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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt index bef016ce..39d9a65e 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.txt +++ b/CHANGELOG.txt @@ -2,13 +2,70 @@ Release notes for fpGUI ======================= +v0.8 (2011-11-02) + - New widget demos and many improvements to existing demos. + - New application examples + * Spinning Globe, show some graphics support with zooming. + * An experimental IDE called Maximus, which supports project + management, compiler settings management, macro management, + multi-threading enabled, fast procedure list searching, + syntax-highlighting enabled text editor, OS independent + file monitor support etc. + - PDF reporting engine and preview support. Thanks to + Jean-Marc Levecque for this awesome contribution. + - Huge improvements and enhancements to the Treeview widget. + * massive speed improvement + * improved painting support + * extended treeview and node method calls + * state image support (eg: having checkboxes next to nodes) + widget. + - Many Docview (fpGUI documentation viewer) improvements + * Bookmark support + * Improved annotation support + * Improved the text rendering and text wrapping + * Rewrote the font handling which gave a massive 200+% speed + increase in startup times (depending on the amount of fonts you + have installed on your system), and reduced memory usage by 50%. + - Added image support to RichView, the text viewer used by Docview. + - Two new supported platforms: OpenSolaris and MacOSX (with X11 + support). + - Global keyboard shortcut support for menu items and actions. + - fpGUI API documentation has been extended and improved. + - OS independent DND (drag-n-drop) support has been implemented. This + supports external application-to-application and internal + widget-to-widget drag-n-drop. + - Improved the workings of implementing context sensitive help inside + your applications. + - Improved fpGUI project templates for use with Lazarus IDE or MSEide. + - Included the WIPFC (OpenWatcom IPF Compiler) binaries to allow you + to compile your own IPF help files into binary INF help files. + - UI Designer (the visual forms designer for fpGUI) has seen many + improvements: + * new components on the component palette. + * new properties accessible in the Object Inspector + * improved dialogs for "tab order" and "widget order" changes. + * code generated can now use spaces or tab characters for + indentation. + * improved File menu layout and new options. + - Improved themes support + - Experimental MDI (multi-document interface) support + - Extended the Unicode wrapper functions for the FPC's RTL file + handing + functions. + - New built-in code page conversion functions have been added. + - Grid widgets have improved scrolling support options. + - Improved fpGUI language translations. + - Many, many more bug fixes and improvements. For a full list run: + git log v0.8...v0.7 + + v0.7 (2010-08-02) - Quite a few more minor bug fixes since v0.7-rc2. - Some memory leaks in TfpgListView - Added an example Debug Server in examples/apps/debugserver - This can be used with FPC's dbugintf unit so you can send debug messages. Handy for debugging CGI apps on your server. - - A new unit fpg_imgutils was added. It contains some handy + - A new unit fpg_imgutils was added. It contains some handy utility functions for images. - Implemented disabled images support for all controls that can display images. @@ -18,7 +75,7 @@ v0.7 (2010-08-02) now click the Year or Month to quickly select a different value without the need for scrolling through every month. - Many more improvements to the "prototype" text editor component - located in prototypes/textedit/. Soon this will become a + located in prototypes/textedit/. Soon this will become a standard component in fpGUI. - Minor improvements to DocView's toolbar. - DocView now has a 'File | Open Special' option, which can open @@ -34,7 +91,7 @@ v0.7 (2010-08-02) - fpGUI's UI Designer has a few more components on the component palette. eg: TfpgFilenameEdit, TfpgDirectoryEdit, TfpgFontEdit, etc... - Some more minor changes to allow compiling fpGUI under MacOSX with X11. - + v0.7.rc2 (2010-04-08) - Localization of Character Map dialog. @@ -97,7 +154,7 @@ v0.7.rc1 (2010-03-04) text search. - A lot of new components have been added, including enhancements to existing components. - - Various new dialogs have been added, which include Color Wheel, + - Various new dialogs have been added, which include Color Wheel, Character Map, Database Login etc. - Improved integration with tiOPF project via the Model-GUI-Mediator design pattern. @@ -125,16 +182,16 @@ v0.6 (2008-02-17) revision 534 - Better support for newer desktop environments under Linux. - Anti-aliased line drawing support. - Line styles (dot, solid, dash...) are now fully supported on all platforms. - - Implemented the Command design pattern interface. Something like + - Implemented the Command design pattern interface. Something like Delphi's TAction component. - Fixed many memory leaks in CoreLib units. - - New examples/demos added: Splash Screen, Command Handler, Gauges, + - New examples/demos added: Splash Screen, Command Handler, Gauges, Anti-aliased line drawing etc.. - Started working on Message Dialogs. - Better clipboard support. - - Including MANY more improvements and bug fixes. There are to + - Including MANY more improvements and bug fixes. There are to many to list. For a detailed listing of the changes use the svn command - line client as follows: svn log -r 367:534 + line client as follows: svn log -r 367:534 v0.5 (2007-09-13) @@ -156,7 +213,7 @@ v0.5 (2007-09-13) o ShowMessage() o Font Selection dialog o File Open... - o File Save As... + o File Save As... * Text Edit * Combo Box (aka Choice List) * Grids (aka Tables) @@ -164,45 +221,45 @@ v0.5 (2007-09-13) o Custom Grid o Draw Grid o String Grid - o File Grid + o File Grid * Progress Bar * List View * Main Menu bar and Popup Menus - * Treeview + * Treeview - Align and Anchor support has been added. - - Clipboard support (application wide). Global (OS based) + - Clipboard support (application wide). Global (OS based) is in the works. - - All painting is done via double buffering, so drawing flicker + - All painting is done via double buffering, so drawing flicker is a thing of the past. - - Better font support. We now have support for Font Aliases. We - can define a font style (font name, size and attributes) and - give it a text name. Whenever we want to use that font style, + - Better font support. We now have support for Font Aliases. We + can define a font style (font name, size and attributes) and + give it a text name. Whenever we want to use that font style, we can reference it by the text name. - - All colors are now defined in RGB order, no matter what platform + - All colors are now defined in RGB order, no matter what platform we use. - - Modal form support (with some minor issues under Windows that + - Modal form support (with some minor issues under Windows that should be fixed soon). - - Widgets and Forms now have a single consistent constructor due + - Widgets and Forms now have a single consistent constructor due to the base window class that descends from TComponent. - - Delayed resource allocation. This is very handy under Linux where - the X Server can be in a remote location (not on the same computer). - This gives a performance bonus as we need to communicate less with + - Delayed resource allocation. This is very handy under Linux where + the X Server can be in a remote location (not on the same computer). + This gives a performance bonus as we need to communicate less with the X Server which is inherently slow. - - Supports a Model-GUI-Mediator (MGM) implementation to work with - the tiOPF Object Persistent Framework. Business Objects can now - be saved in a OO fashion. The MGM implementation also makes the + - Supports a Model-GUI-Mediator (MGM) implementation to work with + the tiOPF Object Persistent Framework. Business Objects can now + be saved in a OO fashion. The MGM implementation also makes the standard fpGUI components Object-Aware. No need for DB Components. - - fpGUI now has a Visual Form (GUI) Designer in the example/apps - directory. Developers can now create forms visually at a much - faster rate. The designer uses the same source file that contains - your code - generating the ui code like you would have done - manually. No external ui files like Lazarus (*.lfm) or Delphi - (*.dfm). See the readme file in the project directory for more - details. + - fpGUI now has a Visual Form (GUI) Designer in the example/apps + directory. Developers can now create forms visually at a much + faster rate. The designer uses the same source file that contains + your code - generating the ui code like you would have done + manually. No external ui files like Lazarus (*.lfm) or Delphi + (*.dfm). See the readme file in the project directory for more + details. v0.4 - - The last version of fpGUI using a single handle (windowless) + - The last version of fpGUI using a single handle (windowless) design. --------------oOo---------------- |