New Character Comb Control - The XRCharacterComb control allows you to display text so that each character is printed inside an individual cell (e-forms).
Document Editing in Print Preview - With this release, you can edit a previewed document prior to printing or export.
PDF/A Compliance - Now supports PDF/A - an ISO-standardized version of the Portable Document Format. Documents can now be exported to one of the following conformance levels:
PDF/A-1b
PDF/A-2b
PDF/A-3b
Web
Document Viewer for Mobile Devices - v16.2 ships with a Document Viewer for mobile devices.
Improved Data Source Wizard - The new Data Source wizard allows you to create multiple queries and master-detail relationships.
Windows Forms
Updated GUI with Support for Vector Icons - To improve the look and feel of apps powered by DevExpress Reports across high resolution monitors, all bitmap icons have been replaced with SVG images (both in the End-User Report Designer and in the Document Viewer control).
WPF
Report Designer - Charts Designer - With this release, the DevExpress WPF Report Designer ships with an integrated Chart Designer.
Report Designer - Wizard Customization API - With this release, we've implemented a new API that allows you to customize our wizards (Data Source Wizard and Report Wizard) as your application requirements dictate (modify page UI, customize appearance, implement custom logic, etc.).
Document Preview - Thumbnails Support.
Report Designer - Table of Contents - You can now insert a table of contents into a document.
Report Designer - SubBands.
XRCharacterComb control allows you to display text so that each character is printed inside an individual cell (e-forms).