DevExpress WPF Releases

Released: Mar 14, 2024

Updates in 23.2.5

Fixes

All WPF products

  • CachedReportSource - Document recreation does not update Single File export.
  • Calculated Fields - Functions are not used in lookup parameters.
  • End-User Report Designer for WPF doesn't load the Data Federation data source from a REPX file when German regional settings are applied on Microsoft Windows.
  • Report Designer - Some "OUTPUT" SP parameters are visible in the wizard (Microsoft SQL Server).
  • Report Designer for WPF - Appearance settings of XRCrossBand Controls are reset...

Released: Feb 1, 2024

Updates in 23.2.4

Fixes

All WPF products

  • End-User Report Designer - NullReference exception is thrown after defining a watermark.
  • End-User Report Designer for WPF:
    • Buttons are missing in the report header panel when the VS2019Blue theme with the Navy palette is applied.
    • It is not possible to add a report control to the Page Footer band when any LightWeight theme is enabled.
    • Localization Editor can't import localization strings from a CSV file.
    • Script Editor uses an incorrect foreground color when any dark theme...

Released: Dec 13, 2023

Updates in 23.2.3

Features

  • Added Microsoft .NET 8 support.
  • You can now identify and localize non-translated strings in your DevExpress-powered .NET apps.
  • Introduced a new Clipboard Access Policy that allows you to control (allow or disallow) clipboard-related operations initiated by users when using DevExpress UI controls in Windows Forms and WPF applications.
  • Lightweight Themes
    • Lightweight themes were first introduced in June 2023 as a Community Technology Preview (CTP). This update marks their official release...

Released: Oct 19, 2023

Updates in 23.1.6

Fixes

All WPF products

  • Async Document Creation - XRSubreport query parameters are not updated.
  • Document Preview for WPF - Stop button is not shown in the Progress bar.
  • DocumentPreviewControl - DateEdit breaks during zooming.
  • End-User Report Designer - InvalidOperationException is thrown when XRCrossTab is added outside the report area.
  • Expression for the Foreground property does not work correctly with a "null" value.
  • NullReferenceException occurs in the NonVisualElementsSelectionAdorner...

Released: Sep 4, 2023

Updates in 23.1.5

Fixes

All WPF products

  • CreateDocument - Performance degradation occurs while sorting a large report by a nested calculated field.
  • DocumentPreviewControl shows an empty window when certain themes are used.
  • It is impossible to open a report in Microsoft Visual Studio Report Designer if the GenerateAssemblyInfo parameter is set to "False".
  • Report Designer - "Manage Queries" dialog doesn't show query-related buttons.
  • Report Designer Analyzer - A false positive XRE023 when XRCrossTab parameters are...

Released: Jul 21, 2023

Updates in 23.1.4

Fixes

All WPF

  • BackstagePrintPreview is not displayed in v23.1.3.
  • CachedReportSource with Skia - Unexpected implementation type while accessing XtraReport.Watermark.
  • Cross Tab Report Wizard - The "Field Name" property is reset after setting "Sort Order".
  • DocumentPreviewControl shows an empty window when certain themes are used.
  • Export to PDF - Incorrect Unicode mapping for the Hiragino Kaku Gothic font.
  • ExportToPdf - Font Fallback - The StackOverFlow exception is thrown on exporting a report with...

Released: Jun 14, 2023

Updates in 23.1

Features

Main features

  • New Step Progress Bar control.
  • New Date Range control.
  • Grid - Search/Filter controls in column headers.
  • Performance Enhancements/Lightweight Themes - Faster app startup and view switch, lower memory use, optimized shell dialogs.

Startup and Memory Optimization

  • Themes - Optimized the existing application themes for better performance and less memory consumption. Themes now load fewer XAML resources, which reduces memory consumption by 15-30% and speeds up application...

Released: Apr 27, 2023

Updates in 22.2.6

Fixes

All WPF products

  • End-User Report Designer for WPF - Invalid SQL query crashes the application.
  • Microsoft Visual Studio Report Designer (Microsoft .NET Core) - Adding a custom XRPictureBox throws an invalid cast error.
  • WPF Report Designer:
    • Binding Mode - The "Invalid property path" exception occurs when adding a new parameter.
    • Resizing XRControls using 'Shift+ Arrow' does not work.
  • WPF Viewer - ArgumentNullException occurs when copying values from XRCrossTab.
  • XtraReport:
    • A Binding...

Released: Mar 30, 2023

Updates in 22.2.5

Fixes

All WPF products

  • An extra blank page may be inserted into a report's document in certain cases.
  • DetailBand.FillEmptySpace - Generation of empty bands stops after a subreport (XRSubreport) is added.
  • Document Viewer - Bar item icons are missing when CommandBarStyle is set to "Bars".
  • DocumentPreviewControl - NullReference exception is thrown on changing the currently opened report in the drill-through usage scenario.
  • End-User Report Designer for WPF:
    • System.ArgumentException is thrown when...

Released: Jan 27, 2023

Updates in 22.2.4

Fixes

All WPF products

  • BackstagePrintPreview - The document is not printed on an attempt to print it more than once.
  • End-User Report Designer - An exception occurs on invoking a Filter String editor if the editor contains special characters.
  • Export to DOCX - "Can't finish story here" exception occurs after updating to DevExpress.Drawing.
  • Export to HTML - Watermark is covered by report controls.
  • Query Builder - The JOIN and CreateTable functions are missing from the "Expression Editor" dialog...