DevExpress WinForms 21.2.4

Improves PDF Viewer, Charts and Spreadsheet controls.

Fixes

All WinForms products

• Microsoft Visual Studio Report Designer - The use of the StyleSheetPath property causes design-time exceptions.
• [Microsoft .NET 5 Designer] Subreports - It is not possible to choose a report with parameters as the Report Source.
• A data source added to a report via the Data Source Wizard ignores the name in a model.
• End User Report Designer - It's not possible to set the Font property using the Property Grid if UseOfficeInspiredView is False.
• End-User Report Designer - Cannot select a *.SQLITE database file in the Data Source wizard.
• End-User Report Designer crashes with localized resources for the NL culture.
• End-User Report Designer for WinForms - The Table Report item is not initially selected on the "Select the report type.." wizard page.
• Filtering is incorrectly applied to a report when a "?parameter Is Null" filter condition is used with a MultiValue parameter.
• Formatting Rule Sheet Editor - The Color Editor is displayed incorrectly in high DPI environment.
• ImageOptions' Image selector cannot be opened in Visual Studio 2022.
• Insert Detail Report context menu - The default sorting does not match the default sorting of Field List.
• Parameters Panel - Parameters from a nested sub report that is placed in another sub report are not displayed.
• Parameters Panel - The MinimumSize property for a parameter's editor does not work.
• Preview - Text is cut when zooming if the UseDirectXPaint property is enabled.
• RemoteDocumentSource - The "Type 'ReportParameterLayoutItem' with data contract name 'ReportParameterLayoutItem' is not expected." error occurs after upgrading to 21.2.
• Report Analyzer - The XRE030 warning is incorrectly shown for navigation paths with a complex property.
• Report Designer - The dialog closes on submit when renaming a table in the Query Builder.
• SchedulerControl - A null reference exception occurs when loading a Scheduler Report in the Report Designer.
• StaticListLookUpSettings - NullReferenceException is thrown on an attempt to select the (none) item.
• StaticListLookUpSettings with default values - Default values are not displayed after reopening the parameter editing window.
• The "Cannot get properties for the type returned by this method" error occurs when ObjectDataSource is added to a report.
• The "None" value is duplicated in the Parameters panel after a user clicks Submit.
• The current group property is not selected if the property name starts with the name of the DataMember's collection.
• The GraphicsCache.DrawLine method raises ArgumentException when HatchBrush is used.
• The rendering order is changed for a label overlapped by a label in a panel in v21.1.
• Visual Inheritance stops working in Visual Studio 2022.
• Visual Studio 2019 Report Designer crashes when loading a report with JSON nullable fields.
• Visual Studio Report Designer - The Open/Import command does not update report margins.
• Visual Studio Report Designer - XRSubreport generates incorrect code in the "Designer.cs" file in .NET 5 applications.
• Visual Studio Report Designer (Microsoft .NET Core/.NET 5+) - Data types are serialized in code behind as RemoteClassStub.
• Visual Studio Report Designer (.NET Core/.NET 5+) stops working after the System.Drawing.Common package v6.0.0+ is added to the project.
• WinForms Designer - An error occurs when deleting a control using the Delete key in Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 6.
• XRCrossTab - A column is split in half by the right margin.
• XRCrossTab - The "Shrink and Grow" Auto Width feature does not work for the rotated Grand Total Column Header.
• XRPageBreak is ignored in ReportHeaderBand when RollPaper is set to "True".

Installation (.NET)

• Visual Studio 2022 DevExpress integration - The list of project templates is empty when Visual Studio is started for the first time after the installation is finished.

MVVM Framework

• MVVMContext - ArgumentException is thrown when binding to a property at design time.
• OpenFileDialogService - There is no way to access selected files in MultiSelect mode.

PDF Viewer

• Annotations - Full page size watermark annotations block all interactivity in a document.
• Control - Forced creation of a handle on document loading breaks PdfViewer when it's used via COM interop.
• Interactivity - A hyperlink to an external document doesn't work when the current document is loaded with the use of a relative path.
• Rendering - A CFF font with a name that contains non-ASCII characters cannot be rendered.
• Rendering - Tiling pattern with content that uses a blend mode other than Normal is not rendered correctly.
• Usability - The PdfAnnotationFacade class does not have an API to change annotation flags.
• Usability - The PdfWidgetFacade class does not have an API to change form field flags.

Project Templates

• Template Gallery - The Target Framework field allows selecting only the Preview version of .NET 6.
• The "Add new DevExpress item" dialog may show a different option set for projects of the same type.
• Visual Studio 2022 DevExpress integration - The list of project templates is empty when Visual Studio is started for the first time after the installation is finished.

Snap

• An internal error is thrown on an attempt to iterate through elements in a specific SNX document using a custom Document Visitor.
• Snap - ArgumentException occurs on an attempt to create a new theme under non-English locale.

XtraBars Suite

• .NET 5 WinForms Designer - A new document is created when the designer is re-opened.
• AccordionControl - Performance issues when using a large number of items.
• Added an option to ask for confirmation when overwriting a workspace stored in an XML file.
• AlertControl does not display images from HtmlCollection when the AutoHeight property is set to true.
• BackstageViewControl - Multiline text of the RecentLabelItem element is partially hidden.
• BackStageViewControl shows an unused Ribbon Tab overlapping other UI elements.
• BarItem - The "Customize Layout" menu item is available in the "Delete Confirmation" form.
• BarItem's image has an incorrect size in the search menu.
• BarManager - Bar items are not drawn as hovered when the manager is located on a UserControl that is part of the control hierarchy.
• BarManager - Captions in Runtime Customization Form are scaled incorrectly in PerMonitorV2 mode.
• BarManager - Skin is incorrectly applied to toolbars in certain cases.
• BarManager - The BarItemCustomDrawEventArgs.DrawDropDownBackground method does not draw the arrow background.
• Child items can not be added to BarSubItem at design time.
• DockManager - A panel flickers when it is docked to the panel container.
• Element in the minimized AccordionControl remains in the Pressed state after the ElementClick event is handled.
• Images are not loaded in the dropdown popup form using the GetThumbnailImage event when the OptionsImageLoad.AsyncLoad option is enabled.
• RibbonControl - A RibbonPage cannot be hidden at runtime when the ribbon works in Minimized mode.
• RibbonControl - It's impossible to customize the BarItem.RibbonStyle property using the Smart Tag dialog in .NET 5.
• RibbonControl - Smart Tag Menu isn't shown on clicking the Smart Tag.
• RibbonControl - The Image Picker form is shown under the Ribbon Control Designer form.
• RibbonControl - The Search Item has an incorrect appearance when a custom Microsoft Office 2019 skin is used.
• RibbonControl - There is no way to drag bar items in .NET 5/6 at design time.
• RibbonControl's designer menus cannot be closed until a menu item is clicked in them.
• RibbonMiniToolbar - A toolbar is not properly refreshed if it is displayed outside the form area and its size is changed.
• SkinPatch - Customizations of the XtraTabControl header properties are not taken into account.
• StandaloneBarDockControl - The AutoSize function does not work when the UseWholeRow option is enabled.
• TabPane - HTML tags are visible in page captions in the popup menu.
• The AppearanceCaption property is used to calculate text in AlertControl instead of AppearanceText.
• TileNavPane - A dropdown is moved to the wrong location when an active TabbedView document is changed.
• WidgetView - Table Layout - Document changes location on resizing.
• WidgetView doesn't repaint the document removed using the WidgetView.Controller.RemoveDocument method.
• WinForms Designer - A handler of the ItemClick event is not generated when double clicking a bar item in .NET 5/6 and Visual Studio 2022.
• WinForms Designer - Visual Studio hangs when expanding a minimized Ribbon Page Group.

XtraCharts Suite

• Changes in the ReductionOptions settings for CandleStick series do not work in the CustomDrawSeriesPoint event.
• Chart Designer for WinForms - 'Cannot set or get the ValueOptions property unless the series is added to the chart's collection' error occurs in Chart Designer when changing the Series view type.
• Chart for WinForms incorrectly calculates DateTime arguments for series after their View Type is changed.
• Grid Pane layout is incorrectly displayed in certain situations.
• Visual Studio Report Designer - XRChart Series View settings do not work (WaterfallRelativeValueOptions).
• Waterfall - ValueOptions are not serialized when modifying the chart layout in the designer.
• WinForms Pivot and Chart - Application is incorrectly rendered when calling the BeginInit/EndInit methods in the BoundDataChanged event handler.
• XRChart - Enabling the Pango drawing engine makes the axis labels disappear.
• XRChart - Series Point labels overlap the label box on Linux.
• XtraReport - XRChart axis labels are truncated on Linux (no word wrap).

XtraEditors Library

• AccessViolationException occurs when adding MapControl to the HTMLContentControl in certain cases.
• An Overlay form does not have rounded corners on Microsoft Windows 11 if the AllowRoundedWindowCorners option is enabled.
• BeepOnError does not work.
• CalendarControl - The transition animation displays an artifact when switching months.
• CameraControl obtains available resolutions incorrectly on some devices.
• Checked state of items in CheckedListBoxControl cannot be changed in SelectionMode.MultiExtended when BehaviorManager Drag&Drop is attached.
• ColorPickEdit - A custom color dialog is not interactive when it is shown in an Microsoft Outlook Inspired App.
• DirectX - A memory leak related to the DirectXFormatCacheKey object occurs after running an application for a few days.
• FileExplorerAssistant - Rows do not change their height automatically after switching to the Details mode.
• FlyoutPanel.Show method does not work the first time it is called when the window is maximized.
• PerMonitorV2 DPI issues occur when display scaling is changed within a user session.
• PictureEdit Edit Form - The buttons' tooltip doesn't use a skin.
• PictureEdit Edit Form - The caption of the Width and Height editors is truncated.
• PictureEdit Edit Form - The context menu of the Width and Height editors does not use skins.
• PopupContainerEdit - The popup form is closed when displaying a Column Chooser of the embedded GridControl.
• PopupGalleryEdit - Selection is not preserved when selecting a gallery item using a mouse.
• SearchLookUpEdit - CustomUnboundColumnData is not fired for the first popup when using TileView.
• Selecting an item in CheckedListBox generates the "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" exception.
• SpinEdit - The Separator button is invisible in some cases.
• SVG Icon Builder crashes with NullReferenceException when a user applies a custom color.
• SvgImageBox - OutOfMemoryException is thrown when the ItemHitTestType property is set to BoundingBox.
• System.ArgumentException occurs when filtering columns using ExcelFilter and the column editor (RepositoryItemDateEdit) has a RegEx mask.
• TextEdit - The AutoCompleteCustomSource data source is not populated for in-place editors based on the RepositoryItem object in Advanced Mode.
• TextEdit - The label text is not completely shown in Advanced mode.
• TextEdit - The popup form of the AutoComplete feature cannot be closed by the Enter key for in-place editors in Advanced Mode.
• The glow effect is applied to certain forms when rounded window corners are enabled.
• The popup form of PopupContainerEdit is closed immediately after it is opened if another popup form was already opened.
• The Splitter's current position is not visible when resizing panels on a secondary display.
• TokenEdit - The MaxTokenCount property doesn't limit the maximum number of tokens in bound mode.
• WinForms Designer - DevExpress designer forms are shown as TopMost forms in .NET 6.
• XtraFolderBrowserDialog - The name of a new folder is not reset when replacing is not confirmed.
• XtraMessageBox - Message text is truncated when the parent form is scaled to a non-default DPI in PerMonitor mode.
• XtraOpenFileDialog - A breadcrumb and grid show navigation to a folder without permission as successful.
• XtraOpenFileDialog - ArgumentNullException is thrown and an invalid path is returned when opening files from the MTP drive.
• XtraOpenFileDialog - Double click between column headers does not set the best column width.
• XtraOpenFileDialog - Dragging attachments from Outlook is not allowed.
• XtraOpenFileDialog does not save the sort order of a grid.
• XtraOpenFileDialog/XtraSaveFileDialog - Splitter position is incorrectly restored in PerMonitor V2 mode.
• XtraSaveFileDialog - An unplugged USB drive is not removed.

XtraGantt

• The pressed state of the Task element's image is not taken into account during a drag operation.
• TreeList header has empty space in Print Preview when the ColumnHeaderAutoHeight property is set to True.
• GanttControl does not use the CurrentTaskFinish property to calculate the task range.
• Split tasks are merged when a new dependency is created.
• The bottom line is not printed if the Tree area is hidden.
• The tree indicator does not have the bottom line in the printed document.

XtraGauges Suite

• GaugeControl forms are not supported in the WinForms .NET 5/.NET 6 designer.

XtraGrid Suite

• The GridBandColumnCollection collection does not implement the IEnumerable<T> interface.
• CardView - The Customization Form has an incorrect size when the parent form is scaled to a higher DPI in PerMonitorV2 mode.
• DataController - Short-circuit expression evaluation may not work under specific circumstances.
• RepositoryItemHypertextLabel's height is incorrect when the text contains Emojis.
• The AutoSelectAllInEditor option doesn't work when an editor's mask is used and a touch monitor is plugged in.
• A grid is used as an object and not a cell when setting the ToolTipAnchor property to Object.
• The find panel overlaps column headers when using the Touch UI mode.
• GridView is not refreshed after adding a row to a data source if column properties are modified after that.
• Group captions are missing in Kanban Tileview print preview.
• Introduce an event that fires when changes are discarded (CancelUpdateRow).
• Items View - NullReferenceException is thrown when an HTML template uses a non-existing field.
• ItemsView - Text is incorrectly trimmed while pressed if a row is refreshed in FocusedRowChanged or SelectionChanged.
• Reference to the obsolete ShowGridMenu event in the Feature Browser.
• System.ArgumentException occurs when filtering columns using ExcelFilter and the column editor (RepositoryItemDateEdit) has a RegEx mask.
• The formula of an unbound column is not exported in data-aware mode if the UnboundDataType property is used.
• The summary item is not formatted if IListServer is used when GridView is printed.
• The wrong cursor position is set when the editor is being activated and the AutoSelectAllInEditor property is set to true.
• TileView - Print preview doesn't display the text of group captions correctly if they contain HTML text.
• TileView - The "Cannot access a disposed object" error is thrown when a form is closed if the kanban groups were created manually.
• TileView - The group caption of a collapsed group is overlapped by the group text of the next group.
• TileView.RowUpdated does not fire for certain groups when a user drags a tile from one group to another.
• WinExplorerView - An exception is thrown by the form's designer when SVGImageCollection or ImageCollection is assigned to the ExtraLargeImages property.
• WinExplorerView - Groups are painted incorrectly when an HTML template is assigned.
• WinExplorerView - HtmlTemplate - NullReferenceException is thrown when pressing the Page Down key.
• WinExplorerView HTML Demo - Popup cannot be closed if the close button is not clicked in the center.
• WinExplorerView with an HTML/CSS template - An image cannot be assigned in the GetThumbnailImage event handler.
• WinExplorerView with an HTML/CSS template - Group rows are duplicated when scrolling.
• XtraGrid - Navigating through the View with Shift-Tab clears the selection in CheckBoxRowSelect mode.

XtraHeatmap

• ArgumentOutOfRangeException occurs when the ToolTipEnabled option is true and DataSource is empty.
• Values' pattern is shown in labels instead of correct data source values.

XtraLayout Suite

• TablePanel - The height of LabelControl placed in TablePanel's cell is incorrect when another column's Style is set to AutoSize.
• The column width is changed based on row visibility.
• The LayoutControl.IsModified property is not updated after changing the LayoutGroup.GroupStyle property.
• WinForms - System.StackOverflowException occurs if the target framework is set to .NET 6.0.

XtraMap

• AccessViolationException occurs when adding MapControl to the HTMLContentControl in certain cases.
• Usability - There is no capability to obtain the current transform mode of MapEditor.
• Vector Layer - A bounding box is displayed near MapCustomElements after the Windows 21H1 update.

XtraNavBar

• Space between items is too large when using the PerMonitorV2 mode.

XtraPivotGrid Suite

• A layout is incorrectly restored in Asynchronous mode.
• Data is slowly exported if the grid control's data source is received using the CreateSummaryDataSource method.
• The "Error" text is displayed in the Visual Studio Designer's Layout tab when using SQL Data Source.
• Data area fields are not exported in WYSIWYG mode.

XtraRichEdit

• Applying the Normal style to a range with the Hyperlink style doesn't clear the range formatting.
• ColorPickEdit - A custom color dialog is not interactive when it is shown in an Outlook Inspired App.
• Document Layout - RichEditDocumentServer hangs when formatting certain DOCX documents.
• Document Layout - System.InvalidOperationException is thrown while a specific DOCX document is being formatted.
• Editing - The Document.Selections collection returns ranges linked to the main document even though selected ranges are in other subdocument types.
• Export to DOCX - A checkbox from an XRRichText document is not exported to a DOCX document.
• Import from DOCX - InvalidCastException is thrown on an attempt to load a specific document.
• Import from HTML - An application goes into an infinite loop on an attempt to append HTML content.
• OLE Objects - An embedded DOCX file is converted to an image when it is copied from Microsoft Word to RichEditControl and back.
• OpenXML documents and ZIP archives can be incorrectly read in a .NET 6 project.
• The start number for the numbering list is incorrect in the specific OpenXml document.
• UI - The Language form does not detect the language of the selected text in a specific Word document.

XtraScheduler Suite

• ASP.NET MVC - XtraSchedulerReport - Some elements are incorrectly displayed.
• TimeLine - The last separator line is not drawn when a view is grouped by resources and their height is limited.

XtraSpreadsheet

• A specific XLT document is corrupted after it is re-saved using the Spreadsheet Document API library.
• A worksheet picture disappears after sorting another hidden worksheet.
• Multiple columns' size unexpectedly changes when changing a single column's size in a specific document.
• NullReferenceException is thrown on an attempt to load a specific XML document.
• OpenXML documents and ZIP archives can be incorrectly read in a .NET 6 project.
• SpreadsheetControl removes a data validation rule in a cell when the preceding row is deleted.
• The RangeAreas parameter may return incorrect cells for a custom function with a certain range argument.
• The Sort command executed for a value cell in a Pivot table sorts the table by a row field instead of the chosen value field.
• Usability - Added the ability to link a shape's text to a cell.
• Usability - There is no API to set the gridlines' color for a worksheet.

XtraTreeList Suite

• Find Panel module in XtraTreeList MainDemo - Icons do not scale correctly in a print preview with high DPI.
• Modified data is added to an incorrect column in the CustomizeNewNodeFromOuterData event handler.
• There is no option to prevent dropping a node in the CustomizeNewNodeFromOuterData event handler.
• A filter performs poorly when many rows are selected.
• NullReferenceException is thrown during fast scrolling.
• There is no static UseAdvancedCustomizationForm property.
• The MoveNode method moves a node to an incorrect position after upgrading DevExpress version from 20.1 to 21.1.
• TreeList does not apply the skin specified in DefaultLookAndFeel.
• TreeList/GanttControl - Pasting with OptionsClipboardPasteMode = Update may result in an exception if there aren't enough nodes that can be updated.

XtraVerticalGrid Suite

• PropertyGridControl - A memory leak occurs when the RefreshAllProperties method is called.
• PropertyGridControl - Appearance of editor borders in Office View changed in v21.1.
• PropertyGridControl - Filtering performance got worse starting with version 17.1.6.
• PropertyGridControl - The FixRowHeaderPanelWidth option is not taken into account in the Office view.
• VGrid doesn't calculate expressions of unbound rows in Unbound Mode.
• The group expand/collapse buttons are not visible when the Touch or Fluent scrollbars are used.
• The TokenEdit.ValidateToken event is not raised if an event handler is created in the VGridControl.ShownEditor event handler.
• XtraVerticalGrid.Events.HyperlinkClickEventArgs conflicts with DevExpress.Utils.HyperlinkClickEventArgs.