April 2, 2015:
New Release: Navigation-UI v7.0 (All Platforms)
We are pleased to announce the availability of Navigation-UI v7.0. This major update of WebMenu and PanelBar contains a number of significant, as well as minor, enhancements.
With WebMenu and PanelBar v7.0, developers can create versatile DHTML web navigation systems using our Studio application, component libraries, relational databases and a wide host of server-based architectural features found in ASP.NET, ASP, JSP, or with the simplicity and portability of client-side DHTML development. Each product option generates DHTML code tailored for each web browser, while maintaining a consistent experience for a wide variety of users.
New Navigation-UI Features:
Several improvements have been made to the WebMenu and PanelBar products:
Updated WebMenu and PanelBar code to be HTML5 compatible.
Combined all generated web browser code into two types:
(1) BasicHTML - Downlevel HTML code
(2) ModernDHTML - Modern web browser DHTML code
New ProgID for the ASP controls: "Coalesys.CSWebMenu.7" and "Coalesys.CSPanelBar.7". Components can be installed and run along side with prior major product versions.
Removed all instance-specific code from the main WebMenu and PanelBar JavaScript libraries, making them sharable among all control instances.
Added the new GenerateInstanceScript method to generate instance-specific code, which does not include the new WebMenu or PanelBar JavaScript libraries.
Replaced old table-based layout with a new div-based version.
Improved the web browser support for the WebMenu popup menu transition effects.
Added Show/HideTimer support for the built-in MenuBar object and cswmShow/Hide functionality.
Added the Settings parameter to the cswmMenuBarInit() method to allow the overriding of the default MenuBar configuration.
Added the ShiftWhenSelected property to the MenuBar object that allows you to control whether the button text shifts downward when they are selected.
Added the HtmlAboveItems and HtmlBelowItems properties to the Group object that allows you to inject custom HTML code into the popup menus.
Added popup icon to the vertical MenuBar buttons that have popup menus.
Added default image definitions to the style sheet for required control images.
Studio/Editor applications can load state files (*.wms and *.pbs) from previous versions and will upgrade them upon the first save. Please keep a separate copy of your old state files if you require working with them in previous versions.
Added indicator to the WebMenu and PanelBar Studio/Editor caption if the current user is a local administrator.
Incorporated the previously external docking system JavaScript library into the WebMenu code base.
Added new product samples and modernized the old samples.
Persisted the maximized state of the WebMenu and PanelBar Studio/Editor window between executions.
Deprecated the requirement to set a clear pixel image.
The entire line of WebMenu and PanelBar products are also available in one suite: Navigation-UI Enterprise Suite. A comprehensive solution that provides a similar set of tools regardless of the platform developers are required to work.
Discount upgrades for Navigation-UI, WebMenu, PanelBar v7.0 are available for all previous owners. Details are available by logging in to your Online User Account.