{"id":472,"date":"2013-08-27T08:58:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T08:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mindfusion.eu\/blog\/?p=472"},"modified":"2021-01-08T15:54:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T15:54:04","slug":"diagramming-for-winforms-6-0-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/diagramming-for-winforms-6-0-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Diagramming for WinForms 6.0.4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MindFusion has released a new version of its popular diagramming component for WinForms. Most of the new features are requested by the users &#8211; here is a list:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Import of OpenOffice Draw Files<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/onlinehelp\/flowchartnet\/index.htm?T_MindFusion_Diagramming_Import_DrawImporter.htm\">DrawImporter<\/a> class can import *.odg files, created by the OpenOffice Draw vector graphics editor. The importer requires a reference to the MindFusion.Diagramming.Import.Draw.dll assembly. The DrawImporter supports shapes from the General and Flowchart shape palettes in Draw. At your disposal are a variety of Import method overloads that can be used to import the OpenOffice drawing into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/onlinehelp\/flowchartnet\/index.htm?T_MindFusion_Diagramming_DiagramDocument.htm\">DiagramDocument<\/a> whose pages correspond to the Draw pages, or into a single <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/onlinehelp\/flowchartnet\/index.htm?T_MindFusion_Diagramming_Diagram.htm\">Diagram<\/a> whose content is merged from all imported pages.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_475\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/OpenOfficeDraw.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-475\" class=\"size-full wp-image-475\" src=\"http:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/OpenOfficeDraw.png\" alt=\"Import from OpenOffice Draw files is now supported.\" width=\"708\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/OpenOfficeDraw.png 708w, https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/OpenOfficeDraw-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Import from OpenOffice Draw files is now supported.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Miscellaneous<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/onlinehelp\/flowchartnet\/index.htm?P_MindFusion_Diagramming_AnchorPoint_XUnit_0.htm\">XUnit<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/onlinehelp\/flowchartnet\/index.htm?P_MindFusion_Diagramming_AnchorPoint_YUnit_0.htm\">YUnit<\/a> properties allow specifying the coordinates of an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/onlinehelp\/flowchartnet\/index.htm?T_MindFusion_Diagramming_AnchorPoint.htm\">AnchorPoint<\/a> as a fixed offset from the node&#8217;s top-left corner rather than as a percentage; this means the point position does not change when the node is resized.<\/li>\n<li>You can use the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/onlinehelp\/flowchartnet\/index.htm?P_MindFusion_Diagramming_HandlesVisualStyle_RotationHandleBrush_0.htm\">RotationHandleBrush<\/a> property of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/onlinehelp\/flowchartnet\/index.htm?T_MindFusion_Diagramming_HandlesVisualStyle.htm\">HandlesVisualStyle<\/a> to set the brush of rotation handles.<\/li>\n<li>Two new properties &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/onlinehelp\/flowchartnet\/index.htm?P_MindFusion_Diagramming_DiagramItemStyle_StrokeDashStyle_0.htm\">StrokeDashStyle<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/onlinehelp\/flowchartnet\/index.htm?T_MindFusion_Diagramming_DiagramItemStyle.htm\">DiagramItemStyle<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/onlinehelp\/flowchartnet\/index.htm?P_MindFusion_Diagramming_DiagramLinkStyle_HeadStrokeDashStyle_0.htm\">HeadStrokeDashStyle<\/a> property of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/onlinehelp\/flowchartnet\/index.htm?T_MindFusion_Diagramming_DiagramLinkStyle.htm\">DiagramLinkStyle<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/onlinehelp\/flowchartnet\/index.htm?M_MindFusion_Diagramming_Diagram_ArrangeLinkLabels_0.htm\">ArrangeLinkLabels<\/a> method rearranges the link labels whose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/onlinehelp\/flowchartnet\/index.htm?P_MindFusion_Diagramming_LinkLabel_AutoArrange_0.htm\">AutoArrange<\/a> flag is set.<\/li>\n<li>and many more &#8211; you can read the full list with further details <a href=\"http:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/Forum\/YaBB.pl?num=1377102745\">at the forum.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_476\" style=\"width: 365px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/rotation_handle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-476\" class=\"size-full wp-image-476\" src=\"http:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/rotation_handle.png\" alt=\"Rotation of a node.\" width=\"355\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/rotation_handle.png 355w, https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/rotation_handle-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rotation of a node.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A trial version of the component is available from this link:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/FCNetDemo.zip\">Diagramming for WinForms 6.0.4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have questions or run into problems using the component you can use the <a href=\"http:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/Forum\/YaBB.pl?board=fcnet_disc\">Diagramming for WinForms forum<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindfusion.dev\/HelpDesk\/index.php\">the help desk<\/a> or write us at <a title=\"Write Us\" href=\"mailto:support@mindfusion.dev?subject=contact information from web site&amp;body=Please, remember to add mindfusion.dev to your email whitelist. We usually reply to all contact inquiries within 3 to 4 hours. In case you have not received an answer in 24 hours, the email most likely has been filtered by an anti-spam software running at your mail server. Thank you for the understanding!\" target=\"_parent\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">support@mindfusion.dev.<\/a> Our support team will be pleased to help you.<\/p>\n<p><em>About MindFusion.Diagramming for WinForms:<\/em> A programming component that provides any WinForms application with a full set of features for creating and customizing all types of diagrams, flowcharts, schemes, hierarchies, trees, graphs etc. The control provides numerous ways to save and load a diagram, six auxiliary controls and more than 10 automatic graph layout algorithms. Diagram elements include scrollable tables, container nodes, multi-segment arrows, custom diagram item types and many more. Further details <a href=\"http:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/features-net.html\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Diagramming for WinForms is a royalty-free component, clients get 12 month upgrade subscription when buying a license. The source code is also available for purchase. <a href=\"http:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/buy-flowchart-net.html\">Visit the buy page<\/a> for a list with the current license prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MindFusion has released a new version of its popular diagramming component for WinForms. Most of the new features are requested by the users &#8211; here is a list: Import of OpenOffice Draw Files The new DrawImporter class can import *.odg &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/diagramming-for-winforms-6-0-4\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[95,2],"tags":[39,69,35,141,4,136,140,29],"class_list":["post-472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diagramming-2","category-product-releases","tag-component","tag-control","tag-diagramming","tag-draw-file","tag-flowchart","tag-import","tag-openoffice","tag-winforms"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3RlKs-7C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2462,"href":"https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions\/2462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindfusion.dev\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}