Version 2.92 - June 13, 2011

Release Notes

Version 2.92 introduces popover scroll bars and some improvements in grid controls and the rich content subsystem.

What's New

• Added support for popover scroll bars (see screenshot 1 and screenshot 2) in all scrollable controls based on the CExtScrollWnd class. This feature is demonstrated in the following samples:
  • RichContentFeatures (the HTML/CSS dialog page).
  • FilteredGrids and SimpleGrids (the View | ScrollBars menu)
  • ReportGrids (the ReportGrid | ScrollBars menu)
  Added the following properties and methods relating to this feature:
  • CExtScrollWnd::OnSwPaintPopOverItems()
  • CExtScrollWnd::OnSwCalcPopOverScrollBarRects()
  • CExtScrollWnd::OnSwPaintPopOverScrollBars()
  • CExtScrollWnd::OnSwSetPopOverScrollBarCursor()
  • CExtScrollWnd::OnSwPopOverScrollBarHitTest()
  • CExtScrollWnd::OnSwGetPopOverScrollBarStepSize()
  • CExtScrollWnd::m_bDisplayPopOverScrollBars
  • CExtScrollWnd::m_bLightPopOverScrollBars
  • CExtScrollWnd::m_bPopOverScrollBarsVisible
  • CExtScrollWnd::m_bPopOverScrollBarsTracking
  • CExtScrollWnd::m_bHideNormalScrollBars
  • CExtScrollWnd::m_nPopOverScrollBarTimerID
  • CExtScrollWnd::m_nPopOverScrollBarTimerEllapse
  • CExtRichContentItem::RciEvent_Scrolling_GetDefaultSBT()
  • CExtRichContentEvents::RciEvent_Scrolling_GetDefaultSBT()
  • CExtRichContentItem::DoPaintPopOverScrollBars()
  • CExtRichStyleDescription::e_ui_sb_type_t
  • CExtRichStyleDescription::m_eUiSBT
  • CExtRichStyleRule::m_eUiSBT
  Added a ui-sb-type CSS parameter to specify the type of scroll bars in a scrollable HTML element.
• Added support for a content tip in a grid cell (see screenshot). The tip can host either plain text or HTML. It can be displayed even if all parts of a grid cell are visible. Added the following properties and methods relating to this feature:
  • CExtGridBaseWnd::OnGbwContentTipWndGet()
  • CExtGridBaseWnd::OnGbwContentTip()
  • CExtGridBaseWnd::OnGbwContentTipCancel()
  • CExtGridCell::ContentTipGet()
  • CExtGridCell::ContentTipSet()
  • CExtGridCell::OnContentTip()
  • __EGWS_ADV_CELL_CONTENT_TIPS_INNER
  • __EGWS_ADV_CELL_CONTENT_TIPS_OUTER_L
  • __EGWS_ADV_CELL_CONTENT_TIPS_OUTER_R
  • __EGWS_ADV_CELL_CONTENT_TIPS_OUTER_T
  • __EGWS_ADV_CELL_CONTENT_TIPS_OUTER_B
  • __EGWS_ADV_CELL_CONTENT_TIPS_OUTER_HORZ
  • __EGWS_ADV_CELL_CONTENT_TIPS_OUTER_VERT
  • __EGWS_ADV_CELL_CONTENT_TIPS_OUTER
• The CExtRichContentScrollWnd control now allows you to attach a window handle to an HTML element by element ID (see screenshot). Added the following properties and methods relating to this feature:
  • CExtRichContentItem::m_hWndAttached
  • CExtRichContentLayout::AttachHwndToElementID()
  • CExtRichContentLayout::GetElementIdByHWND()
  • CExtRichContentLayout::GetHwndByElementID()
  • CExtRichContentLayout::GetWndByElementID()
  • CExtRichContentLayout::GetWndPermanentByElementID()
  • CExtRichContentLayout::LayoutAttachedControls()
  • CExtRichContentItem::LayoutAttachedControl()
• The CExtRichContentLayout::Scrolling_GetHorizontalScrollBarHeight() and CExtRichContentLayout::Scrolling_GetVerticalScrollBarWidth() methods now have a new const CExtRichContentItem * pRCI parameter.
• Improved the way grid controls filter their data: now when you open a column filter, it contains unchecked items as well as checked ones.
• Added an __ECTN_EX_NO_RIBBON_GALLERY_TIP command node style for hiding tooltips in ribbon galleries.
• Added a bUseScientificNumberMode parameter to the CExtEditSystemNumber class constructor to support scientific mode in the number editor.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed incorrect mm unit conversion in the CSS subsystem.
• Fixed incorrect parsing of font-family and text-decoration CSS parameters.
• Fixed a hit testing bug in the CExtRichContentScrollWnd control related to incorrect mouse capture processing.
• Fixed a crash when using the print preview on Windows x64 under certain conditions.