performance on Windows 11 and WXI Compact is now 30 - 35% better for TdxRibbonForm (with rounded corners and other default settings).
• Optimized skinned forms and vector-based UI elements. As a result, the Mail Client demo forms are rendered 10 - 20% faster.
• The new TdxWindowFrame shadow behaves like the native OS shadow, but is up to 10x faster compared to the previous implementation. It includes an expanded resize zone, distinct rendering for active and inactive forms and is always applied on Windows 11 (and on Windows 10 for forms with square corners).

Fluent UI Support

• VCL Layout Control - Rounded Mode
  • The DevExpress Layout Control can now render rounded corners and padding around individual UI elements (layout groups and embedded controls) whenever the WXI or WXI Compact skin is used.

VCL Template Kit

• v26.1 ships with a VCL Template Kit designed to quickly create common application types and frequently used UI forms. The Template Kit includes both project and form templates, allowing you to scaffold complete applications or add new forms and modules to existing projects. Like its DevExpress .NET counterpart, the VCL Template Kit addresses typical business usage scenarios (such as data-centric forms, master-detail layouts, and common navigation patterns).
• Available App Generation Options
  • VCL Application Builder: Allows you to build modular/multi-view applications from scratch - from selecting the desired navigation structure to adding one or more views with pre-configured DevExpress UI controls based on project requirements.
  • Toolbar/UI Application Templates: Generate a pre-configured blank form with a Ribbon or Toolbar UI, ready for integration with a DevExpress UI control.
  • UI Control-Specific Templates: Generate fully-functional app projects with a Ribbon UI/Navigation Bar and an integrated DevExpress UI control (BI Dashboard Viewer, Rich Text Editor, Spreadsheet, Scheduler, etc.).
  • Form Creation Templates: Add a pre-configured form with a Ribbon/Toolbar UI and a DevExpress UI control to an existing app project.

VCL BBCode-Inspired Rich Text Formatting Support

• Hints in BBCode-Formatted Text
  • You can now add hints to BBCode-formatted text using the new HINT markup tag. The tag can be combined with hyperlinks (to redefine hyperlink hints) and other markup tags.

RAD Studio v13.1 Support

• The most recent release (VCL v26.1.2+) officially supports recent versions of RAD Studio (Delphi 13.1 and C++Builder 13.1 for both 32-bit and 64-bit compilers).
• Native Windows on ARM Compiler (Arm64EC)
  • Windows ARM 64-bit support (introduced in RAD Studio 13.1) is available as a Community Technology Preview in the v26.1 release cycle. The ARM support includes installer and IDE integration along with basic/manual tests of the demos and internal apps.

ExpressBars Suite

• TdxRibbonStatusBar can be drawn incorrectly on a child MDI form.

ExpressEditors Library

• Shell Controls - Access Violation error may occur in the TdxCustomFileDialogHelper.SelectionChange method.
• TcxCustomButton.WMLButtonDblClk- LPARAM parameter is built incorrectly.

ExpressSkins Library

• Cxlookandfeels namespace reference has an incorrect letter case in the dxSettings.cpp file in C++Builder projects.
• Maximized MDI Child inherited from TdxForm is truncated.
• Maximized skinned form's client area is truncated if its BorderStyle is bsSingle.
• Skinned form shadow flickers when the window loses focus.

ExpressBars Suite

• Access Violation error occurs on an attempt to close MDIChild if forms are TdxRibbonForm descendants.
• TdxBarManager - Access Violation error occurs on deleting an item in the Customization Form.

ExpressEditors Library

• It is not possible to select specific controls in a disabled TdxLayoutItem at design time in RAD Studio 11 Alexandria or newer.
• Skinned form with bsDialog border style has graphic artifacts in the caption when running on Windows 10.
• WXI - Calendar's selected date uses the same color as today's date.

ExpressLayout Control

• It is not possible to select specific controls in a disabled TdxLayoutItem at design time in RAD Studio 11 Alexandria or newer.

ExpressSkins Library

• Skinned form with bsDialog border style has graphic artifacts in the caption when running on Windows 10.
• Skinned form's resize grip is too small when an application runs in the Remote Desktop Environment.
• WXI - Calendar's selected date uses the same color as today's date.

ExpressBars Suite

• IDE freezes when attempting to assign a toolbar to TdxStatusBarPanel at design time if it is already assigned to QuickAccessToolbar.

ExpressEditors Library

• Down state is displayed as enabled for disabled TcxButton.
• Spelling Dialog does not display a previous word when the Undo Last button is pressed.
• cxImageComboBox - Images are stretched horizontally if the Properties.ShowDescriptions property is set to False.
• dxColorEdit - Editor shows a number if ColorValue is set to clNone.
• dxShellDialogs - Access Violation error may occur in TdxfrmCommonFileDialog.StoreExpandedState in specific environments.

ExpressSkins Library

• "Error *.rc 1 1: Expecting resource name or resource type name" occurs when a skin is being built and the "Beta: Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support" Windows option is enabled.
• Down state is displayed as enabled for disabled TcxButton.
• MDI child form's increase causes visual artifacts if the skin controller's FormCorners property is set to fcSmallRounded or fcRounded and the application runs under Windows 11.
• Unsupported definitions are generated for a custom skin.

ExpressBars Suite

• IDE freezes when attempting to assign a toolbar to TdxStatusBarPanel at design time if it is already assigned to QuickAccessToolbar.

ExpressEditors Library

• Down state is displayed as enabled for disabled TcxButton.
• Spelling Dialog does not display a previous word when the Undo Last button is pressed.
• cxImageComboBox - Images are stretched horizontally if the Properties.ShowDescriptions property is set to False.
• dxColorEdit - Editor shows a number if ColorValue is set to clNone.
• dxShellDialogs - Access Violation error may occur in TdxfrmCommonFileDialog.StoreExpandedState in specific environments.

ExpressSkins Library

• "Error *.rc 1 1: Expecting resource name or resource type name" occurs when a skin is being built and the "Beta: Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support" Windows option is enabled.
• Down state is displayed as enabled for disabled TcxButton.
• MDI child form's increase causes visual artifacts if the skin controller's FormCorners property is set to fcSmallRounded or fcRounded and the application runs under Windows 11.
• Unsupported definitions are generated for a custom skin.