eXpressApp Framework 8.1.0 (Release Candidate 1) released on 2 March 2008 and What'a New

What's Included & New .NET Product Line - v2008 vol 1.0

Release Notes

To learn about our new ASP.NET controls, as well as get acquainted with other major improvements introduced in this version, please check the following page:

What's New in DXperience v2008 vol 1

To learn about breaking changes in this version, please refer to the following article:

Breaking changes for DXperience v2008 vol 1

The following sections list all minor and major changes, as well as issue fixes in DXperience v2008 vol 1, Release Candidate 1.

New Features/Changes

eXpressApp Framework

• S18978 - Add a built-in Action that will save changes made to the current object, and create a new object
• S20004 - An ability to use the SeverMode option for individual List Views in addition to a similar global option
• S18814 - Create an Action Container Item to show SingleChoiceAction Items in tree mode
• S18996 - Make it possible to render a TabbedGroup into an ASPxTabControl in XAF ASP.NET applications
• S18188 - Provide an ability to add predefined values to String Property Editors

Resolved Issues

eXpressApp Framework

• B92088 - Problem when setting a custom View in code at startup since upgrading to 7.3.7.
• B91953 - "Collection was modified" error occurs when logging on to a web XAF application
• Q96886 - "htmlfile: Invalid argument" error occurs when resizing List View columns in a Web application
• B91991 - "Invalid postback or callback argument" error occurs in a web XAF application
• B92116 - A validation rule's CriteriaEvaluationBehavior property is reset to the BeforeTransaction value while it's been set to the InTransaction value via the corresponding rule attribute
• B19635 - ActionsCriteriaViewController doesn't update the Action's state after changing the Action's TargetObjectCriteria property
• B92151 - Cannot modify the built-in Windows Forms LookupControlTemplate at design time
• B92359 - In Web applications, when hovering items in drop-down windows, they are highlighted in too light color
• Q96045 - Int64 type property is displayed disabled in a Web application
• B30092 - It's impossible to group and add/remove List View objects simultaneously
• B92392 - Problem when two people are editing a report simultaneously
• B92119 - Renaming '.config' extension to ".Config" causes an exception when running DevExpress.ExpressApp.ModelEditor.v7.3.exe
• Q96627 - Security: Any property of a class should be available for reading if the permission to read data is disabled for its base class and granted for the requested class
• B91854 - Security: Non-administrator users can see the "User Management" entry in the navigation control when the SecuritySimple security is used
• B92490 - The ObjectAccessPermission.Union method works incorrectly
• B92316 - The size of Link and Unlink popup windows is not saved
• B92102 - TreeListEditor works incorrectly in XAF v7.3.7.
• B91042 - TreeView incorrectly behaves in ServerMode
• B92470 - When dragging a web grid column border, the column's width becomes minimal