VisualHint announcements http://www.visualhint.com/index.php/announcements en cadilhac@visualhint.com Copyright 2008 2008-10-14T14:48:30+00:00 SPG.Net 3.1 and SFPE.Net 1.3 are released http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/spgnet_31_and_sfpenet_13_are_released/ http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/spgnet_31_and_sfpenet_13_are_released/ This joint release mainly focuses on the addition of a new localizable month calendar that can be used standalone (free for all) and as a dropdown calendar in Smart FieldPackEditor and Smart PropertyGrid. You will of course find a few new features and the usual list of bug fixes.

]]> 2008-10-14T14:48:30+00:00 Smart FieldPackEditor.Net 1.2 released http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/smart_fieldpackeditornet_12_released/ http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/smart_fieldpackeditornet_12_released/ SFPE.Net This release contains a great brand new component: the TimeSpan editor. No more limitations to input 24 hours or more. Choose the string format you want and put SFPE at work for your end-users.

]]> 2008-06-30T15:05:01+00:00 Smart PropertyGrid.Net 3.0: a PropertyGrid has never been so usable http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/smart_propertygridnet_30_a_propertygrid_has_never_been_so_usable/ http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/smart_propertygridnet_30_a_propertygrid_has_never_been_so_usable/ Montreal, Quebec, Canada - May 13, 2008—VisualHint releases Smart PropertyGrid.Net 3.0, featuring complete support for right to left languages, lazy loading for performance, and many new features, like property value icons and incremental search while typing, for an increased usability. SPG.Net Smart PropertyGrid.Net 3.0 sets a new standard for this component that was at first intended to be used only in Visual Studio. After having greatly improved the way multiple target instances can be handled, which throws out the Microsoft PropertyGrid behavior, this version shines with a first-class support for right to left languages, like hebrew and arabic, something rarely seen among .net components. The grid is perfectly mirrored in every aspect and will bring a new experience for your customers. Additionally the overall performance has been drastically improved by implementing lazy loading, a term indicating that only needed properties are loaded at runtime: the grid can now target objects with thousands of properties with confidence. Version 3.0 also adds a nice way to set icons beside the property values, either tied to its semantic value or simply to show a state like a warning or a mandatory field. At last, among the new major features, incremental search has been added for every type of inplace control, even for those UITypeEditors whose source code is inaccessible: this brings to the end-user a quick way to select a new value for a property, when standard values are available. Many other minor features have been added and can be consulted in the changelog.

As a reminder, Smart PropertyGrid is the replacement of choice for developers who want a managed, powerful and flexible PropertyGrid for their desktop application. Based on a solid design, with a completely dynamic nature, Smart PropertyGrid.Net fixes the known shortcomings of its Microsoft counterpart and is the only product that is also compatible with it.

Smart PropertyGrid.Net 3.0 is available on May 13, 2007, from http://www.visualhint.com. Prices start at $159 (U.S.) per license, with quantity discounts available.

About VisualHint
VisualHint is a private company, owned by Nicolas Cadilhac, a software engineer with more than 10 years experience in software development, specializing in the creation of complex graphical user interfaces. The company also publishes Smart PropertyGrid for MFC (now free for personal and commercial use).

Contact:
Nicolas Cadilhac
Web: http://www.visualhint.com
Email and Support: http://www.visualhint.com/helpdesk

]]> 2008-05-13T19:53:00+00:00 Smart FieldPackEditor.Net 1.1: maturity for the DateTimePicker and all other built-in editors http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/sfpe11_maturity_for_the_datetimepicker_and_all_other_built_in_editors/ http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/sfpe11_maturity_for_the_datetimepicker_and_all_other_built_in_editors/ Montreal, Quebec, Canada - April 23, 2008—VisualHint, a company specializing in the creation of elaborated and usable custom controls from scratch, is pleased to announce the first upgrade to its versatile FieldPackEditor framework. Bug fixes and usability improvements are the key elements of this new version. Created initially to fix all the shortcomings of the Microsoft DateTimePicker, one of the most criticized within the developers’ community, SFPE 1.1 finetunes the use of this component and adds new features to its two other built-in controls:

* The IP address editor is able to handle strings and unsigned integers. It can also be placed inside Smart PropertyGrid.Net as an inplace control.

* The latitude/longitude control is now a true reusable editor, whose rendering can be customized to show only the information you need (among degrees, minutes, seconds, fraction part). It is able to handle several of your data types, like floats, doubles, decimals, their nullable types and even others if they are convertible. Like the IP address editor, it can now be displayed in Smart PropertyGrid.Net as an inplace control.

As a reminder, a few examples of the features that FieldPackEditor has to offer are: a flexible content, look and feel; Nullable value; Data binding for the control, for field packs as well as for individual fields; A ready to use inplace DateTime editor for the DataGridView plus an adapter for the PropertyGrid; A complete keyboard interface with autocomplete fields and automatic jumps to the next field; Buttons, icons and custom fields; Support for right to left languages and more! With this control you will even be able to develop your own editors for durations, frequencies, geographical positions and any other data that can be arranged into rule-based fields.

Don’t miss the four introductory screencasts that demonstrate what can be done with this original framework, as well as the new one that showcases the new features.


Smart FieldPackEditor.Net 1.1 is available on April 23, 2008, from VisualHint. Prices start at $49 (U.S.) per license, with quantity discounts available.

About VisualHint
VisualHint is a private company, owned by Nicolas Cadilhac, a software engineer with more than 10 years experience in software development, specializing in the creation of complex graphical user interfaces. The company also publishes Smart PropertyGrid for .Net and for MFC (now free for personal and commercial use).

Contact:
Nicolas Cadilhac
Web: http://www.visualhint.com
Email and Support: http://www.visualhint.com/helpdesk

]]> 2008-04-23T13:28:00+00:00 SPG.Net 3.0 beta2 http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/spgnet_30_beta2/ http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/spgnet_30_beta2/ With this second beta, we are approaching the final release of SPG.Net 3.0. This blog post will tell you more about this release.

]]> 2008-04-10T13:43:00+00:00 SPG.Net 3.0 beta1 http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/spgnet_30_beta1/ http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/spgnet_30_beta1/ Already available to customers, it is now a public beta that everyone can download. This blog post will tell you more about it.

]]> 2008-03-26T23:38:00+00:00 SPG.Net 2.5.3 has been released http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/smart_propertygridnet_253_has_been_released/ http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/smart_propertygridnet_253_has_been_released/ Nothing much to say about this maintenance release. It mainly answers the few concerns received from so far (consult the changelog for more). SFPE 1.1 beta has been updated to reference this build.

]]> 2008-01-23T15:47:00+00:00 SPG.Net 2.5.2 has been released http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/spgnet_252_has_been_released/ http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/spgnet_252_has_been_released/ Nothing much to say about this maintenance release. It mainly answers the few concerns received from late December up to now (consult the changelog for more). SFPE 1.1 beta has been updated to reference this build.

]]> 2008-01-10T15:59:00+00:00 Smart FieldPackEditor.Net 1.1 beta is available http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/smart_fieldpackeditornet_11_beta_is_available/ http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/smart_fieldpackeditornet_11_beta_is_available/ This new version fixes the known bugs and adds many useful enhancements, especially for the ease of use of the various editors supplies. Here is a list of these new features:
  • A convenient latitude/longitude editor has been added to wrap LatLongFieldPacks. What makes it exceptional is that it accepts values as float, double, decimal, corresponding nullable types and object and it can even be given your own latitude/longitude type as long as it is IConvertible to decimal or an attached TypeConverter can make the conversion.
  • The latitude/longitude editor has a new inplace control for Smart PropertyGrid.
  • The IpAddress editor has a new inplace control for Smart PropertyGrid. It can be attached to a string or uint property type.
  • Field.Readonly is now handled (behaviour and ForeColor). A ReadOnly field can still be selected. If you don't want so, just set Field.Selectable to false.
  • FieldPackEditor.ReadonlyForeColor has been added.
  • DateTimeCustomFormatConverter has been set to the DateTimePicker.CustomFormat property so that it lists all standard format strings.
  • There is now a simple way to set any field pack to accept the delete key or not, to nullify its content. Call the AcceptsDeleteKey property on the supplied editors or more specifically on individual field packs. The SpgSfpeAdapter also provides an attribute (FieldPackAcceptsDeleteKeyAttribute).
    • ]]>     2007-12-17T18:47:00+00:00     SPG.Net 2.5.1 has been released http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/spgnet_251_has_been_released/ http://hint.pmhclients.com/index.php/main/announcement/spgnet_251_has_been_released/ This version is the logical addition to the previous major release since, like with every major structural change, there was bugs to fix and last minute improvements to add. SPG.Net You will particularly like the possibility to manipulate the custom attributes attached to properties very soon in the property creation process, the easy way to sort nested child properties with the SortedProperty attribute, and the flexibility of the UITypeEditor which can now hide its textbox and have more space to draw whatever is needed.

    Consult the changelog and grab your copy today!

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