Issue 
            #53
30 August 2011
    
 
  

    
 
    

      
    
 
  

    
 
    

      

        

        

          

            

              

              

                

                  

                    

                    

                      

                        
In 
                        This Issue
                        

                          

                          

                            

                              

                                

                                

                                
Non-verbal 
                                communication
                              

                                

                                

                                
RAD Studio XE2: Our Current 
                                Plans
                              

                                

                                

                                
An Introduction to Developing 
                                with DXperience 
                                ASP.NET
                              

                                

                                

                                
Don't be Blue at BUILD - Come 
                                Join 
                              DevExpress!
                              

                                

                                

                                
Enhancing UI Features of the 
                                WPF Pivot 
Grid
                              

                                

                                

                                
Let Your Users Talk to Your 
                                Website!
                              

                                

                                

                                
Introducing PLINQ Data 
                                Support to the WPF Grid 
                                Control
                              

                                

                                

                                
Creating Killer CodeRush 
                                Plug-Ins in Just One 
                                Hour
                              

                                

                                

                                
Using the Rich Edit Control 
                                Table of Contents 
                                Feature
                              

                                

                                

                                
Creating Customer Success 
                                Stories with XAF, WPF and ASP.NET 
                                Controls
 
                        

                          

                          

                            

                              

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
 
                                
Non-verbal 
                                communication
                                

                                
In the late 60s and early 70s, 
                                Albert Mehrabian was researching how we perceive 
                                information presented to us verbally. Incredibly 
                                enough, non-verbal cues, including body 
                                language, are the most effective way to get your 
                                message across.
                                
Do you want to land the lead role 
                                on a new project, present some exciting new data 
                                to an important group of clients, or maybe 
                                negotiate the terms of a new employment 
                                contract? With 55% of perception being based on 
                                physiological presentation, simply showing 
                                conviction and passion will propel you over half 
                                of the way there!
                                
Julian M Bucknall, CTO
Watch this week’s Message from the 
                                CTO on the DevExpress 
                                Channel
                        

                          

                          

                            

                              

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
 
                                
RAD 
                                Studio XE2: Our Current Plans
                                
The next version of RAD Studio is 
                                finally giving Delphi developers something to 
                                get excited about. 64bit support, LiveBindings 
                                and cross-browser support are all great reasons 
                                to seriously consider the upgrade.
                                
Naturally, Embarcadero’s promotion 
                                of their next release is giving rise to 
                                questions for Julian and the DevExpress VCL 
                                team.
                                
Take a look at Julian’s article 
                                and find out how the current game plan will 
                                affect you if you are a DevExpress VCL 
                                customer.
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
RAD Studio XE2 – what we’re doing 
                                about supporting it and 
                                when
                                


                                

                                
                                
An 
                                Introduction to Developing with DXperience 
                                ASP.NET
                                
DevExpress have invited trainer 
                                and DevExpress consultant, Oliver Sturm, to 
                                deliver a first-class training course for those 
                                looking for an introductory overview of 
                                developing with DXperience ASP.NET controls at 
                                the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.
                                
The course is designed to take 
                                developers who are new to DevExpress ASP.NET 
                                controls through a step-by-step approach to 
                                using and implementing each of the main 
                                components, while at the same time creating a 
                                sample ASP.NET application.
                                
Space has become limited so we 
                                encourage you to contact us if you and your team 
                                members are interested in 
                                participating.
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
Introduction to DXperience ASP.NET 
                                with Oliver 
                                Sturm
                                


                                

                                
                                
Don't 
                                be Blue at BUILD - Come Join DevExpress!
                                
Microsoft BUILD is slated to be a 
                                pivotal conference for developers on the 
                                Microsoft stack. Are you going to be 
                                attending?
                                
If you plan to be at BUILD and 
                                you’d like to speak to us about your business 
                                needs be sure to contact us before the 
                                event and we will set up a meeting for you with 
                                our technical staff.
                                
If you’d prefer to celebrate all 
                                the latest news and announcements, why not join 
                                us as a VIP at the House of Blues for our 
                                exclusive party. RSVP and come join 
                                us!
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
Be a DevExpress VIP at the 
                                DevExpress BUILD 
                                Party
                                


                                

                                
                                
Enhancing 
                                UI Features of the WPF Pivot Grid
                                
The nature of a pivot grid’s job 
                                means that making small changes to the way that 
                                the UI displays data can have a huge impact on 
                                how that data can be visualized.
                                
The recent release of DXperience 
                                v2011 vol 1.7 has included some small but 
                                significant modifications and enhancements to 
                                the WPF Pivot Grid.
                                
Check out Woody’s articles below 
                                and let the team know if these improvements are 
                                going to help you.
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
Announcing Improvements for WPF 
                                Pivot Grid
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
More UI enhancements for the WPF 
                                Pivot 
                                Grid
                                


                        

                          

                          

                            

                              

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
 
                                
Let 
                                Your Users Talk to Your Website!
                                
Speech recognition software is no 
                                longer restricted to James Bond-esque secret 
                                lairs. Now it is commonplace to speak to a 
                                machine before your book your train ticket or 
                                ask a customer service agent for details about 
                                your phone bill, it is even starting to make its 
                                way to e-commerce websites.
                                
Mehul’s post shows how he coupled 
                                Google Chrome and the DevExpress ASP.NET 
                                ComboBox to show how your users might be able to 
                                interact with your website by speaking to 
                                it!
                                
Take a look at this article, and 
                                if you come up with your own implementation of 
                                this, send us the details and we’ll send you 
                                some DevExpress goodies.
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
Talk to Your Website Using Chrome 
                                and DevExpress ASP.NET Combo 
                                Box
                                


                                

                                
                                
Introducing 
                                PLINQ Data Support to the WPF Grid Control
                                
The introduction of support for 
                                Parallel LINQ data sources to the WPF Grid 
                                Control signals an improvement in data-intensive 
                                operations for your WPF applications.
                                
By using two new non-visual 
                                controls to make full use of all available cores 
                                on the system, the WPF Data Grid sees staggering 
                                performance improvements when tested with a data 
                                set of 10,000,000 records.
                                
Take a look at Emil’s blog for 
                                further information on how to get started with 
                                PlinqInstantFeedbackDataSource and 
                                PLinqServerModeSource.
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
WPF Data Grid Control – PLINQ Data 
                                Support
                                


                        

                          

                          

                            

                              

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
 
                                
Creating 
                                Killer CodeRush Plug-Ins in Just One Hour
                                
The CodeRush Feature Workshop is a 
                                weekly webinar that gives you the chance to 
                                determine the content of the session and help to 
                                create brand new plug-ins for the CodeRush 
                                community.
                                
Productivity Powerhouses, Rory and 
                                Mark, have brought to life some fantastic ideas 
                                over the past few sessions. The most recent 
                                selection included a plug-in that supports 
                                multi-select in Visual Studio. They added 
                                support for cut, copy and paste, in a plug-in 
                                that could later become an entry point for 
                                advanced refactorings and other code 
                                manipulations.
                                
As Mark says, strap into your 
                                five-point restraint system, kids. This one just 
                                might blow your mind!
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
CodeRush Feature Workshop: The 
                                Multi-Select 
                                Plug-In
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
CodeRush Feature Workshop: Remove 
                                Outer Block
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
CodeRush Feature Workshop: 
                                Namespace Folder Sync (Part 
                                1)
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
CodeRush Feature Workshop: 
                                Namespace Folder Sync (Part 
                                2)
                                


                                

                                
                                
Using 
                                the Rich Edit Control Table of Contents 
                                Feature
                                
Tables of Contents are useful for 
                                users on so many levels: they help your readers 
                                quickly understand the content of your document; 
                                quickly navigate your document; and more 
                                effectively use your document and the contents 
                                within it.
                                
As of the latest release, Rich 
                                Edit controls across all of our supported 
                                platforms now allow you to automatically add, 
                                update, and manage a table of contents. Not only 
                                that, but you can also import and manage a 
                                Microsoft Word document that contains a Table of 
                                Contents, as well as generate Tables of Figures 
                                and Equations. Check out Rachel’s in depth 
                                article for more 
                                information.
                                
The Rich Edit controls are 
                                incredibly useful. If you are not using them 
                                already, you really should consider doing 
                                so.
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
WinForms Rich Edit Control: Table 
                                of Contents 
                                In-Depth
                                


                        

                          

                          

                            

                              

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
 
                                
Creating 
                                Customer Success Stories with XAF, WPF and 
                                ASP.NET Controls
                                

                                
                                
For our technical evangelists and 
                                development teams the best part of developing 
                                custom UI controls is finding out how developers 
                                are implementing them in their real-world 
                                applications.
                                
Demo software and sample 
                                applications only take us so far, but two of our 
                                most recent developer success stories show just 
                                how creative developers are when they have great 
                                tools at their disposal.
                                
Take a tour of an enterprise-level 
                                “Paid Access Control” system using XAF and WPF 
                                controls, and be wowed by the speed of an 
                                ASP.NET website designed for agricultural and 
                                taxonomic scientists.
                                
We’d love to showcase your 
                                application. If you have a project that you have 
                                built using DevExpress controls, contact us and 
                                tell us all about it.
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
Video Case Study: Creating a 
                                Taxanomic Database from 30,000 Index 
                                Cards
                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
Developer Story: Building Access 
                                Control Systems with XAF and WPF 
                                Components
                                


          

             
            

              

              

                

                  

                    

                    

                      

                        

                          

                          

                            

                              

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
Join us at HDC 2011 in Omaha, 
                                NE
                                

                                

                                

                                
Free .NET developer training in 
                                Harrisburg, PA
                                

                                

                                

                                
Austin Code Camp kicks off on 
                                September 10th
                                

                                

                                

                                
Register now for Vermont Code 
                                Camp
                                

                                

                                

                                
Android, Async, Apple and more at 
                                Utah Code Camp
                                

                                
 
            

              

              

                

                  

                    

                    

                      

                        

                          

                          

                            

                              

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                
XtraGrid - drag a cell's 
                                right-bottom corner to paste its value to other 
                                cells
                                

                                

                                

                                
FAQ for the ASP.NET Product Line 
                                
                                

                                

                                

                                
DXScheduler for WPF - Complete 
                                implementation of the Custom Edit Appointment 
                                Form 
                                

                                

                                

                                
Adjust GridView to work with 
                                Stored Procedures (EntityFramework) 
                                
                                

                                

                                

                                
Insert an image from a database 
                                into ASPxHtmlEditor by using ImageSelector 
                                
                                

                                

    
 
  

    
 
    

      

        

        

          

            

              

              

                
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