DateControl Changelog

What's new in DateControl 7.0.3

Mar 21, 2018
  • Fixed rare crash that could happen on 64 bit applications on Mac and Linux systems when using complex setups of dialogs.

New in DateControl 7.0.2 (Dec 28, 2017)

  • Fixed the Checkbox for empty dates for the new Gtk3.
  • Improved Checkbox disabled state for legacy Gtk2.

New in DateControl 6.6 (Jul 11, 2017)

  • Added Windows Hi-DPI IDE design mode support.
  • Did adjustment on macOS and Linux systems so that the ValueChanged event will not fire twice in some situations like when dropping down the drop down window and selecting a date when the Date had previously been unchecked with empty dates on. (On Windows systems this behaviour is controlled by the OS)

New in DateControl 6.2 (Apr 13, 2016)

  • Added optional drop down calendar mode for the control on Linux 32bit, 64bit and ARM.
  • Added LinuxDropDownMode property.
  • Added better representation for the disabled state when the control is in drop down mode on OS X and Linux systems.
  • Fixed drawing glitch with the Empty dates checkbox on Raspberry PI systems.
  • Empty date checkbox is now drawn in correct place when in OS X IDE design mode.
  • The background of the main part of the control is now white on Linux Mint systems.
  • OSXDropDownMode and LinuxDropDownMode properties are now default set to true instead of defaulting to false.

New in DateControl 6.0.2 (Mar 11, 2016)

  • Fixed a crashing issue with the new Popup calendar on MacOS X when a hosting dialog owning the calendar was closed while the calendar was popped up.
  • Fixed a timezone issue where the new Popup calendar on MacOS X did not always stay in sync with the main part of the DateControl.

New in DateControl 6.0 (Mar 11, 2016)

  • Added optional drop down calendar mode for the control on MacOS X cocoa.
  • Added OSXDropDownMode property.
  • Added a CustomizeLocalization event.
  • Fixed strange Beep sound issue when using separator keys on MacOS X and Linux systems.

New in DateControl 5.1.2 (Jan 15, 2015)

  • Further improved input handling on Mac and Linux systems making it nicer.

New in DateControl 5.1 (Dec 10, 2014)

  • Changed input handling on Mac and Linux systems, making it a bit nicer when zero and then other number is entered.
  • Changed the compile architecture and cleaned out obsolete API's for no longer supported Windows versions such as Win95 and 98 on Windows systems

New in DateControl 5.0.2 (Apr 3, 2014)

  • Fixed a issue on Windows with incorrect date separators.

New in DateControl 5.0 (Aug 28, 2013)

  • Now also ships with a Xojo plugin. The Xojo plugin comes in the new Xojo format and is compiled with newer SDK, and includes Cocoa design time mode.

New in DateControl 4.3.2 (Nov 5, 2012)

  • fixed support for very new Linux distros such as for example Ubuntu 10.x and 12.x

New in DateControl 4.3 (Oct 16, 2012)

  • Real Studio 2012 compatibility.

New in DateControl 4.2 (Jul 15, 2011)

  • User can now travel between fields in the control by pressing same key as is set as date separator in the control at any given time.

New in DateControl 4.1.1 (Oct 31, 2010)

  • Changed entry point loading to support REALbasic 2010r5 and later.

New in DateControl 4.1 (Oct 26, 2010)

  • Changed entry point loading to support REALbasic 2010r5 and later.

New in DateControl 4.0.4 (Aug 24, 2010)

  • Added Cocoa compile support.

New in DateControl 4.0.2 (Aug 16, 2010)

  • Fixed some issues on Cocoa builds.

New in DateControl 4.0 (Aug 9, 2010)

  • Added Cocoa compile support.

New in DateControl 3.8 (Oct 5, 2009)

  • Made adjustments so that font sizes work correctly with REALbasic 2009r4.
  • MacFontSize, WinFontSize and LinuxFontSize properties now have the type Single instead of Integer.
  • Added a WinTextUnit property.
  • Added a LinuxTextUnit property.
  • Windows fonts can now be nailed down to normal size pixels.

New in DateControl 3.7 (Mar 16, 2009)

  • Made fonts look correct on Windows Vista systems.
  • Using FontName = System and FontSize = 0 on Windows systems now calls for default system font for the given system.

New in DateControl 3.6 (Jan 12, 2009)

  • Added a "Automatic force 4 letter year" setting to the Date format options.
  • Fixed a problem with PowerPC build on REALbasic 2008r5.
  • Plugin is now linked against and dependent on libstdc++6 instead of libstdc++5 on Linux systems.

New in DateControl 3.5.6 (Jan 12, 2009)

  • Fixed a Mach-O compile corruption that prevented REALbasic 2006r3 and older from working with this plugin when compiling for Mach-O targets.