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.NET Runtime version 2.0.50727.3082 - Fatal Execution Engine Error

I found a couple posts regarding this error on StackOverflow and posts on various forums. There doesn't seem to be any one cause or solution for this error. So that it might help somebody else, below is the text of an email I sent to DevExpress regarding my experience with this error. === A month or two ago I installed an update to the...

Public class with internal abstract member

We use DevExpress and with today release came a weird change to one of their printing class. The class is named ClosedShapeBase and it is used to print out shape in a report. The class itself is public, but some of its properties are protected internal abstract, like public abstract class ClosedShapeBase : ShapeBase { protected in...

DevExpress TreeList - Show the tree outline in a column that is not the first

I am using the DevExpress TreeList in a .NET WinForms application to show hierarchical data. The outline column (the one with the indents and the plus/minus buttons) is currently always the first column, even if the user moves columns around. Is there any way to use a different column for this purpose? Thanks in advance! ...

Is there a viewer control for XtraReports in Windows Forms?

Hello, DevExpress XtraReports has a predefined window for showing up the reports that is bundle with the report class, but I wonder if there is a viewer control like Active Reports has to show the report. Thanks ...

How to show the XtraReports Field List panel when it's closed?

Hello! Maybe this is a newbie question or RTFM question... but I couldn't find it yet. Once we have a schema in a XtraReport, the tool shows the Field List, which is a panel from we can add fields to our report, with the datasource setted. But there's cases where that field list is closed by whatever reason (for example, I just re-open...

DevExpress Report with richTextBox

Hi, I am using WPF RichTextBox to record data and save the same in database. Now when i retrieve the same back from database and try to show the detail in a DevExpress report RichTextBox value appears as a single line of text without line break or new lines or table format. This is what i am doing Converting FlowDocument to byte[] to s...

"Hello, world!" example for DevExpress QuantumGrid?

Hello I successfully installed the latest QuantumGrid from DevExpress, but I've never worked with this grid before, and I don't know how to get started. I find that the HLP file isn't really a tutorial, and the demos are so rich to the point where I can't get started quickly and see if QuantumGrid fits my needs. Would someone happen to...

How to improve performance of XtraReports using a web service to get the data?

Hello, I'm facing a potential problem using the XtraReports tool and a web service about performance. in a Windows Form app. I know XtraReport loads large data set (I understand a large data set as +10,000 rows) by loading the first pages and then continue loading the rest of the pages in the background, but all this is done with a dat...

DevXpress Xtratab wont give value to textbox control until i load the tab

Hello. So i have this very weird problem. I have a form A with 3 tabs, which calls another form B passing in the value of a memoedit(textbox) control.This memoedit control is placed on the third tab. When i try to call form B, without having accessed the third tab, NO value is passed. However, when i try to call form B, after having ope...

Class inheritance naming

I want to inherit the DevExpress ComboBoxEdit control, and am wondering if naming my class the same as the DevExpress class is bad practice. Here's the derived class declaration: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; namespace MyApplication.Components { public class ComboBoxEdit : DevExpress.XtraEditor...

Cross thread UI component call.

Is this an appropriate way of handling cross-thread operations? Should I use a new property name, something like "EditValueThreadSafe" instead of overriding "EditValue"? I don't think there is an issue with the changes to the implementation of EditValue, as the base property is called regardless. namespace MyApplication.Components { ...

Only Allow Certain Users to Edit ASPxGridView

I've got an ASPxGridView that I would like to allow some users to have read and others users write access to. Ideally this would be based on Active Directory groups. How can I do this? ...

Convert a DevExpress TcxFilterOperatorKind to and from a string ?

Hi! Here is a codesnippet I use to get filtertype operator from a filter in a DevExpress grid: OperatorKindToStr is used to extract operatorkind from a filter as string and store it in a xml-file. StrToOperatorKind is used to convert back a string from xml to set an operatorkind in a filter. const CUSTFILTER_FILTERITEM = 'FilterI...

Set programatically the title to the viewer form in XtraReport

Hello, Does anybody know how to set the title to the form viewer when showing an XtraReport document? The scenario is the following: I have an XtraReport report configured, I show it calling the ShowPreviewDialog method, a viewer form opens and shows the document. I need to set the title to this viewer form and can't find the property ...

NHibernate, DevExpress Performance

Hi, everyone. I have problem with perfomance in my website. I am using NHibernate to retrieve my database tables and AspxGridView as component from DevExpress. After debug I found problem connecting with dual calling Page_Load event. What can I do?? May be devexpress gridview after initialize make ajax request to server and page life ...

How to get a non-techie coworker to be able to hand you content and documents in HTML?

I'm working on a public-facing web-based product which has a series of help files. The coworkers whose job it is to make those help files are fluent in Microsoft Word. They're not fluent in HTML. Their workstations do not include Visual Studio. So what it looks like is going to happen is they will author the help file contents in Micr...

DevExpress versus Telerik: Specific Feature Differences for ASP.NET Development

I'm interested in coming up with a list of specific feature differences between these two products. I'm specifically looking at DevExpress's DXperience Enterprise subscription and the Telerik Premium Collection for .NET, which seem to be closely competing offerings. If someone can point me at such a comparison list, that would be great...

DevExpress versus Telerik: Specific Feature Differences for Reporting

I'm interested in coming up with a list of specific feature differences between these two products. I'm specifically looking at DevExpress's DXperience Enterprise subscription and the Telerik Premium Collection for .NET, which seem to be closely competing offerings. If someone can point me at such a comparison list, that would be great...

DevExpress versus Telerik: Specific Feature Differences for WinForms Development

I'm interested in coming up with a list of specific feature differences between these two products. I'm specifically looking at DevExpress's DXperience Enterprise subscription and the Telerik Premium Collection for .NET, which seem to be closely competing offerings. If someone can point me at such a comparison list, that would be great...

DevExpress CodeRush/Refactor - Context Specfic 'Tips'

I decided to give CodeRush/Refactor a go (after a rial of Resharper) and one problem I have is that CodeRush/Refactor puts a lot of 'artifacts' in my code window. By 'artifacts', I mean icons/glyphs next to every Method, Property and Field name, green 'return key style' icons next to every property getter and boxes around getter metho...