Released: Jun 24, 2021

Updates in 21.1.4

Fixes

All WinForms products

• Changes made to static XRRichText are lost upon opening a localizable report.
• Complex Grouping in Reports - The NullReference exception occurs at DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Native.HeaderFriendsHelper.CollectFriends.
• End-User Report Designer: The XRChart FilterString Editor appears behind the Series Collection Editor.
• Expression Editor - Real field names are shown instead of display names.
• How to apply localization to data-bound controls in the Report Header band.
• Incorrect Unicode mapping in a report PDF generated by Linux.
• New palettes do not appear in the palette's dropdown unless you set them as a default palette in the Project Settings page.
• No schema is serialized for an Object Data Source with a parameter of type IEnumerable<T>.
• NullReference exception occurs when pressing the down arrow key in TimeSpanEdit's popup form.
• Report Designer - Duplicated items in XRChart's smart tag.
• Report scripts stop working when report controls have links to script functions that do not exist in the script code block after upgrading to 21.1.
• ShowRibbonPreview does not minimize the ribbon.
• Skin Editor - The currently applied palette is reset when clicking outside TileNavPane.
• SkinEditor - The Preview Section layout is broken when the editor is scaled to another DPI value.
• Template Gallery - BC30420 'Sub Main' was not found in 'application' error occurs when a new Microsoft .NET Core 3.1 Visual Basic .NET project is created.
• The Parameters panel is not shown in a report preview when the CreateDocumentAsync method is used.
• The XRSubreport control may render incorrect data if the ReportSourceRowCount property is used.
• WidgetView - The Designer does not allow applying changes to the Column/Row Length property in Table layout mode.
• XtraReport - Enabling GroupHeaderBand.PrintAcrossBands breaks summary calculation.

Coded UI

• RecentItemControl - It is not possible to detect controls inside RecentItemControl using the Coded UI.

Data Access Library

• The Criteria editor doesn't allow entering a correct criterion.
• The Expression Editor throws an exception on displaying a custom function.

MVVM Framework

• IDocument.Content is null until the document is shown.
• MVVM SetBinding snippet for "Format Bound Values" in the online documentation does not work.

PDF Viewer

• DirectX Rendering - A page that contains an image with a degenerate transformation matrix cannot be rendered correctly.
• Find Panel exceeds the borders of the form since its minimum width is too large.
• PdfViewer: The find panel doesn't span the width of its owner window.
• Usability - Update the Find dialog's message about finishing the search.

Snap

• Export to PDF - ArgumentException is thrown on an attempt to export a document that contains comments.

XtraBars Suite

• A panel disappears if it's docked to TabbedView after restoring an old layout.
• AccordionControl - Custom filter control doesn't work in HamburgerMenu in the Overlay or Minimal view.
• AccordionControl - NullReferenceException is thrown when filtering if AccordionControlSeparator is added.
• INotifyPropertyChanged.PropertyChanged event leads to InvalidOperationException when PropertyGridControl is located on a BackStageView.
• RecentPinItem does not take Appearances.DescriptionNormal.VAlignment into account.
• RepositoryItemLookUpEdit value can be null even if the AllowNullInput option is disabled.
• RibbonControl - NullReferenceException is thrown in the DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon.ViewInfo.RibbonViewInfo.CalcDefaultPageHeaderTopIndent method.
• RibbonControl - Switching to BackstageView is sluggish on high-resolution monitors.
• RibbonControl - The TypeInitializationException occurs in DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon.ViewInfo.TabletModeHelper on Microsoft Windows 7.
• RibbonSimplePad - A BackstageView form is enlarged when moved to another screen in the maximized state.
• SkinPaletteRibbonGalleryBarItem resets its original Caption to the name of the currently applied skin palette.
• TabbedView - A float form is flickering when multiple documents are docked.
• TabPane - No confirmation is displayed when deleting a page.
• The "Add Category" button is overlapped when the form does not have enough space.
• Unable to set an Accessible Name for a GalleryItem.

XtraCharts Suite

• ChartControl displays the "Increase the chart size to view its layout" message when the Pane Layout is incorrectly customized.
• ChartControl labels are not scaled in Per-Monitor V2 DPI mode when moving the window from one screen to another with a different DPI setting.
• Export to SVG - A point series label is clipped when certain fonts are used.
• Series Filter is incorrectly applied for a specific data source type.

XtraEditors Library

• A part of a symbol can be selected/removed when the UseAdvancedTextEdit option is enabled.
• Context Button - A context button is not displayed in a light hue if disabled.
• Dragging a tab leads to flickering and an incorrect drop position if tab header docking areas of two forms overlap.
• Editors in Advanced Mode clear text with Polish keyboard combination ALT+A.
• FlyoutPanel - A panel has an incorrect size when shown for the first time.
• GridLookUpEdit is not filtered in certain situations after it was cleared via the Ctrl+Del key combination.
• GroupControl is resized incorrectly when the AutoSize property is set to True.
• LookUpEdit - Separate symbols are not highlighted when searching items using the AutoComplete feature in Hebrew.
• MemoEdit - Scrollbar does not work when Advancedmode is enabled and ScrollUIMode is not Desktop.
• PictureEdit - ContextButtons do not take the AppearanceHover.FontStyleDelta property into account when calculating the context button size.
• RepositoryItemLookUpEdit value can be null even if the AllowNullInput option is disabled.
• SvgImageBox - ArgumentException occurs when loading an SVG image from another assembly.
• TextEdit descendants throw an exception at design time when a culture is set for their mask.
• TextEdit throws System.NullReferenceException when Properties.ContextImageOptions.Image has an image.
• TextEdit throws TypeInitializationException when a mask is changed.
• The EntryPointNotFoundException exception occurs when using PictureEdit and DirectX rendering.
• TimeSpanEdit - Setting the MinValue property does not change the current EditValue if MinValue is bigger than EditValue.
• TimeSpanEdit shows invalid values in a popup.
• TokenEdit - The popup form has an incorrect width when the DropDownShowMode property is set to Microsoft Outlook.
• WaitForm's loading image is incorrectly scaled on monitors with 150% scaling.
• XtraLayout Control Demo - Text in editors is cut off on screens with high DPI.
• XtraMessageBox - Layout is incorrect when using RTL mode.

XtraGantt

• CustomDrawTask doesn't offer API to paint the task split area.
• The TaskFinishModificationEventArgs.CurrentTaskFinish property value is incorrectly calculated in Manual mode.
• Various visual artifacts appear in PrintPreview when nodes have different heights.
• GanttControl does not have a way to get data about split ranges.
• How to print custom figures and text in the Gantt control.

XtraGrid Suite

• A GDI leak occurs when the advanced TextEdit mode is used for inplace editors.
• GridView - A column edit's mask is lost when export to Microsoft Excel is performed via PrintableComponentLink.
• If a column in Grid is formated using the P2 mask, the column's values are multiplied by 100 when Grid is exported to Excel.
• In-place PictureEdit - Two clicks on a cell are required to raise the ContextButtonClick event.
• NullReferenceException is thrown when GridView that contains HTML text is exported to Excel and RawDataMode is enabled.
• The color of a column affects checkboxes from another column if the AllowHtmlDrawHeaders option is enabled in certain skins.
• TileView - Context Button disappears when its visibility is set to "Auto" and the BindingList.ResetBindings method is called.
• Win App Driver / Inspect cannot recognize whether there is a validation error icon in a cell with a drop-down control.

XtraLayout Suite

• DataLayout - Bindings are missing when the Designer is closed and then opened again.
• A removed group is still available in the Hidden Items tab.
• A splitter disappears after it is collapsed and restored.
• LayoutItems are highlighted with the HotTrack feature even if the mouse cursor is positioned above a popup form.

XtraPivotGrid Suite

• Pivot Grid cannot be scrolled horizontally using a trackpad or a horizontal mouse wheel.
• PivotGridControl does not store the row area width in layout data with the Compact Layout Type when RowTotalsLocation is set to Tree.

XtraPrinting Library

• The "The document does not contain any pages" message is not shown in the Print Preview.

XtraRichEdit

• The "The 'ds:schemaRefs' start tag on line 2 position 146 does not match the end tag of 'ds:datastoreItem'. Line 2, position 284." exception is thrown on an attempt to open a certain document.
• Import from RTF - Application hangs when loading a document if RichEditControl's size is too small to display content.
• Tables - A table is sized incorrectly after text is inserted into its cells.
• The font selected in the Font dialog isn't selected in the Symbol form on customizing the bullet appearance.
• The formatting of the Table of Contents is incorrect after a field update.
• UI - Specific forms have the XtraLayout.AllowCustomization property enabled.

XtraScheduler Suite

• Resources are not synchronized with rows in the ResourcesTree control when it uses custom sorting.
• TargetInvocationException is thrown when an appointment is moved or resized.
• TimeRegions are displayed for all days in WeekView and MonthView.
• SchedulerControl is not synchronized with ResourceTree when the resource visibility is changed.
• The translation of Calendar ZoomIn/ZoomOut is missing.
• Microsoft Visual Studio crashes when UserControl with SchedulerControl is opened at design time.

XtraSpreadsheet

• "'DevExpressXtraSpreadsheetServices::OfficeChartsExtensions' has already been imported from another assembly..." warning is shown when building a C++ project that references DevExpress.Docs.v21.1.dll and DevExpress.XtraSpreadsheet.v21.1.dll.
• Charts - SpreadsheetControl ignores a custom font color for data labels.
• Microsoft Excel crashes with an "Index out of range" error after pasting a cell copied from SpreadsheetControl if this cell uses list data validation.
• Charts are incorrectly imported when opening a certain Excel file.
• The column width is not adjusted to match the content if the "Percentage" format is applied via a ribbon item.
• SpreadsheetControl doesn't insert the pre-calculated formula value during copy-paste if the Manual calculation mode is turned on.
• The spreadsheet view is scrolled to the top row when a cell in a frozen pane is activated.

XtraTreeList Suite

• In-place PictureEdit - Two clicks on a cell are required to raise the ContextButtonClick event.
• TreeList is collapsed when changing underlying data.
• KeepSelectedOnClick does not work and the CellValueChanging event is only raised on the second click in v21.1.
• Node.GetValue and Node.SetValue don't work in the ValidateNode event handler if the node is added using NewItemRow.
• TreeList is not initially visible on the form when the XtraForm.DisableFormShowHelper property is set to False.

XtraVerticalGrid Suite

• Context Button - A context button is not displayed in a light hue if disabled.
• In-place PictureEdit - Two clicks on a cell are required to raise the ContextButtonClick event.
• PictureEdit - A tooltip is shown for hidden context buttons in in-place mode.
• PropertyGrid - Rows in the Microsoft Office view aren't sorted alphabetically initially.
• PropertyGridControl - Text is not scaled in PerMonitor V2 mode.
• PropertyGridControl doesn't allow setting an object property to a string when the default data type is boolean.