Released: Jun 13, 2024

24.1 での更新項目

機能

Embarcadero RAD Studio 12.1 Support

• DevExpress VCL now officially supports Delphi 12.1 and C++ Builder 12.1 (for both 32-bit and 64-bit). If you installed RAD Studio 12.1 previously, please apply its Patch 1, because it addresses the RSS-536 incompatibility issue for the Delphi 64-bit compiler. Also, beware a known performance issue in the Rich Text Editor due to the System.Generics.Defaults unit changes.

High DPI Support

• Enhanced High DPI Resolution and Vector Skin/Image Support - In addition to new features, bug fixes are also focused on, especially for High DPI-related issues, vector skins, and performance bottlenecks.
• New Vector Theme - Windows 11 (WXI) Compact - The WXI Compact Skin - a clone of the WXI skin with smaller paddings and margins is now shipped with this release. To enable the new WXI Compact Skin, assign WXICompact to the TdxSkinController component's SkinName property.
• Easier SVG Assignment for Image Lists at Design-Time - In this release, the DevExpress VCL Ribbon (and other UI controls) allow you to use a single image list for large and small SVG icons. With this capability you can simply specify a small SVG icon and it will scale it up automatically (for instance, in places where the control needs a large icon in the Ribbon). This will improve overall usability and should reduce time spent/maintenance in half.
• Layout and Image Modifications in Design-Time Wizards and Dialogs - This release includes dozens of layout and 'raster to vector' image adjustments in key design-time areas (wizards, designers, and dialogs).

Data-Aware Controls and Menu

• Accessibility Enhancements and Keyboard Support
  • Previous versions of the DevExpress ExpressBars and ExpressNavBar Suite included partial accessibility support (powered by Microsoft Active Accessibility or MSAA).
  • A new engine has been built for ongoing accessibility-related enhancements (it is powered by Microsoft UI Automation or UIA - used in DevExpress WinForms and WPF products). UIA provides much more flexibility and allowed the following accessibility-related features from this release to be introduced:
    • UIA-powered controls now include Automation options like AriaRole, FullDescription, etc.
    • UIA-powered controls now include specialized events to customize Automation options at runtime.
    • UIA-powered controls currently include Button, Check Box, Radio Button, Group Box, Panel, Text Editor, Memo Editor, Button Editor, Label, and other Text Editor-based editors.
• Accent-Insensitive Operation Support for Data-Aware Controls
  • With this release, you can now configure how various diacritic glyphs in letters (umlauts, grave, acute, and other accents) are treated. For instance, if you type "Joao" in a search box, Data Grid filtering results will include data records with both "João" and "Joao".
  • You can enable or configure accent-insensitive operations globally using the TdxDiacriticStringOptions class:
    • ComparisonMode: Allows you to switch between comparison modes (Auto, Sensitive, Insensitive). By default (Sensitive), we do not ignore accents. Insensitive mode can be of value for global organizations with users from different countries/data (for instance, names of employees or goods can be in different languages).
    • NormalizationMode: Specifies the string normalization algorithm (Fast, System) used for string comparison in diacritic-insensitive mode. The default algorithm (Fast) works up to 3 times faster compared to the operating system-dependent algorithm (System).
  • Note: TdxDiacriticStringOptions does not work in Server Mode - use database collation options instead.
  • Impacted text-comparison operations and control features include:
    • Sorting.
    • Grouping.
    • Incremental search.
    • Auto-filter row.
    • Find panel, etc.
  • This behavior expands to the following controls:
    • Navigation control.
    • Ribbon and standard toolbars.
    • Lookup editors.
    • Data grid.
    • Pivot grid.
    • Tree list.
    • Other data-bound controls (powered by the Data Controller).
• Editing Operations (Rotate, Crop, Flip, etc.) in Image Controls
  • You can now invoke the Image Editor dialog for TcxImage and TcxDBImage components using the Edit context menu command. The design-time Image Picker dialog includes the new Edit command as well. The Edit command unlocks basic image editing operations:
    • Crop and straighten.
    • Adjust brightness, contrast and saturation.
    • Mirror.
    • Rotate, etc.
  • The Image Editor maintains operation history and offers both undo and redo functionality. Once the editor is closed and changes are saved, modifications cannot be undone.
• EXIF Metadata Support in Image Controls
  • In this release, the image controls (TcxImage and TcxDbImage) read and interpret EXIF metadata from images and modify the image display accordingly. For instance, the image controls automatically rotate the image based on orientation metadata (unlike the standard TImage control and certain image viewers). Impacted image-based scenarios (where rotation will take place) include:
    • Data Grid cells.
    • TreeList cells.
    • Vertical and Property Grid cells.
  • Previously, this required a complex custom solution with a manual call of the Rotate method. Customers who implemented custom solutions on their own (for instance, image rotation in the grid or standalone image editors), can disable this default behavior using a static feature toggle. The TdxGPImage.DefaultImageExifAutoRotation class property value defines if the image editor rotates an image based on EXIF metadata.
• Field Name-Based Expressions for Data-Aware Controls - With this release, you can use {FieldName} in formula expressions in conditional formatting rules to refer to a field by underlying name instead of a display name. Previously, you could only use a display name/caption or an index. This capability will help you create formulas for conditional formatting rules. This is helpful in VCL apps that support multiple languages or other scenarios where you cannot rely on a field caption (due to its dynamic nature such as translation to another language).

Ribbon Control

• Office 365 Style for VCL Ribbon Control - The VCL Ribbon Control ships with a new Office 365 rendering style. When the new Office 365 style is used, the Ribbon control displays a Search box at the top of the Ribbon form and Show Ribbon options on the bottom right of the Ribbon UI.

Chart Control

• Secondary Axes - Secondary axes can be of value if you need to display multiple scales with different measurement units. You can now use SecondaryAxes.AxesX and SecondaryAxes.AxesY properties to add and configure supplemental axes for the main axis of arguments (X-axis) and main axis of values (Y-axis).
• Logarithmic Scales - A logarithmic scale can be of value when you need to display a value range that differs by large orders of magnitude. You can now set the Logarithmic property to True or False to switch between logarithmic and standard numeric scales for the axis (TdxChartCustomAxis). The LogarithmicBase property helps you specify the base of the logarithm (for the logarithmic scale of the axis - default is 10).
• Point and Segment Color Customization via Events - You can now handle OnGetSeriesPointDrawParameters and OnGetValueLabelDrawParameters events to customize individual series points and associated value labels based on specific conditions.
• Palettes
  • You can now use the Palette property to switch between color palettes whose color sets are applied to individual simple series values and XY series.
  • You can also add a TdxChartPaletteRepository component to create and manage custom palettes.
  • You can also switch between color palettes at runtime, if necessary.