Released: Dec 5, 2014

Updates in this release

Updates in 14.2.3

• Rating Control - Allow your end-users to provide feedback and rate content.
• TimeSpan Editor - A touch-friendly control designed to simplify the way in which users specify time spans/ranges.
• SQL Data Access Component - Access SQL databases, configure data connection settings and bind to DevExpress WinForms data aware controls.
• Layout Workspace Manager - A centralized mechanism to save/restore Bar Manager, Ribbon, Navigation Bars, Document and Dock Manager layouts.
• Windows 8 Inspired Grid TileView - Designed to augment the capabilities of the existing Card View and deliver a unique UI presentation option.
• Excel Inspired Conditional Formatting - The WinForms Data Grid now supports conditional formatting for individual data cells.
• Use Advanced UI Controls within Grid Cells - You can now embed custom cell editors within the WinForms Data Grid.
• Asynchronous Image Loading - To improve performance when using the WinExplorer View, images are now loaded asynchronously in a background thread.
• Adaptive Chart Element Layout - Hide chart elements (legends, titles, axes) and change element positions automatically for a more effective visual presentation of data.
• Chart Text Annotations - You can now use HTML tags in the annotation's Text property.
• Mail Merge Data Source Wizard - Connect to various data source types (Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Entity Framework) and save the template with the bound data source to a file (XLS/XLSX format).
• New Gauge Elements - Two new visual elements are now available including Image Indicator and State Image Indicator
• Map Preview - A Mini Map (inset) can be displayed on the map control.
• SQL Geometry Support - The DevExpress WinForms Map Control can now display vector map data stored using SQL Geometry.
• New Map Projections - Map projections can be used to display vector maps.
• Printing and Data Export - The Layout Control includes an improved printing experience by using page space more efficiently. It now arranges controls one after another, side-by-side within a column or a row.
• Windows 8 Inspired Search Panel - Introduce intuitive search capabilities within your applications.
• Colored Widgets - You can now draw widget borders and headers using custom colors.
• WinForms PDF Viewer - Populate existing AcroForms (interactive forms) using the DevExpress WinForms PDF Viewer.