DevExpress WinForms 17.2.8

All the WinForms components and libraries produced by DevExpress in one package. Latest maintenance release.

Fixes

All WinForms Controls

• SkinEditorV2 - An exception is raised on an attempt to generate a skin assembly.
• TreeList - A number of objects in memory is quite big after nodes are cleared.

Coded UI

• The PInvokeStackImbalance exception occurs when Coded UI tests are run in Debug mode.

Data Access Library

• ObjectDataSource - Enum constructor arguments do not support serialization.

MVVM Framework

• MVVM - The IDialogService.ShowDialog method returns UICommand even if the current dialog form is cancelled.
• NavigationService is not shown in MVVMContext's design-time window.

PDF Processing (Common)

• Export - Too large metafiles cannot be exported as images.

PDF Viewer

• Control - An application may freeze after calling the CloseDocument method in certain cases.
• Usability - The MouseWheel event is not raised.

Snap

• ArgumentOutOfRangeException on clicking the "Ignore All" button in the spell checking dialog.
• Format strings are not preserved for SNTEXT fields nested in other fields (e.g., in the IF field).
• NullReferenceException on an attempt to append two or more rows to a table located in another table.
• SnapList column widths are not correctly stored on saving a modified document.
• System.NullReferenceException is thrown after clicking a data row that continues on the next page if the Highlight option is turned on.

XtraBars Suite

• A bar item is duplicated on restoring the layout via WorkspaceManager.
• A button added to a WindowsUIView container using ISupportDocumentActions looks different in comparison with buttons added directly to the Buttons collection.
• A document is not shown when the ReleaseDeferredLoadControl method is called and the FreeLayout mode is used.
• AccordionControl - ContextButtons are not shown if the Visibility property is changed.
• AdornerUIManager - A guide is not always activated after calling the SelectElement method.
• An exception occurs in the ChangeContext.ChangeContext method when several forms with TabbedView are created in different threads.
• BackStageViewControl - Form buttons are not shown in The Bezier skin.
• BarItem is always visible although MostRecentlyUsed is set to false.
• BarManager - NullReferenceException is thrown in the BarLinkViewInfo.LinkGlyphSize property getter when a non-default DPI value is used.
• Categories in Ribbon Designer are not working.
• DocumentManager - WindowsUIButton is not shown correctly when the tile size is changed.
• Focus returns to the main form when the auto-hidden panel is hidden after a third-party form receives focus.
• ObjectDisposedException is thrown in the MDI form on closing the grid when hardware acceleration is enabled.
• Prevent the main form from accepting Dock Panels.
• RibbonControl - New bar items corresponding to the shown ones in QAT are added to the RibbonControl.Items collection each time a menu is shown.
• RibbonControl changes the size of images for large items if the SharedImageCollection collection is used.
• TabbedView - An incorrect document is activated when a new document is created.
• TabForm - Gap between form and screen edges appears if FormBorderStyle is None and WindowsState is set to Maximized.
• TabForm - Right button area is shifted if ControlBox is set to False.
• The BarItemImageOptions.LargeImageIndex property is not marked with the Localizable attribute.
• The context menu activated via keyboard shortcut is not focused under certain circumstances.
• ToolBox selection foreground isn't correctly updated when the Office 2013 theme is used.
• WidgetView - Document settings are not applied immediately.
• WindowsUIView - Provide a way to show color images in custom buttons.
• XtraPrinting - The "Customization" dialog is opened in background whenever the main print preview form is maximized.

XtraCharts Suite

• Bubble Series - The Crosshair label text is incorrect when a custom QualitativeScaleComparer is applied.
• ChartControl - A logical operator selected in the Data Filter Collection Editor is reset after closing the Chart Designer.
• Crosshair cursor is not displayed for the stacked bar series in the Rotated diagram if SnapMode = NearestValue.
• Pie Series - A segment's border is drawn incorrectly in certain situations.
• Radar Line - The "System.ArgumentException: Parameter is not valid" error occurs when reducing the chart size.
• Series Label Pattern Editor - Unable to specify the common label format for Range (Gantt) Series.
• The SeriesLabel.ResolveOverlappingMode property is not effective in certain situations.

XtraDiagram

• DiagramConnectors correctly select optimal connection points in certain scenarios when different layout algorithms are applied.

XtraEditors Library

• TokenEdit - StringId is not assigned to the popup menu items' tag property.
• XtraFileDialogs - FileName isn't shown when the dialogs are displayed.
• CheckedComboBoxEdit - Setting UInt64 enum flag values with the MSB set causes an exception.
• ControlNavigator and EmbeddedNavigator aren't scaled correctly on High DPI screens in version 17.2.7.
• PictureEdit - Flickering when DirectX is enabled in Windows 10 Compatability mode.
• PopupContainerControl closes when a control placed on a child PopupControlContainer gets focus.
• PopupContainerEdit - A popup closes when a grid editor is focused.
• PropertyGrid regression issues on upgrading from v15.1 to v17.2.6.
• RepositoryItemButtonEdit - EditorButton's Caption overlaps the neighboring cell in GridView and TreeList.
• RepositoryItemTreeListLookUpEdit - An exception is thrown in the EndInit method.
• SharedImageCollection - Images cannot be loaded from referenced image assemblies, DevExpress Image Gallery, project resources by using a smart tag.
• SidePanel - A control's focus area is cut at the bottom when it is located in SidePanel.
• The filter option does not sort values in the XtraOpenFileDialog control.
• XtraDialogs - Error messages differ from messages in the default dialog.
• XtraEditors - EditMaskEditorForm cannot be localized.
• XtraFolderBrowserDialog is not completely shown on small screens.
• XtraOpenFileDialog - The open button is not enabled when the search box is used.
• XtraOpenFileDialog - The selected item in the current path dropdown does not have an icon.
• XtraOpenFileDialog does not allow a user entering absolute paths.

XtraGrid Suite

• A detail LayoutView doesn't display field values when items are arranged into groups.
• An exception is thrown when a user focuses a text box in the Numeric Filters tab in Server Mode.
• Attributes are not taken into account if the enumeration member is called Equals.
• BandedGridView - Bands' BackColor is not taken into account on printing when the UsePrintStyle property is disabled.
• BandedGridView - The OutOfRange exception occurs when the ExportToXLXS method is called.
• BandedGridView - The PrintBandHeader option is not taken into account when exporting to csv.
• BandedGridView : ExportToXls ignores the OptionsPrint.PrintHeader option value when the OptionsView.ShowBands option is disabled.
• BehaviorManager - A detail row cannot be moved using the row indicator when the Embedded mode is used.
• DirectX - Grid is painted slowly when using LinqInstantFeedbackSource.
• Excel-inspired filter - A single value is not cleared when Blanks is selected.
• FormatException occurs when a value is removed from the Excel filter if the RegEx mask is used.
• GridControl - A year is wrapped in the Excel DateTime filter popup window when the ForceGdiPlusPaint method is called.
• GridControl - FindNullPrompt text is not shown in FindPanel after clearing the find text.
• GridControl - The Excel filter does not update its localization if the CurrentCulture and CurrentUICulture properties were changed on the fly.
• GridControl incorrectly exports custom icon sets.
• GridControl with DragDropBehavior - The Dragging operation doesn't start on clicking a grid row line.
• GridView - The cell text is corrupted when the content is scrolled and the AllowPixelScrolling option is enabled.
• GridView's horizontal scrollbar is not consistently removed when it is no longer needed.
• LayoutView - A card caption is not completely visible when it is changed in the CustomDrawCardCaption event handler.
• LayoutView - An exception is thrown when the Show Customization Form menu item is clicked at design time.
• NullReferenceException when closing a tile view in a child MDI form.
• RepositoryItemHypertextLabel - Text moves on clicking grid cells.
• SearchLookupEdit - Clicking the Column Chooser outside the popup hides it.
• The application crashes when double-clicking on a rule with a syntax error.
• The loading indicator has a white background when the Bezier skin is applied.
• The RaiseCustomDrawCell event does not fire while the GridView.CustomDrawCell event is not used.
• TileView - Tile's background image is not displayed in the print preview if the GetThumbnailImage event is used.
• WinExplorerView's Position isn't updated when WinExplorerView is filtered.
• XtraGrid - The SubstituteFilterEventArgs.Filter value is incorrect if a search query for a particular column ends with the "%" symbol.

XtraLayout Suite

• LabelControl - Anchors are ignored if Label's BorderStyle property differs from NoBorder.
• LayoutControl - An item with TokenEdit is incorrectly autosized when EditValueType equals TokenEditValueType.List.
• LayoutControl - Items get outside LayoutControlGroup boundaries when all rows are cleared and created again.
• LayoutControl - Touch scrolling is not working for non-DevExpress controls.
• LayoutControlGroup's CustomHeaderButtons do not show the "Checked" state when the Bezier skin is applied.

XtraMap

• An unhandled exception occurs when changing the map coordinate system and modifying the layers collection at runtime.
• An unhandled exception occurs when changing the map layout at runtime in certain situations.
• An unhandled exception occurs when switching between WMS layers at runtime.
• Enabling caching leads to freezes/lags while dragging the map (OpenStreetmapDataProvider).
• Incorrect coordinate system is selected by the WMS layer.
• It is impossible to connect to the WMS requiring the Service parameter.
• The Map Legend is not removing old entries when a datasource is changed.
• The MapPushpin.Transparency property modification is not reflected in the map.
• The ShapeTitleOptions.Assign method doesn't work.

XtraNavBar

• OfficeNavigationBar - Items are not removed from the menu when NavBarItem is hidden.

XtraPivotGrid Suite

• The entire column selection works incorrectly in certain cases.
• The field filter is not available for unbound columns after upgrading to 17.2.7.
• The PivotGridStringId.PopupMenuBestFit key is not localized into Russian.
• The Prefilter editor shows duplicated fields.
• PivotGrid can display unexpected values in data cells when a data field's summary type is set to any value except the default one in OLAP mode.
• The DateTime format string is not applied on export if FormatType is set to Custom.
• XtraPivotGrid - Field header text is aligned differently when the Appearance.FieldValue.TextOptions.VAlignment property is set to Default.

XtraPrinting Library

• Export to DOCX - The IndexOutOfRange exception is thrown on an attempt to export an HTML-based report (Table Layout).
• Print Preview - The "Standard Printer" text is not correct in Deutsch localization.
• Text color of a report's edited fields is lost on exporting these fields to AcroForms.

XtraReports Suite

• A formatting rule doesn't work in a specific scenario in version 17.2.
• An exception occurs on an attempt to export a report with merged table cells to a PDF file.
• Cell borders are hidden in a PDF file if nested tables are used in a report.
• Conversion Tool - 'The schema does not contain the following relation column' error occurs on editing the query of the report that was converted from a specific Crystal report.
• Report Designer - The "Values" option is not visible in the "Expression Editor" window.
• The font size of the XRRichText control is not maintained on repeated pages.
• XRGauge - ActualValue, TargetValue, Minimum and Maximum properties do not receive their values at runtime when expression bindings are used.
• XRLabel cannot be hidden in the report (the Visible property is ignored) if this label is bound to the summary expression.
• XtraPrinting - Reopening the same document produces different visual appearance (the XRRichText issue).
• XtraReport - Document creation fails with the NullReferenceException (XRPivotGrid issue).
• XtraReport - XRRichText incorrectly renders a Word document that contains frame objects.
• XtraReports - A second XPCollection is added each time a report is opened in the End-User Report Designer (IDataSerializer issue).

XtraRichEdit

• A cell value is inserted into the wrong cell when typing in a cell selected during the Tab navigation.
• A newly inserted inline picture does not replace a currently selected inline picture.
• A rotated TextBox does not correctly align its content.
• Cell vertical alignment items in the "Table properties" dialog are localized incorrectly.
• CssPropertiesExportType is ignored when exporting a document to Html via the HtmlText property or the GetHtmlText overload without the HtmlDocumentExporterOptions parameter.
• InvalidCastException is thrown on an attempt to highlight tokens in a specific VB file.
• InvalidCastException on an attempt to type Japanese symbols.
• Newly inserted hyperlinks are incorrectly formatted after loading an HTML file containing hyperlinks.
• Newly produced GDI objects are not cleared after retrieving content using the RtfText property.
• NullReferenceException on using DocumentIterator after deleting a table located at the end of a document.
• NullReferenceException when opening a document containing a floating object in a table.
• RichEditControl calculates a paragraph indent incorrectly after numbering for this paragraph is reset.
• RichEditControl exports space symbols differently starting with v17.2.4 if the RichEditControl.Options.Export.Html.TabMarker property is set to several space symbols.
• The "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" exception occurs when opening a document with invalid field code.
• The caret moves to the wrong cell when attempting to navigate to the Top/Bottom cell using the Up/Down keys in a table with the specific number of columns.
• The cursor moves to an unexpected position after typing Japanese symbols in RichEditControl.
• The default value of the XtraRichEditStringId.FileFilterDescription_GifFiles string is incorrect.

XtraScheduler Suite

• AppointmentPatternExpander generates appointments with the start date later than RecurrenceInfo.End.
• Images provided in the InitAppointmentImages event handler are not displayed in a print preview.
• OverflowException is thrown when a user scrolls TimeLineView if OptionsView.EnableAnimation is true.
• A vertical scrollbar is missing in TimelineView grouped by resources if appointments contain multiline texts.
• ArgumentException is thrown in the TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime method called from the TimeZoneEngineBase.ToOperationTime method.
• The e.ViewInfo.Appearance.BackColor property returns an empty Color in the AppointmentViewInfoCustomizing event.
• TimeLineView throws an exception on drawing.
• The HorizontalWeek control in tile mode doesn't correctly split over multiple pages in version 17.2.7.
• XtraSchedulerReport - The DayViewTimeCells.HorizontalHeaders property is set to HorizontalDateHeaders instead of HorizontalResourceHeaders.

XtraSpreadsheet

• Borders only from the first conditional formatting rule are rendered for a cell when multiple rules with different border formatting applied to this cell.
• Changing cell formatting on the protected sheet isn't allowed if the "Format Cells" option is checked in the "Protect Sheet" dialog.
• Export to TXT/CSV - SpreadsheetControl generates excessive lines for existing empty rows.
• In ReadOnly mode, the data validation list is opened via the "Alt+Down Arrow" shortcut so that the cell value can be changed.
• NullReferenceException is thrown on an attempt to close the Form designer in Visual Studio when this form contains SpreadsheetControl with the Formula bar.
• Provide API methods to add an external workbook with a custom name into the ExternalWorkbook collection.
• Spreadsheet pictures are modified after a simple load/save.
• SpreadsheetControl - InvalidCastException on clicking the AutoFilterRow in the Field List.
• SpreadsheetControl - The Find Panel does not perform search against fields.
• The cell's drop-down list is immediately closed if SpreadsheetControl is located in the child MDI form.
• The use of the CopyFrom method leads to the "An item with the same key has already been added" exception when a document contains shared formulas.

XtraTreeList Suite

• Data Aware Export - Conditional formatting is not applied to the last TreeList row.
• Multiple selection issue in TreeListMultiSelection.
• NullReferenceException is thrown on calling the BestFit method of an image column.
• NullReferenceException occurs when the TreeList layout is restored several times.
• The CreateCustomNodeEventArgs parameter is null in the Treelist.CreateCustomNode event handler when the AppenNode method is called.
• ToolTip doesn't disappear when you hover the cursor over the find panel.
• EditorButton has a wrong caption color when a row is focused and the Office skin is applied.
• NullReferenceException is thrown on disposing of TreeList when the latter is integrated in ChartControl by using ControlRowSource.
• NullReferenceException is thrown when clicking an empty cell after a column band parent is changed.
• NullReferenceException is thrown when the CollapseAll method is called and focus is set on the Auto Filter Row.
• The cell cursor is set to the beginning of the cell when the right arrow is pressed.
• The FindNullPrompt property is ignored if the OptionsFind.AlwaysVisible property is set to true.
• FindPanel uses an incorrect LookAndFeel.

XtraWizard

• WizardControl - Provide the capability to change a default docking style at the descendant level.