Here is the roadmap for the next two releases of Xceed DataGrid for WPF. If all goes well, this is how things will play out.

V2.1, scheduled for Summer 2008 :
- Performance improvements (display, scrolling, memory, etc.)
- Data virtualization (a.k.a. "Virtual Mode", "Paging", etc.)
- True 3D interactive views (Album Cover, Carousel)
- Multi-templated Cards
- Column auto-sizing and last-column fill
- Rich support for XML data sources
- Improved validation, including IDataErrorInfo support
- Support inserting even in non-IBindingList sources
- Support Custom sorting
- Snippet Explorer application
- Target only .NET 3.5 and up

V2.2, Q3/Q4 2008 :
- UI automation, QTP support
- Export to Excel
- Ability to persist and reapply user's settings
- More feature requests (keep 'em coming!)

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Odi Kosmatos
VP, R&D, Xceed

Can you tell us more about export to excel? How will it work in general....we are planning to implement this on our own since we need it before Q3 and I would like to see if we should even think about postponing in order to use your version of it.

Also, about persisting and reapplying user's settings: we are running 1.3x using XML data binding, and found in this version that when we replace the data island, user settings such as grouping, sorting, and column ordering are preserved. So what is the difference between this and what you are planning?

Thanks.

Marty

Hi Marty,

The details haven't been worked out yet. We have an Export to Excel feature in Xceed Grid for .NET, our Windows Forms datagrid, and we will probably do something similar. On the other hand, now's a great time for you (and others) to let us know how you would like to see it done, and what features are important to you.

The persisting feature we plan will let you persist and reapply settings even after your application quits and is rerun.

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Odi Kosmatos
VP, R&D, Xceed

Hi Odi,

Is Print Preview functionality part of V2.1 or V2.2 ?

 Thank you,
 

Hi Harold,

I do not believe that print preview will be part of the next release (2.1), so hopefully it will make it in 2.2. 

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Technical Writer - Xceed Software

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