DevExpress WinForms 21.1.5

Improves PDF Viewer, VerticalGrid and Spreadsheet controls.

Fixes

All WinForms products

• Microsoft .NET 5 WinForms designer - It is not possible to drag bars within BarDockControl.
• A custom aggregate (ICustomAggregate) cannot access values from a collection defined via the Expression.
• A data source for controls in a sub-band does not change if a report data source is changed at runtime.
• Colorizing odd/even rows has changed since upgrading from v20.1 to v21.1.
• GridControl - IndexOutOfRange exception occurs when exporting a filtered GridView.
• Hierarchy report - KeepTogetherWithFirstChild doesn't work with a second-level parent.
• Inherited reports cannot be localized - Custom localization is lost.
• Invalid string measurement in Linux-generated PDF reports (Pango).
• Project Settings - A custom skin's palette is not shown in Palette Editor.
• SharedImageCollection does not work as HTML images.
• SkinPatch - Changes to skin palettes are not taken into account.
• The "Add DevExpress item" gallery does not display WinForms templates in .NET 5 WinForms apps.
• The FilterString Editor may display the "Invalid property X" error message for filters created with the use of UI.
• The FormatString function in an expression does not work correctly if DetailReportBand's data source is defined at runtime.
• The Hierarchical Reports feature cannot be implemented when DetailReportBands are used.
• The Print Preview hangs in the `th-TH` culture if Microsoft .NET 5.0 is used.
• XRBarCode is hidden when XRBarCode.ProcessNullValues is set to "SuppressAndShrink" even if XRBarCode.BinaryData is set.
• XRPictureBox - Incorrect images are displayed after storing and restoring a merged report document.
• XRTableCell.GetEffectiveBackColor is incorrectly calculated when transitioning from “StylePriority.UseBackColor = false;” to “StylePriority.UseBackColor = true;” in the BeforePrint event.
• XtraReport - Export to PDF doesn't work correctly when PageRange contains duplicated indexes.

Coded UI

• COM Warning occurs on an attempt to remove DevExpress.CodedUIExtensions dll from the GAC when running the 20.2.x and 21.1.x installers.

Data Access Library

• SqlDataSource - The execution of parameterized queries results in the "Invalid parameter length" SqlException (v21.1).
• Adjustments of a filter criterion cause an application to freeze.

Installation (.NET)

• Several installations of DevExpress controls can be run simultaneously.

NuGet Packages

• Devexpress.Win.Design NuGet package includes certain dependencies that are only available in the Universal subscription.

PDF Viewer

• Localization - There is no message if a document is empty or null.
• Parsing - A document cannot be opened if an interactive form field has an incorrect structure.
• Parsing - A document cannot be opened if an XRef stream is corrupted.
• Parsing - A document with the incorrect value of the 'AA' key in the Document catalog dictionary cannot be opened.
• Parsing - A page that uses a font with a broken CMap table is rendered incorrectly.
• Parsing - Page content is incorrectly rendered if inline image data contains an excessive end image marker.
• Printing - Documents with CFF fonts cannot be printed using some HP XPS printer drivers.
• Rendering - Optional content groups' default visibility is not affected when drawing and printing.
• Rendering - Specific ink annotations are rendered incorrectly.
• Text Search - CJK characters are incorrectly processed in specific cases.

Snap

• Editing - The InsertText method call is slow in v21.1.

XtraBars Suite

• AlertControl doesn't calculate its view info immediately after the alert window handle is created.
• AlertControl is scaled after it is shown.
• GalleryItemCollection does not lock updates of its parent gallery when using the AddRange method to add multiple items.
• NavBarControl - NavBarItems are not accessible when UI Automation is used.
• OfficeNavigationBar - The caption text is shown incorrectly on the mouse hover in PerMonitorV2 mode.
• RibbonControl - Empty Area Image overlaps right-aligned ribbon page groups.
• RibbonControl - NullReferenceException is thrown when clicking a clear button in a search item and clearing links in the CustomizeSearchMenu event handler.
• RibbonControl - RibbonPageGroup aligned to the right overlaps EmptyAreaImage.
• RibbonControl - Smart tag does not convert a form to RibbonForm.
• RibbonControl - The text of RibbonPageCategory has incorrect boundaries.
• RibbonForm - NullReferenceException is thrown in the RibbonForm.GetCaptionSkinElement method.
• RibbonForm incorrectly applies the glyph skinning feature to its icon if the RibbonForm width is less than 450 pixels.
• TabbedView - A document's content is not refreshed when its index is changed using the ITabbedViewController.Move method.
• TabForm - Control box buttons are only highlighted when the mouse is close to their center.
• The upper left part of the Ribbon is overlapped when page categories are scrolled.

XtraCharts Suite

• An unhandled exception (ArgumentException) occurs when displaying ChartControl in an invisible DockPanel.
• AreaSeriesView.Transparency property is not synchronized with the opacity value of the series' Color property.
• System.NullReferenceException occurs when XRChart | Series | Argument Scale Type is set to Quantitative.

XtraDiagram

• The CalculateBounds method may throw exceptions in certain cases while calculating the intersection between connectors and a shape's geometry.
• There are noticeable lags when multiple items are dragged in DiagramControl.

XtraEditors Library

• .NET 5 Designer - PropertyGridControl cannot create the Description Control and Toolbar.
• .NET 5 WinForms designer - The DockPanel.Options.ShowCloseButton property is not serialized in the designer file.
• Data Source Configuration Wizard - Add an option to disable type search via the data source provider service.
• DateEdit with the TouchUI Calendar View - A newly entered value is not applied to the popup view.
• LabelControl - HTML tags for font formatting may interfere with other tag types.
• MemoEdit - When the UseAdvancedMode property is set to true, it returns an incorrect value for the CalcAutoHeight method.
• NullReferenceException is thrown when UseAdvancedTextEdit is on and a null DisplayText value is set within PopupContainerEdit's QueryDisplayText handler.
• SearchLookUpEdit - Text is not displayed if it does not completely fit into an editor and UseAdvancedTextEdit is set to True.
• SvgImage - An image with the opacity in the Stop-Color property of the Gradient element is incorrectly drawn.
• TextEdit - FontSizeDelta for labels is ignored when using DirectX and advanced mode.
• The Clear button does not show its icon when this button is disabled.
• The default value of the ShowPlaceHolders option is incorrectly shown at design time when the Show Advanced Settings is hidden.
• XtraScrollableControl shows the Fluent scrollbar when ScrollUIMode is set to Touch.
• XtraTabControl - The resize zone of SidePanel that contains XtraTabControl is narrow at 250% DPI.

XtraGantt

• GanttControl - Chart bars are offset relative to nodes when printing.
• GanttControl - How to move tasks and disable task resizing.
• GanttControl - Not the entire page width is used when the FitToPage function is used.

XtraGrid Suite

• Advanced Customization Form - The height of column headers in the Customization Form should not be changed to the height of column headers in the view.
• BandedGridView - Group rows are empty when exporting to Microsoft Excel if multi-selection is enabled.
• BandedGridView exports empty lines when exported to CSV.
• Behavior Manager - A master row is not expanded/collapsed by clicking the expand/collapse button when drag-and-drop behavior is attached to the Grid.
• FieldCaption changes its appearance on hover.
• GridControl - Group summaries do not take a group row style into account on export.
• GridView - A column created for a field of the Color type uses the TextEdit editor by default.
• GridView - Incorrect rows are copied when using the CheckBoxSelectorField property.
• GridView - RepositoryItemMemoEdit does not respect TextOptions property of the editor and column when UseAdvancedMode is enabled.
• GridView - RTF report elements have incorrect location or are not displayed.
• GridView - The master-detail button is not pressed when multi-selection is enabled and the Drag-and-Drop behavior is attached if a row is focused.
• SvgImage - Resources couldn't be generated when an application is built.
• The caption of invisible detail views is not printed.
• The MIN and MAX summary types for Boolean columns should not be available in summary menus.
• TileView - A background image is shown with artifacts when tiles are scrolled.
• TileView - TileElements do not take the MaxLineCount property value into account when they are anchored to existing elements.

XtraLayout Suite

• .NET 5 WinForms Designer - Scrollbars of controls located in the designer do not work.
• Property editors show a popup modal window instead of a drop-down list in .NET 5 applications.
• The .NET 5 WinForms Designer hangs on an attempt to resize or add controls to LayoutControl.
• WinForms .NET 5 Designer - It's not possible to place controls from a form into LayoutControl and use the Esc key.

XtraMap

• Usability - There is no capability to set an integer zoom level when calling the MapControl.ZoomToFitLayerItems method.

XtraNavBar

• NavBarControl ToolTip ignores the ToolTipController.DefaultController.InitialDelay property.

XtraPivotGrid Suite

• Fields Customization Form incorrectly displays labels when used on two monitors with different DPI settings.
• The UseSummaryValue property of unbound fields disables filtering of these fields.
• The Form closes incorrectly and a separate blank window is created when a pivot grid is inside a tabbed dock panel.

XtraPrinting Library

• GridView - RTF report elements have incorrect location or are not displayed.

XtraRichEdit

• Editing - The InsertText method call is slow in v21.1.
• Fields - A copied and pasted DOCVARIABLE is not updated even when the RichEditControl.Options.Fields.UpdateFieldsOnPaste property is enabled.
• GridView - RTF report elements have incorrect location or are not displayed.
• OLE objects - The OLE object collection is not disposed of when a new document is loaded.
• UI - Specific forms have the XtraLayout.AllowCustomization property enabled.
• XRRichText - The Calibri Light font is not embedded after a report is exported to PDF.

XtraScheduler Suite

• A day is added to the duration value in AppointmentRecurrenceForm when EndDate is changed.
• Appointment color cannot be set in the AppointmentViewInfoCustomizing event handler.
• Appointments located outside of the visible area are not drawn in the Timeline View when the TimelineScrollBarVisible option is enabled.
• Buttons in date navigation bar do not scale in PerMonitor V2 DPI mode.
• RequestError is thrown when the calendar is synchronized twice.
• The BeginUpdate method does not lock the scrolling animation in the Day View.
• The SchedulerControl.Services.ResourceNavigation.GoToResource method doesn't navigate to the specified resource.
• The Today date is not updated when the current day changes while the project is running.

XtraSpreadsheet

• An exception is thrown on an attempt to execute the "Create from Selection" command when the top row is selected.
• Charts - Axis ranges are calculated incorrectly for scatter charts.
• It is impossible to correctly load documents containing formulas with text values longer than 255 characters.
• System.NullReferenceException is thrown on an attempt to access table autofilter if the autofilter is not enabled and does not have a filtered range.
• The chart legend isn't cropped and the chart layout cannot be calculated properly when the legend has a very long text.

XtraTreeList Suite

• A new node is added even if the e.Valid parameter is set to False in the ValidateNode event handler if the node is added using NewItemRow.
• A node for which the CanFocus property is set to false in the BeforeFocusNode event is painted as selected.
• Columns are initialized in an incorrect order when creating an unbound node.
• The SetFocusedNode method clears selection.
• TreeListNode.Selected allows selecting more than one node when MultiSelect is disabled.
• Internal Columns collection may become corrupted during control initialization.

XtraVerticalGrid Suite

• PropertyGridControl - The RowChanged event is not raised for parent rows.
• Tooltips flicker when a cursor hits a tooltip shadow.
• VGridControl - A cell editor closes unpredictably when row settings are changed.
• VGridControl - An incorrect cell editor is activated when a cell is focused using the RowsIterator feature.

XtraWizard

• .NET 5 WinForms Designer - The Wizard's next button does not work.