Includes series animations in ChartView, new Chat component, plus updates for Angular, React and Vue.js.

Features

Telerik DevCraft UI R2 2018 release includes the following updates:

• Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX R2 2018 - Adds new Conversational UI Control for ASP.NET AJAX (RadChat).
• Telerik UI for ASP.NET (MVC & Core) R2 2018 - Adds DropDown Tree and Conversational UI components for ASP.NET MVC and Core.
• Kendo UI R2 2018 - New controls including Chat Bot and DropDownTree, plus significant updates for Angular, React and Vue.js.
• Telerik UI for Silverlight R2 2018 - Adds Regex support for MaskedInput control, plus new series animations in ChartView component.
• Telerik UI for Xamarin R2 2018 - Adds new TreeView, Barcode, and Conversational UI (Chat) components.
• Telerik UI for UWP R2 2018 - Adds new mulit-day view to Calendar, plus improved ListView control.
• Telerik UI for WPF R2 2018 - Adds new RadChat control, new series animations in ChartView, plus format painter support in RichTextBox.
• Telerik UI for WinForms R2 2018 - Adds Conversational UI control, Image Editor control, plus format painter support for RichTextEditor.

New Chat UI for WinForms, WPF, Xamarin ASP.NET AJAX, MVC and Core, jQuery, Angular, React and Vue.js.

Features

Telerik DevCraft Complete R2 2018 release includes the following updates:

• Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX R2 2018 - Adds new Conversational UI Control for ASP.NET AJAX (RadChat).
• Telerik UI for ASP.NET (MVC & Core) R2 2018 - Adds DropDown Tree and Conversational UI components for ASP.NET MVC and Core.
• Kendo UI R2 2018 - New controls including Chat Bot and DropDownTree, plus significant updates for Angular, React and Vue.js.
• Telerik UI for Silverlight R2 2018 - Adds Regex support for MaskedInput control, plus new series animations in ChartView component.
• Telerik UI for Xamarin R2 2018 - Adds new TreeView, Barcode, and Conversational UI (Chat) components.
• Telerik UI for UWP R2 2018 - Adds new mulit-day view to Calendar, plus improved ListView control.
• Telerik UI for WPF R2 2018 - Adds new RadChat control, new series animations in ChartView, plus format painter support in RichTextBox.
• Telerik UI for WinForms R2 2018 - Adds Conversational UI control, Image Editor control, plus format painter support for RichTextEditor.
• Telerik Reporting R2 2018 - Utilize web services as report data sources, plus digitally sign PDF documents.
• Telerik JustMock R2 2018 - Adds TFS Build Tasks, plus compatibility for DotCover 2017.3.1 and NUnit 3.9.0.

New Chat components, new themes & sample apps for Web, Mobile, Desktop .NET & JavaScript.

Features

Telerik DevCraft Ultimate R2 2018 release includes the following updates:

• Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX R2 2018 - Adds new Conversational UI Control for ASP.NET AJAX (RadChat).
• Telerik UI for ASP.NET (MVC & Core) R2 2018 - Adds DropDown Tree and Conversational UI components for ASP.NET MVC and Core.
• Kendo UI R2 2018 - New controls including Chat Bot and DropDownTree, plus significant updates for Angular, React and Vue.js.
• Telerik UI for Silverlight R2 2018 - Adds Regex support for MaskedInput control, plus new series animations in ChartView component.
• Telerik UI for Xamarin R2 2018 - Adds new TreeView, Barcode, and Conversational UI (Chat) components.
• Telerik UI for UWP R2 2018 - Adds new mulit-day view to Calendar, plus improved ListView control.
• Telerik UI for WPF R2 2018 - Adds new RadChat control, new series animations in ChartView, plus format painter support in RichTextBox.
• Telerik UI for WinForms R2 2018 - Adds Conversational UI control, Image Editor control, plus format painter support for RichTextEditor.
• Telerik Reporting R2 2018 - Utilize web services as report data sources, plus digitally sign PDF documents.
• Telerik JustMock R2 2018 - Adds TFS Build Tasks, plus compatibility for DotCover 2017.3.1 and NUnit 3.9.0.
• Telerik Report Server R2 2018 - Utilize web services as report data sources, plus new Webhooks support.

Adds new features to PrintPreview for updating icons in the toolbar and customizing other settings.

Features

• Added new features to CXTPPreviewView (PrintPreview) for updating icons in the toolbar and customizing other settings.
• Added a number of control drawing improvements related to custom font size and DPI scaling.

Fixes

• Fixed drawing of CommandBar buttons with custom size and TextBelowIcons property enabled.
• Custom text and background colors for disabled CommandBars Edit and ComboBox controls fixed.
• Assertion and some logic mistakes fixed in CXTPPreviewView::SetupScrollbar.
• Drawing Ribbon background image over Ribbon buttons when tabs are invisible fixed.
• Drawing Ribbon bar when ShowCaptionAlways is set to FALSE fixed.
• Scaling CommandBar/Ribbon icons of popup buttons and ComboBox in HiDPI fixed.
• Backstage and Quick Access drawing in Office 2013/2016 themes with disabled frame theme is fixed.
• CommandBarsFrame/CommandBarsFrameEvents properties and methods synchronized with CommandBars/CommandBarsFrame.

Adds new features to PrintPreview for updating icons in the toolbar and customizing other settings.

Features

• Added new features to CXTPPreviewView (PrintPreview) for updating icons in the toolbar and customizing other settings.
• Added a number of control drawing improvements related to custom font size and DPI scaling.

Fixes

• Fixed drawing of CommandBar buttons with custom size and TextBelowIcons property enabled.
• Custom text and background colors for disabled CommandBars Edit and ComboBox controls fixed.
• Assertion and some logic mistakes fixed in CXTPPreviewView::SetupScrollbar.
• Drawing Ribbon background image over Ribbon buttons when tabs are invisible fixed.
• Drawing Ribbon bar when ShowCaptionAlways is set to FALSE fixed.
• Scaling CommandBar/Ribbon icons of popup buttons and ComboBox in HiDPI fixed.
• Backstage and Quick Access drawing in Office 2013/2016 themes with disabled frame theme is fixed.
• CommandBarsFrame/CommandBarsFrameEvents properties and methods synchronized with CommandBars/CommandBarsFrame.

Adds TreeViewNode.SetMarkupToolTip.

Features

• Added TreeViewNode.SetMarkupToolTip.
• Improved TreeView background colors in dark themes.

Fixes

• Empty TreeViewNode tooltips for markup contents fixed.

Fixed floating DockingPane borders in HiDPI.

Fixes

• Spacing between title bar and the pane fixed for Office 2013/2016 themes.
• Fixed floating DockingPane borders in HiDPI.

Fixed floating DockingPane borders in HiDPI.

Fixes

• Spacing between title bar and the pane fixed for Office 2013/2016 themes.
• Fixed floating DockingPane borders in HiDPI.

Fixed issue where Navigation Pane size doubles each time it's expanded.

Fixes

• Fixed issue where Navigation Pane size doubles each time it's expanded.

Fixed issue where Navigation Pane size doubles each time it's expanded.

Fixes

• Fixed issue where Navigation Pane size doubles each time it's expanded.

Improves the drawing of text using a font with an ANSI charset enabled.

Features

• Scrollbar skinning improved for RichEdit50W and non-client scrollbars.
• Improved the drawing of text using a font with an ANSI charset enabled.

Fixes

• Fixed horizontal white lines when vertical list view is scrolling.
• Hooking of default window procedure fixed, more messages get processed.

Improves scrollbar skinning for RichEdit50W and non-client scrollbars.

Features

• Scrollbar skinning improved for RichEdit50W and non-client scrollbars.
• Improved the drawing of text using a font with an ANSI charset enabled.

Fixes

• Fixed horizontal white lines when vertical list view is scrolling.
• Hooking of default window procedure fixed, more messages get processed.

Adds a number of Command Bar drawing improvements related to custom font size and DPI scaling.

Features

Codejock Command Bars ActiveX

• Added new features to CXTPPreviewView (PrintPreview) for updating icons in the toolbar and customizing other settings.
• Added a number of control drawing improvements related to custom font size and DPI scaling.

Codejock Skin Framework ActiveX

• Scrollbar skinning improved for RichEdit50W and non-client scrollbars.
• Improved the drawing of text using a font with an ANSI charset enabled.

Fixes

Codejock Command Bars ActiveX

• Fixed drawing of CommandBar buttons with custom size and TextBelowIcons property enabled.
• Custom text and background colors for disabled CommandBars Edit and ComboBox controls fixed.
• Assertion and some logic mistakes fixed in CXTPPreviewView::SetupScrollbar.
• Drawing Ribbon background image over Ribbon buttons when tabs are invisible fixed.
• Drawing Ribbon bar when ShowCaptionAlways is set to FALSE fixed.
• Scaling CommandBar/Ribbon icons of popup buttons and ComboBox in HiDPI fixed.
• Backstage and Quick Access drawing in Office 2013/2016 themes with disabled frame theme is fixed.
• CommandBarsFrame/CommandBarsFrameEvents properties and methods synchronized with CommandBars/CommandBarsFrame.

Codejock Skin Framework ActiveX

• Fixed horizontal white lines when vertical list view is scrolling.
• Hooking of default window procedure fixed, more messages get processed.

Improves scrollbar skinning for RichEdit50W and non-client scrollbars.

Features

Codejock Command Bars Visual C++ MFC

• Added new features to CXTPPreviewView (PrintPreview) for updating icons in the toolbar and customizing other settings.
• Added a number of control drawing improvements related to custom font size and DPI scaling.

Codejock Skin Framework Visual C++ MFC

• Scrollbar skinning improved for RichEdit50W and non-client scrollbars.
• Improved the drawing of text using a font with an ANSI charset enabled.

Fixes

Codejock Command Bars Visual C++ MFC

• Fixed drawing of CommandBar buttons with custom size and TextBelowIcons property enabled.
• Custom text and background colors for disabled CommandBars Edit and ComboBox controls fixed.
• Assertion and some logic mistakes fixed in CXTPPreviewView::SetupScrollbar.
• Drawing Ribbon background image over Ribbon buttons when tabs are invisible fixed.
• Drawing Ribbon bar when ShowCaptionAlways is set to FALSE fixed.
• Scaling CommandBar/Ribbon icons of popup buttons and ComboBox in HiDPI fixed.
• Backstage and Quick Access drawing in Office 2013/2016 themes with disabled frame theme is fixed.
• CommandBarsFrame/CommandBarsFrameEvents properties and methods synchronized with CommandBars/CommandBarsFrame.

Codejock Skin Framework Visual C++ MFC

• Fixed horizontal white lines when vertical list view is scrolling.
• Hooking of default window procedure fixed, more messages get processed.

Vertical scroll bar added to Ribbon backstage view, plus Report and CommandBars updates.

Features

CommandBars

• Added new features to CXTPPreviewView (PrintPreview) for updating icons in the toolbar and customizing other settings.
• Added a number of control drawing improvements related to custom font size and DPI scaling.

Ribbon

• Vertical scroll bar added to backstage view.
• Change icons in the CXTPRibbonBackstagePagePrint toolbar.

Report

• Native value added to group row caption for value type specific comparison.

Fixes

SuitePro

• Office 2016 theme identifiers added for consistency as an alias for Office 2013 theme.
• xtpThemeVisualStudio2015Light and xtpThemeVisualStudio2015Dark theme identifiers removed due to their incorrect values and impossibility to use them correctly.
• Setting Font object properties fixed.
• Registrator changed to prevent simultaneous ANSI and Unicode component registration.

Calendar

• Time, subject, location and body positioning fixed for ANSI configurations in case any of those fields are empty.
• Start/End time updating on theme changes fixed.

Chart

• Fixed issue saving and loading chart series with Gradient fill style.

CommandBars

• Fixed drawing of CommandBar buttons with custom size and TextBelowIcons property enabled.
• Custom text and background colors for disabled CommandBars Edit and ComboBox controls fixed.
• Assertion and some logic mistakes fixed in CXTPPreviewView::SetupScrollbar.
• Drawing Ribbon background image over Ribbon buttons when tabs are invisible fixed.
• Drawing Ribbon bar when ShowCaptionAlways is set to FALSE fixed.
• Scaling CommandBar/Ribbon icons of popup buttons and ComboBox in HiDPI fixed.
• Backstage and Quick Access drawing in Office 2013/2016 themes with disabled frame theme is fixed.
• CommandBarsFrame/CommandBarsFrameEvents properties and methods synchronized with CommandBars/CommandBarsFrame.

Controls

• Empty TreeViewNode tooltips for markup contents fixed.

DockingPane

• Spacing between title bar and the pane fixed for Office 2013/2016 themes.
• Fixed floating DockingPane borders in HiDPI.

FlowGraph

• Wrong position of CXTPFlowGraphEditItem when a node is wide but has a short caption.
• Wrong calculation of minimal caption size in CXTPFlowGraphNode.

Ribbon

• Missing separator between Ribbon groups in Office 2013/2016 themes
• Empty text in Ribbon controls with custom icon size.

Report

• Fixed hit testing of Expand/Collapse buttons in tree mode for Office 2013/2016 themes.
• In-place edit position in case of centered or right-aligned icons in tree mode column fixed.
• Fixed background color of in-place edit.
• Using CXTPReportSection::m_bAllowSort separately for every section fixed.

ShortcutBar

• Fixed issue where Navigation Pane size doubles each time it's expanded.

SkinFramework

• Fixed horizontal white lines when vertical list view is scrolling.
• Hooking of default window procedure fixed, more messages get processed.

Custom tooltip position support added to CXTPMarkupContext, plus Ribbon and CommandBars updates.

Features

ToolkitPro

• Custom tooltip position support added to CXTPMarkupContext.
• XTPEscapeXmlString added to Common\XTPXMLHelpers.

CommandBars

• Added new features to CXTPPreviewView (PrintPreview) for updating icons in the toolbar and customizing other settings.
• Added a number of control drawing improvements related to custom font size and DPI scaling.

Ribbon

• Vertical scroll bar added to backstage view.
• Change icons in the CXTPRibbonBackstagePagePrint toolbar.

Report

• Native value added to group row caption for value type specific comparison.

Fixes

ToolkitPro

• Compilation error with defined _XTP_EXCLUDE_XML.
• Memory font loading in CXTPPrimitiveDrawer fixed for use cases when ToolkitPro is used as an extension DLL.
• A number of minor security, reliability and performance fixes.
• New tab activation on closing a non active tab fixed in CXTPTabClientWnd.
• IIDs name conflicts with SDK names fixed.
• Frame shadow interaction with owner window improved, conflicts with modal windows fixed.
• Office 2016 theme identifiers added for consistency as an alias for Office 2013 theme.
• CXTPScrollBarContainer::OptimizeChildrenClipping added for preventing controls and scrollbar overlapping.

Calendar

• Time, subject, location and body positioning fixed for ANSI configurations in case any of those fields are empty.
• Start/End time updating on theme changes fixed.

Chart

• Fixed issue saving and loading chart series with Gradient fill style.

CommandBars

• Fixed drawing of CommandBar buttons with custom size and TextBelowIcons property enabled.
• Custom text and background colors for disabled CommandBars Edit and ComboBox controls fixed.
• Assertion and some logic mistakes fixed in CXTPPreviewView::SetupScrollbar.
• Drawing Ribbon background image over Ribbon buttons when tabs are invisible fixed.
• Drawing Ribbon bar when ShowCaptionAlways is set to FALSE fixed.
• Scaling CommandBar/Ribbon icons of popup buttons and ComboBox in HiDPI fixed.
• Backstage and Quick Access drawing in Office 2013/2016 themes with disabled frame theme is fixed.

DockingPane

• Spacing between title bar and the pane fixed for Office 2013/2016 themes.
• Fixed floating DockingPane borders in HiDPI.

FlowGraph

• Wrong position of CXTPFlowGraphEditItem when a node is wide but has a short caption.
• Wrong calculation of minimal caption size in CXTPFlowGraphNode.

Ribbon

• Missing separator between Ribbon groups in Office 2013/2016 themes
• Empty text in Ribbon controls with custom icon size.

Report

• Fixed hit testing of Expand/Collapse buttons in tree mode for Office 2013/2016 themes.
• In-place edit position in case of centered or right-aligned icons in tree mode column fixed.
• Fixed background color of in-place edit.
• Using CXTPReportSection::m_bAllowSort separately for every section fixed.

ShortcutBar

• Fixed issue where Navigation Pane size doubles each time it's expanded.

SkinFramework

• Fixed horizontal white lines when vertical list view is scrolling.
• Hooking of default window procedure fixed, more messages get processed.

Improves month picker in the calendar bar, plus adds filter text highlighting in the data grid.

Features

Docking Panes

• New global flag CBCGPBaseTabWnd::m_bAlwaysDrawTabIcon specifies whether the tab icon should be drawn even if there is not enough space to display a whole icon.
• Added floating pane menu button: EnableFloatingBarsMenuButton and AreFloatingBarsHaveMenuButton methods were added to CBCGPFrameWnd and CBCGPMDIFrameWnd.

Chart Control

• CBCGPChartLineObject: added line shadow support. New methods SetShadow and GetShadowDepth were added to CBCGPChartLineObject class.
• Added 2 new thumbnail flags (passed to CBCGPChartVisualObject::SetThumbnailMode):
  • BCGP_CHART_THUMBNAIL_DRAW_AXIS_NAME: displays an axis name.
  • BCGP_CHART_THUMBNAIL_DRAW_TITLE: displays a chart title.
• Implemented ternary axis title location modes: new CBCGPChartTernaryAxis::TitleMode enumeration has the following members:
  • TM_NORMAL: default, title is located at the end of the axis.
  • TM_CENTER: the title is located at the center of the axis.
• The title location is used by the following new methods:
  • CBCGPChartTernaryAxis::SetTitleMode - sets the title mode for the ternary axis.
  • CBCGPChartTernaryAxis::GetTitleMode - returns the current title mode.
  • CBCGPChartVisualObject::SetTernaryAxesTitleMode - sets the title display mode for all ternary axes.

Visual Manager and Themes

• CBCGPVisualManager: improved performance when visual manager is being changed - eliminated some unnecessary redrawing code.
• CBCGPVisualManager: added new method GetEditSimplifiedIconColors - override it in your custom visual manager if you need to customize edit box simplified button appearance matched to the current visual theme.

Grid and Report Controls

• Added highlighting of the matched text for the filter bar: CBCGPGridCtrl ::EnableFilterBar method has new optional parameters: 'clrMarkBackground' - specifies highlighted text background and 'clrMarkText' - specifies highlighted text foreground.
• Added new BCGM_GRID_FILTERBAR_CHANGED event. This event is fired when text in the grid filter bar is being changed.
• CBCGPGridCtrl::HasNextSibling method has a new parameter bVisibleOnly that allows to use this method with a filter.
• New method CBCGPGridCtrl::OnMeasurePrintPageItems allows to customize content in printing mode.

Controls

• Calendar bar: improved month picker appearance.
• New method SetEditBoxesVerticalAlignment (implemented in all dialog classes such as CBCGPDialog, or CBCGPFormView) allows specifying a single-line edit box text vertical alignment for all edit box controls located on this dialog.
• New method SetEditBoxesSimplifiedBrowseIcon (implemented in all dialog classes such as CBCGPDialog, or CBCGPFormView) allows specifying whether edit box browse icon should be simplified or not. This method modifies icon appearance in all edit box controls located on this dialog.
• CBCGPEdit: implemented single-line text vertical alignment. SetVerticalAlignment / GetVerticalAlignment methods were added to this class.
• CBCGPEdit: implemented "simplified" mode of the "Browse" button's icon (see screenshot). In the "simplified" mode the "Browse" button has the same background as edit box. Call new CBCGPEdit's method SetSimplifiedBrowseIcon to specify whether the icon is simplified or not.
• CBCGPEdit:: EnableFolderBrowseButton: added a new, optional parameter lpszInitialFolder - specifies a folder which initially displayed in the Folder Picker dialog.
• CBCGPTreeCtrlEx: implemented standard Tree View notifications (TVN_SELCHANGED, TVN_SELCHANGING, TVN_ITEMEXPANDING and TVN_ITEMEXPANDED). New method CBCGPTreeCtrlEx::EnableTreeCtrlNotifications allows to enable/disable them.
• Implemented easy way to create CWnd-derived controls on the static placeholder location: a new method CreateOnPlaceHolder was added to the following classes:
  • CBCGPPropertySheetCtrl
  • CBCGPPropList
  • CBCGPCalculator
  • CBCGPCalendar
  • CBCGPColorBar
  • CBCGPEditCtrl
  • CBCGPGridCtrl
  • CBCGPTabWnd

Miscellaneous

• CBCGPPropList::EnableSearchBox has a new, optional parameter 'BOOL bSimplifiedIcon'. Set this parameter to TRUE if you wish to see a simplified icon on the search box.
• CBCGPToolbarDateTimeCtrl: added support for themed (CBCGPDateTimeCtrl) date/time picker (see screenshot). New global flag CBCGPToolbarDateTimeCtrl::m_bThemedDateTimeControl specifies whether the date/time picker is themed or not.
• CBCGPToolBoxEx::EnableSearchBox has a new, optional parameter 'BOOL bSimplifiedIcon'. Set this parameter to TRUE if you wish to see a simplified icon on the search box.

Examples and Samples

• BCGPChartExample: added line object shadows demonstration, axis label mode and title mode in the Ternary view and CBCGPTreeCtrl (located in Workspace view) was replaced with CBCGPTreeCtrlEx with filter bar.
• BCGPGaugesDemo: CBCGPTreeCtrl (located in Workspace view) was replaced with CBCGPTreeCtrlEx with filter bar.
• BCGPGridExample: added Filter Bar results highlighting demonstration.
• BCGPVisualStudioGUIDemo: improved application startup time.
• CaptionButtons: added demonstration how to display custom buttons on the tabbed panes and multiple-pane mini-frames.
• EditBoxDemo: added edit boxes vertical alignment and simplified icons demonstration.
• ToolbarDateTimePicker: added themed date/time picker demonstration.
• TreeCtrlDemo: added tree control notifications and filter bar demonstrations.

Fixes

• CBCGPToolBar: addresses issue with creating of the new toolbar (in customization mode) on incorrect (not current) monitor.
• CBCGPGaugeImpl: addresses issue with sending tracking event to the correct parent windows.
• CBCGPMiniFrameWnd: addresses problem with caption buttons tooltip appearance.
• CBCGPPngImage: addresses problem with __stdcall calling convention.
• CBCGPPropList: addresses problem with in-place edit background color when control is located on row with the alternate color.
• CBCGPRibbonBar::OnLButtonDblClk doesn't block left mouse button clicks anymore. For example, if you click specific control several times, all clicks will be translated to corresponding control's command.
• CBCGPGridCtrl: fixed DPI issue for the grid Combo-box item and Auto-Complete list, now font of a dropped list is scaled accordingly.
• CBCGPGridCtrl: addresses issue with in-place editing of the merged cells.
• Chart: fixed bug in hit-testing points for stock chart in the line mode.
• Chart: fixed a bug of recalculation of axis values when adding an array of double values.

Adds filter text highlighting in the data grid, plus improves the chart and adds a month picker in the calendar bar.

Features

Chart Control

• CBCGPChartLineObject: added line shadow support. New methods SetShadow and GetShadowDepth were added to CBCGPChartLineObject class.
• Added 2 new thumbnail flags (passed to CBCGPChartVisualObject::SetThumbnailMode):
  • BCGP_CHART_THUMBNAIL_DRAW_AXIS_NAME: displays an axis name.
  • BCGP_CHART_THUMBNAIL_DRAW_TITLE: displays a chart title.
• Implemented ternary axis title location modes: new CBCGPChartTernaryAxis::TitleMode enumeration has the following members:
  • TM_NORMAL: default, title is located at the end of the axis.
  • TM_CENTER: the title is located at the center of the axis.
• The title location is used by the following new methods:
  • CBCGPChartTernaryAxis::SetTitleMode - sets the title mode for the ternary axis.
  • CBCGPChartTernaryAxis::GetTitleMode - returns the current title mode.
  • CBCGPChartVisualObject::SetTernaryAxesTitleMode - sets the title display mode for all ternary axes.

Grid and Report Controls

• Added highlighting of the matched text for the filter bar: CBCGPGridCtrl ::EnableFilterBar method has new optional parameters: 'clrMarkBackground' - specifies highlighted text background and 'clrMarkText' - specifies highlighted text foreground.
• Added new BCGM_GRID_FILTERBAR_CHANGED event. This event is fired when text in the grid filter bar is being changed.
• CBCGPGridCtrl::HasNextSibling method has a new parameter bVisibleOnly that allows to use this method with a filter.
• New method CBCGPGridCtrl::OnMeasurePrintPageItems allows customizing content in printing mode.

Controls

• Calendar bar: improved month picker appearance.
• New method SetEditBoxesVerticalAlignment (implemented in all dialog classes such as CBCGPDialog, or CBCGPFormView) allows specifying a single-line edit box text vertical alignment for all edit box controls located on this dialog.
• CBCGPEdit: implemented single-line text vertical alignment. SetVerticalAlignment / GetVerticalAlignment methods were added to this class.
• CBCGPEdit:: EnableFolderBrowseButton: added a new, optional parameter lpszInitialFolder - specifies a folder which initially displayed in the Folder Picker dialog.
• CBCGPTreeCtrlEx: implemented standard Tree View notifications (TVN_SELCHANGED, TVN_SELCHANGING, TVN_ITEMEXPANDING and TVN_ITEMEXPANDED). New method CBCGPTreeCtrlEx::EnableTreeCtrlNotifications allows to enable/disable them.
• Implemented easy way to create CWnd-derived controls on the static placeholder location: a new method CreateOnPlaceHolder was added to the following classes:
  • CBCGPCalculator.
  • CBCGPCalendar.
  • CBCGPEditCtrl.
  • CBCGPGridCtrl.

Examples and Samples

• BCGPChartExample: added line object shadows demonstration, axis label mode and title mode in the Ternary view and CBCGPTreeCtrl (located in Workspace view) was replaced with CBCGPTreeCtrlEx with filter bar.
• BCGPGaugesDemo: CBCGPTreeCtrl (located in Workspace view) was replaced with CBCGPTreeCtrlEx with filter bar.
• BCGPGridExample: added Filter Bar results highlighting demonstration.
• EditBoxDemo: added edit boxes vertical alignment demonstration.
• TreeCtrlDemo: added tree control notifications and filter bar demonstrations.

Fixes

• CBCGPGaugeImpl: addresses issue with sending tracking event to the correct parent windows.
• CBCGPGridCtrl: fixed DPI issue for the grid Combo-box item and Auto-Complete list, now font of a dropped list is scaled accordingly.
• CBCGPGridCtrl: addresses issue with in-place editing of the merged cells.
• Chart: fixed bug in hit-testing points for stock chart in the line mode.
• Chart: fixed a bug of recalculation of axis values when adding an array of double values.
• CBCGPCalendar: addresses problem with displaying selected day in the high-contrast mode.

Includes fixes for ExpressSpreadSheet, ExpressQuantumTreeList and ExpressQuantumGrid controls.

Fixes

ExpressEditors Library

• cxCheckBox - A check box displays a blurry custom SVG glyph if the monitor DPI differs from 96.
• cxExtLookupComboBox - The Properties.ImmediateDropDownWhenActivated and Properties.ImmediateDropDownWhenKeyPressed properties have not been published.
• TcxBlobEdit - A dropdown memo ignores the skinned editor's Style.TextColor property value.
• TcxButton - A button associated with an image stored in the TcxImageList component does not use the image cache within the list to speed up the image paint operation.

ExpressPrinting System

• TcxImageReportLink - A large image can be invisible in print previews and/or printouts in certain cases.
• The report's page header and footer are scaled incorrectly in the Print Preview dialog if the system DPI differs from 96.

ExpressQuantumGrid Suite

• All Views - Indents between View elements are calculated incorrectly when the View becomes active for the first time if the monitor DPI differs from 96.
• An incorrect cursor is displayed during drag-and-drop operations if the 'uses' clause includes the cxGridChartView unit directly or indirectly.
• Layout View - Card appearance does not automatically update according to the new layout item size if resizing the item programmatically does not change its parent group's dimensions.
• Switching the View's FindPanel.DisplayMode property to fpdmAlways focuses the Find Box.
• Table and Banded Table Views - An AV occurs on merging group rows if the OptionsSelection.CheckBoxVisibility and OptionsSelection.ShowCheckBoxesDynamically properties are set to [cbvGroupRow] and True, respectively.
• The "Control has no parent window" exception occurs on starting an application if the control has an inactive Layout View with scrollbars, provided that the touch-friendly scrollbar mode is enabled.
• The bound field's OnValidate event occurs for a second time if the event's handler has already raised an exception in response to moving the focus to the corresponding item by a mouse click.

ExpressQuantumTreeList Suite

• Performance regression when scrolling nodes that display images from a standard VCL TImageList linked to the tree list's Images property.

ExpressSpreadSheet

• A text string that does not fit into a cell without word wrapping overlaps the content of the right adjacent cell if is narrower than the former cell.
• An AV occurs when adding a detail dataset link at runtime.
• The merge order of cell styles applied by multiple conditional formatting rules to the same cell range(s) is calculated incorrectly in certain cases.

Includes fixes for ExpressBars and ExpressEditors controls.

Fixes

ExpressBars Suite

• A bar edit item is painted slowly on a monitor whose DPI does not match the system DPI if the item's PropertiesClass property is set to TcxLookupComboBoxProperties.
• Bar items are painted with colors that do not match corresponding theme colors of an operating system and disabled bar items cannot be selected if the bar manager's LookAndFeel.NativeStyle property is True.

ExpressEditors Library

• cxCheckBox - A check box displays a blurry custom SVG glyph if the monitor DPI differs from 96.
• cxExtLookupComboBox - The Properties.ImmediateDropDownWhenActivated and Properties.ImmediateDropDownWhenKeyPressed properties have not been published.
• TcxBlobEdit - A dropdown memo ignores the skinned editor's Style.TextColor property value.
• TcxButton - A button associated with an image stored in the TcxImageList component does not use the image cache within the list to speed up the image paint operation.