Release Notes | BCGSoft

Gauge Controls
1. A new class CBCGPCircularProgressIndicatorRendererBase allows to implement a window-less circular progress indicator. Please take a look at RibbonGadgets sample to see how to add indicator to the Ribbon custom element.
2. CBCGPGaugeImpl: BCGP_SUB_GAUGE_POS enumerator has a new value - BCGP_SUB_GAUGE_CENTER (sub-gauge is located at the center of the parent gauge - see screenshot).

Grid and Report Controls
1. New flag ExportOptions::EF_IncludeRowHeader allows to export content of a leftmost column (row header), this flag is used with methods CBCGPGridCtrl::ExportToHTML, CBCGPGridCtrl::ExportRangeToText, CBCGPGridCtrl::ExportRangeToHTML and CBCGPGridCtrl::ExportToCSV.
2. Improved MSAA support in CBCGPGridRow.
3. CBCGPGridCtrl: a new method IsGridItemBordersEnabled tells who is responsible for the grid item border drawing (grid or grid item).

Controls
1. CBCGPInfoBoxRenderer has the following additions and improvements:
  - Class constructor has a new, optional parameter CWnd* - a pointer to window where info-box is displayed. This is important to specify this window to correct drawing in multi-DPI environment.
  - Added new member m_bAlwaysUnderlineLink: set it to FALSE if you wish to underline the link only if link is hovered.
  - A new member m_bVisualThemeColors specifies whether control is rendered using a currently selected visual theme.
2. CBCGPStatic: added a new attribute m_bDPIAwareIcon. If this member is TRUE, the icon will be correctly drawn after changing DPI value (you have to call SizeToContent method after DPI changing).

Miscellaneous
1. Added new BCGPChartLayout::LegendPosition values:
  - LP_TOPLEFT
  - LP_BOTTOMRIGHT
  - LP_BOTTOMLEFT
  - LP_TOPRIGHT_HORZ
  - LP_TOPLEFT_HORZ
  - LP_BOTTOMRIGHT_HORZ
  - LP_BOTTOMLEFT_HORZ
  Please take a look at BCGPChartExample application to see this new feature in action.
2. CBCGPTextFormat::Scale has a new, optional parameter bFromOriginal. If this parameter is FALSE, the scaling will be based on the current text size.
3. CBCGPMessageBox: added new global flag m_bDrawSpecialAreaOnNC (default is TRUE). Set this flag to FALSE if you don't wish to fill message box buttons area with alternate background color.
4. CBCGPSVG: added support for "baseline-shift" style attribute and relative (with trailing '%' sign) "font-size" attribute.
5. CBCGPEditCtrl: a new method SetTextLeftMargin allows to specify a distance between text and left-side bar. By default, this value is 0.

Examples and Samples
1. BCGPChartExample: added new legend positions demonstration (Chart Legend view).
2. BCGPChartExample: Chart Data Binding view is using ADO instead of ODBC now.
3. BCGPControls: added new Info Box features demonstration.
4. BCGPGaugesDemo: added demonstration how to add sub-gauge to the center of circular gauge.

Fixes
1. CBCGPButton: addressed issue with incorrect capture releasing when another window was captured inside button click message handler.
2. CBCGPChartView: addressed some issues with a view scrolling.
3. CBCGPComboBox: addressed issue with incorrect control subclassing when BCGPModifyStyle method is called.
4. CBCGPEdit: addressed issue with incorrect drawing of the border when control has spin buttons.
5. Fixed bug with unresolved network path in CBCGPShellBreadcrumb::SelectPath method.
6. CBCGPSwitchImpl: addressed some issues with setting value when control animation is active.
7. CBCGPGridCtrl: addressed issue with incorrect keyboard processing in the context menu opened when the filter bar is active.
8. CBCGPGanttChart: addressed issue with incorrect hierarchy after calling InsertItem method (in some cases).
9. CBCGPSVG: addressed some issues with drawing nested text blocks.
10. CBCGPGridFilterEdit: addressed issue with pressing Esc in some cases.