Version History

4.2:

  • User can now travel between fields in the control by pressing same key as is set as time separator in the control at any given time.

    4.1:

  • Changed entry point loading to support REALbasic 2010r5 and later.

    4.0:

  • Added Cocoa compile support (REALbasic 2010r3.1 or later needed for using Cocoa)

    3.8.2

  • Fixed Windows Focus issues.
  • Improved Windows key handling.

    3.8:

  • Made adjustments so that font sizes work correctly with REALbasic 2009r4.
  • MacFontSize, WinFontSize and LinuxFontSize properties now have the type Single instead of Integer.
  • Added a WinTextUnit property.
  • Added a LinuxTextUnit property.
  • Windows fonts can now be nailed down to normal size pixels.

    3.7:

  • Made fonts look correct on Windows Vista systems.
  • Using FontName = System and FontSize = 0 on Windows systems now calls for default system font for the given system.

    3.6:

  • Fixed a problem with PowerPC build on REALbasic 2008r5.
  • Plugin is now linked against and dependent on libstdc++6 instead of libstdc++5 on Linux systems.

    3.5:

  • Added support for MacOS X Universal Build.

    3.2:

  • Some tweaks were done to add support for REALbasic 2006.

    3.1.2:

  • Fixed a crash problem when a project using TimeControl was cross compiled using MacOS IDE to target Windows systems.

    3.1:

  • Added Linux compile support.
  • Added support for the REALbasic Linux IDE.
  • Added a LinuxTextFont property.
  • Added a LinuxTextSize property.
  • Added a LinuxFontBold property.
  • Unused KeyDown such as for example Enter and Escape events are now passed to the parent window.
  • Font properties are now more responsive when they are set in the IDE design mode.
  • Fixed a small Keystroke filtering bug.

    3.0:

  • The control no longer uses the old and very little supported Apple TimePicker which has caused a number of problems and limitations in the past.
  • Added a TimeFormat property which has a setting for Automatic and 24 hour mode.
  • The control now draws it self perfectly when in the REALbasic 2005 design mode. (This was not possible with the Apple control).
  • Fixed a problem on MacOS with the ShowSeconds property.
  • 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.
  • Added a MacMouseDown event.
  • Improved the documentation.

    2.0.2:

  • Fixed a problem in the new TimeValue property where Hour field was getting its value from WeekOfYear causing all sorts of problems.
  • 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 TimeValue as Date property.

    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.

    1.3.3:

  • Fixed a problem with time setters when compiling for Windows systems.

    1.3.2:

  • Did some more REALbasic 5.x adjustments

  • 1.3.1:

  • Fixed a problem that was born with the RB 5 fix, where all Win32 Apps compiled with RB 4.x would fail and all Win32 Apps compiled with RB 5 would fail on Win 98.

    1.3:

  • 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.

    1.2:

  • Added a TextFont property.
  • Added a TextSize property.
  • Added a FontBold property.
  • Added a GotFocus event.
  • Added a LostFocus event.
  • Fixed a design mode problem where the control would sometimes disappear if the window was closed and opened again.

    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.
  • The Win32 compile size is now 47% smaller than in version 1.0.
  • The plugin now also ships with HTML help in addition to the RB Plugin Plunger help.

    1.0:

  • This is the first version.