DXperience WPF

Add user interface and data manipulation features to your WPF applications. DXperience WPF includes the following products:  Data Grid for WPF (DXGrid), Charting Control for WPF (DXCharts), Toolbar-Menu System for WPF (DXBars), Dock Windows for WPF (DXDocking), Printing-Exporting Library for WPF (DXPrinting), Data Editors for WPF (DXEditors), Navigation Pane for WPF (DXNavBar) and Carousel for WPF (DXCarousel). DXperience WPF includes a grid control with support for table as well as card data layouts, 13 view types for 2D charting, 9 view types for 3D charting, 6 advanced data editors with comprehensive data validation and masked input support, a fully-functional navigation system allowing you to build toolbars, menus, status bars and context menus, a docking window library, three types of navigation bars, including Side Bar, Explorer Bar and Office 2007, data printing and export library supporting over 10 export formats and more.

What’s new in DXperience WPF v2011 vol 1?

.NET Reports: WPF Report Viewer

• Interactive Document Preview
• Searching within the Document Preview
• Report Scaling in Document Preview
• New Zooming Modes

WPF Grid Control

• New View – TreeListView
• Unbound Mode Support
• On-Demand Data Loading in Unbound Mode
• TreeNode Iterator
• Node Images
• Instant Feedback™ UI
• Server Mode Improvements
• Expressions for Unbound Columns in Server Mode
• Group Intervals for DateTime Columns in Server Mode
• Per-Pixel Vertical Scrolling
• Cascading Data Updates Support
• Improved Print Preview
• Searching within the Document Preview
• Report Scaling in Document Preview

New WPF Tree List

• The WPF Tree List is a TreeView-Grid multi-purpose data-aware control that can display information as a TREE, a GRID, or a combination of both - in either data bound or unbound mode.
• Data Presentation Features
• Representation of Hierarchical Data Relationships
• Unbound Mode Support
• View-Based Information Display
• Asynchronous Loading of Visible Nodes
• Design-Time Support
• Tree-Traversal API

WPF Chart Control

• Zooming and Scrolling in 2D Charts
• 4 New Chart Types - Stacked Line, Full-Stacked Line, Step Line and Step Area 2D chart types are now available in the WPF and Silverlight versions of DXCharts.

New WPF Gauge Control

• DXperience v2011 vol 1 includes our newest WPF and Silverlight Control Library – the DXGauges Suite. This initial version ships with two gauge types: Circular and Linear.
• Each gauge type includes all required value indicators: needles or level bars, markers and range bars.
• Built-in Models
• Scale Ranges
• End-User Interaction
• Animations

WPF Ribbon Control

• New WPF BackstageView Control for DXRibbon
• Ribbon Design Time Enhancements

WPF Scheduler Control

• MVVM Support
• Date Navigator
• Resource Navigator Options
• Improved Resource Coloring

WPF Pivot Table Control

• Asynchronous Mode
• Export Performance Enhancements
• Scrolling Performance Enhancements
• Field Value Appearance Customization
• Printed Document Layout Mode Automatic Selection
• Memory Consumption Enhancements
• Unbound Fields
• Collapsed States

WPF Rich Editor Control

• New Rich Edit Document Server
• Mail Merge Enhancements
• Master-Detail Reporting
• Mail Merge Events
• Progress Indication
• Merge Field Mappings
• Automatic Table of Contents
• Document Variables
• DOC File Format Support
• Automatic Correction
• Table API
• Syntax Highlighting
• Line Numbering
• Paste Special

WPF Spell Checker Control

• Hunspell Dictionary Support
• Load Dictionaries On Demand

WPF Form Layout Control

• Runtime Customization Enhancements
• XML persistence

WPF Data Editor Controls

• New Control - Date Navigator
• Navigation Pane
• Three Built-in Selection Modes
• Week Numbers Support
• Holidays and Special Days
• Current Date Indication
• Optional Today Button

What's new in DXperience WPF v2010 vol 2?

• NEW DXScheduler for WPF - DXperience v2010 vol 2 introduces an entirely new product for the WPF platform – The DevExpress WPF Scheduler Control. By leveraging the capabilities of this new library, you can introduce scheduling/calendar functionality to your WPF applications with minimal effort.
• NEW DXRichEdit for WPF - DXperience v2010 vol 2 introduces yet another new DevExpress WPF Control - the WPF Rich Text Editor – allowing you to introduce Microsoft Word like text editing capabilities into your WPF application with ease. The DXRichEdit for WPF provides advanced text formatting capabilities, data merging and table support.
• NEW DXSpellChecker for WPF - The new DXperience WPF Spell Checker Control provides you with a straightforward way in which to add Microsoft Office style spell checking capabilities into your WPF applications and offers you built-in suggestion forms that replicate corresponding forms found in Microsoft Outlook. Because these forms were built using the DevExpress application-wide themes, they will seamlessly integrate into any application powered by DevExpress Control Libraries.

What's new in DXperience v2010 vol 1? - With this release, DevExpress is proud to announce the availability of numerous new WPF controls along with extended features and capabilities across the entire product line, including:

• Full Support for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework Client Profile
• NEW WPF Ribbon Control
• NEW Chart Types for WPF, WinForms and ASP.NET Charting Controls
• NEW Report Viewers for WPF and Silverlight

Changes Across the DevExpress .NET Product Line

• Visual Studio 2010 Support - All DevExpress .NET Products are fully compatible with Visual Studio 2010 and take advantage of the IDE’s new capabilities.

Updates and new features include the following:

• Enhanced Design-Time Experience for WPF and Silverlight Controls - You can also customize WPF and Silverlight controls by simply clicking and dragging internal elements.
• New WPF Project Wizard - The WPF controls now ship with a new DevExpress WPF Application wizard that integrates into Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. The wizard lists DevExpress WPF Products that can be integrated into a new application. You can select the required controls by clicking check boxes next to product names. Most entries also provide a choice of layout styles so you can specify the basic layout that you want to start with.
• Fully Integrated Report Designer and Wizards -The XtraReports Suite fully integrates into Visual Studio 2010 and provides the same Report Designer surface, Toolbars and Dock Windows as those available in previous versions of Visual Studio.
• Client Profile Support  - .NET Framework Client Profile is a lightweight version of the full .NET Framework designed for clients that do not need the entire framework. Visual Studio 2010 creates projects for this version by default and we expect a lot of applications to target this lightweight framework. All DevExpress controls shipped with DXperience v2010 vol 1 fully support the .NET Framework Client Profile (The only exception is the XtraReports End-User Designer).

Report Viewer for WPF

• You can now integrate reports generated with the XtraReports Suite into your WPF application by using our new Report Viewer for WPF.

WPF Grid Control

• Built-in Filter Editor  - You and your end-users can now build complex filter criteria with ease using our WPF filter criteria builder control.
• Expression Editor for Unbound Fields - With this dialog, you can visually build expressions that use field values, constants, numerous predefined functions and operators. These expressions can be used to calculate unbound field values. You can also enable the end-user customization of expressions. Simply activate the appropriate option and the column's header menu will include a link to the Expression Editor.
• Design-Time Enhancements - With this release, the WPF Grid control provides enhanced design-time support within Visual Studio 2010 and Blend. Among these enhancements is the Quick Customization Panel that allows you to quickly access required objects, change view type, populate a view with columns and assign column data editors.
• Hit-Testing Support - You can now use the WPF grid’s API to determine which grid element is located at a specified point on screen. This can be used to provide additional hints within your application, manually process clicks on elements, handle drag and drop operations, etc.

WPF Chart Control

• New Side-By-Side Stacked Bar Series - 2D side-by-side Stacked and side-by-side Full Stacked Bar series are now available.
• Data Binding Enhancements - Series Templates -By creating series templates and specifying the filter field, your data source will automatically be broken down into subsets corresponding to unique values stored in the specified field. For each data subset, the WPF Chart Control will create a series based upon the specified template.
• Chart and Series Titles - An unlimited number of titles can now be created for the diagram or individual series. Titles can include text with basic HTML-style formatting and images.
• Secondary Axes for 2D Charts - Charts display an argument axis and a value axis by default. You can also create as many X and Y axes as needed. Each individual series can use its own axes for visual representation which allows you to visually compare multiple series trends within a single diagram, even if series values differ significantly.
• Strips, Constant Lines, and Custom Axis Labels for 2D Charts - The DevExpress WPF Chart Control can now display Strips and Constant Lines - which are designed to help end-users analyze chart data. Needless to say, you can fully customize the appearance of these elements.

WPF Ribbon & Toolbar-Menu Controls

• WPF Ribbon Control - In this release, DXBars Suite ships with a Microsoft Office style Ribbon control for WPF. The control's feature set is nearly identical to that of its WinForms Ribbon counterpart. By exploiting its advanced features - including Context Tabs or In-Ribbon Galleries - you can deliver navigation systems with a highly effective command layout for enhanced usability.

WPF Pivot Table Control - The WPF Pivot Grid has been significantly enhanced in this release and now mirrors many of the features found in its WinForms and ASP.NET counterparts.

• Data Summary Expression Editor - The WPF and WinForms Pivot Grid Controls can now use the DevExpress Expression Editor to specify summary value calculation formulas. The editor dialog allows you to construct expressions using other summary values. This eliminates the need to write code for complex summary calculation scenarios and also gives end-users control over individual calculations.

WPF Dock Window Library

• Document Groups - Tabbed or Classic MDI -Using the newly implemented DocumentGroup container, you can deliver true MDI interfaces, where documents are represented as floating windows within the parent container. All classic MDI layout features are available to end-users - from maximizing or collapsing windows to automatically arranging them using the Cascade, Vertical Tiling or Horizontal Tiling styles.
• Document Selector - The WPF Docking - Layout Library now ships with a built-in UI for switching between documents and dock windows. End-users can simply press CTRL+TAB to invoke a Document Selector window that lists all available windows with associated thumbnails when list items are hovered.

WPF Form Layout Control

• Tabbed Interface for Layout Groups - You can now use tabbed containers when building form layouts. This functionality is also available to end-users via the Customization dialog. Any parent group can be turned into a tabbed container by using the group's context menu.
• New Layout Elements - Labels, Separators and Empty Space Items - The Customization window's Hidden Items tab now includes three new permanent elements. By using these elements, end-users can create any number of text labels, separators and empty space items. The latter is most helpful when you want to add an empty space to the layout, preventing other controls from occupying specific regions.

WPF Data Editor Controls

• New Control – List Box - The WPF Data Editors Library introduces a new List Box control that can be used as a standard list box, checked list box or a radio group control. This control can be embedded within our container controls like DXGrid for WPF or used on a standalone basis.
• New Control – Multi-Purpose Progress Bar -This new control can be used as a standard or marquee progress bar. Like other DevExpress Data Editors, both standalone and embedded versions are available.
• New Control – Message Box - The DevExpress WPF Editors Library includes a replacement for the standard MessageBox control. With full DevExpress WPF Application Theme support, this new control ensures that the applications you deliver to market are visually consistent.
• Auto-Complete in Combo Box - The WPF Combo Box control now supports an Auto-Complete feature.