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Studio Controls for .NET - What's New

The premier Appointment Scheduler, Data input and edits, Dialogues, Calendars, Data and Menu Navigation, Outlook Bar, General Presentation and List / Tree View controls in one single, value-packed .NET developer product.

Studio Controls for .NET provides enterprise developers with a complete set of Windows design and presentation software components. 18 royalty free .NET WinForms and Smart Client controls in one straight forward, easy-to-manage product.

v1.3

Visual Studio 2012 certified

dbiCalendar - Owner (User) Drawn Week Summary features. Implement unique and customized Week Summary presentations including formatted text and images.

dbiCalendar - Impose a limit on the number of days end users can select at one time with the maximum selected dates.

dbiCalendar - Select and highlight a whole calendar week with one click using the Week Summary Click

dbiDate - Owner (user) Drawn Week Summary features - highlight imported weeks within a calendar view with a customized Week Summary presentation.

dbiDate - Impose a limit on the number of days end users can select at one time with the maximum selected dates.

dbiDayView - Time Guide - a shadow image of the variable time scale ruler that appears on a mouse click or mouse move with in the Scheduler Grid area. Incredibly useful when working with large schedules.

dbiDayView - Time Select on right mouse click allows developers to implement appointment time selection in the Scheduler Grid area using the right mouse button - offering greater flexibility.

dbiMonth - Owner ( user ) Drawn Week Numbers; create customized Week Number presentations for modern Windows User Interface designs.

dbiMonth - implement a maximum number of dates end users can select at one time with the maximum selected dates feature.

dbiMonth - Select and highlight a whole calendar week with one click using the Week Summary Click

v1.2

dbiCalendar - Zune style. Enhance application design with mobile presentation styles.

dbiCalendar - Appointment display enhanced to 49 viewable appointments. When its critical to view all of the appointments on a given day. If there are more entries than can be displayed, a more items arrow indicator may be displayed.

dbiDayView - new hit test methods. Hit test methods allow for programmatic surfacing of the control's primary object (appointments, columns, contacts, custom areas, locations and tasks) at any given point in the control.

dbiDayView - new User Drawn attributes. User Drawn presents functionality for customizing Appointment and Column Header presentations.

dbiDayView - new Shadow Types on Appointments. Give greater definition in the presentation of appointments with shadow types.

dbiDropDate - enhancements for calendar presentation

dbiList - on vertical scroll items are in view. Enhancements for allowing items in the list to be viewable while vertically scrolling.

dbiList - enhancements for list item sorting

dbiList - updates for managing expanding nodes and tree lines

dbiTips - enhancements for 64 bit systems.

dbi4 - updated to support new component enhancements

v1.1

dbiTips - makes its debut in version 1.1 and an outstanding performer for Presenting ToolTip based information in context with your application design standards. Incorporate masked / irregular shaped tooltips with user drawn items, custom headings, data, multiple images, the latest in Windows presentation styles - this WinForms / Smart Client Tooltip control has it including the 'kitchen sink'.

Studio controls for .NET has seen eleven (11) product updates since the last major release December 17, 2008 incorporating component documentation updates and these specific component updates:

1.0.0.1
dbiList - updated with enhanced visibility and scrolling capability
dbiDropDate - updated to handle more complex year format presentations

1.0.0.4
dbiDayView - Runtime modification of TimeIncrement adjusts and recalculates the appointment presentation

1.0.0.7
dbiCalendar - showdate method updated

1.0.0.8
dbiDayView - virtual and visible column presentation enhanced
dbiDayView - autoscrolling updated
dbiExplorerBar - Programatically adjusting the item index is automatically reflected in the ExplorerBar
dbiList - visible nodes and scroll bar interaction updated

1.0.0.11
Helpfiles were updated to reflect our new higher standards in production values
dbiDayView updated scrollbars to reflect the new column and grouping standards established with the SCNET release

Intellisense Enhancement : DBI is now making available for Studio Controls for .NET and Solutions Schedule for .NET individual component XML Intellisense files allowing the properties/ methods/ events and enums to be surfaced in the intellisense of Visual Studio .NET. The intellisense XML files are provided as part of this major release and also through the update service for current subscription owners. The specific Studio Controls files can be found at:

http://www.dbi-tech.com/download/Special/ComponentXML/SCNETXML.zip

Versioning :: It's important to note that Studio Controls for .NET (as well DBI's other component products) are continuously updated during the subscription release period noted by minor version increments for example 1.0.0.0 to 1.0.0.11. Version 1.1.0.0 displays that there has been a significant product enhancement by incorporating an additional component to the product for instance. Should a significant change be required to the product licensing or an overall enhancement to all of the components for a new version of Windows for instance, then in these cases a full version Increment will be initiated.

V1.0

dbiButton 2.0:

Masked Image
Events fire on masked color
Any shaped image to button
Disable Image property
Text & Image positioning
Tag Property
Toggle status on click
Mouse-over states
Cursor event customization
Gradient Fills
Stock -- Vista & XP styles

dbiCalculator 2.0:

Mouse & Keyboard input
Programmable Function buttons
Drop-Down mode
Background image
Stock Vista & XP Styles
Stock Button styles
Tag property

dbiCalendar 3.0:

PIM Support - single point of management for collaboration data collections (Appointments, Contacts, Locations, Tasks) for multiple instances of any of the Calendar Tools 3.0 for .NET controls.
Stock Vista and Outlook Styles and enhanced presentation settings.
Enhanced print control with default or customized printer selection.
Four Level Appointment Detail presentation (High, Medium, Low, None).
Enhanced Multi-Select functionality (Selected Dates collection).
Enhanced print control with default or customized printer/printer settings selection.
New control demo applications with C# and VB.NET source code included.
New control help file to provide detailed context sensitive help in VS2005/VS2008 including keyword help in the editor and property/event help in the designer.

dbiDate 3.0:

Stock Vista Style and enhanced presentation settings.
Extended View support to provide embedded quick month, year, and decade presentation/selection.
Enhanced Multi-Select functionality (Selected Dates collection).
New control demo applications with C# and VB.NET source code included.
New control help file to provide detailed context sensitive help in VS2005/VS2008 including keyword help in the editor and property/event help in the designer.

dbiDayView 3.0:

ColumnBuffer - Determines a buffer size on the right side of a column where an appointment may not appear.
Custom Columns - Specify any combination of Date, Contact, Location, and Task for one or multiple column definitions.
PIM Support - single point of management for collaboration data collections (Appointments, Contacts, Locations, Tasks) for multiple instances of any of the Calendar Tools 3.0 for .NET controls.
Stock Vista and Outlook Styles and enhanced presentation settings.
Enhanced print control with default or customized printer/printer settings selection.
Enhanced Appointment Filtering and Grouping.
Enhanced Drag/Drop functionality.
User Drawn Headers.
Enhanced Appointment Click and Double-Click events.
Appointment Map interface support.
Individual Column "More Appointments" arrow indicators with events.
Enhanced Appointment Conflict functionality.
Enhanced Timeline presentation.
New control demo applications with C# and VB.NET source code included.
New control help file to provide detailed context sensitive help in VS2005/VS2008 including keyword help in the editor and property/event help in the designer.

dbiDial 2.0:

Customize Dial position
Independent marker image
Two & Three dimension effects
Background image
Tag property

dbiDigit 2.0:

Boarder Styles
Stock Vista & XP Styles
Background image
Font selection
Tag property

dbiDropDate 3.0:

Stock Vista Style and enhanced presentation settings.
am/pm masking support for time entry with extended smart carat functionality.
Updated drop calendar with Vista style and Extended View support to provide embedded quick month, year, and decade presentation/selection.
New control demo applications with C# and VB.NET source code included.
New control help file to provide detailed context sensitive help in VS2005/VS2008 including keyword help in the editor and property/event help in the designer.

dbiExplorerBar 1.0: (now incorporates dbiListBar and dbiNavBar)

Host Lists & Panels
Host other controls
Multi-Column Drag-n-Drop
Context Menu Strip
Stock Vista & XP Styles
Independent Header List Image
Independent List Item Image
Individual List Item Fill Types (global or per list item)
Standard item collections
Background Image
Custom Arrow Button Images
List Item word wrapping

dbiGauge 2.0

Boarder Styles
Stock Vista & XP Styles
Custom Background image
Tag property

dbiLabel 2.0:

Custom Background image
Drag-n-Drop
Stock Vista & XP Styles
Text styles
Image
Tag property
XML data support

dbiList/ TreeView 1.0:

Multi-Column
ListView & TreeView
Context Menu Strip
Item sub-text
Body Text
Text Wrapping
Item click/ double click
Drag & Drop supported
XML data read and write
Sorting capabilities built-in
Soft-seek search
Horizontal Item Resize
Vertical Item Resize
Indent Body Text
Body Column Alignment
Stock Vista & XP Styles
Independent Header List Image
Independent List Item Image
Individual List Item Fill Types
Standard item collections
Background Image

dbiMeter 2.0:

Stock Vista & XP Styles
Border styles
Border color
Display Style -- regular, blocks or bar
Indicator types -- text or percentage
Cursor styles
Background Image
Min/ Max values
Tag property

dbiMonth 3.0:

PIM Support - single point of management for collaboration data collections (Appointments, Contacts, Locations, Tasks) for multiple instances of any of the Calendar Tools 3.0 for .NET controls.
Stock Vista and Outlook Styles and enhanced presentation settings.
Enhanced print control with default or customized printer selection.
Four Level Appointment Detail presentation (High, Medium, Low, None).
Enhanced Multi-Select functionality (Selected Dates collection).
Enhanced print control with default or customized printer/printer settings selection.
New control demo applications with C# and VB.NET source code included.
New control help file to provide detailed context sensitive help in VS2005/VS2008 including keyword help in the editor and property/event help in the designer.

dbiSlide 2.0: