Diagramming for ActiveX 4.6

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MindFusion has just released a new version of its popular diagramming component for ActiveX. Among the new features are a new ruler control and preserve order in TreeLayout. Here are the details:

Ruler Control
(professional version only)

Use the Ruler control to set horizontal and vertical scales around the diagram to help users measure their flowchart items. The Document property specifies which instance of the Flowchart is shown in the Ruler control.

The ruler tracks mouse movements and the modifications performed on an item and displays makers over the scales that indicate the current position of the item in the diagram’s coordinate system. The color of the markers is specified with the PointerColor and ProjectionColor properties.

The ruler control

The ruler control

Preserve Order in TreeLayout

When the new PreserveOrder property of the TreeLayout is set, the layout algorithm preserves the original geometric order of the child nodes when arranging them under their parent. This way you can arrange tree branches in a specific order by first positioning them in increasing horizontal or vertical positions.

Tree Layout

Tree Layout

Table Footers

The new Footer property lets you display footer text in table nodes. You can customize the height of the footer area with FooterHeight. You can customize further the footer with the FooterStyle, FooterColor and FooterFillColor properties.

Table Nodes

Table Nodes

Miscellaneous

  • Set the Behavior property to bhSelectOnly to allow users only to select existing items without modifying them or creating new ones.
  • You can specify the font for the header of a printed page with PrintOptions.HeaderFont
    intermediate arrowhead shapes are rendered for Bézier links
  • and more…

You can read further details about the new features and this release of FlowChartX at the news section of the forum.

The control is available in two editions – standard and professional. Below are the download links:

Download MindFusion.Diagramming for ActiveX 4.6

Download MindFusion.Diagramming for ActiveX 4.6 Professional Edition

Technical Support

MindFusion puts special effort in providing excellent customer support to all developers who use our components. You can write at the forum, help desk or use e-mail support@mindfusion.dev. All questions are usually answered within hours of being received.

About MindFusion.Diagramming for ActiveX: An ActiveX programming component that lets you create with ease every type of diagram, flowchart, scheme, chart, hierarchy, tree etc. The control supports rich user interaction model with advanced features like tool tips, grid alignment, docking points for nodes, scrolling and zooming and many more. FlowChartX implements 7 automatic layouts as well arrow routing. The
appearance if each flowchart is completely customizable. Nodes can hold both images and text, their Z-order can be changed and there are tens of predefined shapes to choose from.

The control also includes detailed documentation and many samples for a variety of languages and platforms. You can find more about the features of the tool at the features page or check the licensing scheme and the prices here.

Diagramming for ASP.NET 5.0

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MindFusion has released a new version of its Diagramming for ASP.NET component. There are many new features for customizing the appearance, a new layout and a few enhancements. Here are the details:

Styles & Themes

You can apply now styles to change the appearance of the diagram items. Each style is a set
of properties, which can be applied to a given diagram item (with the DiagramItem.Style
property) or to all items of a specific type (by using a Theme). The theme is a collection of
styles. Each style in the theme sets the appearance of all items of a specific type. Themes
can be loaded from XML files.

The Slate Theme

The Slate Theme

Node effects
(n.a. in Canvas mode)

Two visual effects – the GlassEffect and the AeroEffect can be applied to nodes. Effects can
be added, removed or modified at any time and this reflects immediately on the diagram. You
can apply effects of different types simultaneously.

One way graph layout

This layout ensure that links enter into nodes from the same general direction and exit from
the opposite side. If the graph contains cycles some links bend around the nodes to keep the
enter/exit direction consistent. The algorithm aims to minimize the number of such links.

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The One Way Graph Layout

Enhancements in Canvas mode

  • Items can cast shadows
  • Items can be Locked
  • Containers are available in Canvas mode
  • Tables are available in Canvas mode
  • Tooltips for items
  • and more

Enhancements in ImageMap mode

  • Items can be Locked
  • Interactive rotation of nodes
  • ImageFormat property added to ShapeListBox
  • and more

Multiple Labels per Link
(n.a. in Canvas mode)
The LinkLabels class allows multiple captions to be displayed for a single DiagramLink instance.
Link labels provide a set of properties that allow full customization of their location and
appearance. Labels support automatic arrangement to avoid overlapping nodes or other
labels.

Layers
(n.a. in Canvas mode)
Items can be assigned to layers and layers can be hidden, locked or moved up/down in the
Z-order or as a group. Use the LayerIndex property to associate and item with a layer in the
Diagram.Layers collection. Each layer has Visible, Locked and ZIndex properties, which affect
all items in the layer.

Parallel Layouts
The .NET 4 version of Diagramming for ASP.NET takes advantage of the Task Parallel Library
to enable parallelism on the different layout algorithms. Set the EnableParallelism property of
the Layout class to true to enable arranging different sub graphs on different threads to
improve performance on multiprocessor systems.

Magnifier
(in Java and Silverlight modes)
The new magnifier tool allows user to interactively zoom in or zoom out portions of the
diagram by holding down a magnifier tree or pressing a mouse button. The magnifier’s
appearance and zoom factor can be customized.

The Magnifier Tool

The Magnifier Tool

API changes
A variety of changes have been made to the API of the control to keep it elegant and simple – please consult the “What’s new section” in the online documentation.

Detailed information about the release is posted at the forum. The trial version is available for direct download from the link below:

Download MindFusion.Diagramming for ASP.NET 5.0

About Diagramming for ASP.NET: An advanced WebForms programming component that offers all the functionality that is needed for creating, styling and presenting attractive flowcharts, hierarchies, trees, graphs, schemes, diagrams and many more. The control offers numerous utility methods, path finding and cycle detection, rich event set and many useful user interaction features like tool tips, multiple selection, copy/paste to/from Windows clipboard and many more.

NetDiagram offers 87 predefined node shapes, scrollable tables, 13 automatic layouts and many more. You can check the online demo to see some of the features in action. The control includes many samples, detailed documentation and step-by-step tutorials. Every features is duly documented and there’s plenty of code to copy. We have done our best to make the component not only powerful and scalable, but easy to learn and fun to use.

MindFusion.WinForms Pack, R1.2013

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The new features include preserve order in the tree layout for the diagramming tool, new events in the calendar control, layout improvements in reporting for WinForms and more. Here are the details:

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Preserve order in tree layout

You can set the Balance property of the TreeLayout to Preserve to keep the original geometric order of child nodes when arranging them under their parent. This can be used to arrange tree branches in a specific order by first positioning them in increasing horizontal or vertical positions.

Tree Layout

Tree Layout

Item rendering improvements

Table nodes with glass, emboss and shadow effects.

Table nodes with glass, emboss and shadow effects.

Export improvements

Selection improvements

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We have fixed several bugs and made a few layout improvements in the reporting component.

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New Events

Two new events were added to the Calendar class – BeginItemDrawing and EndItemDrawing raised when item drawing starts and ends respectively.

Exporting

You can use the new PdfExporter to export calendars to PDF files.

A schedule exported as a PDF file.

A schedule exported as a PDF file.

You can read more details about the new features of each component at the forum. Use the link below to download the trial version of the control:

Download MindFusion.WinForms Pack R1.2013

If you run into problems with any of the components, please let us know. We shall be glad to assist you. MindFusion is proud with its excellent technical support – the majority of the questions are answered within hours of receiving them.

About MindFusion.WinForms Pack: A set of five WinForms programming components that provide your application with a rich choice of diagramming, charting, scheduling, mapping, reporting and gauge features. The tools are very easy to implement and use. They boast intuitive API and various step-by-step tutorials to get you started. Both online and offline documentation is available. A sample browser presents you with all the samples for each control to let you easily navigate to what you need. You can check some of the features of each component right now if you look at the online demos:

Visit the features – page of the components for more information about their capabilities:

You can check the prices and licensing scheme here. All components are royalty-free.

Scheduling for WinForms 5.4.4

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MindFusion has released a new version of its Scheduling component for WinForms. The new features provides you with support for VisualStudio 2012, a new exporter and more. Here are the details:

Support for Visual Studio 2012
MindFusion.Scheduling for WinForms supports now Visual Studio 2012. You can create a Visual Studio 2012 Toolbox palette and optionally install VS2012 samples. In addition, toolbox palettes are now created for all .NET target frameworks, supported by the respective Visual Studio versions.

Exporting
You can now export your calendars to PDF with the new PdfExporter.

A schedule exported as a PDF file.

A schedule exported as a PDF file.

Custom Drawing Optimizations
The new ItemDrawing event lets you draw items and their shadows. The event is raised before the item is rendered and can be used to stop the default item rendering.

Miscellaneous

  • The new CustomizeText event of the Calendar class allows customization of all texts within the calendar.
  • You can now supply custom texts and icons to the Print Preview form of the scheduling reports.
  • All resource collections now implement IList where T is the type of resources in the collection.

If you have questions about the control, please use the support email or the help desk. You can also leave a message at the forum. MindFusion support team is always happy to assist you.

Use the link below to download the trial version of the control:

Download MindFusion.Scheduling for WinForms 5.4.4

The control is available as both stand alone tool and as part of MindFusion.WinForms Pack and MindFusion.Scheduling Pack. You can find out more about these suites of controls from those links:

About MindFusion.Scheduling for WinForms: MindFusion.Scheduling for WinForms is a programming component that adds to your .NET application powerful features for creating and customizing any type of schedule, calendar, time table, resource table and many more. The tool supports six data views, input/output from/to a variety of data sources and rich user interaction model. Scheduling for WinForms offers various auxiliary forms for creating and editing appointments, tasks and events. A theme editor for creating custom themes is also available. The control features a rich variety of predefined themes and various beautiful item effects.

You can read more about Scheduling for WinForms at its features page. Visit the gallery page to see screenshots of various calendars and schedules created with the tool. For more information about licenses and prices go to the buy page.

Diagramming for ASP.NET MVC 1.4

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We have just released a new version of the diagramming component for ASP.NET MVC. The new release contains new types of nodes, a new layout algorithm, styles, themes and more. Here are the details:

Table Nodes

Table cells can display text and/or image. The cells, columns and rows of a table have customizable style, image, text alignment and extents. The number of cells in a table’s grid can be changed programmatically. Tables with many rows can be scrolled.

Container Nodes

Container nodes contain other diagram nodes. When a container is moved, its children are moved too. Containers can be nested within each other to unlimited depth. They can be folded and unfolded. Nodes inside a container can be linked both inside and outside of it.

Container Nodes

Container Nodes

Styles and Themes

Instances of the new DiagramItem.Style class can be used to set the appearance of items as a single unit. If the Style of an item does not define value for one of its attributes, it is looked up in the styling hierarchy – in the Style of the diagram, in the current Theme or the set of default styles defined for each item class.

The “Styles and Themes” section in the online documentation provides useful team on how to use these new features.

The Slate Theme

The Slate Theme

Shadows

Diagram items can have shadows with customizable shadow color and offset.

One-way Layout

The OneWayLayout class ensures that links enter into nodes from the same direction and exit from the opposite side. If the graph contains cycles some links bend around their nodes to keep the enter/exit direction consistent. The algorithm aims to minimize the number of such links.

One Way Layout

One Way Layout

Parallel layouts (on server side)

The .NET 4 version of MindFusion.Diagramming takes advantage of the Task Parallel Library (TPL) to enable parallelism on the different layout algorithms. Set the EnableParallelism property on the Layout class to true to enable arranging different subgraphs on different threads to possibly improve performance on multiprocessor systems.

Preserve order in tree layout (on server side)

The Balance property of TreeLayout can be set to Preserve to keep the original geometric order of child nodes when arranging them under their parent. This can be used to arrange tree branches in a specific order by first positioning them in increasing horizontal or vertical positions.

More information about the new release is posted at the forum. You can download the trial version of the component from the link below:

Download MindFusion.Diagramming for ASP.NET MVC 1.4

About Diagramming for ASP.NET MVC Control: It is a multipurpose diagramming tool that consists of two parts: a .NET class library running on the server and a client side control implemented in JavaScript. The server side .NET library implements a flow-diagramming object model that lets you define structures such as trees, flowcharts and graphs. Every element in the diagram is easily accessible and the whole diagram is rendered as part of an HTML page by just calling the DiagramView extension method.

On the client the diagram is rendered by a DiagramView JavaScript control that draws its content on an HTML Canvas. The user is able to add nodes and links simply by drawing them with the mouse. There is also a NodeListView control, which lets users create new nodes via drag and drop.

MvcDiagram also supports various automatic layout algorithms that will make every diagram easy to understand and nice to look at. The diagram can also be easily serialized in binary or XML format. Exporting is done in a variety of formats including Pdf, Svg, Visio and more. You can read details about the components at the MvcDiagram features page.