DevExpress ASP.NET adds Spreadsheet Protection

Obscure data or formulas and prevent users from viewing or making changes to data.
December 5, 2014
Feature Release

DevExpress ASP.NET is a multi-purpose toolset that includes ASP.NET and MVC controls for navigation, data editing, file management, image selection, reporting and charting. Create compelling business solutions that emulate the look and capabilities of Microsoft Outlook and present data to your end users in an easy-to-use and customizable way.

Updates in 14.2.3

  • Adaptive Chart Element Layout - Hide chart elements (legends, titles, axes) and change element position automatically for more effective visual presentation of data.
  • Chart Text Annotations - You can now use HTML tags in the annotation's Text property.
  • Dynamic Chart Customization - Once a chart is created, end-users can customize its settings (type, layout, styles, underlying data range, etc.) via the built-in context menu.
  • New Excel Data Export Engine - The Grid control uses a new, more powerful Excel data export engine. Both the performance and memory usage of this new engine has been significantly improved.
  • Spreadsheet Protection - Obscure data or formulas and prevent users from viewing or making changes to data.
  • Spreadsheet Printing - Print workbook contents via a built-in Ribbon UI.
  • Spreadsheet Text Search - Easily locate data within any worksheet.
  • Fullscreen Mode - With this release, the DevExpress ASP.NET Spreadsheet Control can be maximized to occupy the browser's entire client region.
  • Ribbon Dialog Box Launcher - An arrow icon (dialog box launcher) is displayed at the bottom right corner of a ribbon group, allowing you to implement the desired functionality whenever the icon is clicked.
  • Ribbon Drop-Down Toggle Button - This release includes a ribbon drop-down button with toggle functionality.
  • Pivot Grid Server Mode for LINQ and Entity Framework - Designed to work with large datasets consisting of more than 200,000 records.
  • Pivot Grid Virtual Scrolling - The built-in pager is replaced by a scrollbar to dynamically load data and switch to the corresponding page.
  • Add Media Content - The ASP.NET HTML Editor allows you to insert several media objects into content including Video, Audio, Flash or YouTube videos.
  • Scheduler Full Week View - The Full Week view displays appointments for all days within a specific week. It is designed to replace the current Week view and allows you to specify the first day of the week.
  • Scheduler Time Zones - Time Zones now rely on information provided by the .NET Framework. Proprietary methods used to obtain time zone information have been deprecated.
  • Binary Image Control - Resize and crop images on the server, significantly reducing the amount of data sent to the client.
  • Support for Cloud Providers - Three new file system providers for today's most popular cloud services: Amazon Web Services, Azure and Dropbox.
  • ASP.NET Adaptive Panels - With this release, you can build adaptive web pages using the Web panel control.

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.

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