Accessibility support remains a high priority here at DevExpress. In our v.23.2 release lifecycle, we focused on accessibility at the control level and to producing more accessible content (PDF documents generated by DevExpress Reports). We enhanced accessible tags in exported PDF documents (compatible with the PDF/UA and PDF/A-1a, 2a or 3a specification), so screen readers can recognize the semantic tree of the document. With XRAccessibleRole you can now define UI element roles in the exported PDF document. These roles are used by assistive technologies. Sup ..read more

In the late 80s, physicist Tim Berners-Lee created the first prototype of HTML - a unified format designed to share documents between researchers. Since then, HTML adoption has grown exponentially, and is now used in browsers, email clients, and CMS systems. Needless to say, rich content stored in HTML format is used across the web and within applications able to render HTML. Thanks to its versatility, HTML is now ubiquitous.  If HTML editing is important to your mobile development strategy, the DevExpress .NET MAUI HTML Edit Control can help you incorpo ..read more

As you may already know, we are a couple of months away from our next major update (v24.1). This post describes a few XAF-related features we expect to ship in early June and details what’s inside our Early Access Preview build (for additional information on what you can expect, refer to our June 2024.1 roadmap). As you will see below, XAF key focus areas will continue to remain Blazor, Entity Framework Core, Security and .NET 8. One of XAF’s core development pillars is Low-Code/No-Code .NET application development (for Web, Desktop and APIs simultaneous ..read more

Why Node.js and WebAssembly? Customizing DevExpress Reports (within a back-end application) may present unique challenges to front end-web developers new to .NET. In this post, we'll show you how the integration of .NET and WebAssembly can help address these challenges and enhance overall app security/performance. The conventional approach to report development/customization requires expertise in .NET and related languages...but WebAssembly eliminates this requirement. By running .NET applications in a WASM environment, developers can integrate interactive reports into Node.js application ..read more

In this post, I'll describe TypeScript-related enhancements introduced in our last two major updates (v23.1 and v23.2). Should you have questions about these new capabilities, please submit a ticket via the DevExpress Support Center. We'll be happy to follow-up. All Frameworks You can now import all required types directly from framework-specific packages. You no longer need to import types from a separate `devextreme` package. Before import { ColumnChooserMode } from 'devextreme/common/grids'; import DataGrid from 'devextreme-react/data-grid'; After import DataGrid, { DataGr ..read more

As you may already know, we are a couple of months away from our next major update (v24.1). This post describes a few VCL-related features we expect to ship in early June and details what’s inside our Early Access Preview build (for additional information on what you can expect, refer to our Mid-Year 2024.1 roadmap).  Active VCL Subscribers can download our most recent EAP builds using the DevExpress Download Manager.  You can also download our EAP demos using this link at your convenience. If you are using a trial, and want to try t ..read more

Microsoft BUILD will be happening May 21-23, 2024 in Seattle! And... we are so excited to let you all know that we will be back IN PERSON this year!! Please stop by our Expert Meet-Up Space if you are in the Partner HUB between sessions. I will be there, as well as our CTO Julian Bucknall and our Client Services Guru, Areg Yeghnazar. We can answer questions, show off demos, or just give you one of our iconic 'I'd Rather Be Coding' stickers.  We will be directly inside the main entrance to the HUB- just walk through the doors and take a sharp left if you want to stop by and chat ..read more

Processing documents on different platforms can be challenging, especially when dealing with fonts that are not universally available across all machines/operating systems. Needless to say, missing fonts can introduce inconsistencies (affecting reports, Word documents, and PDF files) when users create and exchange documents via email or within an app itself. For the best possible user experience, it is essential to address font-related issues within Blazor WebAssembly and .NET MAUI apps. The underlying challenges are well known: Blazor WebAssembly doesn't offer direct access to system fonts, a ..read more

We expect to ship our next major .NET MAUI update (v24.1) in a couple of months. This post outlines the features available in our early access preview (EAP) build and documents features included in our minor update (v23.2.5). Early Access Preview (v24.1) If you expect to use our EAP, make certain to check the “Include prerelease” option within NuGet's Package Manager to access early access preview features. Early Access and CTP builds are provided solely for early testing purposes and are not ready for production use. This build can be installed side by side with other major versions of ..read more

What Will Change in v24.1 In our v24.1 release cycle (set to ship in June 2024), the following DevExpress products will use Microsoft’s System.Text.Json instead of Newtonsoft.Json for JSON serialization-related tasks in runtime code: Data Access Library: BI Dashboards (DashboardJsonDataSource) and Reporting (JsonDataSource) for .NET 6+ WinForms, WPF, Blazor, ASP.NET Core apps (.NET Framework apps will continue to use the Newtonsoft.Json library. We expect to switch to System.Text.Json in our v24.2 release cycle) - Breaking Change. Data Ac ..read more