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Wednesday January 9, 2013
MindFusion has released a new version of its Diagramming component for Java with various new features. Here are the details:
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Node Effects
Diagramming for Java adds support for two visual effects - the GlassEffect and AeroEffect, which can be applied to nodes. Effects can be added, removed or modified at any time and this will immediately reflect on the diagram. You can apply more than one effect of the same type.
Styles & Themes
The Style is a set of properties, which can be applied to a given diagram item or to all items of a specific type. A Theme is a collection of styles. Each style in the theme is associated with a specific type of diagram items and affects all items of this type. Themes can be loaded and saved from / to XML files. Use the Theme Editor tool to create your own themes.
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Diagram documents and tabbed views
The new DiagramDocument class represents a collection of pages (sheets). Each sheet is an instance of DiagramPage. DiagramPage is derived from the Diagram class and adds a Title property. All your current code that uses Diagram objects will work with DiagramPage objects. You can add, modify, rearrange and delete DiagramPage-s with the Pages collection.
The new TabbedScrollPane displays tabs for each DiagramDocument page. You can specify the active page by activating its associated tab. Use the buttons in the tab tray to add and remove pages to/from the document. Drag the tab of a page with the mouse to change its location.
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Layer List Control
The new LayerListView control displays all layers of the Diagram together with a title and an overview area. You can edit the Visible and Locked properties of the layer and set the currently active layer. Use the plus (+) button to add new layers to the Diagram.
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Layers
Now you can assign diagram Item-s into layers. Layers can be locked, hidden moved up or down in the Z-order or as a group. Call the setLayerIndex method of items to associate them with layers in the Diagram.Layers collection. Each Layer has Visible, Locked and ZIndex properties, which affect all items in the layer.
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One-way Layout
The OneWayLayout class ensures that links enter into nodes from the same general direction and exit them from the opposite side.
Ruler improvements
The new MeasureUnit class lets you specify units of the ruler. The MeasureUnit class provides several built-in units as well as the opportunity to create custom units of measure.
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API Changes
A few changes were required to keep the API elegant and easy to use with the numerous new features added to Diagramming for Java. The changes are described in details in the "What's new" section in the documentation of the component.
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You can learn more about the new JDiagram 4.0 at the news page on MindFusion's forum. We invite you to download the control and verify yourself its performance and functionality. Here is a direct link to the trial version:
Download MindFusion.Diagramming for Java 4.0
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Technical support
Your questions about the library or any other of our components are welcomed by our support team. You can write at the forum, help desk or at support@mindfusion.eu.
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About Diagramming for Java: JDiagram 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 80 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.
JDiagram is royalty free, there are no distribution fees. Licenses depend on the count of developers using the tool - check here the prices.
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Suites
The Shape property in 
