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Support / Feedback       AC forum         Client list        Last site update : 02.03.2010    02.03.2010 AlphaControls v6.57 Beta released Added the AnimEffects.FormHide property in the TsSkinManager component Added the Alignment property in SpinEdits Flickering removed when ExtendedBorders used Solved some problems with glyphs changing in the real-time Speed of forms resizing is more optimized Work of the TsDBCtrlGrid component is improved Improved the forms hiding animation Improved work of the Form.AlphaBlend property when ExtendedBorders used 12.02.2010 AlphaControls v6.56 Beta released Added the animation of forms closing Several minor bugfixes 05.02.2010 AlphaControls v6.55 Beta released Added support of the "U" tag in Html-formatted hints Added the "Smoky" skin Improved work of hints on multi-monitor systems Solved problem with the TwwSearchDialog Solved problem with a form updating when ExtendedBorders property is True Small improvements and bugfixes 29.01.2010 AlphaControls v6.54 Beta released Improved work of the sColorDialog Solved problem with MDIChild form closing Solved problem with menu when AutoMerge property is True Solved drawing problem with disabled checked items in PopupMenu Solved problem with compiling of the package string resources Fixed error in the TJvGifAnimator component drawing Solved problem with vertical scrolling (using thumbtracking) to last record in DBGrids Small improvements and bugfixes 30.12.2009 AlphaControls v6.53 Beta released Improved drawing of controls which are placed on a ToolBar when animation is used Improved a main menu drawing Improved work of the TsAlphaImageList component under the Windows 2000 Improved aligning of items in the TsRadioGroup component Improved drawing of the cxGroupBox component Solved problem with leaving of form parts on the desktop Solved problem with animated showing of alphablended forms Some improvements in the TsDateEdit component The Use12Hour property was added in the TsTimePicker component Published the ScrollWidth property in the TsListView component Published the AutoDropDown property in the TsComboBox component In the TsSkinManager component two procedures were added : BeginUpdate and EndUpdate 08.12.2009 AlphaControls v6.52 Beta released Small improvements and bugfixes Added new "Beijing Ext" skin Added global string variables in the sStrings.pas for easier localization of programs 27.11.2009 AlphaControls v6.51 Beta released Improved animation Improved output of 32bit glyphs in buttons Glow effect for text was added in most controls, forms and standard dialogs titles Added new "Vienna" skin Small improvements and bugfixes 13.11.2009 AlphaControls v6.50 Beta released Completely changed algorithm of forms initializing before skinning Improved animation of forms and dialogs showing, added new AnimEffects.FormShow.Mode (atFading, atAero) property in the SkinManager component Work of the TsPanel.OnPaint event was improved Improved painting of the TsCheckBox and TsRadioButton controls in skinned mode when ImageList property or custom Glyphs are used Solved problem with form maximizing when BorderStyle is bsNone AlphaControls v6.48 stable released Small improvements and bugfixes 22.10.2009 AlphaControls v6.47 stable released Added Cursor property in the TsFrameBar.TitleItems Improved drawing of TsSpeedButton control in the non-skinned mode if ButtonStyle is not tbsButton Solved problem with ListView scrolling when GroupView property is True Some small improvements and bugfixes 14.10.2009 AlphaControls v6.46 stable released Added Glyph property in the TsSplitter control Added AutoMouseWheel property in the TsScrollBox control Added new 'CAPTION' skin section for drawing a panel under form title text (see HeroesStyle skin) Added new AddTitle property to the TsSkinProvider component (for showing an additional text in the title) New dialog SelectSkin was added (in the overloaded version was added possibility to preview an internal skins too) Fixed error when standard panel was drawn with using 'EDIT' skin section Improved TsDBLookupCombobox component (AlphaDB package) Removed small memory leak in the TsCheckListBox control 29.09.2009 AlphaControls v6.45 stable released Improved speed of the TsGauge animation Solved problem with taskbar when ExtendedBoders is True and form is maximized Improvements in the TsDBLookupComboBox and TsDBLookupListBox controls Improved TsSkinProvider.TitleButtons and added the Visible property Many small improvements and bugfixes 11.09.2009 AlphaControls v6.44 stable released Solved problem with additional buttons in standard file dialogs Fixed "Not Enough Timers" error Improved messageboxes kind under Aero ShowSelectAlways property was added in the TsMonthCalendar component Embarcadero RAD Studio 2010 is supported Many small improvements 24.08.2009 AlphaControls v6.43 stable released In the TsSkinProvider component was added new AllowExtBorders property Solved problem of empty FileListBox control opening Solved problem of the application icon repainting when was changed Several problems was solved in the TsAlphaImageList component Improved showing and hiding of forms and dialogs in Windows 7 Improved work of extended borders when window is maximized Improved drawing of form with BorderWidth <> 0 Added new "Shine" skin All skins was updated Many small errors was fixed 31.07.2009 AlphaControls v6.42 stable released Improved drawing of Application Icon in the form title Improved drawing of TcxProgressBar, TcxButton and TcxCheckBox controls Improved a skin changing animation when ExtendedBorders property is enabled Added support of unchanged HUE in border icons if defined in skin New GetRandomSkin function was added in the TsSkinManager component 25.07.2009 AlphaControls v6.41 stable released Added new 'Snow leopard' skin Solved problem with glyphs which was cut off on the right Many small improvements 13.07.2009 AlphaControls v6.40 stable released Added new 'TV-b' skin Added support of standard TDBNavigator and TNavButton controls Added support of standard TComboBoxEx control Added skinning of headers in the TcxShellListView control Improvements in scrolling of the TsDBLookupComboBox control 22.06.2009 AlphaControls v6.37 beta released In the SkinManager.ThirdParty list was added the "SpeedButton" skinning type, added TSpeedButton and TTntSpeedButton predefined types in the ThirdParty property editor Solved problem with MDI menu when Child form was maximized Improved work of TntControls, fixed some errors Improved work of AlphaImageList, smooth resizing of ImageList is available in the real-time now 12.06.2009 AlphaControls v6.36 beta released Fixed serious error with a loss of images in the TsAlphaImageList component 10.06.2009 AlphaControls v6.35 beta released Solved problem with returned file name in dialogs Solved problem with glyphs in AlphaImageList when size was changed Fixed error in the DrawNonClientArea property In the TsTimePicker component the ShowSeconds property was added ImageEn component is supported now 09.06.2009 AlphaControls v6.34 beta released Added support of standard TSpeedButton and TTntSpeedButton controls Improved drawing of TsTrackBar thumb when size of thumb is changed Fixed "Stack overflow" error when ExtendedBorers was used Solved problem with renaming a directory when TntUnicode was used (the sShellTreeview control) A few problems with ExtendedBorders property was solved Little bugfixes and improvements 25.05.2009 AlphaControls v6.33 beta released In the TsDecimalSpinEdit value stored as Extended now, without rounding Added new Sapphire skin Solved problem with closing some dialogs when ExBorders property was Enabled Many minor problems are solved 09.05.2009 AlphaControls v6.32 beta released Added Export function in the AlphaImageList component design-time editor Solved problem with form content hiding when ExtendedBorders used Solved problem when glowed BorderIcons was shown in top-left corner of screen Little bugfixes and improvements AlphaControls v6.23 stable released Small bugfixes and improvements 30.04.2009 AlphaControls v6.31 beta released In the TsCalculator component was added the ScaleIncrement property Fixed few errors in BorderIcons work Little bugfixes and improvements 22.04.2009 AlphaControls v6.30 beta released Added the Hint property for TitleButtons in the TsSkinProvider component Added SkinManager.ExtendedBorders property (forms can have translucent borders and shadows now, supported Win XP/Vista) Resource leak in TabControls was removed Improved standard dialogs skinning Added TitleButtons property in the TsCalculator component In the TsSpeedButton and TsBitBtn controls was changed a using of NumGlyphs property (disabled glyph used for Hot state now) Improved drawing of TsBevel control 13.04.2009 AlphaControls v6.22 stable released Many small problems are solved and improvements 21.03.2009 AlphaControls v6.21 stable released Improved work of TsMagnifier component, added new SizingMode property : TacSizingMode = (asmNone, asmFreeAspectRatio, asmFixedAspectRatio) In the TsColorSelect and TsColorDialog was added the StandardDlg property Added resource strings with Ukrainian language Little bugfixes and improvements 12.03.2009 AlphaControls v6.20 stable released Little bugfixes and improvements 27.02.2009 AlphaControls v6.15 beta released Reflected property was added in TsBitBtn and TsSpeedButton controls ShowWeeks and ShowTodayBtn properties was added in TsDateEdit and TsMonthCalendar controls Added popup menu for selecting years and monthes in the TsMonthCalendar component Many TMS controls was added in the SkinManager.ThirdParty list design-time editor In the TsFileNameEdit control was extended DialogKind property (was added dkOpenPicture and dkSavePicture), and was added OnBeforeDialog and OnAfterDialog events Solved problem in menu items which has different ImageLists heights Some improvements in the ASkinEditor.exe AlphaControls v6.14 beta released Added support of Marquee style in the TsProgressBar control Added the Animated property in the TsGauge control Solved problem with sSpeedButtons refreshing when GroupIndex is not 0 Some improvements in form showing under Vista Little improvements and drawing optimizations 19.02.2009 AlphaControls v6.13 beta released Improved support of TMS grids Improved work of skinned system menus Solved problem with a forms refreshing under Vista when Aero is disabled Some improvements in the TsAlphaImageList component Many little improvements 12.02.2009 AlphaControls v6.12 beta released Improved support of Devexpress Grids (Quantum and Pivot), Scheduler and many other controls which have the LookAndFeel property (patching of DevEx sources is not required anymore! Just install AlphaControls with enabled DEVEX key) Many little improvements 04.02.2009 AlphaControls v6.11 beta released In the TsSkinManager component the AllowGlowing property was added Improved ThirdParty list editor Improved work with some ThirdParty controls Removed some blinking effects which was occured under Aero Solved problem with showing of forms menus on the system taskbar 23.01.2009 AlphaControls v6.10 beta released OnChanging event was added in the TsRadioGroup component Added support of OnDrawTab event in the TsTabControl component Added support of many Raize controls (list of supported controls may be found in the SkinManager.ThirdParty property) In the TsSkinProvider component was added DrawNonClientArea property Added glow effects for TsBitnBtn, TsButton controls and title icons of forms Added two new skins (Topaz and Acryl) Improved support of unicode characters in standard file dialogs 15.12.2008 AlphaControls v6.05 stable released Improved work of TsAlphaImageList component when NumGlyphs property is not 1 (TsSpeedButton and TsBitBtn controls) Solved problem with TsHintManager when component was killed in real-time Some improvements in controls work under Windows Vista 09.12.2008 AlphaControls v6.04 stable released OnSkinPaint event was added in TsTrackBar component Removed memory leak in the TsAlphaImageList component Small bug-fixes 01.12.2008 AlphaControls v6.03 stable released Right and Left margins for a form titles was added in the structure of skins New "Calcium" skin was released Solved problem with skin changing if standard dialog is visible Updated all skins Small bug-fixes 21.11.2008 AlphaControls v6.02 beta released Fixed some errors in the AlphaDB package Removed registering of own PNG support in Delphi 2009 (supported by Delphi) Scrolling in ListViews was improved Some improvements in menus painting A lot of small improvements AlphaControls v5.69 stable released Few small bugfixes and improvements 30.10.2008 AlphaControls v6.01 beta released Property AcceptFiles was added to TsFilenameEdit and TsDirectoryEdit controls (dragging files to controls) OnDrawDay event added to the TsDateEdit component Improved PngHints editor Solved problem with opening of PNG ImageList editor in Delphi5/6 and C++ Builder6 Solved problem of Ico32 using Solved problem in MDI child maximizing AlphaControls v5.68 stable released Solved problem in MDI child maximizing Few small bugfixes and improvements 20.10.2008 AlphaControls 2009 (v6.00) beta released CodeGear RAD Studio 2009 support Added full native support of PNG format for all supported Delphi versions Added TsAlphaHints component (hints based on Png images there) Added TsAlphaImageList component with support of Png glyphs with alphachannels and Ico32 ThirdParty list is empty by default now (use handy editor with predefined values for changing this list) Big changes in the GlyphMode property (in ComboEdits) Removed GlyphMode.Glyph and GlyphMode.UseDefaultGlyph properties Added Images, ImageIndex, ImageIndexHot and ImageIndexPressed properties Improved drawing of buttons in standard mode Improved drawing of controls in Windows Vista Changed TsMagnifier component (Resizeable, Windows Aero is supported now) Global variable GlobalAnimateEvents was removed (each SkinManager have own options now) AlphaControls v5.67 stable released TsTrackBar SelStart and SelEnd properties are supported now Some improvements in the TsPageControl component 03.10.2008 AlphaControls v5.66 beta released Many small bugfixes and improvements 05.09.2008 AlphaControls v5.65 beta released Solved some problems with frames refreshing Solved problem with TImage refreshing on sTabSheets Fixed standard error in Memo's which occurs sometimes when font is changed A lot of small improvements and bug-fixes Released new 'Beijing' skin 30.08.2008 AlphaControls v5.64 beta released Solved problem in MDI forms Solved problem with frames repainting after some dialogs closing 29.08.2008 AlphaControls v5.63 beta released A lot of small improvements and bug-fixes 13.08.2008 AlphaControls v5.62 beta released Improved design-time editor for the SkinManager.ThirdParty property Fixed known errors in TsScrollBox, TsTabControl and TsPageControl components Many small improvements 07.08.2008 AlphaControls v5.61 beta released TsTabControl is fully rewritten and inherited from standard component now Improved support of QuantumGrid Big changes in the TsScrollBox drawing Added new WMP 2008 skin Many bugfixes and improvements 01.08.2008 AlphaControls v5.53 stable released Small bugfixes and improvements 24.07.2008 AlphaControls v5.52 stable released Some improvements in work with forms BorderIcons Improvements in MDI work Added support of standard PageControl, TabControl, TToolBar and TStatusBar components Small bugfixes and improvements 18.07.2008 AlphaControls v5.60 beta released Big changes in drawing algorithmes, raised speed of drawing Improvements in the unicode work, support of unicode was added into dialogs Added new "Vista" skin 15.07.2008 AlphaControls v5.51 stable released Solved problem with BorderIcons when form haven't WS_SYSMENU parameter Solved problem with scrolls when in multimonitor systems when second monitor is placed 'above' the primary monitor Solved problem with TabIndex property in the TsTabControl component when property is -1 Many other small bugfixes and improvements 26.06.2008 AlphaControls v5.50 stable released TsNotebook component was completely changed Many small improvements 18.06.2008 AlphaControls v5.49 stable released Solved problem of MDI repainting after using of standard actions (like "Cascade") Solved problem of hints showing which occurs in modal forms sometimes Many small improvements 05.06.2008 AlphaControls v5.48 stable released Solved problem of MDI area repainting after switching to standard (non-skinned) mode Solved problem of main menu painting when menu is placed on another module Solved problem with menu painting in MDI when animation of form showing is not used Many small improvements 22.05.2008 AlphaControls v5.47 stable released Small improvements 15.05.2008 AlphaControls v5.46 beta released Solved problem with frames refreshing Many small improvements 06.05.2008 AlphaControls v5.45 beta released TreeView is inherited from TntTreeView now, if TNTUNICODE key is enabled Improved forms resizing on multi-monitor systems Improvements in MainMenus drawing Solved problems with scrolls and magnifier in multi-monitor systems when secondary monitor is placed at the left Form fading algorithm improved New "Office 2007 black" skin released Solved some problems with CloseButtons in sPageControl Many small improvements and bug-fixes 22.04.2008 AlphaControls v5.44 beta released Improved drawing of QuantumGrid Expanded list of supported controls in the ThirdParty property Warning! Default value of the SkinProvider.MakeSkinMenu property was changed to False (all projects must be checked and updated if required) Solved problems in Magnifier and AlphaControls color dialog that occurs when multi-monitors system is used Improved behaviour of MDI forms Improved drawing of forms in the Windows Vista Many small improvements and bug-fixes 09.04.2008 AlphaControls v5.43 beta released Solved problem with package compiling under Delphi5 Expanded list of supported 3rd-party controls in the ThirdParty property ASkinEditor tool is improved Added two new skins ("Opus" ans "NextAlpha2") Few small improvements in components 08.04.2008 AlphaControls v5.42 beta released Improved drawing of dialogs, solved problem with Preview panel painting and with dialogs scaling TsColorSelect component is improved Improved drawing of sProgressBar control Improved work with 3rd-party controls, added ThirdParty property for customizing of supported 3rd-party controls Solved problem in MDI forms Many small bugfixes and improvements 23.03.2008 AlphaControls v5.41 beta released Solved problem with some controls refreshing In the TsColorBox control the OnGetColor event has been added Small bufixes and improvements AlphaControls v5.38 stable released Solved problem with some controls refreshing 12.03.2008 AlphaControls v5.40 beta released Solved problem with automatic TsRadioGroup changing when DataSource.AutoEdit property is disabled Solved problem in RichEdits, when OnChange event occurs while form is in showing Solved problem with menu extralines under the Windows Vista Some additions in skins structure (ASkinEditor tool can update skins automatically) Improved work of SkinProvider.TitleButtons property Improved drawing of transparent std controls Added PopupMenu property to the TsTitleItem (TsFrameBar component) Added automatic skinning of standard TPanel component Improved work of checkboxes, radiobuttons and groupboxes with BiDiMod property acUtils unit has been renamed to acntUtils (for preventing of conflicts with other packages) Added Hebrew language in resources strings AlphaControls v5.38 stable released Solved problem with refreshing of TsTabControl component after Items property changing Removed memory leak in standard buttons Fixed error when TreeViews sometimes has been filled in some std. dialogs Fixed error when BDS has been hanged in design-time with using skinned CheckBoxes and RadioButtons 01.02.2008 AlphaControls v5.37 stable released Improved drawing of WideMessageDlg from TNT Controls Solved problem with TsScrollBox drawing Improved drawing of Thumb in the TsTrackBar component (when TickMarks = tmTopLeft) Solved problem with Dragging of TsCheckBox and TsRadioButton controls Improved work of OwnerDraw mode in TsPageControl component Fixed problem in TsButton and TsBitBtn components with Default property Improved drawing in ComboEdits Removed changing of the TabIndex property when skins disabled in the TsTabControl component Improved drawing of some controls in standard dialogs with Unicode 17.01.2008 AlphaControls v5.36 stable released Solved problem that sometimes occurs with text in standard dialogs buttons Solved some problems with scrolling in ListBox component Solved problem with changing of Buttons visibility in Modal forms Solved problem with changing of TsEdit controls which placed on TsTabControl component Solved problem with FocusRect drawing in the TsTabControl component To the TsSpinEdit and TsDecimalSpinEdit components has been added OnDownClick and OnUpClick events Improved changing of pages by HotKey in TsPageControl component 21.12.2007 AlphaControls v5.35 stable released Improved drawing of ShortCuts in menus Solved problem with switching between several skinned forms SOlved problem with caption in Save dialog Added new simplified and traditional chinese resource files In the TsScrollBar component has been added the SkinManager property Little bug-fixes 14.12.2007 AlphaControls v5.34 stable released Improved drawing of ShortCuts in menus Drawing of text in standard dialogs is improved now Fixed error of sPageControl redrawing when TabPosition is changed MessageBoxW function with unicode and skins Fixed error which arises in TsMaskEdit control when skins are disabled In the TsPanel component caption draws with using of BorderWidth and BevelWidth properties 07.12.2007 AlphaControls v5.33 stable released Added two new properties (Margin and Spacing) into TsFrameBar.TitleItems Improved text out in sToolBar buttons Drawing of MenuItems is much faster now Added TCustomDockForm automatic skinning Little improvements 20.11.2007 AlphaControls v5.32 stable released Solved problem with skinned TsRadiobutton in Delphi 2007 (design-time) Improved drawing of wrapped text in skinned TsBitBtn and standard TBitBtn controls TsScrollBar component is inherited from standard TScrollBar component now Improved behaviour of scrolls in ListViews Improved drawing of standard messages with Unicode Little improvements 09.11.2007 AlphaControls v5.31 stable released Improved drawing of BitButtons with "BUTTON_HUGE" skin section which are placed to the PageControl Removed memory leak in TsMagnifier component In edit controls is solved problem with scrollbars when MaxValue more than MaxWord Solved problem in PageControl.OnChanging event when changing animation is enabled Improving drawing of menus borders Little improvements 26.10.2007 AlphaControls v5.30 stable released Main changes from previous stable version : Added packed skin support (unpacked skins are supported too, for packing used ZlibEx unit from www.zlib.net) Added Unicode support to the TsToolBar component In the TsMagnifier component has been added the PopupMenu property and onMouseDown, OnMouseUp, OnPosChanging events Added ShowCloseBtns and CloseBtnSkin properties to the TsPageControl component, UseCloseBtn and TabSkin to the TsTabSheets Removed blinking of menus which happens sometimes Added TsDBCtrlGrid component (AlphaDB package) New SkinSection property has been added to labels DevExpress Quantum Grid 6 supported CodeGear C++ Builder 2007 supported A lot of small improvements 19.10.2007 AlphaControls v5.27 beta released Improved work of ListView headers after horizontal scrolling Improved work of TsDBCtrlGrid component Fixed error of TsScrollBox drawing in design-time when invisible Improved drawing of multiline text in standard dialogs Changed drawing of disabled text in components like TsPanel Improvements in border icons drawing 12.10.2007 AlphaControls v5.26 beta released Added support of TsToolBar.Menu property Solved problem with drawing of GraphicControls which are placed to MDI area, when MDI child is maximized Some improvements in the TsPageControl component tabs switching Some improvements in AlphaSkins structure Added new "Office2007" skin 05.10.2007 AlphaControls v5.25 beta released Solved problem with "Restore" border icon Improved work of SkinManager.SkinnedPopups property Updated Unicode Demo Added Unicode support to the TsToolBar component Fixed error in ScrollBox drawing Small improvements 28.09.2007 AlphaControls v5.24 beta released Solved problem with invisible TsButton controls Solved problem when "Save" button has been unskinned sometimes in std. dialogs Added system menu calling by "Alt + Space" combination Forms which have BorderStyle=bsNone drawn with rectangular region now Solved problem with customizing of skinned 3rd-party controls (OnSkinItem event) Solved problem in docked forms Maximizing of MDI Child forms is not possible now, if biMaximize is False 21.09.2007 AlphaControls v5.23 beta released Small bug-fixes CodeGear C++ Builder 2007 supported 18.09.2007 AlphaControls v5.22 beta released Solved problem in IDE that occurs after AlphaControls loading Changes in work with internal packed skins Small bug-fixes Small bug-fixes 14.09.2007 AlphaControls v5.21 beta released In the TsMagnifier component has been added the PopupMenu property and onMouseDown, OnMouseUp, OnPosChanging events Solved problem with changing of HUE or Saturation in packed skins DevExpress Quantum Grid 6 supported Added ShowCloseBtns and CloseBtnSkin properties to the TsPageControl component, UseCloseBtn and TabSkin to the TsTabSheets Added using of ZlibEx unit from www.zlib.net (for skins packing) Some fixes in the TsDBCtrlGrid component Solved problem with a right-aligned menus drawing Removed blinking of menus which happens sometimes Small bug-fixes 31.08.2007 AlphaControls v5.20 beta released Added TsDBCtrlGrid component (AlphaDB package) Added packed skin support (unpacked skins are supported too) A lot of improvements AlphaControls v5.16 stable released Small bug-fixes 17.08.2007 AlphaControls v5.15 beta released Added TsSkinManager.SkinningRules property This property allow enable/disable skinning of standard dialogs, controls and forms that haven't TsSkinProvider component Small improvements and bug-fixes 27.07.2007 AlphaControls v5.14 beta released Added support of TntForms Improved work of unicode in TsGroupBox, TsListBox and TsCheckListBox components Solved problem with MDI form and TsCollBar Small improvements and bug-fixes 19.07.2007 AlphaControls v5.13 beta released Current system language supported now in all dialogs Fixed error of arrows drawing in comboboxes in dialogs Added skinning of standard TBitBtn control Improved drawing of SpeedButtons when NumGlyphs > 1 Improved drawing of standard dialogs and TGroupBox component Added Delphi 2007 support Fixed "SubClassUnicodeControl.Control is not unicode" error when Tntcontrols used Small improvements and bug-fixes 13.07.2007 AlphaControls v5.12 beta released Skinned headers in TVirtualExplorerListView and TVirtualStringTree components Solved drawing errors in scrollbars in edit controls Improvements in code and some skins 06.07.2007 AlphaControls v5.11 beta released Solved problem when title icon in standard dialogs has been visible Improved drawing of toolbars in standard dialogs Solved problem with File Name in standard dialogs Fixed error with scrolls in MDI Added new Cold skin 27.06.2007 AlphaControls v5.10 beta released Automatic skinning of standard Windows dialogs is available (tested dialogs : 'file open/close', 'font', 'select directory', 'print', 'color', 'find', 'replace', 'run', 'format', 'change icon', 'shut down' and others) Added skinning of standard TGroupBox, TButton, TCheckBox and TRadioButton controls 11.06.2007 AlphaControls v5.07 stable released Added new Pulsar skin Fixed error of GraphicControls drawing which placed on MDI area and have Align property <> alNone Added Unicode support into TsStatusBar component (see TNTUNICODE key) Improved work of TVirtualExplorerTreeview and TVirtualExplorerListview components Fixed problem with wrong text size in buttons with Unicode Fixed problems with TsComboBox component drawing Small improvements 29.05.2007 AlphaControls v5.06 stable released Little improvements in the TsComboBox component Fixed error of drawing in MDI form Improved work of scrolls in TRichView component Added support of TVirtualExplorerListView and TVirtualExplorerTreeview components Added support of the standard TComboBox component Improved skinning of grids which are placed on TsPageControls Added the ShowCurrentDate property in TsDateEdit component Solved problem with standard system buttons in forms that was occured after forms recreating Added new "SoapSky - Blue" skin 18.05.2007 AlphaControls v5.05 stable released Improved work of sListView scrolls if FlatScrollBars is enabled Solved problem with an image and StatusBar drawing on the MDI form Added support of four 3rd-party controls : TRichView, TRichViewEdit, TDBRichViewEdit and TDBRichView Added new "SoapSky - Lime" skin Some little bug-fixes 11.05.2007 AlphaControls v5.04 stable released Fixed error in TsTabControl when MultiLine is True Removed all memory leaks Some little bug-fixes 04.05.2007 AlphaControls v5.03 stable released Added support of TSynEdit and TVirtualStringTree controls Fixed known errors with MDI-forms and edit controls Added new Terminal4bit skin Help-file included 20.04.2007 AlphaControls v5.02 beta Corrected work of skins from map drives Removed some memory leaks (when MDI forms used) New BoundLabel.UseSkinColor property added (used like Label.UseSkinColor property) Improved drawing of different fonts in the TsFontListBox and TsFontcomboBox controls Corrected showing of Unicode text in the TsShellListView component Added ShowCurrentDate property in the TsMonthCalendar component Improved drawing of Tabs in TsTabControl component (when Style <> tsTabs) AlphaControls v4.91 stable Small bug-fixes and improvements 23.03.2007 AlphaControls v5.01 beta Small bug-fixes and improvements 21.03.2007 AlphaControls v4.90 stable Small bug-fixes and improvements 16.03.2007 - ALPHACONTROLS 5 RELEASED! A lot of big changes, improvements and bugfixes. Detailed list of changes you can find in the v5changes.txt file. 07.03.2007 AlphaControls v4.85 beta Small bug-fixes and improvements 16.02.2007 AlphaControls v4.84 beta AnimatEvents property added into TsRadioGroup component Added C++ Builder 2006 support Added Unicode support to ShellControls, TsListView, TsRichEdit, TsPageControl, Buttons, added AlphaSkins support to the TntMenus Added manual for creation of own skins ("AlphaSkinMaking.doc") Others small bug-fixes and improvements 27.01.2007 AlphaControls v4.79 Fixed error with acCoolBar dividers Fixed error when sToolBar placed on frame and resized Fixed error when sListView placed on frame and resized Others small bug-fixes AlphaControls v4.83 beta New TsTimePicker component has been added In the TsComboBoxEx (and inherited controls) the new ReadOnly property has been added Added support of TMS TAdvStringGrid and TDBAdvGrid (ADVGRID key must be enabled in the sDefs.inc file) Solved some problems with TsComboBox and TsFrameBar Improved FileDialogs (added 'New Directory' button and others small improvements) Improved repainting of sMaskEdit when not focused and not skinned Improved mechanism of the TsGridAdapter component work Improved work in Win9x systems Bug-fixes from v4.79 and some additional improvements 22.12.2006 AlphaControls v4.78 Fixed error in Memo when empty Fixed error with horizontal scrollbar in sListView Other little bug-fixes AlphaControls v4.82 beta Improved TsComboBox component (transparent when disabled) Improved Skins Editor (ASkinEditor.exe) Added Unicode support in TsCheckBox, TsComboBox, TsEdit, TsGroupBox, TsRadioGroup, all sLabels, TsMemo and TsRadioButton components (see 3rd-party.txt) Published "Rhombus" skin Bug-fixes from v4.78 and some additional improvements 29.11.2006 AlphaControls v4.77 Fixed error with refreshing of tabs in sPageControl Fixed error with horizontal scrollbar in sListView Listview background updating on skin change error fixed Other little bug-fixes AlphaControls v4.81 beta In the TsFrameBar component the new AutoFrameSize property has been added New TsHeaderControl component has been added Released "Wood1" skin Bug-fixes from v4.77 13.11.2006 AlphaControls v4.76 Some little improvements and bug-fixes AlphaControls v4.80 beta Released MacOS2 skin Released WMP11 skin Added new COMBOBTN section for customizing of buttons in ComboBoxes Improved TsFrameBar component (animation and scrolling are faster now) Additions in a skin structure (borders can have any width now) TsNotebook component has been added TsProgressBar component has been added Improved drawing of scrolls in TsPageControl component New ButtonSkin property has been added in TsTabSheet (used when PageControl.Style property is not tsTabs) 31.10.2006 AlphaControls v4.75 Some little improvements and bug-fixes 13.10.2006 AlphaControls v4.74 Fixed most known errors Improved scrolling in TsScrollBox component (faster now) New BUTTON_HUGE (Round button) skin section has been added (see demo) All public skins are updated 02.10.2006 AlphaControls v4.73 In labels added OnMouseEnter and OnMouseLeave events All public skins are updated New TsDBTextFX has been added into AlphaDB package 26.09.2006 AlphaControls v4.72 Improved TsHintManager component (added SkinSection, UseSkinData and Animated properties) Fixed most of known errors 15.09.2006 AlphaControls v4.71 Fixed error in menu painting Fixed error in controls refreshing after dialogs calling Emproved algorithm of internal skins loading Other small bug-fixes and improvements New TsCoolBar component has been added All published skins has been updated 30.08.2006 AlphaControls v4.70 New WLM skin has been added (like Windows Live Messenger) A lot of Improvements in menus, new TsSkinManager.MenuSupport property and TsSkinManager.OnGetMenuExtraLineData event has been added (see more about new features in the special demo) New properties in skins are supported now : IMGTOPLEFT, IMGTOPRIGHT, IMGBTMLEFT, IMGBTMRIGHT, also has been added different modes of texturing : Tiled, Stretched, TiledHorz, TiledVert, StretchHorz, StretchVert Added support of TsTrackBar with TickStyle property defined to tsManual, ticks skinning also has been added In the PathDialog the DialogOptions.AllowCreate property supported Fixed error with screen refreshing when skinned window is deactivated 12.08.2006 AlphaControls v4.65 Added captions loading from Res-file in all dialogs (RC-files should be updated for some languages) Optimized switching between skinned and non-skinned modes Improved Color Dialog Small checkboxes has been added in all public skins New "Small Grayed CheckBox glyph" has been added in AlphaSKins Optimized alphablending in some algorithmes A lot of other little improvements and bugfixes 24.07.2006 AlphaControls v4.64 Fixed error in forms with BorderStyle = bsNone Added animation effects in TsCheckBox and TsradioButton components In the TsCheckBox, TsradioButton, TsButton, TsBitBtn, TsSpeedButton and TsTrackbar the AnimatEvents property has been added In the AlphaDB package the alphaDBCB6.bpk file has been added for installation of package with DB-aware controls under the C++Builder6 Other little improvements and bugfixes 17.07.2006 AlphaControls v4.63 Support of DevEx QuantumGrid has been added (patch should be used) Blinking of forms captions was removed (in forms activation or caption changing) Changed behavior of the TsScrollBar.OnScroll event (now work like standard event). Note: projects should be re-tested if this event used. Other little improvements and bugfixes 26.06.2006 AlphaControls v4.62 Added TsGridAdapter.OnAddItem (Item: TComponent; var CanBeAdded: boolean; var SkinSection: string) event Fixed creation error in non-skinned extended comboboxes Fixed error of path setting in TsPathDialog under Delphi2005/2006 19.06.2006 AlphaControls v4.61 TsHintManager.DefaultMousePos property added Access violations in design-time are removed Little improvements and bugfixes 13.06.2006 AlphaControls v4.60 Added support of several TsSkinManagers in one application. All changes are listed here. New TsOpendialog.ZipShowing property (zsAsFolder, zsAsFile) has been added (used in WinXP) Fixed error with editing of directory name, creation of new directory and memory leak in "Select directory" dialog Fixed error of panel drawing if placed on TDBCtrlGrid component Other little improvements and bugfixes 20.05.2006 AlphaControls v4.53 Little improvements and bugfixes 15.05.2006 AlphaControls v4.52 In the AlphaDB package the new TsDBRichEdit component has been added New type of gradient (triangles filling) has been added New version of the ASkinEditor tool (v1.15) has been released Standard method of forms captions refreshing has been returned (for compatibility with some system procedures) 25.04.2006 AlphaControls v4.51 In the TsPathDialog component a creation of new directory has been added Blending of disabled menuitems and labels has been added In the TsBitBtn and TsSpeedButton controls the new TextAlignment property has been added Scrollbars behavior in some controls has been improved Kind of toolbuttons with defined DropDownMenu property has been improved 02.04.2006 AlphaControls v4.50 In the TsLabel component the UseSkinColor property has been added In the TsSkinManager component the HueOffset and Saturation properties has been added The new BlueGauze skin has been added Shadows for LabelFX has been added to the skins structure, shadow type "stSkin1" has been added in the TsLabelFX Improved behavior of all ComboEdit's in the package English and russian help-files updated 19.03.2006 AlphaControls v4.44 The ShowExt property has been added to the TsShellListView and TsShellTreeView components "Billenium effects" components package support has been added A lot of little improvements and bug-fixes 06.03.2006 AlphaControls v4.43 Delphi 2006 support has been added Improved drawing algorithm of transparent and intersected graphic controls! Improved behavior of the TsPageControl component Improved behavior of the TsSkinProvider component and MenuLineSkin property has been added Improved TsFrameBar component and OnClick event has been added Improved drawing and behavior of the TsToolBar component 19.02.2006 AlphaControls v4.42 In the TsCheckListBox component the new Header, HeaderBackgroundColor, HeaderColor and HeaderSkin properties has been added In the TsUpDown component the new ButtonSkin property has been added In the TsTrackBar component a scaling of handle has been added (changing of the ThumbLength property) In the TsSkinProvider component the new TitleSkin property has been added Improved file dialogs (non-file system objects are supported) Little bug-fixes and improvements 05.02.2006 AlphaControls v4.41 New TsShellListView and TsShellComboBox components has been added New HeroesStyle and Office12Style skins has been added Res-file with a german language (thnx for Torsten) has been added Little bug-fixes and improvements 22.01.2006 AlphaControls v4.40 TsShellTreeView and TsPathDialog components has been added In the TsDirectoryEdit component the Root and NoChangeDir properties has been added In the TsSkinManager component the SkinInfo property has been added Fixed a problem with Enable property in TsBitBtn and TsButton controls Added res-file with a french language (thnx for Jean-Christophe) Little bug-fixes and improvements 09.01.2006 AlphaControls v4.35 In the TsRadioGroup component the new Buttons property has been added Little bug-fixes and improvements ASkinEditor tool has been updated 17.12.2005 AlphaControls v4.34 InfoPower wwDBGrid support has been added All skins has been updated A lot of little bug-fixes and improvements 11.12.2005 AlphaControls v4.33 New OnFrameDestroy event has been added (TsFrameBar control) To the TsListView and TsFileListView controls a full support of all Alpha effects has been added Improved the TsGridAdapter control Improved the TsMonthCalendar and TsDateEdit controls, OnGetCellParams event has been added A little bug-fixes and improvements 26.11.2005 AlphaControls v4.32 The new "Steam" skin has been added Little bug-fixes and improvements 20.11.2005 AlphaControls v4.31 Bug-fixes and algorithms improvements 30.10.2005 AlphaControls v4.30 DBGridEH v4 support has been added New TsLabelFX component has been added with support of realistic shadows drawing All controls from the package has been tested with XP themes using Bug-fixes and algorithms improvements 14.10.2005 AlphaControls v4.26 Small but important bug-fixes 06.10.2005 AlphaControls v4.25 New Sand skin has been added Bug-fixes and algorithms improvements 24.09.2005 AlphaControls v4.24 Improved refreshing mechanism in all controls Improved drawing of standard application icon in a forms captions In the TsHintManager component a hints designer has been added In the TsScrollBar control a standard kind support has been added Updated all skins (new sections for the TsFrameBar component has been added) Bug-fixes 27.08.2005 AlphaControls v4.23 TsPathComboBox, TsColorsPanel, TsStickyLabel and TsColorDialog components added Improved dialogs with new TsPathComboBox using Improvements and bug-fixes 13.08.2005 AlphaControls v4.22 Small improvements and bug-fixes (in the TsScrollBox, ListBoxes controls and others) New TsFrameBar component has been added (analog of the OutLook bar with frames using, look the demo for this component using understanding) 23.07.2005 AlphaControls v4.21 In all controls the SkinData.CustomColor and SkinData.CustomFont properties has been added. This boolean properties allows to ignore color and font defined in skin. In all controls having BoundLabel property, the BoundLabel.Indent property has been added New Elegant skin has been added Improved behavior of the TsListBox and TsCheckListBox components Improved behavior of a skinned Frames in the design and real-time Small bug-fixes and improvements 11.07.2005 AlphaControls v4.20 Big changes in the AlphaControls package engine (more easy and more stable work) Changed TsComboBox and TsFontComboBox components (improved behavior and fixed some bugs) Fixed error in the using of TsListBox in the virtual mode Into the AlphaDB package the TsDBCalcEdit control has been added Has been added the OnPaint event in the TsBitBtn and TsSpeedButton controls In all controls having BoundLabel property, the BoundLabel.Font property has been added Package Lite Edition has been released 12.06.2005 AlphaControls v4.14 Altered work with TsGridAdapter component. Added the AuthoSearch property In the TsBitBtn and TsSpeedButton controls the StayWithinBorder property has been renamed to DrawOverBorder Emproved behavior of the forms minimized to icons and behavior of the TsScrollBox control in the design-time Fixed most known errors 28.05.2005 AlphaControls v4.13 Improved drawing of buttons when ImageList used Improved menus behavior after SkinManager.Active property switching Added the StayWithinBorder property in the TsSpeedButton and TsBitBtn components Added the 3rd-party TPngImageList component (Freeware!) support in the buttons. For using of this feature, the PngComponents (http://pngdelphi.sourceforge.net) must be installed and USEPNG key must be enabled in the sDefs.inc file (AlphaControls) Added res-file with slovak language Fixed a most known errors Some improvements in a skins 14.05.2005 AlphaControls v4.12 Has been added ProgressSkin property to the TsGauge component In the TsListBox and TsCheckListBox controls a lbVirtual and lbVirtualOwnerDraw styles has been added Improved drawing of the disabled toolbuttons on the TsToolBar component and blinking has been removed also Fixed bug with controls refreshing 29.04.2005 AlphaControls v4.11 Added new TsOpenPictureDialog, TsSavePictureDialog, TsFontListBox and TsFontComboBox components Fixed most known errors 23.04.2005 AlphaControls v4.10 BCB6 support Added new TsOpenDialog and TsSaveDialog components Fixed most known errors 17.04.2005 AlphaControls v4.09 Added new TsDriveComboBox component Added new TsFilterComboBox component Added "TheFrog" skin Improved behavior of scrollbars in the MDI form Fixed most known errors 03.04.2005 AlphaControls v4.08 Improvements and bug-fixes Added new TsFileListView component 14.03.2005 AlphaControls v4.07 Improvements and bug-fixes Added new TsRichEdit component 26.02.2005 AlphaControls v4.06 A lot of small improvements and bug-fixes Delphi 2005 support Made ASkinEditor tool 20.02.2005 AlphaControls v4.05 A lot of small improvements and bug-fixes 10.02.2005 AlphaControls v4.04 Added HotImages property support in the TsToolBar component In the TsCheckListBox control has been added small skinned checkboxes support (skins will be updated soon) Fixed error in the TsSplitter component Fixed error, when MDI form didn't show background Fixed error with a TsGridAdapter component removing Fixed error with a DisplayText drawing in the TsCurrencyEdit component A lot of small changes and improvements 06.02.2005 AlphaControls v4.03 Fixed error in the TsToolBar component, when captions hasn`t been drawn in the standard mode At the TsScrollBar component the OnChange event parameters has been changed like standard (Sender: TObject) and also OnMouseMove event has been added Improved using the USEDB key (now possible more easiest using DBGrids, just uncomment UseDB key in the sDefs.inc file (must be {DEFINE USEDB}) Improved behavior of the Visible property at the SpeedButtons Improved drawing of the TGraphicControls placed on the AlphaControls (flickering removed) In the TsListBox control has been added MultiSelect support Improved a forms behavior when SkinProvider.ResizeMode property is rmBorder Improved drawing of an Application Icons on a forms captions 30.01.2005 AlphaControls v4.02 Added built-in english help-file for AlphaControls 4 (windows format, for using in the Delphi IDE) Improved AlphaConvert tool and possibility of choosing the controls that must be changed has been also added A lot of small changes, bug-fixes and improvements 23.01.2005 AlphaControls v4.01 In the TsSkinProvider component has been added ScreenSnap and SnapBuffer properties In the AlphaDB package has been added TsDBRadioGroup component Added multi-language support (copy Res file from directory /Res/Needed language) Added support of the PasswordChar property in the TsEdit component Corrected refreshing of the edit controls when text changed Parameter type of the GetSkinNames and GetExternalSkinNames has been changed back to the TStrings Fixed Dpk file for the AlphaDB package Small improvements and bugfixes 14.01.2005 - ALPHACONTROLS 4 RELEASED! A lot of big changes, improvements and bugfixes. Detailed list of changes you can find in the v4changes.txt file. Also has been changed skin format and all skins has been updated, please download new skins for using with AlphaControls4. 04.2003-12.2004      ...AlphaControls v3 developing. Read more about version 3 history.

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