Released: Dec 2, 2015

Updates in this release

Updates in 15.2.3

New Controls

• WPF Camera Control - Display a video stream from a webcam device and take a snapshot.
• WPF Clipboard Manager - Copy data from DevExpress Grid and TreeList Controls to MS Word, Excel and Outlook while preserving original formatting.
• WPF TreeMap Control - Visualize flat or hierarchically structured data using nested rectangles that are sized and ordered by a quantitative variable.

Enhancements

WPF Grid Control

• Partial Data Grouping - This new option allows you to display group rows with two or more data rows. If a group row contains only a single data row, it is not displayed.
• Inline Data Editing Form - The DevExpress WPF Grid now makes it easier for your end-users to edit data within the Grid.
• Marquee Record Selection - A quick and easy way to select a range of rows/cells.
• Group Row Template Optimization - Now includes group row templates that make content rendering and scrolling significantly faster.
• Grid-Based Report Generation - With only a few lines of code, you can invoke the DevExpress WPF Report Designer from the Grid Control and create reports based on its data.

WPF Chart Control

• New Financial Indicators - This release ships with the following new financial indicators: AverageTrueRange, CommodityChannelIndex, DetrendedPriceOscillator, MassIndex, MedianPrice, MovingAverageConvergenceDivergence, RateOfChange (Momentum), RelativeStrengthIndex, StandardDeviation, StochasticIndicator, TripleExponentialMovingAverage (TEMA), TripleExponentialMovingAverage (TriX), TypicalPrice, VolatilityChaikins, WeightedClose and WilliamsR.
• Performance Enhancements - Display large volumes of data (up to one million items) using Lines and Areas series with no performance loss.

WPF Data Layout Control

• Filtering UI - Generate a filter UI based on attribute settings.

WPF Editors

• Server Mode for ComboBoxEdit, LookUpEdit, ListBoxEdit - ComboBoxEdit, LookUpEdit and ListBoxEdit now support server-side data processing.
• Incremental Search for ComboBoxEdit, ListBoxEdit - The DevExpress WPF ComboBox and ListBox Editors now support incremental search.
• Take Pictures with Your Webcam - The WPF Image Editor includes a 'Take Snapshot' button allowing users to capture a picture from a webcam and display it in the control.
• Standalone Button Controls - This release ships with the following new button controls: Simple Button, Drop-down Button and Split Button.

WPF Map Control

• Data Clustering - You can now aggregate data using the DevExpress Map Control's clustering methods.
• Vector Data Export/Import Enhancements - Import SVG vector graphics and export its vector data to KML, SVG and Shapefiles.

WPF PDF Viewer

• Open/Save Attachments - You can now open and/or save attachments as needed.

WPF Property Grid Control

• Performance Optimizations - Rows and editors are now rendered using lightweight templates.

WPF Rich Editor Control

• Custom Draw Using Layout API - You can now draw lines, shapes and text above, below or in place of page elements.
• Nested Comments - Comments and replies are grouped and displayed as a conversation.
• Improved PDF Export - Export to PDF algorithms have been optimized. It's now twice as fast and consumes 30% less memory.

WPF Scheduler Control

• Time Indicator - The Scheduler now indicates current time.
• Time Zone Information for Each Appointment - You can now associate time zones with individual appointments.

WPF Spreadsheet Control

• Pivot Tables - Analyze, categorize and summarize large volumes of data within a worksheet.
• Copy/Paste Enhancements - Clipboard operations now support BIFF8.
• API Enhancements - Create a pivot table from a cell range or a PivotTable cache, modify and remove existing pivot tables.

WPF Tab Control

• Pinned Tabs - End-users can now pin and unpin tabs in Stretch View.

WPF Application Themes

• New Office 2016 Inspired Themes - This release ships with the following Office 2016 inspired themes: Office 2016 Black Theme, Office 2016 White Theme, Office 2016 Colorful Theme.