MindFusion Pack for WinForms 2014.R1 has been released. It adds the following new features:

Visual Studio 2013 Support
MindFusion Pack for WinForms now includes support for Visual Studio 2013. The installer can create VS2013 toolbox palette for the components, and can optionally install VS2013 sample projects.

MindFusion.Diagramming

Import Visio 2013 files
The Visio2013Importer class can import .vsdx files created by Visio 2013. In order to use it, you must add a reference to the MindFusion.Diagramming.Import.Visio.dll assembly. Various overloads of the Import method can be used to import the file into a DiagramDocument whose pages correspond to the Visio drawing pages, or into a single Diagram whose content is merged from all imported pages. At this time Visio2013Importer supports the basic flowchart and data flow Visio stencils. For each node shape from the .vsdx file, the importer creates a ShapeNode object whose Shape, Text, Brush and Pen properties are set to values corresponding to the imported Visio shape. For each connector shape, the importer creates a DiagramLink object whose Origin and Destination are set to the corresponding imported nodes, and whose ControlPoints reflect the geometry of the connector.

Zoom control
The ZoomControl class lets user change interactively the current zoom level and scroll position of a DiagramView. To set it up, add a ZoomControl to the form, place it anywhere over a DiagramView, and set the control's Target property to that view. Set the ZoomStep and ScrollStep properties to specify the amount added to view's zoom level or scroll position by ZoomControl's buttons. You can customize the control's appearance by setting properties such as Fill, BorderColor, CornerRadius and TickPosition.

Miscellaneous

• The arrow buttons in a TabbedDiagramView control now also change the active page.
• When AllowRenamePages is enabled, DiagramPage titles can be renamed interactively by clicking the active tab in a TabbedDiagramView.
• Several new shapes added for better compatibility with Visio 2013 basic stencil: RightTriangle, Decagon, Trapezoid, Star4Pointed, Star5Pointed, Star6Pointed, Star7Pointed, Star16Pointed, Star24Pointed, Star32Pointed, Donut, Plaque.
• The projection of a node on the scales of Ruler control now shows the boundaries of the rotated node shape. To ignore rotation as in older versions, set ProjectRotatedBounds to false.

MindFusion.Spreadsheet

MindFusion.Spreadsheet has been initially added to MindFusion Pack for WinForms.

MindFusion.Scheduling

Improved support for non-Gregorian calendars
MindFusion.Scheduling now provides better support for non-Gregorian calendars, such as Hijri. In addition, the control can now display a Persian calendar through the new PersianCulture. To specify the calendar to be used by MindFusion.Scheduling, assign a culture that uses this calendar to the Culture property of the Calendar class.

New holiday provider
The new AustraliaHolidayProvider (available in the MindFusion.HolidayProviders.dll assembly) can be used to supply the major holidays in Australia for a specific time interval.


Registered customers with an active upgrade subscription can download the licensed version from the clients area on our site.

A trial version is available for download here:
https://www.mindfusion.eu/WinFormsTrial.zip

Enjoy!