DynamicSkinForm VCL

Last update: 12 September, 2021

Version  14.30

• added: RAD Studio 11 Alexandria support

Version  14.20

• added: RAD Studio 10.4 Sydney support

Version  14.10

• added: RAD Studio 10.3 Rio support

Version  14.02

• added: RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo support

Version  14.01

• improved:  TspDynamicSkinForm component (extended caption drawing)
• improved: listbox controls
• improved: support of transition engines from SmartEffects and ImageKit
• added: demo with ImageKit (3D effects)

Version  14.0

• added:  64-bit support
• added:  a lot of optimizations in code

Version  13.51

• added:  Position, GroupIndex, AllowAllUp, Down properties for buttons in NC area of the form (TspDynamicSkinForm.QuickButtons property)
• improved: TscExPanel control
• updated: Extended caption demo

Version  13.50

• added:  Windows10, Win10Modern, Win10ModernDark skins (with extended elements)
• improved: form behavior (TspDynamicSKinForm component)
• added: quick access panel in shell dialogs + improved shell dialogs and controls
• added: small improvements and fixes in some controls
• updated: demos

Version  13.35

• added: support for RAD Studio 10 Seattle
• added: TspSkinData.ChangeSystemColors and TspSkinData.SystemColorHooks property (now you can change system highlight (selection) and window colors to colors from skin)
• improved: skins ([SKINCOLORS] section values)

Version  13.30

• updated: code for scrolling in TspSkinScrollPanel, TspSkinToolBar
• fixed: problem in TspCheckComboBox control with dynamiclly added items
• improved: TspSkinHint component
• fixed: '&' drawing as '_' in form's caption
• improved: TspSkinScrollBox control

Version  13.22

• improved: TspCheckComboBox control
• fixed: image viewer behaviour in TspSkinOpenPictureDialog 

Version  13.21

• added: support for RAD Studio XE8

Version  13.20

• improved: layered borders skin format and behaviour
• updated: code for TspSkinCheckListBox control
• improved: TspSkinEdit control drawing with left and right buttons in designing time
• updated: extended skins

Version  13.10

• added: important changes and improvements for mouse tracking in controls
• added: optimizations in code
• updated: demos

Version  13.07

• added: optimizations in edit controls
• added: TspDynamicSkinForm.GetNormalBoundsRect method
• improved:  behaviour of menus on multi-monitor systems
• improved: TspDynamicSkinForm component

Version  13.05

• improved: TspSkinMainMenuBar control (behaviour with scrolling items)
• improved: items drawing in listview controls
• improved: shell dialogs

Version  13.02

• fixed:  problem with loading TspSkinFileListView control when ThumbnailOptions.Enabled
• improved: TspSkinOpenPictureDialog

Version  13.01

• improved: Thumbnails support in TspSkinFilelListView control (optimized threads and memory usage)
• fixed: problem with  RollUp state and new TspDynamicSkinForm.MinClientHeight property

Version  13.0

• added: a lot of changes in shell conrols and shell dialogs
• added: Thumbnail support for TspSkinFilelListView (available for Win XP and newer)
• added: Thumbnail support for all shell dialogs
• added: a lot of improvements in controls

Version  12.99

• added: support for RAD Studio XE7 (32-bit)
• added: improvements for TspSkinOfficeListBox, TspSkinOfficeComboBox, TspSkinHorzListBox, TspSkinGridView controls
• improved: edit controls
• added: improvements and optimizations in drawing methods

Version  12.98

• added: improvements in SkinPrinter.pas unit
• added: TspSkinCheckComboBox.UseSkinSize property
• fixed: TspSkinPasswordEdit behavour when SkinData = nil
• added: some optimizations in code
• renamed packages

Version  12.96

• improved: drawing of TspSkinComboBox control in disabled state
• improved: TspSkinTreeView control

Version  12.95  

• added: support for RAD Studio XE6
• added: TspSkinListView.AlternateRow property (enable alternate background for row(DrawSkin property must be True))
• added: TspSkinOfficeListBox.AlternateRow, TspSkinOfficeComboBox.AlternateRow property
• added: Caption property for TspDynamicSkinForm.QuickButtons 
• improved: drawing of extended form caption (extended skins)
• improved: scrollbars - now they can works as in Mac OS (you can define small size without buttons in skin (see updated iTunes demo))
• improved: some extended skins
• updated: demos

Version  12.80 

• improved: Windows 8 support
• improved: TspDynamicSkinForm component
• fixed: problem with mouse wheel messages in Rad Studio XE2-XE4

Version  12.76

• added: TspSkinMDITabsBar.ShowChildIcon propery (now tabs can have icon of mdi child)
• added: TspSkinFindDialog.CloseDialog method
• added: TspSkinReplaceDialog.CloseDialog method
• added: some optimizations in code
• improved: some skins

Version  12.70 

• added: a lot of improvements to controls
• updated: drawing of default style
• updated: SkinBuilder tool

Version  12.62

• added: support of TspButtonGroup.SkinDataName property (now it can be different)
• improved: transparent inplace editors in grids

Version  12.61

• added: improvements in TspSkinNumericEdit, TspSkinDBNumericEdit and TspSkinSpinEdit, TspSkinDBSpinEdit controls
• added: some optmizations in source code

Version  12.60

• added new TspSkinMessage.MessageDlg...  methods with default button value
• added special code for integraion with SmartEffects VCL (see new demos in SmartEffects VCL)
• improved some controls

Version  12.56 

• improved: shell controls and dialogs

Version  12.55 

• added: default font in components and skins is "Tahoma" now (old was "Arial")
• added: improvements in drawing of controls
• updated: all skins from all collections
• updated: SkinBuilder
• updated: all demos

Version  12.52

• added: Touch property to controls (for Rad Studio 2010-XE4)
• added: support for unicode hints (for use with Tnt unicode controls)

Version  12.35

• added: TspSkinRichEdit.Transparent, TspSkinRichEdit.WallPaper properties
• added: TspSkinPanel.EmptyDrawing propertry
• added: captions for items in the TspSkinToolBarEx control
• added: TspSkinToolBarEx.ShowCaptions property
• improved: TpsSkinCategoryButtons, TspSkinButtonGroup controls
• updated: help

Version  12.30 

• updated and improved: all edits, memos controls, grid's inplace editors (better drawing methods and behaviour on bitmap background)
• added: TspSkinMemo.Transparent property
• updated and improved: all grid controls in transparency mode and with wallpaper (better drawing methods and behaviour on bitmap background)
• improved: form drawing for non-standard applications (as iTunes, Winamp and more (TspDynamicSkinForm.SupportNCArea=False))
• updated: SkinBuilder
• updated: demos
• improved: skins

Version  12.20

• improved: behaviour of cursor when layered borders are resizing
• improved: refresh form when layered borders are resizing
• improved: chinese support for TbsSkinMonthCalendar control
• added: a lot of improvements and optimization to controls
• updated: SkinBuilder
• added: TspSkinMainMenuBar.ToolBarMode, TspSkinMainMenuBar.ToolBarModeItemTransprent  properties (now control can paint as toolbar)
• improved: drawing of controls with big fonts (you must change UseSkinSize, UseSkinFont and DefaultFont  properties of controls) 
• added: TspSkinMainMenuBar.UseSkinSize property
  (now control can have any size with any big font
  (set TspSkinMainMenuBar.UseSkinSize to False, set TspSkinMainMenuBar.UseSkinFont to Fase, set TspSkinMainMenuBar.DefaultFont, TspSkinMainMenuBar.DefaultHeight property))
• added: TspDynamicSkinForm.UseSkinSizeInMenu  (now menu items can have any size with any big font (set TspDynamicSkinForm.UseSkinSizeInMenu to False, set TspDynamicSkinForm.UseSkinFontInMenu to Fase, set TspDynamicSkinForm.DefaultMenuItemFont, set TspDynamicSkinForm.DefaultMenuItemHeight property))
• updated and improved: skin-core for menus 
• added: new cool HQ skins: Ubuntu, Ubuntu_Ext, Ubuntu_Aero
• updated: SkinBuilder

Version  12.10 

• added: TspSkinGridView control
• added: improvements to TspDynamicSkinForm component
• updated: help  
• added: Anchors properties for skin-areas (TspDynamicSkinForm.SupportNCArea = False) - now work with areas is simple and more intuitive
• updated: demos and skins with skin-areas (Areas, ITunes10)
• improved: adjustment of the form size when skin change (TspDynamicSkinForm..ClientWidth <> 0 and TspDynamicSkinForm..ClientHeight <> 0)
• added: a lot of optimizations in source code
• updated: SkinBuilder

Version  12.05

• added: TspDynamicSkinForm.Move and TspDynamicSkinForm.SetBounds method
  (these methods automatically set form position with layered border and without it)
• improved: TspSkinHorzListBox control
• improved: behaviour of MDI forms
• added: TspMDITabsBar.DblClickChildMove property (if True then if you dblclick on the tab then child move to (0, 0) position - easy way to work faster with multiple childs)
• added: support for TspSkinCalendar.TransparentMode = True
• improved: drawing of TspMDITabsBar
• improved: scroll of TspSkinScrollPanel, TspSkinToolBar  (when CanScroll = True)
• fixed: border of mdi child  blink  sometimes if it receive WM_NCACTIVATE message in Windows Vista and Windows 7
• updated: MDI demo

Version  12.0 (2 February, 2012)

• improved and updated: skin format of layered borders
• improved and updated: format of skin-objects
• improved: behaviour of layered borders (when border move and resize with form)
• improved: skin format for dialog window (added special close button for form's caption in skins)
• added: new drawing methods for skin-objects in layered borders
• added: expand images for TreeView in skins
• added: PopupMenu support for TspDynamicSkinForm.QuickButtons
• added: checkboxes for TspSkinOfficeListBox control
• added: BeginUpdateItems and EndUpdateItems methods for TspSkinOfficeListBox, TspSkinOfficeComboBox
• added: TspSkinListView.OnDrawSkinSubItem event (event for drawing subitems when TspSkinListView.DrawSkin=True)
• added: a lot of small improvements, drawing optimizations in many controls
• updated: all skins (last version of skins work correctly only with latest version of DynamicSkinForm)
• updated: demos
• updated: SkinBuilder
• updated: help