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CodeMash / Michigan Tour Recap
Mehul and I had a great time at this year's Codemash conference held in Sandusky, Ohio Jan.11-13! We want to thank the organizers for another amazing conference, as usual they were fantastic hosts....
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Exciting New 12.1 Reporting Features – Custom Report Templates
In 11.2 we quietly released a fantastic feature which enabled report users to quickly and easily load predefined report templates. These templates are an initial stepping stone into full fledged...
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Custom Report Templates – Using In-House Templates
In our previous write-up we chatted about report templates in general as well as how to create them. I wanted to spend a few minutes (as promised) to show you how to use your own templates within your...
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Improved Parameter Support for Reports
There were a number of gems recently added to our already fabulous reporting suite. One of the interesting ones was improved parameter support. Previously one could only create and expose parameters...
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DevExpress XAF Training in Germany
One of the true unsung treasures DevExpress has developed is called XAF – Express Application Framework. I only recently became aware of the sheer power this framework while experimenting in a...
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Building Dashboards with DevExpress
In my very first post as a DevExpress employee I quoted Rutherford B. Rogers:We're drowning in information and starving for knowledge.It is indeed the case that our software produces a fair amount of...
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DevExpress Snap – Reporting Made Simple
Our recent release here at DevExpress has ushered in a series of new tools that truly make it easier to analyze data. DevExpress Snap is a new style of reporting tool that does just that. A picture is...
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The DevExpress Report Server
I am tremendously excited to introduce an entirely new type of product for DevExpress. This has been a culmination of many requests and questions surrounding:Customizing the End User Designer, Managing...
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Working with Data in Dashboards
This write-up is next in a series of posts about dashboards. The introductory post can be found here. One of our overriding concerns when creating a new complex product is making it easy to use. One of...
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Managing Data Views in the Report Server
The most important part of any report is the data which it displays. Here I will spend a bit of time explaining how data views within the report server are managed, who manages them, and some best...
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WinForms Spreadsheet Control (coming in 13.1)
Whether we like it or not, the spreadsheet has become a de facto analysis tool for small datasets. Its debut in June of 1979 as a software package called VisiCalc predated my own birth by an entire...
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WinForms Map Control (coming in 13.1)
As we near release I thought I would show you another WinForms gem we are adding in 13.1: the WinForms Map Control. When it comes to data analysis the key to understanding is the concise display of...
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Report Sparklines (coming in 13.1)
With the debut of our WinForms Sparkline control we’ve decided to also add it to our reporting toolbox.Using Sparklines in reports is fairly straightforward. In this case I created the simple...
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Report Improvements (coming in 13.1)
We have decided to make usability a point of emphasis when it comes to our great set of tools designed to deal with complex data. As such we have introduced a number of enhancements which should...
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Dashboard Printing and Exporting (coming in 13.1)
One key feature many requested for our powerful dashboard tool was printing and exporting. Beginning with 13.1 you will be able to print both individual elements as well as the entire dashboard with...
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Table of Contents Report Control (coming in 13.1)
The DevExpress reporting suite has a tremendous bookmarking and document map feature which makes it extremely easy to quickly understand and navigate the data inside of a report. We have decided to...
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Enterprise Ready Reporting with the DevExpress Report Server
Ever since our beta release of the DevExpress Report Server we have been busy adding important enterprise features to the product. One of those essential features is enterprise ready security. Starting...
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Building Data Rich Reports in a Snap (with Snap for WinForms)
Building top notch reports is hard; but not because building reports is a difficult task. The fact of the matter is that report building is often fraught with a set of miniscule tasks spread over a...
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DevExpress Live Classroom Traning on Reporting
One of my favorite things to do is to get up in front of a crowd and teach. I have been teaching off and on for the majority of my adult life. During that time I have taught at two high schools, a...
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Conference Report–DevLink 2013
Some of my favorite events are located in the south (and mid-west). One of those happens to be DevLink. When presented with the opportunity to attend I was ecstatic to immediately accept. At DevExpress...
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