DevExpress WPF 18.1.7

Improves Bars, Charts, Data Grid, Rich Text Editor and Scheduler controls.

Fixes

All WPF Controls

• Excessive borders in the ScrollBar template.
• TreeListView - It is difficult to use expand buttons in touch themes.

Data-Aware Export

• GridControl - A calculated value based on a formula isn't pasted from Excel.
• Numeric text with leading zeros is pasted into GridControl as a number.
• The AlignByColumns option is not completely supported in GridControl for WPF.
• Total summaries with fake FieldNames are not exported when the Data Aware export is used even if SummaryCountBlankCells is set to true.
• TreeListControl - Export of a left aligned SummaryItem to Excel produces the circular reference warning.

DXAccordion for WPF

• AccordionControl hangs when its item is selected after search.

DXBars for WPF

• Bars - The Enter key doesn't open a nested sub menu.
• GalleryItem is unresponsive if Gallery is placed in the Backstage View and the Gallery.IsGroupCaptionVisible property is false.
• ItemClick is not raised when BarSplitButtonItem is located in RadialContextMenu.
• MenuHeader is not shown in DXContextMenu after View is reloaded.
• Popup menus - An item under the mouse pointer is selected automatically on opening a menu.
• RibbonSplitButtons don't always receive mouse clicks in version 18.18291 and later.
• The dx:FrameworkElementHelper.AllowDrop property does not work for BarContainerControl.

DXCharts for WPF

• An exception occurs in the Chart 3D control in the fixed document.
• ChartControl - Axis labels disappear in the remote desktop connection (RDP) environment.
• RangeControl throws OverflowException when ItemsSource is updated.
• Unhandled error occurs when minimizing the ChartControl size in certain situations.
• WPF Chart3DControl crashes when using SeriesPoint3DMatrixAdapter where all values are the same.

DXControls for WPF

• DxDialog - An incorrect background color in the Office2016Colorful application theme.
• DXDialogWindow raises the Closing event twice when its OK button is clicked and e.Cancel is set to True.
• DXOpenFileDialog shows the File Explorer error if InitialDirectory doesn't exist.
• DXTabControl - A new tab button does not take the initial state of NewTabCommand into account.
• DXWindow's BorderEffect is invisible in Office2016 and Office2013 themes.
• DXWindow's title and icon aren't visible when the IsAeroMode property is enabled and the Office 2016 White SE Theme is applied.
• Incorrect exception callstack after DXSplashScreen shows.
• Incorrect gradient for the DXTabItem background.
• InvalidOperationException is raised when ThemedWindow is used in multiple threads.
• It's not possible to move DXWindow when the IsAeroMode property is enabled and the Office 2016 White SE Theme is applied.
• KeyNotFoundException occurs when View Slider is moved in OpenFileDialog in certain themes.
• Load of DevExpress classes breaks scrolling for popup windows.
• OpenFileDialog's window isn't correctly resized when high DPI settings are applied.
• The "Open" button doesn't select any directory if no items are selected in the File Explorer's grid.
• The use of ThemedWindow with a theme different from DeepBlue causes loading the DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon assembly.
• ThemedWindow - The ControlBox buttons and other header elements do not respond in a maximized state if the taskbar is shown at the left or top sides.
• ThemedWindow can be resized to a smaller size than the one declared in the MinHeight and MinWidth properties when MaxHeight and MaxWidth are defined.
• ThemedWindow is displayed behind the Taskbar in full screen mode.
• ThemedWindow is incorrectly rendered when being maximized and when its WindowStyle is None.
• ThemedWindow with a fixed MaxHeight is rendered incorrectly when maximized.
• ThemedWindow's glow effect is not displayed if the ResizeMode property is set to NoResize.
• Window is displayed long before its content when DXTabControl is used with the enabled TabContentCacheMode.
• Window with AllowsTransparency=True is totally transparent when being maximized and a taskbar is hidden.
• WindowContentHolder class instances aren't disposed when DXMessageBox is shown multiple times.

DXDiagram for WPF

• DiagramControl allows dropping external objects by default.

DXDocking for WPF

• An application hangs when the DockController.Activate method is called in the DockItemClosing event handler.
• ControlBoxButtons are incorrectly styled in the VS2017 and Office2016SE themes.
• DocumentPanel actions are disabled when showing a non-modal window over a DockLayoutManager window.
• Float Groups don't arrange their content properly if groups are created and added in code behind.
• LayoutPanel - ObservableCollection binding is not updated.
• The BaseLayoutItem.TabCaption property is not restored properly in certain cases.
• The fullscreen floating panel position is incorrect after a dock layout is restored in certain cases.
• The OnApplyTemplate method for DocumentPanel's content is called earlier than in version 17.2.

DXEditors for WPF

• ArgumentNullException is raised in editors with buttons when EditorShowMode is MouseUp or EditorButtonShowMode is not ShowOnlyInEditor and SelectionMode is Cell.
• CameraControl - The colon symbol is missing in the Desaturate label in the Settings window.
• ComboBoxEdit - The SelectItemWithNullValue property does not work if it is specified after the ValueMember property.
• DateEdit's FocusPopupOnOpen places focus at the wrong location.
• Drop-down editors don't arrange their popup when the popup height increases.
• LookUpEdit selects wrong items if groups in its drop-down GridControl are deselected via the Selector column.
• NullReferenceException occurs on adding selected items to the ListBoxEdit.Items collection.
• RangeControl - Incorrect zooming behavior.
• RangeControl does not highlight the first or last months when these months don't contain all days.
• Setting the ToggleSwitch.Foreground property has no effect.
• The month field of DateEdit's popup is not updated when DateEdit used in a DataTemplate is returned from a DataTemplateSelector class descendant.
• The right border thickness is incorrect in editors with the DropDown button.

DXGrid for WPF

• "An item with the same key has already been added" exception occurs on restoring the layout if the Smart Generation mode has been enabled and columns are created manually.
• A value that is missing in ComboBoxEditSetting ItemsSource cannot be pasted into a corresponding cell even if the DisplayMember/ValueMember properties are not set.
• ArgumentException is raised in GridControl grouped by multiple columns when the best fit operation is executed.
• ArgumentException is raised when the RestoreLayoutFrom* method is called and IsSmart is True in GridColumns.
• CardView does not work well with live data (AllowLiveDataShaping).
• DataControlDetailDescriptor - An exception occurs on expanding master rows if the detail grid contains GridControlBand with the defined ColumnsSource property.
• DataUpdateFormatCondition doesn't correctly highlight cells when neighbouring columns are sorted.
• Grid - A detail grouped column disappears from the group panel after the export.
• Grid - Inserting clipboard data copied from Excel clears values in a grid row under the target row.
• Grid - NullReferenceException is thrown on exporting when the parameterless ExportContext.AddRow method is called in CustomizeSheetHeader.
• Grid Print Preview - The top column border is shifted if the OverlayHeaderByChildren option is enabled for its parent band.
• GridControl - ScrollBarAnnotations aren't refreshed after a new data source is assigned to a sorted GridControl.
• GridControl throws an exception when the Conditional Formatting context menu is used for a column removed from the grid.
• InvalidCastException is thrown if incremental search is used with TabViewDetailDescriptor.
• LookUpEdit without a nested GridControl throws an exception.
• Master-Detail - The bottom separator position is calculated incorrectly when the Margin property is set.
• NullReferenceException occurs in a master-detail GridControl in certain cases when master rows aren't expanded and master data is copied to clipboard.
• NullReferenceException occurs in the DataViewBase.CreateAutoFilterCriteriaEquals method when GridControl is filtered by an unbound column.
• Provide an easier way to customize Selector Column properties.
• Scrollbar Annotations are not updated when the RefreshData method is called.
• Selection Rectangle - NullReferenceException occurs on selecting rows if a mouse pointer is moved above the data area.
• The "An item with the same key has already been added" exception may occur when GridControl / TreeListControl uses bands.
• The "Cannot apply summary 'Sum' to field" exception occurs when the "sum" summary is defined for a string column and the customization window is shown.
• The CellValueChanged event fires twice when an editor's value is cleared.
• The CTRL+Up/Down keys don't work when the Incremental Search feature is enabled and the search string is empty.
• The detail GridControl's columns are exported even if they are hidden.
• Unbound columns aren't recalculated when a property at the data item level is changed.

DXLayoutControl for WPF

• ElementSizer disappears after changing the DockSide property at runtime in certain themes.
• LayoutGroup with View=Tabs throws ArgumentOutOfRangeException in some scenarios.
• NullReferenceException is raised when an active tab with LayoutControl is switched in TabControl.
• XamlParseException is raised when DXBinding uses static resources in an element declared in DataTemplate.

DXMap for WPF

• Vector Layer items in the Cartesian coordinate system are positioned incorrectly in certain situations.

DXPivotGrid for WPF

• Conditional Formatting - A rule loses its icon set after editing the set and saving and restoring the layout.

DXPrinting for WPF

• DocumentPreviewControl - The ExportOptions.PrintPreview.ActionAfterExport property is not taken into account in the Export Dialog.
• DocumentPreviewControl - The PrintingSystemBase.AfterMarginsChange event doesn't fire when document margins are changed.
• Extra spacing in WPF print dialogs if a project targets .NET Framework 4.7.
• NullReferenceException occurs when custom controls are used for editing report content in print preview.

DXPropertyGrid for WPF

• Application crash after an upgrade to v18.1.5.
• Fluent API's ReadOnly implementation isn't taken into account in PropertyGridControl.
• PropertyGridControl - Only the last NewItemInstanceInitializer attribute is taken into account.

DXRibbon for WPF

• DXRibbonWindow's title is collapsed when the resize button is pressed.
• GalleryItem in RibbonGalleryBarItem stays "selected" when it is disabled on a click.
• RibbonControl doesn't release its view if it is located in NavigationFrame and merging is used.
• RibbonControl's Minimize button has incorrect size in the Seven theme when DXRibbonWindow's IsAeroMode property is set to True.
• RibbonGalleryBarItem - Scrolling by mouse does not allow scrolling to the bottom.
• Separator items unpredictably show key tips.

DXRichEdit for WPF

• A skinned border is shown over RichEditControl's SimpleView even if the RichEditControl.ShowBorder option is disabled.
• RichEditControl is not disposed of if it is located in DockLayoutManager's TabbedGroup.
• Several RichEditControl ribbon elements are missing on application startup.
• Tables use incorrect styles after loading a document from HTML.

DXScheduler for WPF

• A new field is not added when the indexer of the CustomFields collection is used.
• ArgumentNullException is raised in the DevExpress.Xpf.Scheduling.AppointmentEditViewModelBase.CreateResources method.
• FastTextBlock not rendering in WPF Scheduler 18.1.
• It's impossible to reduce the All Day Area height.
• MonthView shows the next month instead of the today date if the parent SchedulerControl is bound to a DateNavigator.
• Provide space in TimelineView's cells for selection.
• Scheduler - Cell lines are of different thickness in TimelineView on 125 DPI.
• Scheduler - The last row is cut off from the bottom.
• SchedulerControl - NullReferenceException in the DevExpress.Xpf.Scheduling.VisualData.ViewVisualData.GetSingleSelectedCell method.
• SchedulerControl - OutOfMemoryException in the UpdateTimeBeforeAppointmentStart method.
• SchedulerControl does not provide an option to show only Resource Appointments.
• SchedulerControl throws an exception in WeekView and WorkWeekView when a user makes a touch gesture to the left or right.
• TimelineView - Appointments are painted incorrectly while dragging one of them.
• Update resources' visibility in WPF SchedulerControl.

DXScheduler for WPF (Legacy)

• ArgumentException is thrown when adding a specific recurring appointment.
• The LimitInterval property isn't correctly taken into account while selecting cells in TimeLineView or scrolling using the scroll buttons.

DXSpreadsheet for WPF

• DevExpress.Xpf.Spreadsheet raises System.NullReferenceException when setting ApplicationThemeName.
• SpreadsheetControl pastes Microsoft Excel 8.0 Format (Biff8) data from the Clipboard as text.

DXTreeList for WPF

• Dynamically loaded nodes are not sorted by default in TreeListControl whose sorting settings were initially defined.
• TreeListControl leads to memory leaks when its DataContext is set to Null.

MVVM Framework

• Add the capability to manually resolve the view model state type by its type name.
• DXBinding declarations may cause memory leaks in certain scenarios.
• DXCommand swallows exceptions that are thrown in bound methods.
• DXEvent doesn't invoke the bound method when the Loaded event is handled.
• Mistakes in the documentation WPF Controls > MVVM Framework > Commands > Delegate Commands.
• NullReferenceException occurs when invoking IModuleManager.Clear.
• Running multiple instances with NotifyIconService causes a program to crash when the main window is closed using CurrentWindowService.

Windows UI

• AppBarButton - Two clicks are required to reopen the flyout.
• The second item is not fully shown if FlipView is located in ScrollViewer with an enabled horizontal scrollbar.
• TileNavCategory's command is not executed when this category item is selected for the first time.

WPF Demos

• The built-in column context menu is not styled in the HybridApp demo.

XtraReports Suite

• Closing the Expression Editor focuses the application's root window but not Report Designer.
• DocumentPreviewControl - A multi-value parameter's value is selected automatically once a value is typed in the parameter editor when FilterString is specified for the parameter's lookup values collection.
• DocumentPreviewControl - A report from a remote document source is shown with an incorrect page size.
• Parameters Panel - Filtering doesn't work correctly in a custom multi-value parameter editor.
• Report Designer - A connection password is not saved after editing the SqlDataSource.Queries collection (the IConnectionStorageService issue).
• Report Designer - The preview tab of the merged RibbonControl is empty (UseOfficeInspiredRibbonStyle=True).
• The WPF Reporting Demo never loads when the display DPI scaling level is 125% (120 DPI).
• WPF Report Designer - A blank label is added to a report when a field list scroll button is clicked twice.
• WPF Report Designer - Application crashes on an attempt to change the EFDataSource filter criteria in the properties panel.
• WPF Report Designer - Expression Editor's dropdown displays items from a master report data member.
• WPF Report Designer - Expressions may be not visible in the property grid.