BusinessSkinForm/History

Version 8.26 (18 February, 2010)

added: TbsSkinData.GlobalChangeFont method and TbsSkinData.OnLoadData event (use this method and event to global font change in skin in real time - now you can change font of the skin's elements on the fly (see help))
added: "global change font" option in SkinBuilder (open ready skin in SkinBuilder and change font in all elements instantly)
updated: help
updated: SkinBuilder

Version 8.25 (6 February, 2010)

updated and improved: creating and visualization methods for layered borders and glow effects (important changes in core)
updated: a lot of skins (modification of images for layered border and glow effects)
updated and improved: skin format of layered borders
updated: SkinBuilder
updated: demos

Version 8.22 (4 February, 2010)

added: TbsSkinDBNavigator.ImageList property (now you can use your images)
added: collection of png-images for TbsSkinDBNavigator control (use TbsPngImageList)
added: TbsSkinMonthCalendar.WeekNumbers and TbsSkinMonthCalendar.ShowToday properties
improved: drawing of TbsSkinMonthCalendar control

Version 8.20 (29 January, 2010)

added: blur alphablend effect for layered borders (available for Aero interface in Windows Vista and Windows 7)
added: experimental skins with blur alphablend effect (Amazing_Aero, SLMedia_Aero, BlueBrilliant_Aero, Charm_Aero, 2010Black_Aero)
added: TbsSkinData.AeroBlurEnabled (on / off blur alphablend effect)
updated: skin format of layered borders (support for blur alphablend effect in Aero interface)
updated: SkinBuilder

Version 8.17 (18 January, 2010)

improved: form showing and alphablending animation in Windows 7
updated: SkinBuilder

Version 8.16 (12 January, 2010)

fixed: small problems with mouse activation in listbox, memo, treeview and listview controls in Windows 7
added: some improvements in source code

Version 8.15 (9 January, 2010)

updated and improved: skin format of the layered borders
added: new HQ skin "SLMedia" (this skin only for latest version)
updated: SkinBuilder

Version 8.11 (21 December, 2009)

improved: behaviour of layered border
improved: skins with layered borders
optimized: source code in bseffects and bsutils units

Version 8.10 (15 December, 2009)

added: full layered borders support (see Skins page)
added: new skins with full layered borders + updated old skins
updated: skin format
updated SkinBuilder
improved: TbsRibbon control

Version 8.05 (23 November, 2009)

improved: drawing of TbsRibbon control (Ribbon UI control)
improved: behaviour of the form in Delphi 2010 and C++Builder 2010 (for WM_SIZING message)
updated: drawing of TbsSpeedButton and TbsMenuSpeedButton controls (now text and image have not offset in down-state)
updated: SkinBuilder
updated: skins with Ribbon UI
updated: demos
updated: help

Version 8.0 (12 November, 2009)

added: TbsRibbon control - Office 2010 Ribbon UI control (for SDI and MDI applications)
added: TbsAppMenu control - Office 2010 Ribbon UI Application Menu
added: TbsRibbonGroup - ribbon group control
added: TbsRibbonDivider control - special divider with alphachannel
added: TbsAppMenuPageListBox control - special list box for application menu
added: Office2010 skins (full 3 styles (Silver, Blue, Black))
added: a lot of small improvements and optimizations in source code
updated: skins for Ribbon UI
updated: SkinBuilder (new form to test Ribbon UI was added)
updated: help
updated: demos

Version 7.81 (29 October, 2009)

added: improvements in behaviour of the form
added: new skins to Ribbon UI collection
updated: SkinBuilder

Version 7.80 (26 October, 2009)

added: TbsSkinPageControl.MouseWheelSupport (now you can change page with mouse wheel (see RibbonUI demo))
added: TbsBusinessSkinForm.QuickButtons (Quick access buttons in form's caption (see Ribbon UI demo))
added: TbsBusinessSkinForm.QuickImages property
added: TbsBusinessSkinForm.QuickButtonsShowHint property
added: some small imrovements
updated: skins with Ribbon UI elements
updated: help

Version 7.70 (19 October, 2009)

added: TbsSkinPageControl.TabsOffset property (now you can set left offset for tabs (see in Ribbon UI demo))
added: TbsSkinGroupBox.RibbonStyle property (now you can set caption in bottom of control (see in Ribbon UI demo))
added: skins with Office 2010 Ribbon UI elements + demo (coming soon more skins)

Version 7.67 (6 October, 2009)

added: optimizations in source code
added: small improvements in controls

Version 7.65 (21 September, 2009)

improved: glow effect for buttons in form's caption and in controls (updated skins)
updated: SkinBuilder
added: some small imrovements
added: HQ skin "SnowLeopard"

Version 7.62 (14 September, 2009)

improved: layered borders behaviour when window restoring from "maximize" state
updated: SkinBuilder

Version 7.61 (7 September, 2009)

added: modifications for SmartEffects 2.05 version
improved: layered borders behaviour in Windows 7 (when skin was changed)

Version 7.60 (3 September, 2009)

added: layered borders for forms (shadows, frames) and now skins look more quality!
added: TbsSkinData.ShowLayeredBorders property
added: TbsSkinData.AnimationForAllWindows property (alphablend-animation for all windows)
added: Delphi 2010, C++Builder 2010 support
added: improvements in alphablend-animation for forms, controls, menu, hints
updated: skin format
updated: SkinBuilder
updated: help
updated: skins (see layeredskins collections (more skins will be updated soon))

Version 7.50 (19 August, 2009)

added: animation for glowing effect for buttons in form's caption and in button controls (now effect looks more quality)
added: glow effect for items in TbsSkinButtonsBar controls (see ItemGlowEffect property)
updated skins: Charm, Orion, Superiority, VisionEx, Mercury, LightBusiness
updated: SkinBuilder

Version 7.49 (17 August, 2009)

added: small improvements and bug-fixes in controls

Version 7.48 (8 August, 2009)

added: OnDrawItem event for TbsSkinOfficeListBox, TbsSkinOfficeComboBox, TbsSkinHorzListBox controls
added: "Apply SkinData to all controls" in component menu of TbsBusinessSkinForm component (for design mode)
added: new HQ serial skins: "VisionEx", "Mercury"
added: some small imrovements in controls

Version 7.47 (29 June, 2009)

added: TbsSkinHorzListBox.ShowGlow property (glow effect for active item)
added: a lot of small improvements and optimizations in controls
added: new HQ serial skins "LightBusiness"

Version 7.45 (9 June, 2009)

added: TbsSkinHorzListBox control
(advanced listbox with horizontal direction and items, which have enabled, image, caption, layout, margin, spacing properties)

Version 7.40 (28 May, 2009)

added: TbsBusinessSkinForm.ClientInActiveEffect, TbsBusinessSkinForm.ClientInActiveEffectType properties
(cool effect for client area of the inactive form (blur or semitransparent); we recommend use this effect when you call modal forms)
added: TbsBusinessSkinForm.ShowClientInActiveEffect, TbsBusinessSkinForm.HideClientInActiveEffect methods
fixed: problems with hints in TspSkinTrayIcon component in RAD Studio 2009
added: new skins: Superiority, Impulse

Version 7.37 (18 May, 2009)

added: TextInHorizontal property to the TbsSkinTabControl and TbsSkinPageControl (now text and image can draw always in horizontal direction (for example, when TabPosition = tpleft))
added: TabSpacing, TabMargin, TabLayout propery to the TbsSkinTabControl and TbsSkinPageControl
added: TabExtendedDraw to the TbsSkinTabControl and TbsSkinPageControl (if True then text and image in tab will be draw using TabSpacing, TabMargin, TabLayout properties)
updated: extended demo for PageControl with new features
added: some small imrovements in edit controls
updated: help
added: new skins: IMetal_Dark, Office2007_Silver, Office2007_Dark_Remix

Version 7.35 (20 April, 2009)

added: improvements in TbsSkinToolBarEx control
added: new position for hints in TbsSkinToolBarEx control

Version 7.34 (7 April, 2009)

added: TbsPngImageStorage component (storage of png images with different sizes)
added: TbsPngImageView.PngImageStorage property
added: TbsPngImageView.DoubleBuffered property
added: TbsPngImageView.OnMouseEnter and TbsPngImageView.OnMouseLeave events
added: TbsPngImageView.ReflectionEffect property

Version 7.33 (23 March, 2009)

updated: bszlib unit
updated: SkinBuilder

Version 7.32 (12 March, 2009)

added: new glow effect for TbsSkinButtonLabel, TbsSkinLinkLabel, TbsSkinButtonEx controls
added: cool glow effect for TbsSkinLinkBar items
added: support for TMenuItem.OnPaint event in TbsSkinMainMenuBar control
added: Sender parameter in TbsSkinButton.OnPaint, TbsSkinSpeedButton event

Version 7.30 (4 March, 2009)

added: cool TbsSkinMenuEx component (menu for TbsSkinToolbarEx control with glow effect for items (see in help))
added: custom glow color support for items in TbsSkinToolBarEx control (see in help)
updated: help

Version 7.27 (26 February, 2009)

added: a lot of small improvements and bug-fixes in controls
added: optimizations in source code
added: new cool HQ skin "Charm"

Version 7.25 (9 February, 2009)

added: cool glow effect for images in TbsSkinToolBarEx control (see ShowGlow property)
added: HoldSelectedItem, ShowBlurMarker, ShowUnderLine properties in TbsSkinLinkBar control (see in help)
added: TbsSkinPageControl.TabsInCenter property (now tabs can draw in top center (TabWidth property must be > 0))
updated: help

Version 7.21 (3 February, 2009)

added: TbsSkinToolBarEx.ItemIndex, TbsSkinToolBarEx.HoldSelectedItem properties
added: TbsSkinToolBarEx.OnChange event
added: scrolling for TbsSkinToolBarEx control
added: TbsSkinPageControl.HideBorderAndTabs method (call it in TForm.OnCreate event)
added: new demo TbsSkinToolBarEx + TbsSkinPageControl (with HideBorderAndTabs) - cool solution for many applications
fixed: problem with popup controls in TFrame in MDI form
updated: help

Version 7.20 (28 January, 2009)

added: cool TbsSkinToolBarEx control (toolbar with reflection effect for images (png only))

Version 7.17 (21 January, 2009)

added: glow effect for caption in form as in Windows Vista (updated: skin format for the caption object)
added: TbsSkinVistaGlowLabel control (label with text glow effect as in Windows Vista)
added: new cool skin Windows7
updated: InnovEx, Andromeda, VistaTM skins (added: glow effect for caption object as in Windows Vista)

Version 7.15 (19 January, 2009)

added: cool TbsSkinLinkBar control
added: improvement to TbsSkinOfficeListBox and TbsSkinOfficeComboBox controls
added: some small improvements

Version 7.10 (19 December, 2008)

added: TbsSkinListBox.ShowCaptionButtons, TbsSkinCheckListBox.ShowCaptionButtons property
(now you can disable buttons in caption (CaptionMode=True) of this controls )
updated: and improved skins (listbox and checklistbox controls data)
updated: skinbuilder
added: also some small improvements in controls

Version 7.09 (21 November, 2008)

added: TbsBusinessSkinForm.OnAcceptToMDITabsBar event (use this event to accept or not accept adding to MDITabsBar)
added: TbsMDITabsBar.MDITabGetDrawParams event (use this event for custmization, for example, of font of the some tab)
added: new cool HQ skin "BlueBrilliant"

Version 7.08 (12 November, 2008)

fixed:: glow effects show in mdichild when windowstate = wsMaximized
added: some small optimizations for effects
added: new cool HQ skins "BlackBrilliant", "BlackBrilliant2" in which you can see all skinformat additionals for version 7

Version 7.07 (6 November, 2008)

added: restore hints for buttons in form's caption (added: RESTORE_HINT value in TbsResourceStrData.ResStrings property and in spconsts.pas)
improved showing glow layer when system menu is open (now, glow layer not hide from button when menu is open)
improved drawing of TbsSkinPanel, TbsSkinGroupBox in transparent mode
updated: skinbuilder

Version 7.05 (29 October, 2008)

added: mask for activation of skin-objects (buttons) in the form's caption (now if button is rounded then it can be activated only in round area)
updated: skins

Version 7.0 (24 October, 2008)

added: cool external glow effect for buttons in form's caption (as in Windows Vista)
added: new effects for caption-object in the form's caption
added: cool external glow frames for button controls
added: TbsSkinOfficeListBox control (listbox with items, which have title, image, caption, enabled property and header type)
added: TbsSkinOfficeComboBox control (combobox with items, which have title, image, caption, enabled property and header type)
added: TbsSkinButtonEx control (button, which have title, image, caption and glow effect for text)
added: TbsSkinShadowLabel conrols (label with blur shadow)
added: TbsBusinessSkinForm.UseRibbon property (use this property in RAD 2009 if you use TRibbon control)
added: effects for TbsSkinLabel, TbsSkinButtonLabel controls
added: left and right buttons for all edits (as in RAD 2009)
added: a lot of small improvements in controls and in code
updated: and improved a lot of skins (new features added:)
updated: SkinBuilder
updated: Help