1. Implemented High DPI support (see screenshot).
2. All toolbar buttons now have High DPI image properties, which allow to specify special high resolution images for High DPI mode. You can also explicitly specify when these images should be used (see HdpiImageMode property).
3. CommandBarManager has new property DisplayHDPIImages. You can set this property to true at runtime in order to allow all buttons display their High DPI images.
4. CommandBarManager provides two new methods: LoadStateFroFile/SaveStateToFile, which allow to load/save state from/to any file.
5. Grid control raises new event CalcExpandBoxRect, which allows to specify custom expand box rectangle (for group mode).
6. DockingPane has a new property DisplayCaption. You can set this property to false in order to hide a docking caption dynamically without changing its height.
7. Popup menu shadows implemented using layered windows.
8. All samples and source projects provide solutions for Visual Studio 2008.

1. Fixed problem with disabled PropertyListColorItem.
2. Fixed problems with licenses on 64-bit systems.
3. Resolved a problem related to double click on RibbonContextGroup.
4. A few hardcoded strings in OutlookBar control are localizable now.
5. Fixed a problem with placing TaskPane control on the standard user control.
6. Fixed a problem with generation of dummy panels in TabControlEx in design mode.
7. WindowState property now takes effect for Ribbon-based applications.
8. Right mouse click on splitter doesn't  change size of docking panes.
9. Pressing Alt key doesn't move focus away from the current edit in Ribbon-based applications. It makes possible to type extended symbols using Alt+Num pad.
10. A Combo box located on a toolbar can't be resized during Alt customization.
11. Capturing is properly cleared on mouse click when a menu was activated with Alt key.
12. MDI system buttons can be added to QAT.
13. Keytips are properly hidden when a modal dialog is invoked.
14. Keytips are drawn as disabled on disabled popup menu items.
15. Navigation Pane Options dialog (for Outlook control) is not displayed on taskbar anymore.
16. Items on Navigation Pane Options dialog can be checked and unchecked by single click.
17. Menu is not closed anymore when you press enter on disabled menu item.
18. Text of disabled check box and combo box is drawn as disabled on QAT.
19. When you place standard buttons on a toolbar in design mode, they are inserted in correct order now.
20. Top level menu is properly redrawn when you open a modal dialog from a sub-menu.
21. Fixed some problems with scrolling of OutlookBar control.
22. Hyperlink cell opens a destination site if clicked when Ctrl key is down (for non-read only items).
23. Resizing of popup galleries is not interrupted if you click right mouse button during resize.
24. Resizing of docking panes is not interrupted if you click right mouse button during resize.
25. Main window caption text does not overlap system buttons and context categories in Ribbon-based applications when Aero-theme is enabled.
26. Main Ribbon button doesn't stay highlighted when you open a modal dialog from the main panel.
27. Submenu doesn't flicker when it's opened from a split button on the main ribbon panel.
28. Fixed some other visual problems.

1. Grid Control. You can use this advanced grid control in various applications, ranging from basic grids and simple reports up to complex Excel-like applications.
   
   BCGGrid for .NET implements the following features:
   
   General features
   • Unlimited number of items in a row.
   • Unlimited number of rows.
   • Single and multiple row selection.
   • Single and multiple column selection.
   • Single and multiple item selection.
   • Sorting by single or multiple columns.
   • Hide / Show Columns.
   • Drag and drop of columns.
   • Integrated Field Chooser.
   • In-place field editing.
   • Keyboard navigation.
   • Extended tooltip support / in-place tooltips
   • Column resizing.
   • Row resizing - variable row height.
   • Automatic column resizing.
   • Row headers with or without row numbers.
   • Read only mode.
   • Preview Pane support.
   • "Select All" box.
   • Mouse wheel support.
   • Print support.

   
   
   Cell Types (see screenshot with different cell types)

   • Text
   • Masked text
   • Password
   • Numeric
   • Image
   • Image and Text
   • Check box
   • Combo box
   • Command button
   • Date time picker
   • Spin control
   • Push button
   • File browser
   • Folder browser
   • Font browser
   • Hyperlink
   • Image list
   • Color picker
   • Custom cell types

   
   
   Virtual Mode

   • Ability to set number of rows in advance.
   • Events requesting data only when the data has to be displayed.
   • Sorting in virtual mode.
   • Editing in virtual mode.
   • Ability to define Visual Styles for individual cells in virtual mode.

   
   
   Grouping support / Report control

   • Drag and drop of column headers to Group By box.
   • Show or hide Group By box.
   • Multi column tree.
   • Customizable group rows.
   • Single and multiple selection.
   • Column auto resize.
   • Ability to display "new row" in Group mode.
   • Ability to delete a group with all sub-rows.

   
   
   Filtering

   • Single filter mode - filter flag is set at the row level.
   • Multiple Filter mode - filter flag is set at item level.
   • Ability to hide filtered out rows.
   • Ability to set height to 0 for filtered out rows.

   
   
   Merged Cells support (see screenshot)
   
   Data bound grid

   • Ability to bind to any data source at design or run time. (see screenshot)
   • Ability to combine data bound and unbound columns in one grid.
   • Grouping support for data bound grids (see screenshot).
   • Delete rows and groups.
   • "New row" support.

   
   
   Color Themes

   • Support for all standard color themes: Office XP, Office 2003, Visual Studio 2005, Office 2007 (Blue, Black, Silver, Aqua)
   • Support for custom color themes (see screenshot).
   • Visual Style serialization - persistent visual styles
   • Special visual style for alternative rows.

   
   
   Microsoft Excel-style Grid control

   • Authentic Excel look and feel.
   • Automatically generated rows and columns.
   • Load and Save grid content (data).
   • Export to HTML and RTF (currently implemented in example)
   • Sorting by moving data between rows.
   • Cell borders - thick and thin borders with different line styles.
   • Text over floating - text is drawn over adjoining cells if they are empty.
   • Text wrapping and trimming.
   • Edit control is extended over adjoining cells as you type.
   • Ability to define Visual Styles for individual cells. A Visual Style includes: gradient background color, text color, font, formatter, border style, content alignment and more.
   • Variable row height.
   • Table style formatting.

   
   
   Other features

   • Ability to assign one data storage to several grids (see screenshot).
   • Events allowing to synchronize grids working with the same data.
   • Visual Style Editor, which allows to Save and Load visual themes.
   • Layered architecture - visual styles of all cells are assembled from Visual Styles assigned to item->column->row.
   • Large number of customization features and options.
   • Full designer support.
      
2. Calendar bar control (see screenshot)
   • Single and multiple month mode
   • Multiple day selection
   • Display week numbers
   • Display "Today" button
   • Caption with gradient fill
   • Navigation menu
   • Owner draw

    

3. Vista Aero glass support for Ribbon control (see screenshot).
4. Added new property AutoGroup to BCGSoft.ControlBars.CommandBarManager. If this property is true, customization groups are created automatically from the main menu items.
5. Added the following new examples:
   • CalendarBarDemo
   • GridControlDemo
   • DatabaseGridDemo
   • Excel2007Style_GUI
      

Added some fixes for Ribbon Control and Command Bars in design and runtime modes.

1. ToolBox Control allows to create Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2003 and Visual Studio® 2005-style toolboxes (see screenshot). This control supports the following features:
   • Add and edit ToolboxGroups and ToolboxItems with full design-time support.
   • Switch between  Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2003 and Visual Studio® 2005 styles at the runtime.
   • Drag & drop toolbox items within groups, between groups or outside of the Toolbox.
   • Set palette mode (toolbox items aligned by line and displayed without text) individually for each group.
   • Adjust item's icon and text location.
   • Manage groups and items at run-time.
   • Use global or local Visual Manager.
     
2. Microsoft® Office 2007-style Color Picker (see screenshot). The Color Picker can work in gallery mode and "in-Ribbon" mode (the color picker is embedded into Ribbon panel). It implements the following features:
   • "More Colors" button, which displays an advanced color selection dialog.
   • "Recent Colors" palette, which can be modified at the runtime.
   • "Automatic color" button.
   • "No Fill" button.
   • Ability to assign custom colors to any color category (theme, recent, simple).
   • Design-time support
     
3. DesktopAlert Control (see screenshot) implements a popup window similar to Microsoft® Office popup control, which allows to display short-time messages. In opposite to the standard message box, this window doesn't require from the user to close it by clicking "Ok" button and it automatically disappears after short time. The control is fully customizable and a developer can tune its look and functionality by the easy way:
   • Content can be created from an user-defined resources or it can be automatically generated from the given text and image.
   • Various looks: Office XP/2003/2007, MSN Messenger (see screenshot).
   • Various animation types: fade, slide and unfold.
   • Semi-transparent background.
     
4. The following gadgets (mainly aimed to use in Ribbon control) have been added:
   • LinkLabel - an URL link which can be placed on the Ribbon or toolbar (see screenshot).
   • SmartUndoButton - a button, which maintains a stack of values. Can be used for undo/redo interface (see screenshot).
   • ToolbarSpinButton - represents an edit control with spin (up and down) buttons, which allow to increment or decrement value in the edit control (see screenshot).
   • ToolbarDateTimeControl - a button that hosts a date-time control (see screenshot).
   • ToolbarTrackBarButton - a button that hosts a track bar control (see screenshot).
   • ToolbarProgressBarButton - a button that hosts a progress bar (see screenshot).
     
5. The new method DockingPane.SetRecentFloatingSize allows to specify the initial size of floating docking pane (or reset this size to desired dimensions).
6. The new property CommandBar.CanFloat allows to enable or disable floating of command bars.
7. The new property CommandBar.CanTrack allows to enable or disables tracking of command bars (so if you set CanTrack and CanFloat properties to false a command bar will be completely locked on its site).
8. "Recent documents" collection is automatically serialized and de-serialized for Ribbon-based applications.
9. Added new class RecentlyUsedDocumentButton, which wraps the data provided for recently used documents. ExecuteCommandEventArgs contains a reference to such button and thus you can easily determine that the ExecuteCommand event raised in response to user selection of a recent document. See our MSOffice2007Sample for more info.
10. The following new examples have been added:
    • PopupDemo - demonstrates the DesktopAlert Control.
    • RibbonGadgets - a comprehensive sample with all available Ribbon gadgets.
    • SmartUndoButtonDemo - illustrates usage of the newly added Undo button.
    • ToolboxDemo - demonstrates the Toolbox Control.
      

1. Fixed some problems with layout recalculation in design mode.
2. Fixed some problems related to collection editing via Custom Collection Editors in design mode.
3. MinimumSize and MaximumSize properties now take effect in Office 2007 style.
4. Form's size correctly calculated in maximized state when Office 2007 style is selected and there is a visible Task Bar on the desktop.
5. Main Form doesn't lose the focus when Visual Manager 2007 is activated or deactivated.
6. In Office 2007 style the library correctly hides minimize and maximize buttons if you set in the designer MinimizeBox and MaximizeBox properties to false.
7. It's possible to assign .ico images to toolbar buttons.
8. MainRibbonButoon correctly handles transparent color specified for its image.
9. Some other visual glitches and problems have been corrected.
    

1. TasksPane Control (see screenshot) implements the functionality of a list of clickable items, similar to Microsoft Office Task Pane. All items are organized in groups. Each clickable item raises the ExecuteCommand event. You should subscribe to this event to handle item clicks. It's possible to assign an icon to a task and set static label text. Please take a look at the WordPad and TasksPane samples to see the new control in action.

   The TasksPane control implements the following features:

   • Ability to enable, or disable collapsing Task Pane groups.
   • Animation for expanding/collapsing groups
   • Set font color for a group caption
   • Set font color for a task
   • Enable navigation history menu buttons - "Next/Previous" navigation buttons display a drop down menu with history
   • Task Pane specific scroll buttons
   • Separators between tasks
   • Different custom margins
   • Images for individual TaskItems
   • Images for Task Groups
   • Custom images for Task Pane's toolbar
   • Embed different custom controls into a TaskItem
      
2. KeyTip support for Ribbon Control.
3. Ribbon Minimize feature.
4. Progress Bar Control, which supports Office 2007 look.
5. Progress Bar button for Ribbon Control.
6. New TasksPane sample
7. DockManager raises a new cancelable event CloseDockingPane. You can subscribe to this event to be notified when a Docking Pane is about to be closed.
8. ToolbarButton has a new virtual method GetKeyTipRect. It can be overridden to customize the appearance of Key Tip.
9. ToolbarButton has two new properties KeyTip and KeyTipSplit. You can use these properties to define Key Tips for Ribbon applications.

1. The infrastructure for Ribbon Control has been updated to accommodate Minimize Ribbon and Key Tips features.
2. Fixed a problem with context menu, which caused a crash on Escape in Ribbon-based applications.
3. Fixed behavior of category items in popup mode.
4. Layout is properly adjusted when user preferences have been changed.
5. Text of localized controls is correctly restored on LoadState. In the previous version only English strings were loaded properly.
6. CommandBarManager::OnApplicationIdle does not call GC::Collect anymore.
7. Popup Gallery does not process Enter key if there is no highlighted object.
8. ToolbarGalleryButton correctly copies SelectedItemIndex now.
9. Check state of ToolbarCheckBoxButton is changed only if the button is enabled.
    

1. Ribbon Control support (see screenshot1 and screenshot2). "Ribbon" control was introduced by Microsoft® in Office 2007. It's not just a new control - it's a new user interface ideology. Ribbon control replaces traditional toolbars and menus with tabbed groups (Categories). Each group is logically split into Panels and each panel may contain various controls and command buttons. In addition, Ribbon control provides smart layout maximally utilizing the available space. For example, if a Panel has been stretched and has no place to display all available controls, it turns into a menu button which can display sub-items on a popup menu. Please take a look at Product Feature Tour to learn more about what's implemented in Ribbon Control.
   
   The following gadgets are supported by our Ribbon Control out of the box:
   • Button
   • Button group
   • Menu button and split menu button
   • Separator
   • Label
   • Check box
   • Color picked
   • Font picker
   • Edit box
   • Track bar
   • Gallery
   • Gallery-based combo box
      

   The Ribbon Control implements the following features:

   • Full Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 designer support!
   • Smart panel layout. You can design panels (category items in terms of the library) with elements aligned vertically (by column), or horizontally (by line)
   • Each ribbon element (button) supports three collapse states: Large, Intermediate and Small.
   • Collapsible category items. When there is no space to display all panel elements, the panel is collapsed to a default button and displayed on popup menu (see screenshot).
   • Scrollable categories. When there is no space to display all category items in collapsed state, the parent category displays scroll bars.
   • Context category groups. Each context category group may contain of one or more category items and may be assigned one of 8 predefined colors (see screenshot).
   • Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) (see screenshot). You can place frequently used commands on QAT. It is possible to put on QAT commands that are not located in Ribbon.
   • QAT Customization. A flexible mechanism allows you to integrate your own forms (options) with library-defined Customization form and show them all together in combined Options dialog (see screenshot).
   • Launch buttons - small elements that can be added at the right bottom corner of a category item and may be set to execute commands logically common for the parent category item.
   • Gallery control. Gallery is encapsulated in a special toolbar button-derived object. A gallery may be in-Ribbon and popup. Popup menu can display a gallery along with regular popup menu items. A popup menu, which displays a gallery may be resizable (see screenshots).
   • Gallery may work in so called "menu mode". Galleries behave in "menu mode" like regular popup menus with exception that such popup menu can be resized, can display scroll bar and can display checked items.
   • You can easily create owner-draw galleries.
   • Main Application Button (see screenshot).
   • Customizable status bar (see screenshots).
   • Persistent state.
      
2. Localization Support
   
   You can translate the library and your applications to different languages and switch between them at runtime.  Please see the LocalizationExample sample for more info.
    
3. We added a lot of new samples illustrating various library features.

1. The library infrastructure has been changed to accommodate the new Ribbon interface.
2. CommandPanel and any other control derived from it can work in "component mode". In the "component mode" the panel itself is not visible and renders its command objects on the parent container's surface.
3. Docking pane correctly updates its caption in various states (docked, floating, tabbed, auto-hide) when the Text property has been changed.
4. License manager checks the license properly when the library is running under system account.
5. Various fixes that improve design-time experience.