Release History

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

7 New Controls

• 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

New methods

• EnsureRowVisible 
• EnsureCellVisible 
• EndInit

Bugs fixed

• 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