The user interface package DevExpress v17.2 has finally been officially released. This site will introduce the new content of each version in the form of serialization. The opening chapter introduces the new features of DevExpress WinForms v17.2 Data Grid Control, Diagram Control, Editors, etc. Come and download and try the new version!
Data Grid Control
Support DirectX hardware acceleration
DevExpress WinForms Data Grid and WinForms Cell Editors can now use DirectX hardware acceleration, allowing you to deliver great performance on high DPI devices. To activate DirectX painting, call the static WindowsFormsSettings.ForceDirectXPaint method.
Drag and drop manager for data grids and tree lists
v17.2 provides an automatic drag and drop engine for the WinForms Data Grid and Tree List controls. Using the new DragAndDropBehavior (part of the Action Manager), you can enable drag and drop between data grid, tree list, and list box controls in various combinations with a few lines of code.
Bind icons to Bound Controls (via ControlRowsSource)
You can now seamlessly connect diagrams to grid data at design and runtime.
Grid-based lookup editing
In addition to the standard grid format, the WinForms grid-based lookup control allows you to render lookup records using an embedded TileView. TileView (part of the WinForms Data Grid control) supports a variety of data representation formats, including:
- Default tile mode
- Kanban
- List
Chart Control
Unified criteria-based filtering
In this release, the DataFilter family of properties has been replaced by the FilterCriteria and FilterString properties. With this change, you can use filter controls or the new filter UI to manage data in charts.
Note that the old DataFilters are backward compatible and available through the API, the data filters will be replaced by the standard on the first serialization.
Total tab for Stacked Bars and Pies
In this release, the DevExpress Chart Control can automatically calculate the total labels for stacked bars and pies.
The Bar total label is the label that shows the total value of the series group and the outer group. Total labels are available for the following Bar series:
- Stacked Bars
- Side-by-Side Stacked Bars
- Full-Stacked Bars
- Side-by-Side Full-Stacked Bars
Data Grid integration
In this release, we've added the ability to add data grid data via the ControlRowSource control. ControlRowSource allows specifying which datagrid rows should be visualized: selected, currently visible or all. Additionally, you can use Source to feed data to charts from vertical grids and tree lists.
Another major integration feature is the grid's ability to display charts in cells, since ChartControl implements the DevExpress.XtraEditors.CustomEditor.IAnyControlEdit interface since the last version.
Indicator animation
Since version 17.2, charts can animate the appearance of the indicator. All data-dependent elements can now animate on data changes.
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