What's new in InstrumentLab VCL 8.0.0.0
Feb 25, 2021
- Added Visual Studio 2019 support
- Redesigned Visual C++ support
- Added Byte and Char visual live bindings
- Significantly improved loading execution, and editing speed
- Significantly improved JSON support
- Improved IGDIPlus rendering performance
- Modified to use interface class function methods instead of constructors
- Redesigned pin path collection to significantly improve the speed
- Redesigned to set pin and properties owner fields on creation
- Improved pin information caching
- CreateLock replaced by Create with Lock parameter
- Improved FMX Design Time support
- Improved FMX support
New in InstrumentLab VCL 7.8.2.288 (Aug 9, 2020)
- Added RAD Studio 10.3 Rio support
- Improved Dynamic Type Info implementation
- Improved property editors
New in InstrumentLab VCL 7.8.0.0 (Dec 22, 2016)
- Added RAD Studio 10.1 Berlin support
- Removed the old .NET 2.0 Assemblies
- Added Visual Live Binding property editors
- Added Reset to Default property editors
- Added Enum property editors
- Added Class events property editors
- Added Multi-Event property editors
- Added Make/Split Structure components
New in InstrumentLab VCL 6.0.0.0 (Jun 18, 2013)
- Added support for Delphi / C++ Builder / RAD Studio XE4
- The OpenWire Editor and Visual Live Binding are now included in the install
- Added TTLStopWatch component
- Added TTLCounter component
- Added TTLThreadEvent component
- Added TTLFrequencyMeter component
- Added TSLAverageValue component
- Improved Firemonkey support
- Significantly improved threading model and performance
- Significant code reduction due to upgrade to the latest language features such as generics, anonymous methods, and attributes
- New design time API and functionality
- Better integration with the OpenWire Editor including inplace editors in the OpenWire view
- Discontinued support for Delphi and C++ Builder versions older than XE2 due to the lack of support for the latest language features in them
- Improved .NET memory management
- Improved .NET design time integration
- Improved OpenWire Editor .NET integration
New in InstrumentLab VCL 5.0.3.1 (Jun 18, 2013)
- Fixed a bug when populating existing buffers in .NET generic filters
New in InstrumentLab VCL 5.0.3 (Oct 12, 2012)
- Added support for Delphi / C++ Builder / RAD Studio XE3
- Added support for Visual Studio 2012
- Improved Firemonkey support
New in InstrumentLab VCL 5.0.2 (Oct 12, 2012)
- Added FireMonkey support.
- Added 64 bit support for VCL, FireMonkey, and .NET
- All .NET assemblies are now managed assemblies.
- The .NET assemblies are reduced by half combining low level and high level assemblies, and simplifying deployment.
- All .NET assemblies now contain the necessary 32 and 64 bit BPLs and DLLs internally simplifying the deployment.
- The .NET Visual C++ redistributables are no longer needed.
- Added InstumentLab animations.
- Added InstumentLab Analog Instrument center position.
- Significantly improved InstrumentLab Analog Instruments rendering performance.
- Spectrum, MatrixDisplay, Thermometer, and all Segment displays now can be rotated.
New in InstrumentLab VCL 5.0.1 (Nov 8, 2011)
- The managed assemblies are now rewritten in C# for better .NET 4.0 compatibility.
- Added support for .NET 4.0 and .NET 3.5 “Client Profile”.
- Significantly improved .NET type converters.
- Significantly optimized component loading performance in .NET.
- Major improvements in the .NET property editors.
- Small improvements in the Unicode support for VC++.
- Improved VisualStudio 2010 .NET support.
- .NET assemblies have been renamed to better match the Microsoft guidelines.
- Added .NET 4.0 assemblies.
New in InstrumentLab VCL 5.0 (Nov 8, 2011)
- Added Delphi XE and XE2 support.
- Added control hands to the gauges.
- Added optional user input for the video layers.
- Significantly improved multithreading model adapted for multicore systems, with advanced relaxed interlocking, and with optional per-component, dedicated threads.
New in InstrumentLab VCL 4.5 (May 8, 2010)
- Added Visual Studio 2010 support.
- Added DVD component.
- Added TVLGaussianBlur component.
- Added TVLDSVideoFilter component.
- Added TMLDSGraphView component.
- Added TSLGenericRealMatrix component.
- Added SLGenericRealValue and TSLGenericRealValueGen components.
- Improved DirectShow support.
- Improved multithreading locks.
- Improved Scope component.
- Improved RAD Studio 2010 buffer debugger visualizes.
New in InstrumentLab VCL 4.3.1 (Jan 16, 2010)
- Updated install.
- Improved RAD Studio 2010 buffer debugger visualizes.
New in InstrumentLab VCL 4.3 (Oct 1, 2009)
- Added RAD Studio 2010 support.
- Added UserLab Label control.
- Added UserLab Image control.
- Added Linear Gauge control.
- Added Segment Text control.
- Added Spectrum control.
- Added Matrix control.
- Added shaped LED support.
- Added non proportional gauges and clocks mode.
- Added Diamond and Round Diamond border modes.
- Added support for composite components.
- Added a large number of component elements, video(draw) and matrix layers.
- Added support for Matrix rendering of the components.
- Added Visual C++ and .NET support.
New in InstrumentLab VCL 4.0.1.Beta2 (May 5, 2009)