XIA Configuration

Automating IT documentation with DevExpress and XIA Configuration

Published

10 April 2026

Learn how XIA Configuration integrates the DevExpress Office File API to automate the creation of PDF, Word, and Excel documentation, enabling scalable, high‑performance IT reporting for enterprise environments.

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Summary

XIA Configuration integrates the DevExpress Office File API to automate the creation of PDF and Word documentation, enabling scalable, high‑performance IT reporting for enterprise environments.

Introduction

Modern IT teams rely on accurate, consistent, and repeatable documentation. XIA Configuration was built to automate this process at scale - collecting configuration data from servers, devices, cloud services, and applications, then transforming it into professional‑grade reports.

To deliver this reliably across thousands of environments, XIA Configuration uses the DevExpress Office File API, a high‑performance, server‑side document engine for .NET. This integration allows XIA Configuration to generate Word, and PDF documents without any UI components, making it ideal for automated, headless, enterprise workloads.

Document Formats Made Simple

One of the biggest advantages of using the DevExpress Office File API inside XIA Configuration is how effortless it makes working with document formats.

You don't need separate code paths for Word and PDF.
You don't need different template formats.
You don't need Office installed.

You simply create a DOCX template, populate it with data, and DevExpress handles the rest.

Document Security

XIA Configuration supports password protection for both Word and PDF documents. When a password is applied, the DevExpress Office File API encrypts the file using the standard DOCX and PDF encryption models.

This ensures that sensitive configuration data remains secure and cannot be opened or extracted without the correct password.

Digital Signatures

XIA Configuration uses the DevExpress Office File API to apply digital signatures to PDF and Word documents, allowing customers to verify that a report is genuine and hasn't been modified after generation.

Documents can be signed with organizational certificates, making it easy to prove authenticity, support audit workflows, and detect tampering without adding extra tools or manual steps.

Document Themes

DevExpress Office File API handles the heavy lifting of generating Word and PDF documents, which allows us to layer our own branding capabilities on top.

XIA Configuration lets users define a unified documentation theme - colours, fonts, logos, and organisational branding, and have it applied consistently to both Word and PDF output.

This keeps reports and documentation aligned with corporate style guides and makes it easy to produce professional, polished documentation without any extra formatting work.

Conclusion

By combining the DevExpress Office File API with XIA Configuration’s reporting and documentation engine, we're able to deliver fast, reliable, and professional documentation at scale.

DevExpress provides the foundation for high‑quality Word and PDF generation, and we build on top of that with branding, themes, security features, and IT‑focused enhancements tailored to real‑world environments.

The result is a streamlined, flexible documentation workflow that helps our customers produce clear, consistent, and audit‑ready reports with minimal effort.