DayPilot News Blog

DayPilot Pro 4.7 beta (build 1394) was released.

New features:

1. Separators (DayPilotScheduler)

• Vertical lines with custom colors can be inserted
  

2. Double-click event for time range selection (DayPilotCalendar)

• Selected time range can be double-clicked.
  

3. Cell header background colors (DayPilotMonth)

• Day cells in the month view (DayPilotMonth control) can have custom colors.
  

Check the illustrated 4.7 beta release notes for more details.

The sandbox and trial download are updated. The customers will find a full version in the customer area.

DayPilot Pro 4.6 SP1 (build 1385) was released.

It includes one new feature: DayPilotCalendar now supports column header hierarchy:

• You can show several days and several resources for each day.
• It suports showing different number of resources for each day.
• You can aggregate resources into groups.
• You can show resource details in additional header rows.
• The number of header rows is not limited, the hierarchy can show even 3 or more levels.

Check the illustrated 4.6 SP1 release notes for more details.

The demo, sandbox, and trial download are updated. The customers will find a full version in the customer area.

DayPilot Pro 4.5 SP1 (build 1372) was released.

It includes four new features and one important bug fix.

New features:

• Bubbles available for DayPilotMonth
• refreshCallBack() client-side method for DayPilotMonth added (allows quick month switching)
• Custom image for DurationBar in DayPilotCalendar (allows showing "tentative" event status)
• DurationBarWidth property in DayPilotCalendar

Bug fix:

• DayPilotScheduler is now properly resizing after callback (for HeightSpec="Auto")

Check the illustrated 4.5 SP1 release notes for more details.

The demo, sandbox, and trial download are updated. The customers will find a full version in the customer area.

DayPilot Pro 4.5 (build 1366) was released.

New features:

(F55) Bubbles enabled for resource headers and time cells



The DayPilotBubble was extended and now it can show details for the following objects:

• Calendar events (DayPilotCalendar and DayPilotScheduler)
  
• Time cells (DayPilotCalendar and DayPilotScheduler)
• Column headers in DayPilotCalendar
• Resource headers in DayPilotScheduler
  

(F53) Vertical scrollbar for DayPilotScheduler



DayPilotScheduler supports a vertical scrollbar. Both scrollbars are synchronized with the headers so you don't get lost while viewing a long resources list.

The demo, sandbox, and trial download are updated. The customers will find a full version in the customer area.

DayPilot Pro 4.3 SP1 (build 4.3.1320) was released. It's a bug fixing release:

• DayPilotMonth: Day number rendering fixed for time zones with negative GMT offset.
• DayPilotCalendar: Header/column alignment fixed. Showing of more than 100 columns allowed. DayPilotBubble/context menu collisions fixed.
• Demo: Compilable without ASP.NET AJAX Extensions installed.
  

The demo, sandbox, and trial download are updated. The customers will find a full version in the customer area.

The DayPilot forums can now be searched using Google custom search.



The refine feature of the search is handy - you can limit your search to one of the following areas:

• Forums
• Blog
• Server-side API reference
• Release notes

Here you can find the list of bugs related to using DayPilot Pro 4.3 with Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework:

http://forums.daypilot.org/Topic.aspx/256/visual_studio_2008__net_framework_35

Feel free to add a comment if you are having any other trouble.

DayPilot Pro 4.3 was just released.

The biggest new feature is the month view:



It's a separate control (DayPilotMonth) which uses an API similar to DayPilotCalendar (the same data binding and event model).

The highlights:

• It works smoothly with multirow events (i.e. events that span not only multiple days but multiple weeks). That means you can move and resize them easily. In this regard, DayPilotMonth is now a step ahead DayPilotCalendar (which will benefit from these improvements in one of the future releases).
• It adjusts the row height automatically according to the number of events. You define the minimum cell height (MinCellHeight property). This is different from how Microsoft Outlook works: Outlook shows three dots to indicate that there are hidden events.
• It detects the current culture automatically (the server-side culture). All day and month names are translated automatically.
  

It is a first version of the month view and it has some limitations (e.g. time range selection support is limited, see the release notes for a full list). The feature set will be completed within 1-2 releases. Don't hesitate to tell me about the features you are missing the most (daypilot @ annpoint.com).

DayPilot Pro 4.4

The next release is scheduled for 1 January 2008 and the feature list is already quite full. The main new feature will be on-demand loading for DayPilotScheduler (which will be a great relief for those using the year view with a lot of resources). DayPilotScheduler will also support a double scrollbar (both vertical and horizontal) to improve handling of schedules with 20+ resources.

Most likely, there will be a service pack coming before 4.4 that will make DayPilot Pro compatible with .NET Framework 3.5.