DevExpress WinForms adds Grid TileView

DevExpress WinForms includes 130+ controls which help you emulate the UI of today's most popular productivity apps. Whether you need to reproduce the look and feel of Microsoft Office or to deliver data mining and decision support systems for your enterprise, DevExpress libraries have been built to help you intuitively present data to your end-users in the shortest possible time.

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.

About DevExpress (Developer Express)

DevExpress (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.