Re: AppControls v3.5 released!

From: Steve McGrath (steve_at_no-spam.here)
Date: 11/05/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 13:05:49 -0000

Hi Aleksey,

Good to see an on-going development for an excellent product !

Steve

"Aleksey Kuznetsov" <nospam@nospam.org> wrote in message
news:418b7673@newsgroups.borland.com...
> We're proud to announce new version of Advanced Application Controls v3.5
> (http://www.appcontrols.com/appcontrols.html)
>
> The Advanced Application Controls (AppControls) is the set of over 84
> multipurpose components (Interface, Internet, various time-saving
utilities)
> which can be used in every Delphi/BCB Win32 project.
>
> For full overview on each component please check out
> http://www.appcontrols.com/appcontrols/overview.html - Part #1, and
> http://www.appcontrols.com/appcontrols/overview2.html - Part #2
> (There you can click on the component name to open online manuals with
full
> description of each property, method and event).
>
> To download trial version please visit:
> http://www.appcontrols.com/download.html
> (Setup includes trial packages for Delphi 2/3/4/5/6/7 and C++ Builder
> 3/4/5/7, Interface and Help-files).
>
> What's new in v3.5?
> ==================
> In general - tons of improvements, several new components,
> and support of ThemeEngine by http://www.ksdev.com (currently
> customers must have source codes of AppControls to recompile
> the visual controls so they will support themes of ThemeEngine).
>
> New components:
> acAccurateTimer - timer based in separate thread, much more
> accurate than standard system timer).
> acCronJob - the alarm timer schedule. Produces periodical
> OnAlert events, which occurs in periods
> specified in CRON format of Unix)
> acLinksPanel - panel with labels and images at the right.
> You can specify the font and image for each
> label and hook the event when user clicks
> the particular label.
>
> Fixes and changes:
> * Added AutoCheckDelay property to acAutoUpgrader component,
> plus many minor fixes (i.e: faster application restart with
> minimum CPU load, validation of downloaded files before
> replacing previous etc).
> * Added tdNone value to TopLevelDir property of acFileStorage
> component. Now it can extract the files to ANY directory
> specified in Subdirectory property (not only to standard
> folders as was in previous versions).
> * Added CustomFields property to acIESnifferAutoFillUserInfo
> component, which allows to specify custom fieilds/tokens
> for auto-filling of the web forms.
> * Added AddPath method, ShowTreePathInEdit and TreePathSeparator
> properties to acTreeComboBox component (allows to display
> the full path to node in the edit/selection box) + fixed
> the bug which allwed to enter text to non-editable combobox.
> * Added HeaderFont and ItemPopupMenu property to acListView
> component (ItemPopupMenu allows to specify the PopupMenu
> for list items (different of PopupMenu for entire ListView
> control)), plus added CopySelectionToClipboard method
> (copies the text from selected rows/columns to clipboard +
> it automatically copies the text when user press Ctrl+C
> or Ctrl+Ins keys).
> * Added ItemPopupMenu, AlwaysExpandRoot, AlwaysFullExpand
> and BoldItem properties to acTreeView component (BoldItem
> allows to specify the "bold" node, which can have its own
> text style, color, frame, and image at the right of text).
> * Added SendMail property set, GetLastRecords and
> EmailLastRecords methods to acThreadSafeLog component
> (now it able to send email message with last N log entires
> to administrator in case of some fatal error).
> * Fixed some issues with acAppBar component, which occured
> when the BorderStyle property was bsNone (borderless
> skinned forms).
> * The acFormHelp component now invokes the content sensitivity
> popup help for disabled controls, plus fixed the problem
> with displaying "What's This?" menu item for controls with
> non-standard popup menu.
> * Modified acAwayTimer component: the AwayTime property now
> have Cardinal type and returns value of milliseconds passed
> since last user activity, instead of TDateTime value.
> * Modified acButtonsPanel component: CustomBeforeOK property
> changed to CustomButtonPosition. Also added "Apply"
> parameter to OnApplySettings event (allows to validate the
> submission of dialog box on "applying" modified content).
> * Fixed memory/resource leak in acThread component (the handle
> of suspended thread was not destroyed on destroying the
> TacThread class).
> * Fixed cosmetic bug in acSplitterPanel component, now it
> correctly specifies the BorderWidth property.
> * The drop-down tree view of the acTreeComboBox component now
> displays the drop-down shadow under it + supports the mouse
> wheel to scroll the tree items.
> * Many others minor improvements and fixes, mostly to make
> the AppControls compatible with ThemeEngine...
> ==================================
>
>
> All registered users, please download your free upgrade from your personal
> area at http://www.appcontrols.com/customers.html.
>
> To download trial version follow the link below:
> http://www.appcontrols.com/appcontrols/download.html (There you can
download
> trial packages for Delphi 2/3/4/5/6/7 and C++ Builder 3/4/5/6, Help-files
> and printable manuals).
>
> Hypertext online manuals (> 3000 HTML pages):
> http://www.appcontrols.com/manuals/appcontrols.html
>
>
> Thanks,
> Aleksey Kuznetsov
> Utilmind Solutions
> http://www.appcontrols.com
>
>