14.0 Beta now 13.3 Maintenance Release

Hi Everyone,

We have decided to publish an maintenance release prior to version 14.0 that will address issues that have been reported since our last update that should be ready for release by Friday, February 26th.  To clear up any confusion about version numbers everything that was included in the previous 13.2 and current 14.0 betas will be incorporated into the 13.3 maintenance release.

Doing this will allow us to put more time into 14.0 and provide more features and functionality for our end users.  We are planning on adding several new features to 14.0 including full theme support for Office 2010 and Visual Studio 2010 user interfaces. We are also looking to update Application Wizards and introduce some new components as well.

Here is a road-map of what we have planned:

1. Release 13.3 maintenance - End of February 2010.
2. Introduce new Chart Pro package - End of March 2010.
3. Release new 14.0 version - End of April 2010.

We appreciate everyone's patience and please let us know if there are any new features that you would like to see incorporated into the 14.0 release, thanks!

    Smooth Scrolling in Report control!!!!

Kirk, thanks for the clarification. The recent v14 beta simply didn't feel like a major new release, so calling it v13.3 makes a great deal more sense.

Very excited about the new Chart Pro package, and really hoping you good folks hit the March target because we need it badly.  :-)

Nice decision!

As for features for 14.0...  We still really need a grid control.  The report control works great for record based data, but it is not the same as a data grid.  Think spreadsheet or .Net's DataGridView.

Oh yes, a "really" Grid-Control would be fantastic!

Support wrote: please let us know if there are any new features that you would like to see incorporated into the 14.0 release, thanks!

1.  More Suite Controls!!!

2.  Office 2010 Style for Suite Controls

3.  A MaxLength Property in ComboBoxes (like already in FlatEdit-controls)

4.  A improved TreeView Component (e.g. possibility the renaming of markup-items, themed PlusMinus, themed CheckBox, Item-Icon AND extra Icon...)

A white theme is a must-have!

Please enhance functionality of the Office 2007 shortcut bar to allow same functionality and behavior like the Microsoft implementation !

Related forum topics:
http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15420
http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15672  

Can you please implement the possibility to fill the MDI tab header workspace background with the color from used menu/toolbar colors independently from which workspace TabAppearanceStyle is used ?

Example:
I use Visual Studio 2008 appearance for CommandBars and want to use tabbed workspace tabs styled like Visual Studio 2005 ! Now the tab background doesn't look good, because it's colored other than the CommandBars...

Related forum topic:
https://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=16094

There's a memoryleak with markup in 13.3

[code=vb]

Private Sub cmdCommand1_Click()

    Const Path As String = "H:\icons\"

    Dim sFile As String

    lst.Clear
    sFile = Dir(Path & "*.ico")

    While sFile <> ""

        lst.AddItem GiveMarkup(Path & sFile)
        sFile = Dir

    Wend

End Sub

Function GiveMarkup(PictureURL As String) As String

    Dim MarkupText As String

    MarkupText = ""
    MarkupText = MarkupText & "<Grid Height='107' Width='200'> "
    MarkupText = MarkupText & "        <Border HorizontalAlignment='Left' Name='Border1' Width='119' Height ='79' BorderThickness='1' BorderBrush='Gray' CornerRadius='3,3,3,3' Margin='13,10,0,10'> "
    MarkupText = MarkupText & "            <Image Name='Image1' Source='file://" & PictureURL & "'/> "
    MarkupText = MarkupText & "        </Border> "
    MarkupText = MarkupText & "    </Grid>"
    GiveMarkup = MarkupText
End Function
[/code]
Run the code multiple times and see that the GDI objects keep increasing till the max of windows and then the window stops refreshing

oleg wrote: Thanks, seems OleLoadPicturePath indeed generate leak - we use it for Markup for non bmp/png case - can you convert your icons to png alpha files ?

Unfortunately not as it is user-content

Jebo wrote: 3.  A MaxLength Property in ComboBoxes (like already in FlatEdit-controls)

Added for next release

What happened to the CXTPReportControl::SetLastColumnExpand() function? :(

@CJ
please don't add a RTF control, because it's too heavy weight OR add it as a separat component (not as part of Suite controls)!
(sorry mremkes!)

In a ComboBox it's possible to add a Data Value by adding a new Item.
But in a Listbox it's not possible.

AddItem of a ComboBox:  

AddItem(Item As String, [Index], [Data])

AddItem of a ListBox:

AddItem(Item As String, [Index])

So please add this nice feature also to your ListBox

mremkes wrote: 2. Add a BeforeExpand event to the treeview control (cChildren = 1 + grap TVN_ITEMEXPANDING notification). This allows to fill the treeview on demand.

Jebo,

How about adding a Appearance Property to the DateTimePicker

1) ALERT update

gibra wrote: Add RichTextBox is a very important feature (at least for me).

gibra wrote: [QUOTE=Jebo]I POST my suggestions for next version 14.0.0, as request by Support in the first post. Read better, please!

I know, but the content was changed. Open Ur eyes...
OK, PEACE!

My vote is for the markup/XAML enhancements and new features, as noted above. With them we can make a lot more.

Here are some more tips (for stretch):
http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15870

And the support for ARC in the XAML Path element.

Thanks for your efforts.

Hi Krog & markr, and other Markup fans - I'm putting together a series of request for the MarkupLabel control in the Controls forum NEW MarkupLabel forum, and your input over there would be greatly appreciated! I've added a bunch of requests to a TODO list (but there are more to come).

znakeeye wrote: Installed VC 2010 RC. Beta 14 cannot be downloaded. 13.3.1 cannot be built with VC 2010 RC.   Deadlock.     Help!

Can you be a little more specific? "13.3.1 cannot be built with VC 2010 RC."

Did you install x64 libraries?  What configuration do you try to build?

SuperMario wrote: jpbro wrote: Hi Krog & markr, and other Markup fans - I'm putting together a series of request for the MarkupLabel control in the Controls forum (unfortunately there is not separate MarkupLabel forum) and you input over there would be greatly appreciated! I've added a bunch of feature requests to the a sticky TODO list (but there are more to come). Just for you I added this MarkupLabel subforum  Now its up to you to fill it with some posts

Hi,

chrisABC wrote: (though I would expect CANCEL to be Boolean)

yes of course! ;-)

A new nice round-progressbar style (as is it in SQL Server).

  

Hi, is it possible to add/modify/hide customized or integrated (system default) tab/group/commands in the new Ribbon 14.0? (similar to Office2010)

ampcom wrote: Any update on version 14.0 for the end of April?

Looks like its probably going to be closer to the end of May beginning of June time line now.

Aaron - this was CJ timescale - I was simply asking for a progress update

In DateTimePicker please add the ability to define the value as __/__/____  (empty date).
This can be useful if is  required the input of a born date.
Actually is used the MinDate value and is not a good idea.

Also please modify the typing routine in order to accept ddmmyyyy keys (or other format, depending by system setting) and not dd,arrow,mm,arrow,yyyy

Thanks

Can you please add Question and Exclamation icons to the TaskDialogIcons to release V14 ?

little hint:

tobi wrote: Can you please add Question and Exclamation icons to the TaskDialogIcons to release V14 ? This would ease my efforts to replace Messageboxes to TaskDialogs !!!

We can't add it because Microsoft doesn't support them for Native TaskDialog in Vista and Windows 7. :(
But you indeed can load own Question icon instead.