This new release is smaller than usual but does contain a new Toolkit control called the KryptonTrackBar. It acts like the standard windows version allowing the user to drag a position indicator along a track. It also has the ability to draw the track as a triangle and so giving the appearance of a volume control. Always provided are a number of bug fixes and more minor additions.
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As the last addition for the new KryptonTrackBar it has now been made available as a group element inside the KryptonRibbon tabs. By default it does not draw the background as you will most likely want the ribbon background to show through. It works in vertical or horizontal orientation and by modifying the TrackBarSize between Small, Medium and Large options you can get the appearance to look appropriate for your ribbon group.
The latest maintenance release of the Krypton Suite is now available for download.
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Major Change
– Moved all design time classes to separate assembly
New KryptonDataGridView Columns
– KryptonDataGridViewComboBoxColumn
– KryptonDataGridViewNumericUpDownColumn
– KryptonDataGridViewDomainUpDownColumn
– KryptonDataGridViewMaskedTextBoxColumn
– KryptonDataGridViewDateTimePickerColumn
Major Bug fixes
– TAB key works inside Navigator
– AutoComplete works for KryptonComboBox
– KryptonGallery memory usage improved
A beta version of the next release is now available for testing. It is number 4.1.4 and contains bug fixes and some minor new functionality with the addition of some KryptonDataGridView columns. You can download using the following link…
One of the new features of .NET Framework 4.0 is the introduction of Client Profiles. The Client Profile is a cut down version of the full .NET Framework that only includes the essential assemblies needed for client based applications. The idea is to reduce the download/install size for this common deployment scenario. Design time classes are not part of the client profile because they are implicitly only needed for designing and not for running your applications.
At the moment Krypton cannot be used in this situation because the Krypton design time classes are placed inside the same assembly as the relevant controls. So the Krypton Toolkit design time classes are inside the Toolkit assembly, Krypton Ribbon design time classes inside the Ribbon assembly and so forth. But the design time assembly is not included in the client profile and so the Krypton assemblies will not be loadable.
To enable this scenario I have now created a new ComponentFactory.Krypton.Design assembly and moved all the design time classes into it. This means you can write a client profile application that references the Krypton Toolkit/Ribbon/Navigator/Workspace/Docking assemblies and it will work just fine because the Krypton assemblies no longer reference the System.Design namespace.
Note that client profiles are a feature exposed in Visual Studio 2010 and so you will only be aware of them if you have downloaded and played with that version.
