RadControls for WinForms Q1 2008 Release Notes (v6.0.0.0)

• RadCarousel
• RadForm

All Controls

• New Aqua and Desert themes added across the suite
• Themes now appear as components in the Visual Studio toolbox and can be dropped on the form for easy and intuitive control skinning

CAB and SCSF

• Implemented a UIElementAdapter for the RadPanelBar
• Added RadGridView to group of supported controls

New Applications

• HelpDesk Application
• CAB application
• More details can be reviewed on What's New in RadControls for WinForms Q1 2008

Buttons
Fixes

• Corrected the Fresco Theme for RadRepeatButton to show the entire border

RadChart 
New features and enhancements

• Automatic text-wrapping functionality
• New skins - sunset, Marble, Wood, Metal, Hay
• New series types - StackedLine and StackedSpline

Fixes

• Fixed marked zones label tootip.
• Fixed bar series position issue.
• Fixed an issue with disappearing label for bars with small values
• Fixed an issue with chart series items labels positioning
• Fixed an issue with EMF format in design time
• Pie chart item labels can now be placed inside the chart
• Extended Y axis is now extended even if the axis max value does not match the series' max value
• Fixed an issue with XmlDataSource
• Fixed an issue with Line chart series shadow
• Fixed an issue with axis labels serialization
• User-defined custom figures are now editable
• User-defined custom figures are now available for selection in Series.Appearance.PointMark.Figure dropdown.

RadComboBox
New features and enhancements

• Updated the layout system of the control

Fixes

• Corrected DropDownSizingMode behavior for RadComboBox
• Corrected databinding issues related to SelectedIndex property

Breaking changes

• The popup is now using DockLayoutPanel instead of StripLayoutPanel to layout the listbox and the grip

RadDateTimePicker 
New features and enhancements

• Added RTL language support

Fixes

• Corrected an issue related to selecting a time format and pressing the Del key
• Corrected selecting a time format with a mouse drag from right to left
• CheckBox now shown when RightToLeft is set after the ShowCheckbox property
• Corrected behavior related to pressing the Del key when the MinDate is different from the default one
• MaxDate and MinDate properties are now respected in the RadDateTimePicker when navigating using the drop down box
• UpDown button is now shown when the RightToLeft property is true
• Corrected RadDateTimePicker themes

RadDock
Fixes

• Corrected behavior when a tabbed document is made dockable by clicking on the context commands drop down menu
• MDI example now displays the Customers and Orders grids when the respective child forms have been added

RadGrid
New features and enhancements

• Siginificant performance improvements. More details can be reviewed on What's New in RadControls for WinForms Q1 2008
• When a new row is added, RadGridView scrolls to the bottom of the rows to bring it into view
• When AddNewRowPosition = Bottom, and the user clicks outside of the new row, the RadGridView scrolls to the top
• Resizing selected rows together
• The filter is now applied as you type
• Added a flexible localization engine

NOTE: RadGridView is NOT backwards compatible with any of the previous versions! Full details on all breaking changes and backwards compatibility you can find here.

Fixes

• Grouping from hierarchy fixed
• Corrected HeaderTextAlignment behavior
• Corrected sorting behavior when applied to a property of a custom object after editing a value of this property
• Corrected behavior when filtering is applied, and a new row is being added to the inner levels of the hierarchy
• Corrected adding of a new row when AddNewRowPosition is Bottom
• Corrected scrolling behavior after a new row was added
• Corrected new row behavior when columns have been reordered
• Corrected filtering behavior, when applied to an inner level of the hierarchy
• Corrected issues with multiple lookup columns
• Corrected behavior related to clicking in a group summary cell
• Corrected behavior related to selection when Multi Select is False and the Selection Mode is CellSelect
• Horizontal scroll is now visible in child views
• Corrected add new row behavior in inner levels of the hierarchy
• Corrected application of MiddleCenter header cell text alignment
• Corrected group summary navigation behavior - Shift + Tab can be used to navigate through a Date Time column
• Corrected horizontal scrolling behavior which now lays out all columns without clipping after maximization
• Corrected filtering behavior related to selecting a filter (IsNotNull for example) and then selecting a Custom filter
• Corrected grouping removal once the AllowGrouping property value is set to false
• Summary items function correctly when set before grouping
• Corrected row deletion behavior when applied to a new row
• Corrected SummaryItems behavior after column reordering
• Corrected behavior related to grouping by a column and then filtering by another one
• Corrected horizontal scroll redrawing issue
• Corrected Column Chooser behavior – double click now returns the column back to the visible columns
• Corrected scrolling behavior when the grid has been grouped on an inner level of the hierarchy
• Corrected selection logic related to selecting the first row on the first level of the hierarchy using the keyboard
• Corrected filtering behavior related to setting No Filter after the content of the Custom Filter has been removed
• Corrected layout logic causing a white space to appear when the column making the connection between the different levels in the hierarchy is hidden
• Corrected CellDoubleClick event behavior
• Corrected editing behavior in hierarchical mode related to entering edit mode when selecting a row
• Corrected scrolling logic related to the case where the last row from the second or third level of the hierarchy has been expanded
• Corrected CurrentRow flashing
• Corrected new row behavior causing not all values in the new row to be initialized
• Corrected editing behavior related to opening a cell from the expanded row in Edit Mode by clicking it
• Corrected unbound mode behavior related to using the Tab through Numeric Text column
• Corrected editing behavior in a date time cell in unbound mode
• Corrected add new row behavior related to the scenario where AddNewRowPosition is set to Bottom and the user navigates away from it using the up arrow
• Corrected deletion logic applied to deleting rows using the Del key when filtering has been applied
• Corrected scrolling logic causing not all rows to be shown when summary items are present
• Corrected deletion behavior related to deleting a newly added row from the second level in the hierarchy
• Corrected Property Builder behavior when setting the Enabled property
• Corrected Property Builder behavior when setting the Anchor property
• Corrected Property Builder behavior when the last column is deleted
• Corrected design time grouping behavior related to setting a GroupBy expression for a column using the Property Builder
• Corrected grouping behavior related to the sign for expand and collapse of the Grouped column disappearing when grouping is applied on the second level of the hierarchy
• Corrected deleting behavior related to deleting rows using the Del key when AllowDeleteRow is false
• User-added unbound columns are now displayed correctly in a databound scenario
• Corrected editing behavior allowing editing a Boolean column when ReadOnly is set to true
• Filtering has been disabled for certain column types, such as image columns
• Corrected filtering behavior in inner levels of the hierarchy
• Corrected delayed loading of column types
• Setting EnableAlternatingRowColor at run time is now applied immediately
• Corrected arrow navigation issue in the filtering results causing the second row to be selected instead of the first
• Corrected editing behavior related to displaying the edit icon in front of the new row when the user is editing the filter for a Boolean column
• Corrected AllowGrouping property value change behavior causing the disappearance of the text of the grouped row
• Corrected scrolling behavior related to scrolling to the end of the Vertical scroll and expanding the last row of the second level of the hierarchy
• Corrected filtering behavior which results in an empty dataset when applied to the third level in the hierarchy
• Corrected column chooser behavior related to dragging a column different from the last one back to the RadGridView

RadListBox
New features and enhancements

• Extended FindItemExact() to search for String.Empty
• Disabled the mnemonic feature for RadListBoxItem

Fixes

• Corrected item behavior causing collapsed items to have non-zero height when IntegralHeight is true
• Corrected scrolling initialization
• The entire text of the RadListBoxItem is now visible when the text of the item is long and the RTL property of the ListBox is set to Yes

Breaking Changes

• The viewport is now of type RadVirtualizedStackViewport
• RadListBoxItem is switched to use StackLayoutPanel as a textual part of its ImageAndTextLayout (before it used StripLayoutPanel)

RadMaskedEditBox
New features and enhancements

• The entire content of the Mask Edit Box can now be selected with the left mouse click and dragging the mouse
• Numeric MaskType added

Fixes

• Corrected behavior related to selecting the year when the mouse clicks at the end of the year 0001
• Corrected culture-setting behavior

RadPanel
New features and enhancements

• Added a Office2007Blue default theme

RadPanelBar
New features and enhancements

• Added RTL language support

Fixes

• Corrected design-time theme issues with group style set to OutlookNavPane
• Corrected behavior related to the Image is not being set when the ImageKey or ImageIndex properties have been set before it
• Corrected an issue related to certain group items now being shown properly at design time

Breaking Changes

• The panelbar style's name OutLookNavPane is changed to OutlookNavPane

Release Notes for WinForms Q3 2007 Service Pack 1

• DockContextMenu, ToolTipText properties added in DockPanels and DocumentPane

• Corrected several problems in the docking layout
• Corrected issues with the QuickNavigator and IMessageFilter inside RadDocking

• AutoComplete is available in the GridComboBoxColumn

• Corrected CheckBox values when navigating up and down using the keyboard
• Group header name is displayed when the ShowInGroupHeader option is chosen for the summary items 
• Corrected RadGridView behavior when canceling the RowDeleting event

RadComboBox & RadListBox
New features and enhancements

• Improved performance with large number of items
• Added UI virtualization mode through a Virtualized property. By default Virtualized is set to true
• The Items collection accepts descendants of RadItem programmatically 
• RadListBox - "Add new item" in design mode automatically adds RadListBoxItems 
• Corrected the synchronization between the selected RadComboBox item and the property panel in the Visual Style Builder 
• Sizing grip can now be selected from the preview in the Visual Style Builder

New properties

• Virtualized property

Bugs fixed

• Corrected Right-To-Left Popup layout 
• Corrected selection when in Append mode

RadColorDialog
Bugs fixed

• Corrected logic of adding new colors
• Corrected initial slider position and slider moving logic 
• Corrected tab visibility logic

RadPanelBar
Bugs fixed

• Miscellaneous panel bar fixes 
• Corrected Group Element events firing logic

Modified properties

• Changed Constant Name from OutLookNavPane to OutlookNavPane

RadSpinEditor
New features and enhancements

• Add hover state to SpinEditor's Themes

Bugs fixed

• Corrected value change logic once the increment/decrement buttons are clicked

RadButton
Bugs fixed

• Corrected selection logic between ImageIndex and ImageKey 
• Corrected RadToggleButton theme application - IsChecked property now changes the theme state 
• Corrected behavior connected to setting an Image after the ImageKey or ImageIndex property 
• Corrected behavior of the RadRepeatButton with the Fresco theme 
• Corrected RadDropDownButton arrow direction setting 
• Corrected arrow sizing on drop down direction change

RadLabel
New features and enhancements

• A mnemonic can be executed on the RadLabel, which causes selection of next available control

RadTreeView
New features and enhancements

• Corrected Right-to-Left layout
• Added Drag and Drop copy functionality

Bugs fixed

• Corrected ExpandCollapse element images changing when the theme changes
• The value of the Visible property of RadTreeNode is respected when determining the visibility of ExpandCollapseElements

RadRibbonBar
Bugs fixed

• Corrected text selection behavior in a nested RadTextBox or RadComboBox

RadTabStrip
Bugs fixed

• Corrected drag and drop behavior

ShapedForm
Bugs fixed

• Corrected positioning issues with the RadTitleBar

RadCalendar
Bugs fixed

• Corrected the layout of the Previous navigation buttons
• Corrected month change in ReadOnly mode
• Corrected themes

RadDateTimePicker
Bugs fixed

• Corrected vertical expanding behavior

Other
New features and enhancements

• Added Desert theme in the QSF for RadMenu, RadGridView, RadPanel, RadDockingManager, RadPanel, RadTextBox, RadButton, RadComboBox, RadDateTimePicker, RadRadioButton

New properties

• The ImagePositions enumeration is now obsolete. Use the ImageLayout enumeration

Bugs fixed

• Corrected design-time behavior of Office2007ScreenTips
• Corrected RadTitleBar behavior in an MDI form scenario
• Corrected Glass fill mode logic
• Corrected layout positioning of re-parented elements

What’s New in RadControls for WinForms Q3 2007 (v5.0.0.0)

• RadRotator
• RadMaskedEditBox
• RadColorDialog
• RadStatusStrip
• RadSpinEditor
• RadDateTimePicker
• RadRadioButton

All Controls

• Full support for Visual Studio .NET 2008
• Installer now installs the controls in VS2005, VS2008 or both (depending on what version(s) are installed on the machine)
• New Project Upgrade Utility Tool for seamless update of all assembly references to Telerik WinForms controls in a project to the newest ones
• New Desert theme added across all controls
• Documentation has been considerably improved

RadGridView
New features and enhancements

• UI and painting improvements, based on the Telerik Presentation Framework (TPF). Depending on the scenario, RadGridView is 30 to 60% percent faster
• Added Group level summaries 
• Synchronized button themes with the grid's theme 
• Implemented deleting all selected rows when "Delete row(s)" menu item is clicked or the Del button is pressed 
• Implemented group summaries in the group header row 
• Extended the selection functionality 
• Assigned unbound animated image to cell

• EnsureRowVisible 
• EnsureCellVisible 
• EndInit

• Fixed several problems with adding new rows
• Fixed GridViewCommandColumn to respond to changes in the value of the TextAlignment property
• Fixed the context menu to appear correctly when the grid is showing on two monitors
• Overall RadGridView performance improvements
• Corrected SelectedRows collection update during grid initialization 
• AutoSizeColumnsMode = None restores the original width of the columns 
• Corrected text alignment when scrolling up/down 
• Example Hierarchy - expand the last collapsed row when Enter is pressed in ""Add a new row "
• Conditional formatting works for all columns, including invisible ones 
• Corrected some Property Builder behavior 
• Corrected SelectedRows synchronization 
• Cell value is now validated when another cell is selected (clicked) 
• Corrected GridGroupPanel invalidation of connection lines 
• Corrected vertical scroll bars behaviors 
• Corrected cell selection in the Vista theme 
• Corrected vertical scroll position 
• Corrected CurrentCell synchronization 
• Corrected binding of strings of length 65536 or greater to the row 
• Added scrollbars in the ColumnChooser

Breaking Changes

• GridViewTemplate.MoveColumnAfter is marked as obsolete

RadChart
New features and enhancements

• Text properties are now localizable
• Legend location added
• New skinning mechanism implemented - now it is possible to override skin settings
• Tag Prefix is now "rad"
• StyleTextBlock.RotationAngle is marked Obsolete, use Telerik.Charting.Styles.StyleLabel.RotationAngle instead
• Added DataXColumn support for Bar series when databinding.
• Both lines' ends now have caps. Introduced StartCap and EndCap properties. Cap property is now obsolete and redirects to EndCap 
• StyleLineSeries.Visible is now obsolete, ChartSeries.Visible should be used instead
• TextProperties.Direction is marked obsolete, use ChartLabel.RotationAngle instead

Bugs fixed

• Arithmetic overflow in Intelligent Labels
• ImageMap is now generated correctly when multiple charts are used in the same page
• DataTable identation now depends on Y Axis items appearance settings
• VisibleValues property now works correctly with 0 values
• Shadow issue with zero-value Bar
• Legend item text now does not overlap legend item marker when the markers have custom size
• DataTable now displays DataLabels
• Negative values in StackedBar series are now shown correctly
• Axis labels do not move anymore when no series in chart 
• Shadow issue with X axis LayoutMode = Normal
• X Axis item labels are not shifted
• Fixed Click event with CreateImageMap explicitly set to true
• Fixed Series items with YValue=0 ViewState issue
• Series labels for items are not located at PlotArea will not be rendered
• Improved pie series labels positioning
• Improved Gantt series behavior, fixed XValue issue 
• Fixed Tooltip text issue 
• Fixed Axis AddRange issue 
• Fixed issue with Extended Y axis with Stacked Bar series 
• Skins now work correctly for any culture
• Fixed BarWidthPercent issue 
• Fixed issue with moving series if the first one is empty
• Manually added Legend items will have default border
• Fixed Axis step calculations precision issue
• Fixed Crash after AJAX update
• Fixed dataTable border rendering problem 
• Fixed bar series rendering issue
• Point series appearance settings and point marks settings have been separated
• Axis labels do not disappear anymore when no series are present
• Improve behavior of chart series colors - Series.Appearance.FillStyle.MainColor now is the same as Series.Appearance.LineSeriesAppearance.Color
• Fixed chart wizard issue when moving series
• Click is now RadChart default event
• X axis item labels can now be hidden declaratively
• Custom ChartMargins, ChartPaddings and Corners now work in MediumTrust
• Fixed Line series items tooltip issue
• Fixed wizard crash issue
• Mixed series items are now positioned correctly
• Fixed Gridlines rendering error if axis items count = 0
• Vertical gridlines and DataTable are now rendered over the PlotArea
• Stacked100 area and spline area labels are now shown correctly in horizontal series orientation
• Hiding major grid lines of X-Axis now hides major tick marks
• Fixed DataTable and pie series exception

RadComboBox
New features and enhancements

• Right-to-Left support

Bugs fixed

• Fixed a problem with the drop-down window not showing correctly when RadComboBox is in virtualization mode

RadDock
Bugs Fixed

• Corrected resizing of DockPanels at Design Time 
• Corrected DockingManager control visibility 
• Corrected LayoutTree property behavior

RadPanelBar
New features and enhancements

• Major refactoring with many performance and visual improvements

Bugs Fixed

• Corrected adding items with OutLookNavPane GroupStyle 
• Corrected Show Fewer Buttons behavior 
• Corrected clicking behavior in an empty RadPanelBar 
• Corrected RadPanelBar navigation panel behavior 
• Corrected RadPanelBar issue with overflow

Breaking Changes

1. The following methods are now internal:
   • ExpandGroup 
   • CollapseGroup 
   • SelectGroup 
   • UnselectGroup 
2. The InternalAreaExpand property is removed. 
3. The name of the OutLookNavPane constant has been changed to OutlookNavPane

RadTabStrip
Bugs Fixed

• Corrected the layout of the name of the first tab item so it can be fully seen 
• Corrected tab items positioning in Design Time and Run Time

RadTreeView
Bugs fixed

• Fixed treeview behavior to reflect data source changes
• Fixed an issue when GetNodeByPathMethod throws null reference exception if the parameter is a non existing path
• Fixed scroll operations to be also suspended in a batch update block. 
• Renamed RightImage to FarImage 
• Corrected node connection lines positioning 
• Corrected Relation Data Binding and flat list 
• Corrected auto scroll in a drag and drop operation 
• Corrected hosted controls and hosted items behavior in RadTreeView

Telerik Presentation Framework
New features and enhancements

• Improved performance of RadProperty system
• Improved theming performance
• Improved painting performance of LightVisualElement (used by RadGridView and RadCalendar)
• Right-to-Left support for TextPrimitive
• ImagePrimitive now supports animated GIFs
• The main element is now exposed in all RadControls

Breaking Changes

• Changed the signature of the AnimatedPropertySetting.AnimationFinished event
• The properties that give access to the main elements of Telerik controls are now public and readonly
• The ItemDataBoundeventArgs class has been replaced with ItemDataBoundEventArgs

Other

• RadTitleBar does not allow the resizing of the ShapedForm when it is maximized
• Fixed a problem with synchronization between RadRibbonBar caption and the parent’s form Text property
• Fixed a problem with disappearing images using RadDropDownButton or RadSplitButton
• RadPanel behaves as expected in the VSB.
• RadPanel  - new property added - AutoScrollToCurrentControl
• Fixed serialization problems with CustomShape
• Fixed a problem when RadTextBox.Multiline property is changed and the control has padding
• Fixed a problems when the project is built and a form is opened with RadTabStrip or RadCalendar with Dock property set to Fill
• Fixed problems with different controls when added to a form in design-time by double clicking in the Toolbox
• Fixed a problem with button's focus cues when focused for the first time
• Fixed problems with showing popup windows on multi-monitor systems (context menus and drop-downs)
• Modified RadTitleBar so it can be used for non top-level forms 
• Corrected ShowUpDown behavior in RadDateTimePicker 
• Added DocumentPane API reference 
• Corrected CalendarNavigationElement navigation buttons image setting in RadCalendar 
• Corrected gallery items' images display in RadRibbonBar 
• Added themes for the dropdown button and customize dialog in RadToolStrip 
• Corrected StatusBar visibility issue when minimizing and restoring the form 
• Corrected missing items when scrolling in RadListBox 
   

Breaking Changes in RadControls for WinForms Q2 2007 SP1 (v4.0.2.0)

• RadTReeView does not serialize its structure as XML in Form resources any more. The structure is serialized only as code with codedom serialization.

What’s New in RadControls For Winforms Q2 2007 SP1 (v4.0.2.0)

• Adjustable width/height of the calendar drop down when in RadDateTimePicker

• Properties whose changes were not applied in Design Time
• When MonthLayout is used and the Orientation of the Calendar is changed, the MonthLayout property does not reset
• The Font properties of the Calendar do not take effect at runtime
• Null reference exception when the Calendar is in Multi-Month View
• Setting the FirstDayOfWeek value did not apply in Design time

RadComboBox
Fixes

• Active SelectedItem layout

• DockTabChanging event

• Tabstrip tabs invalid size
• When a document is moved to a new tab group the document in the Group is not shown
• Layout problem with Tabbed Documents
• The Tabbed Document cannot be closed from the ContextCommands drop-down menu
• DockPanel and DocumentPane can be dropped to the form without a Docking Manager
• Overflow button shows Tabbed Documents which are closed
• When a new Tabbed Document is added by clicking on the button New Document, it is added twice in the Current Tabbed Document drop-down.

• Design-time Property Builder is now capable of extracting the master-detail relations from the data source and building the hierarchical schema
• Group level summaries with aggregate functions. See the Group Summaries example in QSF
• Edit boolean cells using the Space key
• Conditional formatting can be applied in hierarchy mode
• Filtering menu text can be changed after DataBinding
• DataSet binding - caption names can be entered for Columns/Group
• Localization of the filtering menu options
• CellEditorInitialized event
• Programmatically set the focus to a given cell

• Filtering editor loses focus when there is a grouped column
• Row resizing stretches the arrow
• Synchronize logical and visual elements in the grid
• AutoSizeColumnsMode with a value of Fill does not work properly on data source change
• Deleting a column in design time closes the property builder
• A new row cannot be added when all the rows were deleted from the grid and the position of the AddNewRow is Bottom
• CurrentRowChanged and CurrentRowChanging are not always fired
• Example Column types - Wrong grouping option in context menu
• Moving through the cells with the TAB key doesn't scroll to cells that are not visible
• RadGridView Property Builder closes when two data schemas in a row are built
• Incorrect persistence of new value due to CellFormatting event
• Editors still active after tab is pressed
• When you add a new Row and press Enter the row is not added
• Cell value should be persisted before raising the ValueChanged event
• When the ReadOnly property is set to true at run time the row can be deleted
• Error occurs when the column on the third level of the Hierarchy is resized
• Filtering changes text box sets focus to the wrong column
• Unable to change filtering menu text after DataBinding
• Cannot edit the first row after filtering
• Error when trying to edit the filtered column cell of last row
• Adding columns to bound empty DataTable after it is bound to RadGridView
• Error when the grid is filtered, a cell is edited on the second level and Enter is pressed
• Editing a cell updates the row, but the RowState is unchanged
• The grid sets a reference to an empty resource string to the DataMember property
• IsCurrent property of the row does not work on the second level of the hierarchy
• Error when navigating to an expanded row using the down arrow

• GroupSelectedChanged fires twice when clicked with the mouse

• In-Place TabItem Text Editing
• Selecting a tab by name or key
• Right to left language support (RTL)
• TabSelecting event

• The controls in ContentPanel of the disabled tab are not disabled
• Error when adding children two levels into the element hierarchy in design time
• Synchronizing the layout properties of TabItem and its ImageAndTextLayoutPanel

• Use RelationBinding event with self referencing data
• The XML structure can be serialized and de-serialized from stream

• The BackColor of TreeNodeUI cannot be cleared after it has been set
• When the only child of a Node is dragged and dropped, the Node becomes checked
• RadTreeView Property Builder - the text field does not display the correct name of the Node
• Incorrect name in design time
• When the Collection of the Node property is open, the RadTree Property Builder is shown
• Incorrect layout logic shows horizontal scrollbar
• Error occurs when the Visual Style Builder is open for the TreeView and a Node is selected
• Selection events are not fired when selecting with SHIFT or CTRL key
• The ForeColor property of RadTreeNode cannot be reset
• You cannot select more than one Node although the AllowMultiSelect property is true
• Setting Visible to false does not take effect in design time

• Active item focusing logic
• You can add List Box items with repeated IDs

• Textbox has default padding

• The shape of the thumb can be designed in the VSB and set through the theme 

• The Group Summaries example in the QSF now features group level summaries with aggregate functions
• New RadDock MDI example

• Removed ComboBoxes with less than 4 items from Calendar examples
• Renamed RadGridView "Miscellaneous" example to "Row/Column Operations"
• Dashboard - part of the ToolStrip appears behind the TabStrip. 

• Fixes issues with the uninstallation procedure