Version History

3.5.6:

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

    3.5.5:

  • Fixed composite window issues.

    3.5.4:

  • Improved support for DateFormats with two letter year.
  • Improved composite Window support.

    3.5:

  • Added support for MacOS X Universal Build.
  • Added support for 2 letter year formats.
  • Added support for day format with a leading zero.
  • Added support for month format with a leading zero.
  • Added support for date format that has both days and months with leading zeros.

    3.2.9:

  • Fixed focus issues on Windows systems.

    3.2.8:

  • Fixed a problem on Windows systems when running on REALbasic 2005 and 2006 where the arrow keys did not work as expected.

    3.2.6:

  • Made the Automatic date format more flexible so that it accounts for system settings where the year is the first part of the date.

    3.2.4:

  • Added a "SQL format" as a option for the DateFormat property.

    3.2.2:

  • Fixed a problem on Windows systems where reading the Checked property did not always return correct value.

    3.2:

  • Added support for NULL dates. (No selection)
  • Added a EmptyDates property.
  • Added a Checked property.
  • The DateValue property can now be set to nil if the control is configured to support empty dates.

    3.0.2:

  • Fixed a problem on MacOS and Linux systems where automatic dateformat was not working properly.
  • Did adjustment to support next upcoming version of REALbasic.

    3.0:

  • Added Linux compile support.
  • Added support for the REALbasic Linux IDE.
  • Added a LinuxTextFont property.
  • Added a LinuxTextSize property.
  • Added a LinuxFontBold property.
  • The control no longer uses the old and very little supported Apple DatePicker which has caused a number of problems and limitations in the past.
  • Added a DateFormat property which has a setting for Automatic, mm.dd.yyyy and dd.mm.yyyy modes.
  • The control now draws it self perfectly when in the REALbasic 2005 design mode. (This was not possible with the Apple control).
  • Dates on MacOS are no longer limited from the year 1904 to the year 2039.
  • Fixed a problem with focus on Floating Windows on MacOS systems.

  • 2.5.4:

  • Fixed a problem on MacOS X where actual value of the control did not get updated when holding down arrow keys.

    2.5:

  • Added REALbasic 2005 support.

    2.0.2:

  • The Mach-O targets were re-linked without flat namespace to enable multiple Mach-O plugins to run in the same project.
  • The plugin now comes with high quality HTML documentation instead of RB Plugin Plunger documentation.

    2.0:

  • Added support for REALbasic 5.5.
  • Added support for Composite Windows.
  • Added Mach-O compile support. (A REALbasic 5.5.2 and later feature)
  • Added a DateValue as Date property.
  • REALbasic versions older than 5.5 are not supported any more, use DateControl 1.5.2 to support older REALbasic versions.

    1.5.2:

  • Fixed the Controls events so they will also work on the REALbasic 5.5 alphas.
  • Put the Enabled property back in which apparently got lost in version 5.0.
  • Redid all the TabPanel focus logic once again because of reports that the 1.5 was still not solving the problem.

    1.5:

  • Adjusted the control to work on Panther.
  • Discovered a huge embedding flaw in REALbasic and did counter measures to avoid them, this will solve a lot of long-standing issues when a DateControl is placed on top of a TabPanel control.
  • The Control now also comes with a plugin for the REALbasic Windows IDE.

    1.4:

  • Made changes in the Win32 code to support the new Unicode based Window system in REALbasic 5.0 compiled Win32 apps.
  • Fixed a problem where the copy protection could cause unwanted nag on the new REALbasic 5.0.
  • Added better support for PagePanels and TabPanels on REALbasic 5.x.
  • Added a GotFocus event.
  • Added a LostFocus event.

    1.3:

  • Fixed a incorrect redraw issue when the Control lives on a TabPanel.
  • Added a MacMouseDown event.

    1.2:

  • Added a TextFont property.
  • Added a TextSize property.
  • Added a FontBold property.

    1.1:

  • Background Theme stripes are now aligned correctly when the control lives on a TabControl on MacOS X.
  • Background color is now correct when the control lives on a TabControl on MacOS Classic.

    1.0.4:

  • Usage of arrow keys within the control is now correctly supported on Win32.
  • The Win32 size of the plugin that goes into built application is now 17% smaller than it was in earlier versions.
  • The control now comes with both RB Plugin Plunger documentation and HTML documentation.

    1.0.2:

  • Fixed a problem with focus when tabbing onto the control.
  • Added support for shift-tab to do correct reverse focus.

    1.0:

  • This is the first version.