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MindFusion.Scheduling Pack R1.2013

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MindFusion has just released a new version of its Scheduling Pack. Here are details about the new features in the components that are included in the pack:

Visual Studio 2012 support

MindFusion.Scheduling Pack R1.2013 supports Visual Studio 2012. The installer can create VS2012 toolbox palette for the components, and can optionally install VS2012 sample projects. In addition, toolbox palettes are now created for all .NET target frameworks supported by the respective Visual Studio versions.

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  • Interactive resize of items in all views.
  • Some of the CSS classes have been renamed to provide better consistency across themes. Check the updated CSS Classes topic for details.
  • The bundled jQuery version has been upgraded to 1.9.
A sample monthly schedule.

A sample monthly schedule.

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Exporting
You can now export calendars to PDF files with the new PdfExporter.

Improved Custom Drawing
Items, including their shadows, can now be completely custom-drawn through the new ItemDrawing event. The
ItemDrawing event is raised before the item is rendered by the system and can be used to prevent the default item rendering. Two new events added to the Calendar class signal the start and end of the item drawing phase respectively – BeginItemDrawing and EndItemDrawing.

Miscellaneous

  • All resource collections now implement IList where T is the type of resources in the collection.
  • The GetExactDateAt method works more consistently in various scenarios.
  • Custom texts and icons can be supplied to the Print Preview form of the scheduling reports.
  • All texts within the calendar can be customized explicitly through the new CustomizeText event of the Calendar class.

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Improved item presenter
The ItemPresenter class now provides the start and end time of the represented item fragment through the new StartTime and EndTime properties. In addition, derived classes can override the new OnStartTimeChanged, OnEndTimeChanged, and OnItemPropertyChanged methods to get notified when the StartTime or EndTime properties change or when any property of the underlying item changes.

Item recurrence

Item recurrence

Improved recurrence
The Recurrence class exposes a new event – ValidateOccurrence, which can be used to validate and customize the occurrences of a recurrence pattern.

MindFusion.WinForms Pack, R1.2013

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The new features include preserve order in the tree layout for the diagramming tool, new events in the calendar control, layout improvements in reporting for WinForms and more. Here are the details:

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Preserve order in tree layout

You can set the Balance property of the TreeLayout to Preserve to keep the original geometric order of child nodes when arranging them under their parent. This can be used to arrange tree branches in a specific order by first positioning them in increasing horizontal or vertical positions.

Tree Layout

Tree Layout

Item rendering improvements

Table nodes with glass, emboss and shadow effects.

Table nodes with glass, emboss and shadow effects.

Export improvements

Selection improvements

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We have fixed several bugs and made a few layout improvements in the reporting component.

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New Events

Two new events were added to the Calendar class – BeginItemDrawing and EndItemDrawing raised when item drawing starts and ends respectively.

Exporting

You can use the new PdfExporter to export calendars to PDF files.

A schedule exported as a PDF file.

A schedule exported as a PDF file.

You can read more details about the new features of each component at the forum. Use the link below to download the trial version of the control:

Download MindFusion.WinForms Pack R1.2013

If you run into problems with any of the components, please let us know. We shall be glad to assist you. MindFusion is proud with its excellent technical support – the majority of the questions are answered within hours of receiving them.

About MindFusion.WinForms Pack: A set of five WinForms programming components that provide your application with a rich choice of diagramming, charting, scheduling, mapping, reporting and gauge features. The tools are very easy to implement and use. They boast intuitive API and various step-by-step tutorials to get you started. Both online and offline documentation is available. A sample browser presents you with all the samples for each control to let you easily navigate to what you need. You can check some of the features of each component right now if you look at the online demos:

Visit the features – page of the components for more information about their capabilities:

You can check the prices and licensing scheme here. All components are royalty-free.

Scheduling for WinForms 5.4.4

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MindFusion has released a new version of its Scheduling component for WinForms. The new features provides you with support for VisualStudio 2012, a new exporter and more. Here are the details:

Support for Visual Studio 2012
MindFusion.Scheduling for WinForms supports now Visual Studio 2012. You can create a Visual Studio 2012 Toolbox palette and optionally install VS2012 samples. In addition, toolbox palettes are now created for all .NET target frameworks, supported by the respective Visual Studio versions.

Exporting
You can now export your calendars to PDF with the new PdfExporter.

A schedule exported as a PDF file.

A schedule exported as a PDF file.

Custom Drawing Optimizations
The new ItemDrawing event lets you draw items and their shadows. The event is raised before the item is rendered and can be used to stop the default item rendering.

Miscellaneous

  • The new CustomizeText event of the Calendar class allows customization of all texts within the calendar.
  • You can now supply custom texts and icons to the Print Preview form of the scheduling reports.
  • All resource collections now implement IList where T is the type of resources in the collection.

If you have questions about the control, please use the support email or the help desk. You can also leave a message at the forum. MindFusion support team is always happy to assist you.

Use the link below to download the trial version of the control:

Download MindFusion.Scheduling for WinForms 5.4.4

The control is available as both stand alone tool and as part of MindFusion.WinForms Pack and MindFusion.Scheduling Pack. You can find out more about these suites of controls from those links:

About MindFusion.Scheduling for WinForms: MindFusion.Scheduling for WinForms is a programming component that adds to your .NET application powerful features for creating and customizing any type of schedule, calendar, time table, resource table and many more. The tool supports six data views, input/output from/to a variety of data sources and rich user interaction model. Scheduling for WinForms offers various auxiliary forms for creating and editing appointments, tasks and events. A theme editor for creating custom themes is also available. The control features a rich variety of predefined themes and various beautiful item effects.

You can read more about Scheduling for WinForms at its features page. Visit the gallery page to see screenshots of various calendars and schedules created with the tool. For more information about licenses and prices go to the buy page.