Diagram Library for Java Swing, V4.3

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Diana

We have released the new version of the Java Diagram library. Here is a brief summary of the new features:

Fluent API

Builder classes in com.mindfusion.diagramming.builders package add support for fluent programming style. Static with and instance init methods in DiagramItem, DiagramItemStyle and Layout -derived classes return a builder instance that can be used to set up respective new or existing objects.

DiagramLink improvements

The component no longer keeps a separate segmentCount field, removing a common source of errors. The SegmentCount property now calculates its value from ControlPoints elements. The updateFromPoints(updateGroups, updateSegments) overload has been removed too.
SegmentCount setter no longer refuses changing number of segments if auto-routing is enabled or the link is a self-loop.
The new Spline element of LinkShape enumeration draws links as interpolating splines that pass through all of their control points:

Java Diagram Library: Spline Links

Enum types

Old-style enumeration classes with static finals have been replaced by enum types, improving type checking and auto-completion support. This change will not affect your code if only passing enum members to methods from the API. If storing them in fields on the other hand, you must change the field type from int to respective enum type.

Several bug fixes
We have fixed a setLicenseKey problem and a bug with the SvgExporter.

You can find details about the new release at the official announcement page here.

The trial version is available for download from the following link:

Download MindFusion.Diagramming for Java Swing, V4.3 Trial Version

Technical support
MindFusion puts special effort in providing high quality technical support to all its current and future clients. You can post your questions about Diagramming for Java at the forum, help desk or at support@mindfusion.eu. All support inquiries are usually answered within hours of being received.

About Diagramming for Java Swing: MindFusion.Diagramming for Java Swing provides your Java application with all necessary functionality to create and customize a diagram. The library is very easy to integrate and program. There are numerous utility methods, rich event set, more than 100 predefined shapes. The tool supports a variety of ways to render or export the diagram, advanced node types like TreeView nodes, hierarchical nodes, tables, container nodes and many more. There are 15 automatic layouts, various input / output options and fully customizable appearance. A detailed list with JDiagram’s features is uploaded here. You can check the online demo to see some of the functionality implemented.

Diagramming for Java Swing is royalty free, there are no distribution fees. Licenses depend on the count of developers using the tool – check here the prices.

Diagramming for Windows Forms, V6.4.2

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Diana

We have released version 6.4.2 of FlowChart.NET. It contains several customer-requested features and improvements:

Fluent API
Extension methods in MindFusion.Diagramming.Fluent and MindFusion.Diagramming.Layout.Fluent namespaces add support for fluent programming style:

using MindFusion.Diagramming.Fluent;
using MindFusion.Diagramming.Layout.Fluent;
//...

diagram.Factory
	.CreateShapeNode(10, 10, 20, 20)
		.Brush(Color.LightGray)
		.Font("Arial", 12)
		.EnableStyledText(true)
		.Text("Task 1")
		.ToolTip("This is the task");

new TreeLayout()
	.LevelDistance(20)
	.NodeDistance(20)
	.LinkStyle(TreeLayoutLinkType.Cascading3)
	.Arrange(diagram);

DiagramLink Improvements

The component no longer keeps a separate segmentCount field, removing a common source of errors. The SegmentCount property now calculates its value from ControlPoints elements. The UpdateFromPoints(updateGroups, updateSegments) overload has been removed too.
SegmentCount setter no longer refuses changing number of segments if auto-routing is enabled or the link is a self-loop.
The new Spline element of LinkShape enumeration draws links as interpolating splines that pass through all of their control points:

WinForms Diagram Control: Spline Links

Miscellaneous

The ModifierKeyAction.ExtendSelection mode selects items within the lasso without deselecting old ones.
The Visio Stencils import API provides access to BeginArrow and EndArrow values.
The Visio Stencils import API provides access to Connection elements defined for a shape.
It is now enough to set EnableStyledText to enable styled-text mode without having to also enable PolygonalTextLayout.
Fixed bug where ItemAdded event wasn’t raised for interactively drawn items.
Miscellaneous UI control assemblies (NodeListView, LayerListView, Ruler, etc) have been merged into a single MindFusion.Diagramming.WinForms.Controls.dll.

A direct link to download the trial version follows:

Download MindFusion WinForms Diagram Component, V 6.4.2

Updated assemblies are also available as MindFusion.Diagramming NuGet package.

About MindFusion.Diagramming for WinForms: A programming component that provides any WinForms application with a full set of features for creating and customizing all types of diagrams, flowcharts, schemes, hierarchies, trees, graphs etc. The control provides numerous ways to save and load a diagram, six auxiliary controls and more than 12 automatic graph layout algorithms. Diagram elements include scrollable tables, container nodes, multi-segment arrows, custom diagram item types and many more. Further details here.

Diagramming for WinForms is a royalty-free component, clients get 12 month upgrade subscription when buying a license. The source code is also available for purchase. Visit the buy page for a list with the current license prices.

MindFusion Releases Xamarin Charts

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Diana

MindFusion Xamarin Chart has been released with the complete set of features needed to create and customize a wide selection of charts. The control boasts a variety of chart types like radar, polar, line, bubble, bar, column, doughnut, step, scatter etc. Part of the library are also a dashboard component and a component for financial charts.

3D Xamarin Chart

Each chart type exposes numerous options to be customized in order to answer fully the requirements of the user. The control is packed with many samples that demonstrate different aspects of a chart type and offer ready-to-use code. The API is documented in details, with helpful tutorials and guides.

The chart component supports flexible data interface, which allows any data source to be used as a provider of chart data as long as it implements the Series interface. Predefined are a set of the most common data sources like XML, numeric lists, DateTime values, SQL database fields.

The innovative approach to styling lets developers control each aspect of the chart’s looks. They can alter the styling on the tiniest elements or concentrate on the bigger picture and create a global theme which can be reused.

Xamarin Bubble Chart

The component is free to try without feature restrictions for a period of 60 days. Each license includes 12 month upgrade subscription. You can find out more about MindFusion Xamarin chart component at http://mindfusion.eu/xamarin-chart.html

About MindFusion: MindFusion has provided quality software tools for thousands of organizations and individuals for over a decade. With focus on lean software design and excellent technical support, MindFusion has been preferred by many Fortune 500 companies and world-known names from all industries and fields of business. MindFusion programming components are easy to use, with plenty of options to be customized and make development much faster and successful.

Design custom shapes with WPF Diagram

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Meppy Palas

Watch here the video for this tutorial.

This tutorial will run you through the process of creating custom WPF diagram shapes using the built-in Shape Designer. Keep in mind that the Designer is intended as a sample and is limited in terms of functionality. The designer is available inside the installation of MindFusion.Diagramming for WPF but is also included in this tutorial for convenience. For the purposes of this tutorial, we will create an ‘AND Gate’ circuit diagram shape as illustrated by the following image:

Run the Shape Designer application through the ShapeDesign.exe. The Shape Designer opens up with a single rectangular shape ready to be modified.

The Shape Designer does not currently support shape renaming (remember, it’s just a sample), therefore create a new shape through the Shapes menu and name it ‘AndGate’.

Select the newly created shape from the list on the left. In the editor select the right segment of the shape’s rectangle and press the DEL button on the keyboard. This will delete the segment and make the shape triangular.

Adjust the end points of the shape segments so that it gets deflated on both sides. To adjust a segment, hover it with the mouse (so that its adjustment handles appear), then drag the handles.

Select the arc primitive from the list on the right side of the screen. Drag this primitive over the top segment of the shape (until it gets highlighted in red) then drop.

This will replace the line segment with an arc. Repeat the same process for the bottom segment of the shape.

Adjust the middle point of both segments so that the shape looks protruded. Then drag three line primitives from the list on the right to the editor pane. Be careful not to drop the primitives over existing elements because this will replace the elements.

Align the newly created line primitives with the existing shape.

From the list with anchor points at the right side of the application, drag two anchor points from the first kind (input only) and one anchor point from the second kind (output only) and drop them inside the editor. Align the anchor points with the end points of the line segments created in the previous step.

This will conclude the creation of the ‘AND Gate’ shape. You can test the shape in the preview diagram at the bottom of the screen.

Save the shape library. Using the same approach, recreate the other circuit shapes from the image above. The following screenshot illustrates the complete library.

The shape designer along with the shape library containing the circuit shapes can be downloaded from the link below:

Design Circuit Shapes

You are welcome to ask any questions about the WpfDiagram control at MindFusion discussion board or per e-mail at support@mindfusion.eu.

Click here here to visit the official page of the control.

We hope you find this tutorial useful and thank you for your interest in MindFusion developer tools.

MindFusion ASP.NET Diagram Control, V5.6

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Diana

MindFusion is proud to present you with the new version of its ASP.NET diagram control.

Below you can read about the recently added features. As always, your questions are welcome. Use the technical support e-mail or MindFusion ASP.NET diagram forum.

Free-form nodes

A FreeFormNode collects all points from users’ mouse or touch input and displays them as node’s outline. To let users draw free-form nodes interactively, set Behavior to DrawFreeForms or LinkFreeForms.. Use the Points property of FreeFormNode to get or set outline points programmatically. If the Closed property is set, the node is drawn as a closed shape and its interior filled, or otherwise the node is drawn as a poly-line. If the distance between first and last points drawn by user is shorter than AutoCloseDistance, the node’s Closed property is automatically set to true. AutoCloseDistance default value is float.MaxValue, so free-form nodes are always closed.

Free form nodes allow the user to draw diagram shapes with the mouse of the finger

Convert free-form drawings to ShapeNodes

Additional drawing modes, convenient for touch input, convert FreeFormNode objects drawn by user to ShapeNode objects with matching shapes. To enable them, set Behavior to DrawFreeShapes or LinkFreeShapes. The shapes against which the user’s input is matched are set via diagram’s FreeFormTargets property. By default it contains Rectangle, Decision and Ellipse shapes.

Miscellaneous

NodePastedScript and LinkPastedScript client-side events raised when items are pasted from the clipboard.
PdfExporter now creates page hyperlinks if HyperLink is set to a value in “page://{number}” format, e.g. set “page://1” to open the second PDF page when the item is clicked
TypeScript definitions for the client-side Diagramming API are now provided in jsdiag.d.ts file.

Fixed bugs

CanvasVirtualScroll mode fixed for parent div size specified in percent units.
Fixed bug where the ExpandOnIncoming property specifying link direction for collapse/expand actions did not work correctly.
Removed several global JavaScript variables created inadvertently by the control.
Fixed bug where ShapeNodes’ Image did not zoom correctly in ImageMap mode for some ImageAlign values.

Installer for the latest version can be downloaded here, or from the clients area on our site:

Download MindFusion ASP.NET Diagram Control, V5.6 Trial

Updated assemblies and script files are also available as MindFusion.Diagramming.WebForms NuGet package.

About MindFusion ASP.NET Diagram Control: This is a reusable ASP.NET control that provides your WebForms application with the complete functionality to create, style and present flowcharts, hierarchies, trees, graphs, schemes, diagrams in the browser. You can leverage the large set of utility methods, path finding capabilities and cycle detection to build the perfect interactive diagram that supports plenty of UI features like tool tips, multiple selection, copy/paste to/from Windows clipboard and many more.

MindFusion ASP.NET control offers you more than 100 predefined node shapes, scrollable tables, 13 automatic layout algorithms, rich choice of pen and brushes and a long list of other options that will greatly shorten the time needed for developing an online business application that must implement diagramming features. MindFusion has built many different samples and tutorials that demonstrate the features of the control and give you abundance of sample code to copy and study. You can read more about the Diagram Control for ASP.NET here.

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