DevExpress WinForms 18.1.4

Includes fixes for Charts, Editors and Grid controls.

Fixes

All WinForms Controls

• A custom skin palette is applied to a custom skin.
• Skin - NullReferenceException occurs on an attempt to get a skin element from a separate thread.
• SkinEngine - An application crashes with NullReferenceException at startup if 300% scaling option is turned on.
• SplashScreenManager - The SetWaitFormDescription property is not taken into account when the value is set to String.Empty.
• WorkspaceManager - The control's properties are not restored when it was moved between DockPanels.
• XtraBars - RadialMenu throws an exception on being invoked.

Coded UI

• XtraTabControl - Provide access to the tab's caption using CodedUI.

Data Access Library

• ArgumentOutOfRangeException occurs after changing parameters for the XRChart control.

DemoCenter (.NET)

• An exception is thrown at NavBrMainDemo on opening the main form at design time.

MVVM Framework

• MessageBoxService - Add a new overload to the MessageBoxService.CreateXtraMessageBoxService method to pass an owner.

PivotGrid Core

• Documentation - Add a note to the CreateDrillDownDataSource method (all platforms) stating that the customColumns parameter is not applied in Client Data Processing mode.

Project Templates

• Recent items under the "Add DevExpress Item" menu are not properly filtered for the current project type and version.

Snap

• The field properties button is disabled if this field is located in SNLIST.

WinForms Demos

• An exception is raised on an attempt to open the frmMain designer in Demos.
• Incorrect TokenEdit dropdown position in Windows Mail Client Demo (arabic).

XtraBars Suite

• A blue rectangle isn't painted around a checked BarItem in the Visual Studio 2013 Dark skin after upgrading to 18.1.
• A tooltip is shown on an incorrect screen when RibbonForm is maximazed.
• AccordionControl - Hamburger menu - Items are incorrectly arranged when a hierarchy has more than two levels.
• AccordionControl - The FilterCondition property of SearchControl doesn't take effect.
• AccordionControl's top area isn't painted correctly when it is placed in FluentDesignForm along with DocumentManager.
• ApplicationButton and ApplicationMenu are incorrectly drawn on RibbonForm when the Bezier skin is applied.
• BackStageViewControl is incorrectly drawn when RecentControlContainerItem is hidden.
• Bar - The BarItemHorizIndent and BarItemVertIndent properties are not scaled based on the current DPI value.
• BarButtonItem - The DropDown style button's behavior is different in Bar and RibbonControl on hovering.
• BarButtonItems placed into BarSubItem remain highlighted if a user hovers over them.
• BarManager - BarStaticItem's width is calculated incorrectly when the AllowHtmlText property is enabled and the & chararcter is used in the item's text.
• BarManager - The BarStaticItem.ItemAppearance.Hovered property property has no effect.
• BarSubItem has an incorrect text color in the Visual Studio Light skin.
• DefaultBarAndDockingController options are not taken into account in DockPanel.
• DockManager - DockPanels cannot be resized when the Light style is enabled.
• DockPanel - The SvgImageSize property set at design time is not saved.
• DocumentManager - TabbedView does not save a document's maximized state.
• DocumentManager - The tabbed header is highlighted when its activation is canceled using the TabMouseActivating event.
• FluentDesignForm - AccordionControlElements are moved when a group is expanded and the Arrow key is pressed.
• FluentDesignForm - AccordionControl's layout is broken after a FilterControl is shown.
• FluentDesignForm - The IsMdiContainer property breaks a form's layout.
• FluentDesignForm's buttons and its title bar cannot be clicked after the FluentDesignFormContainer.SendTtoBack method call.
• Flyout is not displayed until a user resizes or maximizes a form when DevExpress Style skins are applied.
• Font size of controls placed within DockPanel is not changed when the DefaultFont property is set.
• GalleryControl - OverflowException occurs when a 1px width image is displayed and AnimationType is set to ImageContentAnimationType.Slide.
• GalleryControl - There is no possibility to update Handler's HitInfo.
• Html text isn't displayed correctly in RadialMenu.
• Images provided using SVGImageColelction aren't skinned.
• MemoEdit flickers when it resides in TabPane.
• NullReferenceException is thrown in RibbonControl's designer when switching between different BarSubItems.
• NullReferenceException occurs in the WindowsUIView designer.
• Overlay Form's position is not updated unless a parent form's size is changed.
• PopupMenu - PropertyGridControl is located outside the PopupMenu Designer boundaries by default.
• RecentStackPanel - Incorrect space filling when RecentStackPanel contains several RecentControlContainerItems and the RecentControlContainerItem.FillSpace property is enabled.
• RibbonControl - The Application button has an incorrect text color in the Bezier Skin for some color palettes (Office White, Nebula).
• RibbonControl - The selected page is changed when the SelectedPage property is set to RibbonPage that belongs to another Ribbon.
• RibbonControl - Unable to remove BarItem from a minimized RibbonPageGroup.
• RibbonCustomizationForm looks not fully initialized in certain cases.
• RibbonForm - A title bar is not skinned if a skin paint scheme is changed in code.
• RibbonForm - Different drawing artifacts appear when WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.DockPanel resides in the form.
• SuperToolTip - The ToolTipControllerShowEventArgs.AllowHtmlText property works only if it is set after items are added.
• Tab header appearance isn't applied when DocumentManager uses The Bezier skin with the Light style.
• Tab Pane - Invisible tab pages are shown in a context menu.
• TabbedView - A document icon is moved closer to the header text when the document is floating.
• TabFormControl - The TabFormControl.Appearance.Page property settings do not influence a tab form page caption.
• TabPane - The first page is outside a control's boundaries if the RightToLeft property is enabled.
• The Acrylic Material feature does not work when the Feature Level of version 10 or lower is used.
• The caption is drawn twice in BarEditItem with the transparent backcolor.
• The GalleryItem.ItemClick event does not fire for an item that is shown in GalleryDropDown.
• The TabbedView.DocumentProperties.MaxTabWidth property isn't scaled in the tabbed MDI UI with a high DPI.
• TileBar font affected by DirectX in 18.1.
• TileControl - An exception occurs in the InitializeDirectXProvider method if the required DirectX version is not installed.
• TileNavPane - A DropDown stays open and overlaps RibbonControl.
• WindowsUIView - NullReferenceException occurs at the application startup if the DevExpress Dark Style skin is applied.
• WindowsUIView - The next document is not selected in PageContainer when another document is closed.
• XtraForm does not allow resizing when the Bezier skin is applied and its FormBorderEffect is set to None.

XtraCharts Suite

•  It is impossible to set custom filter criteria in the Visual Studio property grid.
• An unhandled exception occurs during scrolling operations after the DateTime scale detail level is changed.
• Axis Range does not switch to the automatic mode after zooming out to the actual maximum range interval.
• Candle Stick - Days added to WorkdaysOptions.ExactWorkdays are not displayed when WorkdaysOnly = true.
• Chart bound to another control raises the ArgumentOutOfRange exception if an empty data source is provided.
• Chart Designer - The actual secondary axis name is not shown in the Series View section of the Properties tab.
• ChartControl - A crosshair label is missing when creating points dynamically after an update to 18.1.
• ChartControl - Crosshair items are incorrectly shown on high DPI after printing XRChart.
• ChartControl - RangeControl doesn't work in version 18.1 when the chart scrollbar is moved fast.
• ChartControl - RangeControl hangs for some time after changing a range when AnimateOnDataChange = true.
• ChartControl - The VisualRange.Auto property is reset to false after a project is rebuilt.
• ChartControl throws ArithmeticException when changing a view type to PolarRangeArea if an empty PivotGrid is used as a data source.
• ChartControl uses a different distance between the first and last points in the Radar diagram in certain cases.
• InvalidOperationException is raised when Pie and Doughnut 2D series are accessed from OnCustomDrawSeries.
• The Series.FilterCriteria property is not effective when filtering by nested fields.
• Usability - The Axis grid line visibility cannot be modified for Custom Axis Labels.
• XRChart - Range stops for the Range Colorizer are not displayed sometimes.
• XRChart - Series Collection Editor freezes in certain situations.
• XRChart - The Series Label element size is changed when displaying the Print Preview window on a HighDPI display.

XtraDiagram

• DiagramShapes' glyphs are visible even if the ToolboxOptionsView.ItemViewMode property is set to "NameOnly".

XtraEditors Library

• A new folder is not created on the NewFolder button click in the XtraFolderBrowserDialog control.
• AccordionControl - AccordionContentContainers are not shown in Hamburger Menu.
• AccordionControl - AccordionControlSeparator is converted to an empty AccordionControlElement after a layout is restored.
• BarCheckItem is shown as unchecked in QAT if the Bezier theme is used.
• CheckedComboBoxEdit - Html-formatted text is shown partially in a text box.
• CheckedComboBoxEdit - The NullText property is not taken into account when the editor is used in in-place mode.
• DateEdit - The MaxValue property is ignored when MinValue has the same value.
• Fluent Design Form's Text is not updated.
• FluentDesignForm - A title bar is not enlarged when the TouchUI mode is enabled.
• FluentDesignForm - Bars and dockpanels are displayed above the form's titlebar.
• FluentDesignForm - Pressing DEL for a selected bar item link results in removing a focused control.
• HyperLinkEdit - A cursor flickers when it changes in the MouseMove event handler.
• HyperlinkLabelControl - The UseMnemonic property is not in effect.
• ImageCollectionEditor - When a dark theme is applied, some rows' back color is the same as the rows' fore color.
• ImageSlider isn't scrolled on touch screens.
• IPrintable controls inside SidePanel are printed using the WYSIWYG approach instead of the "Flow layout" approach.
• LabelControl - The cursor does not change to Hand if text starts with a period symbol.
• OpenFileDialog - The file icon is missing in Windows 7.
• OpenFileDialog - The folder icon is incorrectly drawn when switching between folders using TreeView in Windows 7.
• PdfViewer's Find Panel overlaps all the MDI forms.
• PictureEdit - An application freezes when the PictureEdit.Properties.EnableLODImages option is enabled.
• PictureEdit - An image is not displayed unless it is hovered when DirectX is enabled.
• PictureEdit - ObjectDisposedException is thrown on closing a form.
• PictureEdit - The DXMenuItem.Enabled property always returns true when a context menu is shown the first time.
• PictureEdit - The image background is black when DirectX is enabled.
• RepositoryItemMRUEdit - The Sorted option is not in effect when data is added in the QueryPopUp event handler for an in-place editor.
• SearchControl does not clear its text if a data source of a bound ListBoxControl is changed.
• SvgImageCollection - An exception is thrown when an image index is selected in AccordionControl's item.
• SvgImageCollection - Image size is incorrectly changed on High DPI.
• The main form is shown under other windows when SplashScreen is closed even if the ActivateParentOnSplashFormClosing option is enabled.
• The StringId.Mins and StringId.Secs strings are incorrectly translated in Turkish localization.
• TreeListLookUpEdit - A node is shown on top and a vertical scroll bar is shown on searching data.
• WaitForm freezes and produces memory leaks when it is shown with a custom SVG skin.
• XtraForm - An icon is rendered differently based on the AllowFormSkin option.
• XtraMessageBox - An incorrect dialog result is returned when the XtraMessageBoxArgs.AutoCloseOptions.Delay property is set.
• XtraOpenFileDialog - Incorrect WaitForm localization.
• XtraSaveFileDialog - A button does not change a caption when a folder is selected.
• XtraTabControl - A TabPage object is not disposed of after all pages are removed.

XtraGrid Suite

• A group row is not exported when the BandedGridColumn header occupies several rows.
• BandedGridView - Column headers change their background color in DirectX mode when the WindowsXP paint scheme is used.
• DragDropBehavior stopped working after an upgrade to v18.1.2.
• DragDropBehavior works incorrectly.
• Excel-Style Filter Dialog - Rows with an empty value are hidden even though the "Blanks" value is selected.
• FilterEditor - Custom clause icons are overwritten by default icons.
• ActiveFilter throws an exception in the case of the 'in' request with a large number of parameters.
• Grid Control incorrectly converts the filter from 'In' to 'Not in' if blank values are displayed.
• A cell value becomes empty in the Auto Filter Row after another cell is focused.
• A zoomed image shown in a merged grid cell does not preserve its size when the grid is printed.
• InvalidCastException is thrown when a Guid column is filtered by display text using the Excel filter popup form.
• Items are disabled in the Excel Filter popup for enum fields marked with the PersistentAlias attribute when the Grid operates in Server Mode.
• NullReferenceException is thrown when an applied filter was modified in master-detail mode.
• Spanish translation improvements.
• The footer menu's Show/Hide item is not localized.
• The horizontal scrollbar becomes unexpectedly visible when the AutoFillColumn property is used.
• GridView's row formatting is incorrectly rendered when a column repository item's AllowHtmlDraw property is set to true.
• LayoutView - Artifacts are shown during touch scrolling.
• LayoutView - Touch scrolling stops working when a filter is set.
• The ColumnSpan property is not taken into account for the first column in the Edit Form's designer.
• The copy/paste function uses the PresentationCore assembly.
• The DirectX rendering mechanism breaks a project when the "Prefer 32-bit" option is unchecked.
• The DrawRectangle method draws solid lines when DashStyle is used and the DirectX mode is enabled.
• The loading indicator has a white background when the Bezier skin is applied.
• The row is skipped if its height is larger than a view's height when arrow keys are used for navigation.
• The SelectionChanged event is not raised when CheckBoxSelectorField is set.
• TileView - ScrollButtons do not render correctly when DirectX is enabled.
• WinExplorerView - Matched strings are not highlighted when using the Find Panel.
• WinExplorerView - The selection frame doesn't disappear after showing PopupMenu.

XtraLayout Suite

• A design-time context menu is not shown after a short period of time.
• Cells are not resized correctly when all items are hidden.
• Customization Form may be shown at an incorrect position if it was designed on a secondary monitor.
• SetSkinStyle throws NullReferenceException when UserCustomizationForm is used.
• The customization context menu isn't skinned at design time.
• LayoutControlGroup with the Title style ignores the text color from the GroupPanelTitleCaption skin element.
• Text in the LayoutContol's print preview is cut off when labels are positioned at the top.

XtraMap

• NullReferenceException occurs in MapControl in certain cases when cached map tiles are used.
• A newly added MapDot element is not visible in certain situations.
• Map crashes when BingMaps are cached.
• MapControl behaves incorrectly if it is palced in TableLayoutPanel.
• MapEditor - It is impossible to hide certain buttons.
• NullReferenceException occurs in MapControl with DirectX rendering placed on XtraTabControl.
• The Legend layout is changed when the MiddleLeft or MiddleRight alignment mode is enabled.
• The Map control works slowly if a huge tile cache is used.
• The RequestDataLoading and DataLoaded events do not work after the kind of the Bing map is changed.
• Usability - It is impossible to change the color of the selection region (CTRL+SHIFT+MOUSE selection).
• Vector layer elements are not displayed in certain cases when the DirectX rendering mode is enabled.

XtraPivotGrid Suite

• NullReference exception is thrown on applying a filter if GroupFilterMode = List.
• An exception is raised on the old control layout load.
• Certain value rows are not shown if a field with an applied filter is moved from the Filter to the Column Area.
• Measures are formatted incorrectly if the RunningTotals feature is enabled.
• The GetVisibleValues method raises NullReferenceException.
• Pivot Grid throws NullReferenceException when restoring its layout in certain cases.
• PivotGrid - The Items.Clear method does not work in the CustomFilterPopupItems event handler.
• The Customization Form does not display the filter icon for groups when GroupFilterMode = List in certain cases.
• The Customization Form is not updated when fields are hidden.
• The format of displayed values is not changed after updating the CellFormat.FormatString property if a custom FieldEdit is used.
• The IsNotNull criteria is duplicated on enabling/disabling criteria by using the Filter Panel check box if the Excel Filter popup mode is used.
• XRPivotGrid's Designer does not display data in the "Layout" tab (the DataSet issue).

XtraPrinting Library

• PrintControl - There is no good way to get a particular dock panel.
• The Print Preview form is shown truncated after an update to version 18.1.

XtraReports Suite

• DocumentViewer - A document should not be scrolled when a hyperlink of a non-active page is clicked.
• End-User Report Designer - Editors allowing to choose a script handler in the Scripts tab are missing after converting to v18.1.
• End-User Report Designer - It is not possible to use the NavBar style toolbox along with the new Report Designer UI.
• End-User Report Designer - NotImplementedException is thrown when opening the designer in Windows XP.
• End-User Report Designer - Script Editor - Inputting the "at" symbol breaks syntax highlighting and makes input letters disappear under certain conditions.
• Export to DOCX - The resulting document does not preserve top labels' location in SingleFilePageByPage mode.
• Export to DOCX - Table cells' content is cut in the exported HTML-based report (Frame Layout).
• Export to Excel - Preserve image transparency.
• ExportOptionsTool.EditExportOptions throws the 'This is not a valid page range' exception on closing if a report's document was not created.
• Expression Editor - It is impossible to create a custom category for a custom function.
• Expressions - The SumCount function without arguments returns incorrect results.
• It is not possible to use the PageIndex and PageCount variables in Expression Bindings.
• KeepTogether does not work correctly for Band content that is bigger than the first page.
• No warning message is displayed if a report converted from Legacy Data Bindings to Expression Bindings stops operating correctly after conversion under certain circumstances.
• Object Data Source Wizard creates a wrong typed report parameter while binding a report to a method that accepts an array-typed parameter.
• PageFooter is printed above ReportFooter in a multi-column layout.
• Report Designer - Inserting a new column into XRTable moves its right edge off the report surface.
• Report Designer - The parameter's FilterString dialog shows properties of the main report's datasource.
• Report Designer - Wrong order of custom Bands in End-User Report Designer after the upgrade to 18.1.3.
• ReportGallery's context menu items are not available when XRDesignPanel is used.
• Spelling error in XRPivotGrid Fields Collection Editor.
• Subreport data is repeated when there is a group header with the enabled GroupUnion property.
• Summary - A page summary label placed into GroupFooter renders a question mark instead of the actual value.
• The "Validation" button does not work in the End-User Designer version 18.1.
• The PageFooter band with growing controls overlaps the DetailBand area.
• The previous row value is printed if an exception occurs in an expression.
• The Report Templates Gallery does not show Scheduler Report layouts.
• The text of a label which is rotated on 180 degrees is split into two rows.
• The XRLabel control with a summary loses formating in Preview mode if the XRLabel ProcessNullValues property is set to SuppressAndShrink.
• XRPivotGrid - A part of data is missing across pages - Paging Error.
• XtraReport - XRCrossBand controls do not work correctly in a multi-column layout.

XtraRichEdit

• A rotated textbox within the header section also rotates a table's grid lines and spell checker findings.
• Default character formatting is not copied when text is being dragged inside a document.
• EndOfStreamException is thrown on an attempt to import a specific WordML.
• InvalidOperationException occurs on an attempt to drop text with a hyperlink to RichEditControl's document if the Hyperlink style has been removed from this document.
• It is impossible to remove a numbering list if this list is located in a table cell.
• RichEditControl does not have an ability to paste Rtf content from the Clipboard in the way MS Word does in "Use Destination Styles" mode.
• RichEditControl incorrectly calculates widths for table cells on invoking the "AutoFit Contents" command if a table contains paragraphs with numbering.
• System.ArgumentException is thrown on an attempt to print a specific document.
• The "&nbsp" symbol is not inserted into the clipboard as a whitespace when HTML is copied from RichEditControl in v17.2.
• The "Insert Table" form allows inserting a table with the number of columns greater than 63.
• Usability - RichEditControl allows inserting checkboxes into all document sections.

XtraScheduler Suite

• An unnecessary FetchAppointment event is raised when ResourceTree is assigned to the Scheduler control.
• DateNavigator - A fore color is difficult to read when the Office palette is applied.
• DateNavigator is not repainted in version 18.1 after Refresh is invoked.
• DateNavigator is not repainted when the LimitInterval property is changed.
• Documentation - Describe the ISchedulerCommandFactoryService service.
• Documentation - Improve the CustomDrawTimeCell event help article.
• GanttView - Provide the capability not to decrease the height of collapsed resources when CellsAutoHeightOptions is disabled.
• Mappings do not work.
• ResourcesTree - Row height of a collapsed row is insufficient to display an appointment.
• ResourceTree - SchedulerControl's resources are not filtered when filtering data by using the Find Panel in ResourceTree.
• ResourceTree is flickering on scrolling when the RefreshDataOnSchedulerChanges option is enabled.
• Scheduler control - System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException is thrown if there is not enough space for a control.
• SchedulerControl - A filtered set of resources is incorrect in the FetchAppointments event handler.
• SchedulerControl - New data storage does not filter items when the Filter property is set.
• SchedulerControl's DayView crashes if DayView.ShowAllDayArea is true.
• SchedulerDataStorage - Resources are not shown after mappings are specified.
• SchedulerDataStorage doesn't work with XPO.
• SessionMixingException occurs when SchedulerDataStorage is used with XPO objects and the resource data source is replaced with a new collection.
• The "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." exception is thrown in the XVideoRental demo with the Bezier skin.
• The Agenda view doesn't look right in v17.2.8 in the Office 2016 dark skin.

XtraSpellChecker

• A form is scaled incorrectly after loading a SpellChecker if the SpellChecker.Culture property value differs from the current machine culture.

XtraSpreadsheet

• Cell comments are not taken into account when navigating to the last worksheet cell via the Ctrl+End shortcut.
• Mail Merge - Protected ranges in a template worksheet are changed after performing a mail merge operation.
• Mail Merge - Protection settings of a template worksheet are not applied to merged worksheets.
• Serious performance penalties when performing "Fill Down".
• SpreadsheetControl does not receive focus on the Sheet Tab Selector click if SpreadsheetControl is located in DocumentManager's tab.
• SpreadsheetControl ignores the Alignment.Indent property value while calculating the layout of multiline text.
• SpreadsheetControl incorrectly applies a data validation rule of the List data validation type defined with a relative cell reference if it is added in code.
• System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException is thrown after a worksheet is copied.
• System.InvalidOperationException is thrown on an attempt to remove a worksheet that has a cell range bound to a data source.
• System.InvalidOperationException: "Stack empty" is thrown while copying/pasting cells in SpreadsheetControl.
• Text rotation for chart data labels is ignored on rendering.
• The "%" symbol does not operate properly in equality conditions.
• The formula editor is not resized according to the SpreadsheetFormulaBarControl size.
• The print output is incorrect when printing a worksheet with the B4 paper size and the Landscape orientation.
• The Style.Protection.Locked property value is not written into the exported .XLSX document.
• Zooming does not operate properly if a worksheet uses any View type except for Normal.

XtraTreeList Suite

• AutoFilterRow text is unreadable if the EnableAppearanceFocusedCell option is disabled and the Bezier skin is used.
• Enabling DirectX Draw messes up TreeList drawing in PopupContainer.
• ExcelFilter does not work with DateTime fields and FilterMode = DisplayText.
• A memory leak occurs since an editor animation object is not released by XtraAnimator.
• CalcNodeHeight is raised when the OptionsBehavior.AutoNodeHeight option is enabled.
• Displayed filter text is changed when a filter is customized in the SubstituteFilter event.
• FindPanel's text is cleared after the data source update.
• It is impossible to type in an unbound column.
• NullReferenceException occurs when an editor in AutofilterRow is posted.
• Search performance decreases when the colon character is used in the Find Panel search text.
• The FixedWidth property is not taken into account during TreeList export.
• The SelectionChanged event is not raised when a node is deleted.
• TreeList raises the AfterExpand and AfterCollapse events twice.
• XtraDialog - A node is not expanded if the right key is pressed.

XtraVerticalGrid Suite

• Font settings are not changed for records by using the PropertyGridControl.Appearance.RecordValue property if in-place editors are used.
• NullReferenceException is thrown on scrolling a control by using the mouse wheel.
• Rows are inserted at the wrong position when a custom PropertyDescriptorCollection is used.
• Setting the PropertyGridControl.Appearance.ReadOnlyRecordValue.FontSizeDelta property is not in effect.
• The Editor attribute is ignored when the Office view is used.
• The NullReferenceException is thrown when scrolling and an editor is active.
• The UseDXCollectionEditor property doesn't allow the use of an EditorAttribute with the string type.
• There is no possibility to handle an exception which occurs when resource strings are missed for the corresponding AnnotationAttribute.
• PropertyGridControl ignores the RecordWidth property when the Office View is used.
• RepositoryItemImageEdit - A popup closes when a picture is selected with a double click.
• VGrid - Row appearance text settings don't work.
• VGridControl - The header's text is cut off when the Appearance.RowHeaderPanel.TextOptions.HAlignment property is set to HorzAlignment.Far.

XtraWizard

• XtraWizard footer height is too big at high DPI.