Studio Controls COM  -  What's NEW...

Studio Controls COM v6.0

• Enhancements and upgrades for ctxCalendar v4.0 include:  Appointment Information Line, Enhanced Gesture Handling, Appointment Resize Enhancements, Appointment Edit Window Fill, Appointment Border Enhancements, Appointment Image Management;  Appointment Edit Windows focus, Enhanced how the control hides the edit window when focus is lost so that the appointment remains selected;  Adjusted when the resize handles are stored in the internal hittest array, to enforce their Z-Order priority over other appointments;  Adjusted the painting routines so that any selected appointment (read only or not) in any view is displayed using the thicker selected border

• Enhanced graphics features for Needle, Path and Pin primary elements Internal Image List Enhanced to manage up to 250 Images

• New ActiveX HTML Browser Control - Browse Sites on the Worldwide Web, as well, folders on a local file system

• New Image List Control - Internal Image List management for up to 250 images and/or 250 Image Paths

• Internal Image List Enhanced to mange up to 250 Images;  New Button Count; count all top level items in the control;  New Item Count; Count of all items in the control;  Set Tooltip for items disabled in the control

Studio Controls COM v5.0

• NEW Functionality:  Appointment Index;  User Drawn Date Header Text;  User Drawn Cell Text;  Cell Font;  Day View - Selected Start / End Time, Selected Column;  Day View Printing Enhanced;  Location Item Index Values - Appointment, Contact, Location and Task;  Enhanced Appointment Item Detail for Day, Month and Week Views; 

•  NEW:  Enhanced Unicode, 32 bit and 64 bit ActiveX Windows Color Pallet Selection Control

• NEW Functionality:  Hit Test Methods for Area At and Date At

• NEW Functionality: Close / Hide Drop Calendar when Fill Date is Selected (CloseOnFillClick Property);  Automatic Date Selection when Drop Calendar is Navigated (SelectOnChange Property)

• NEW:  Enhanced Unicode, 32 bit and 64 bit ActiveX File Open and Files Save Dialogue Control.  Features included:  Multi-Select;  Multi-Path Name;  Selectable Windows Explorer Style.

• NEW:  Enhanced Unicode, 32 bit and 64 bit ActiveX Font Selection Dialogue control

• NEW:  Enhanced Unicode,  32 Bit and 64 Bit ActiveX  ISimpleFrame container control providing snap-in functionality for developers to create boxes, title bars and container objects with a variety of border effects.

• NEW:  Enhanced Unicode, 32 bit and 64 bit ActiveX Printer Dialogue Control.  Present either the Print or Print Setup Dialogues.

• NEW:  Enhanced Unicode, 32 bit and 64 bit ActiveX UI Design Control with discrete navigation zones

What's New in Studio Controls COM v1.7

• New for Studio Controls COM, ctxCalendar combines the best of three appointment scheduling worlds into one 32 bit ActiveX control.  Multi Column Day View, Monthly Calendar, Week View. Load Data once and present Appointment, Contact, Location and Task detail across one, two or all three views.

• Contact Management, Rolodex...  Create custom Rolodexes and contact management systems with ctxContact. Perfect for enhancing Corporate and Personal Information Management solutions. A great set of features provide full customization options for Developers.

What's New in Studio Controls COM v1.6

• A new gauge control supporting a Primary and an array of Secondary Gauges, independent needle and needle points for each Gauge instance (primary and secondary gauges), animation and User Drawn Text highlight the new additions.

• Create Image, Image Height and Image Width attributes have been added

• New Circular Meter Presentations - developers have complete control over meter presentations features including: define a Meter's path - start end angles, the meter value, add circular meter brush styles and enhance detailed information with the new User Draw Text capabilities.

• Auto Ellipsis, control styles, text angle, text image, font presentation and Mnemonic key round-out enhancements for this new version.

• Create Image, Image Height and Image Width attributes have been added

What's New in Studio Controls COM v1.5:

• Unicode support added,
• New EditWindowRightToLeft property added,
• HelpFile updated

What's New in Studio Controls COM v1.4

ctxCombo - (v2.0.0.2)

ctButton (v3.0.0.1)

What's New in Studio Controls for COM v1.3:

ctCombo - (v7.0.0.0)

• New: Header Border Color, Header Shadow Color, Header Style, enumHeaderStyle enumeration - These upgrades enhance 3D and Windows 7 style presentations

ctDropDate - (v5.0.0.0)

• Updated (without new GUID) allowing navigation to new months when a fill date is clicked in the drop calendar.

ctExplorerBar - (v4.0.0.0)

• New: ListCtrlID, Selected Item and Selected List  -  these property additions allow for discrete interaction and presentation with the list attributes of the Outlook / Explorer Bar control.

ctHTML - (v4.0.0.0)

• New: Silent (Property) functionality added - allowing for the suppression of all dialogs that the web browser control may generate. In some cases, this is useful, because it can help ensure a "quiet" user experience without unexpected popups.

ctListBar - (v9.0.0.0)

• New: Select Back Color To, Select Fill Type, Select Rounded Edge value added to the enum Select Type enumeration - these properties have been added to enhance Windows 7 style presentations.

ctMonth - (v10.0.0.0)

• New: After Page Change event - assists the developer synchronizing the data to be displayed for the current month presentation.

• New: Fill Vertical Edge 2 value added to the enum Fill Type enumeration - enhances Windows 7 style presentations.

ctTips - (v5.0.0.0)

• Tips Vista value added to enum Tips Type enumerations - enhances newer Windows style presentations.

ctToolBar - (v7.0.0.0)

• Selected Drop Menu items now use an enhanced fill system allowing for improved 3D and Windows 7 presentations.

• New: Redraw method - allowing the developer to directly refresh the control

What's New in Studio Controls for COM v1.2:

ctCalendar - (v6.0.0.0)  new to ctCalendar:

• BeforeWeekSummaryPaint event added to enable changing of the Week Summary text through the WeekSummaryText property

• New Zune Black control style

• a new vertical edge fill type has been added (VertEdge2)

• enhanced printed report functionality allowing Page Numbers to be toggled (turned off/on).

ctDayView - (v3.0.0.0)  new to ctDayView:

• Enhancement to the OnMouseWheel event enabling mouse wheel values to be read from the Registry

• New Zune Black control style.

• An AppointmentForeColor property has been added allowing greater custom style setting by the developers

•  a new vertical edge fill type has been added (VertEdge2)

• enhanced printed report functionality allowing Page Numbers to be toggled (turned off/on)

ctGrid (v5.0.0.0)  new to ctGrid:

• Progress Bar -  Column data types can now be set to a "Progress Bar" style. Progress Bars will take a value of 0-100. Properties available on the Progress Bars include:  height, from color and to color, and fill type.

• Another new additional includes Hit test methods for ColumnAt and ItemAt (1 based) and the Pre-Column is set to return a value of 0.

• enhanced printed report functionality allowing Page Numbers to be toggled (turned off/on

• a new vertical edge fill type has been added (VertEdge2)

• related style properties have been enhanced including:  HeaderOverFillType, HeaderOverBackColorTo, PreColumnFillType, and PreColumnBackColorTo

• Header arrows now have an additional setting for 'solid'

• Mouse Wheel enhancement - the OnMouseWheel event enables the mouse wheel values to be read from the Registry

ctList (v9.0.0.0) new to ctList:

• Progress Bar -  Column data types can now be set to a "Progress Bar" style. Progress Bars will take a value of 0-100. Properties available on the Progress Bars include:  height, from color and to color, and fill type.

•  Sub Text formatting enhancement - a new SubTextBackColor property allows for Coloring of the background area of all the subtext areas. TheSubTextBackColor property is set to Clear by default

• Another new additional includes Hit test methods for ColumnAt and ItemAt (1 based) and the Pre-Column is set to return a value of 0.

•  enhanced printed report functionality allowing Page Numbers to be toggled (turned off/on)

• New SelectedBackColorTo, SelectedFillType, NoFocusBackColorTo and NoFocusBorderColor properties have been added replacing the FocusType property (backward compatibility has been maintained) to allow greater control over focus and item selected border coloring.

•  Added, Windows 7 fill styles for Rounded Borders. Selected items now use a 2 pass fill system that allows the fill and the border to have an enhanced 3D presentation.

•  Mouse Wheel enhancement - the OnMouseWheel event enables the mouse wheel values to be read from the Registry

ctTree (v10.0.0.0)  new to ctTree:

• A new addition to ctTree includes Hit test methods for ColumnAt and ItemAt (1 based), and the Pre-Column is set to return a value of 0

• enhanced printed report functionality allowing Page Numbers to be toggled (turned off/on)

• New SelectedBackColorTo, SelectedFillType, NoFocusBackColorTo and NoFocusBorderColor properties have been added replacing the FocusType property (backward compatibility has been maintained) to allow greater control over focus and item selected border coloring.

• DrawFocus property added (like ctList)

• New sorting methods - FindFirstSelected and FindNextSelected methods have been added

•  New Header styling properties - NodeHeaderBackColor, NodeHeaderBackColorTo, and NodeHeaderFillType properties are now available

•  Added, Windows 7 fill styles for Rounded Borders. Selected items now use a 2 pass fill system that allows the fill and the border to have an enhanced 3D presentation.

• Mouse Wheel enhancement - the OnMouseWheel event enables the mouse wheel values to be read from the Registry

What's New in Studio Controls for COM v1.1:

Studio Controls for COM v1.1 certified for and supported on Windows 7

ctPanel  -  New to Studio Controls for COM. 

• Panel is a multi-splitter presentation providing up to four individual panels with an optional title ideal for form real estate management.  Each panel’s contents can be programmatically controlled by the developer in its resize event. ctPanel is fully capable of rendering any other ActiveX objects or native IDE objects (when hosted inside a ctFrame control). ctPanel has been designed to work together with other component objects for developers wanting to create award winning application interface designs simply and quickly.

ctDayView - New for ctDayView

• updated with ColumnAt method and TimeAt method - ideal for identifying specific location of cursor and/or defining specific location by coordinates.

ctDEdit - New for  ctDEdit

• upgraded with Plus/Minus notation. Entering + or - and a value when running the control in numeric format will increment/decrement the current value of the control by the number of days entered

ctDropDate - New for ctDropDate

• upgraded with Plus/Minus notation. Entering + or - and a value when running the control in numeric format will increment/decrement the current value of the control by the number of days entered.

ctList - New for ctList

• upgraded List Headers with Border Colors, new Header Style properties - including specific styles settings for header over; selected items - styles and fill types; pre-column alignment - aligns text, images etc. contained in the pre-column.

ctTree - New for ctTree

• New sort arrow color, sort arrow type; upgraded ctTree Headers - Border Colors, new Header Style properties - including specific styles settings for header over

ctToolBar - New for ctToolBar

• New foreground color added allowing for Returning/setting the foreground color of a tool bar button

What was new in Studio Controls for COM v1.0:

All Controls

• New licensing model fully compliant with Microsoft Access 2007 third party component licensing.  NEW - PropertyPage Property providing access to the custom property pages in design-time or run-time for all IDE's independent of the IDE’s object menu.

ctCombo