Krypton Toolkit v2.7 Released

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Krypton Toolkit v2.7 Released

Component Factory - Krypton 2.7.0 Released

"What better Xmas present than a release of Krypton! Use the link below to download the Krypton Toolkit immediately. If you have paid for one of the commercial options then you will get an automatic email notification with the next day with your new serial key and source code as appropriate.
Download Link
http://www.componentfactory.com/downloads/KryptonToolkit270.zip
New Features
- KryptonTextBox
- KryptonMaskedTextBox
- KryptonRichTextBox
- KryptonComboBox
- KryptonContextMenu
- Ribbon Application Menu
- Ribbon uses KryptonTextBox et al
- Navigator/Ribbon use of KryptonContextMenu"
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From the Toolkit Changes file

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**BREAKING CHANGES**

KryptonBorderEdge
KryptonButton
KryptonCheckButton
KryptonCheckBox
KryptonHeader
KryptonLabel
KryptonLinkLabel
KryptonRadioButton

None of these controls now implement the ISupportInitializeNotification interface that caused them to generate BeginInit and EndInit lines in the generated code of the Form they are placed on.
So you will need to remove the following lines that appear in the generated code of your application for these controls…
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New Controls
KryptonTextBox
KryptonRichTextBox
KryptonComboBox

Three input controls have been added that replicate the standard WinForms equivalents. They all embed the actual corresponding Win32 controls inside themselves and you can access the actual embedded controls using appropriate properties. They add additional functionality by allowing the definition of ButtonSpecs so that extra buttons can be shown.
New Components
KryptonContextMenu

As the name suggests this component provides a popup menu capability. It goes beyond that standard ContextMenuStrip that is provided with WinForms by allowing more complex layouts and extra types of menu entries. For example, you can create heading entries and split buttons.
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