What new UI controls can we expect in the final version of EWB 2.0?

Menu control ?
Date/time control ?
Tabbed notebook control?

Ivan Mihailov

Ivan,

<< What new UI controls can we expect in the final version of EWB 2.0?

Menu control ?
Date/time control ?
Tabbed notebook control? >>

Yes to everything except for the menu.  However, controls will keep coming
every month after the initial release, so there will be quite a full palette
of controls by summer.

This is the complete list of the new controls that will be in EWB 2:

TButtonComboBox
TDialogEditComboBox
TFileComboBox (replaces the file upload button in EWB1)
TIcon
TAnimatedIcon
TProgressBar
THeaderPanel
TScrollPanel
TBasicPanel
TGroupPanel
TPagePanel
THTMLForm (replaces the HTML form functionality in the panels/forms)
TToolBar
TDataSetToolBar
TSizer (replaces the TSplitter control)
TCalendar
TDateComboBox

In addition, there are new specific form classes specifically for dialogs,
message dialogs, progress dialogs, and standard forms.  In EWB2, you can
create new form classes and use them in your applications.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Awesome,

Thanks Tim

Will it be possible to add our own icons to the TToolbar control, or do we need to create our own toolbar button?

= Steve

Steve Gill wrote:

> Will it be possible to add our own icons to the TToolbar control, or
> do we need to create our own toolbar button?

It is possible now in v2. Quite easy to do, and you can create your own
tab too. Already done this for my test of a "hot button".

Steve,

<< Will it be possible to add our own icons to the TToolbar control, or do
we need to create our own toolbar button? >>

No, just modify the TIconLibrary interface and add a new state with the name
of the icon that you want to create.  You can copy an existing "state"
(icon) so that you only need to change the background image name.

One caution, though:  I've revised the interfaces for the new release, and
the icons are no longer specified with a background image size property of
stContain.  That causes stretching that distorts raster images too much.  Of
course, all of this will be a moot point once EWB 2 has web font support and
you can use symbol fonts as vector images for icons, etc.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Hi Tim,

<< No, just modify the TIconLibrary interface and add a new state with the name
of the icon that you want to create.  You can copy an existing "state"
(icon) so that you only need to change the background image name. >>

Thanks. I missed that one.

<< One caution, though:  I've revised the interfaces for the new release, and
the icons are no longer specified with a background image size property of
stContain.  That causes stretching that distorts raster images too much. >>

I'm assuming that stContain will still be available, just not set by default?

<< Of course, all of this will be a moot point once EWB 2 has web font support and
you can use symbol fonts as vector images for icons, etc. >>

Really looking forward to that.

= Steve

Steve,

<< I'm assuming that stContain will still be available, just not set by
default? >>

Yes, of course.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com