What's new in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 8.0.0.108

Feb 22, 2024
  • Improved C++ Builder support
  • Improved Design time Performance

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 8.0.0.101 (Dec 7, 2023)

  • Added Delphi 12 support
  • Redesigned installation not requiring Admin privilages when compiling the libraries
  • Improved Performance
  • Added Sets support
  • Improved Mitov TypeInfo
  • Improved Dynamic Type Info
  • Improved Mitov Design Time API
  • Redesigned Persistent Collection Editor
  • Modernized Dialogs
  • Improved Win64 support
  • Improved Container Classes
  • Added TDirecory helper
  • Large number of bug fixes
  • Improved Property and Component Editors
  • Added MouseHitPoint to Scope Channels, and Waterfall Highlighting

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 8.0.0.77 (May 1, 2022)

  • Improved Scope Threading support

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 8.0.0.74 (Apr 27, 2022)

  • Updated maintenance release for RAD Studio/Delphi 10.4 Sydney with minor improvements

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 8.0.0.73 (Apr 20, 2022)

  • Updated maintenance release for RAD Studio/Delphi 10.3 Rio with minor improvements

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 8.0.0.69 (Mar 29, 2022)

  • Added support of indexed list collection enumebarbles
  • Improved MAC64 support
  • Improved OpenWire Graphical Editor
  • Improved performance
  • Improved support for drag-able Scope and Waterfall markers
  • Added mouse events for Scope and Waterfall marker cross hairs

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 8.0.0.63 (Mar 10, 2022)

  • Updated maintenance release for RAD Studio/Delphi 10.4 Sydney.

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 8.0.0.59 (Mar 3, 2022)

  • Improved RAD Studio 11 compatibility
  • Improved RGBW and RGBWAlpha color support
  • Improved Execute Process implementation
  • Improved support for OpenWire State pins
  • Improved Structure components support
  • Significantly expanded MouseHitPoint settings for the Scope, and Waterfall
  • Added Clock Event elements in Make/Split Structure and Packet components

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 8.0.0.48 (Jan 29, 2022)

  • Added basic RGBW and RGBWAlpha support
  • Number os small design time bug fixes

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 8.0.0.43 (Dec 22, 2021)

  • Improved RAD Studio 11 compatibility
  • Improved Mitov.Runtime collections
  • Improved performance
  • Improved Dynamic Type Info support
  • Improved Visual Live Binding support
  • Improved elements editor

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 8.0.0.36 (Oct 12, 2021)

  • SignalLab 8.0.0.36 VCL and FireMonkey 32 & 64 bit support for 11.0 Alexandria

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 8.0.0.0 (Nov 27, 2020)

  • 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
  • Improved zoom selecting in the scope

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 7.8.3.72 (Sep 24, 2020)

  • Updated to RAD Studio 10.3 Rio Update 3
  • Added support for Boolean Buffers
  • Improved buffer visualizers
  • Added Audio and Video support to the Packet and Structure components
  • Added UnpackedOutputPin to the Split Structure and Unpacket components
  • Significantly Improved FMX support for the Scope and Waterfall components
  • Improved Unpacket implementation
  • Improved Visual Live Bindings
  • Significantly redesigned OpenWire Editor
  • Added initial Quaternion and 3D Point support
  • Added OSX64 support
  • Improved overall performance and stability
  • Added option to use Const anonymous methods for improved performance
  • Improved FMX compatibility and support
  • Simplified JSON API
  • Improved JSON implementation
  • Improved sockets implementation
  • Added Sockets Multicast support
  • Significantly improved Execute Process implementation
  • Added support TStrings reverse enumerators and Query interface trough class helper
  • Improved Dynamic Type Info implementation
  • Improved Property Collection and Component Collection editors
  • Improved Property editors

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 7.8.2.288 (Dec 23, 2018)

  • Added RAD Studio 10.3 Rio support
  • Improved Dynamic Type Info implementation
  • Improved property editors

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 7.8.0.0 (Dec 14, 2016)

  • Added RAD Studio 10.1 Berlin support
  • Removed the old .NET 2.0 Assemblies
  • Added initial MAC support
  • 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

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 7.7.0.0 (Dec 14, 2016)

  • Added 10 Seattle support
  • Added support for VS2015
  • Added TOWBoolToIntFormatConverter
  • Improved threading support
  • Improved OpenWire Editor
  • Clock pins changed to MiltiSink
  • Improved Design Time Editors
  • Improved JSON support
  • Improved collections
  • Added more Live Binding types
  • Added support for hosting OpenWire Studio projects
  • Added serialization support in the buffers

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 7.6.0.0 (Dec 14, 2016)

  • Added TTLGenericFilter
  • Added more visual live binding types
  • Significantly improved property Delphi editors
  • Added MeasurementLine custom label event

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 7.5.1.0 (Dec 14, 2016)

  • Improved .NET support
  • Enchanced OpenWire Editor
  • Added custom toolbar buttons, and images
  • Added more visual live bindings
  • Added custom Width for the display cursors

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 7.5.0.0 (Dec 14, 2016)

  • Added button events
  • Added selection mouse events
  • Added HoldWhileZooming
  • Added DisplayChannelLink custoom drawing
  • Includes the free Mitov.Runtime
  • Added XE7 support

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 7.0.0.0 (Dec 14, 2016)

  • XE5 and XE6 support
  • Significantly enhanced OpenWire Editor
  • Improved Property and component editors
  • Improved FireMonkey support
  • Performance improvements
  • Added TLPProcessingManager component
  • Added TTLSynchronize component
  • Added support for DB signal data binding
  • Added a number of new data bindings
  • Added support for VCL DB Components visual live binding

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 6.0 (Jun 13, 2013)

  • Added support for Delphi / C++ Builder / RAD Studio XE4
  • The OpenWire Editor and Visual Live Binding are now included in the install
  • Added all the TimingLab Basic 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 PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 5.0.3.1 (Jun 13, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug when populating existing buffers in .NET generic filters

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 5.0.3 (Oct 13, 2012)

  • Added cursor pins for the Waterfall component
  • Added floating markers for the Scope component
  • Added support for Delphi / C++ Builder / RAD Studio XE3
  • Added support for Visual Studio 2012
  • Improved Firemonkey support
  • Fixed memory leak for .NET generic filters

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 5.0.2 (Apr 19, 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 PlotLab Waterfall Cursors, CursorLinks and Labels.
  • Added PlotLab Waterfall Cursor Intersection pins.

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 5.0.1 (Oct 26, 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 PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 5.0 (Oct 26, 2011)

  • Added Delphi XE and XE2 support.
  • Added Scope and Waterfall marker crosshairs.
  • Brand new subsample Waterfall rendering mechanism.
  • 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 PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 4.5 (May 8, 2010)

  • Added Visual Studio 2010 support.
  • Added TSLGenericRealMatrix component.
  • Improved multithreading locks.
  • Improved Scope component.
  • Improved RAD Studio 2010 buffer debugger visualizes.

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 4.3.1 (Jan 16, 2010)

  • Updated install.
  • Improved RAD Studio 2010 buffer debugger visualizes.

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 4.3 (Oct 2, 2009)

  • Added RAD Studio 2010 support.
  • Added support for composite controls.
  • Added component elements support for the Scope and Waterfall components.
  • Added OnCursor events.
  • Added custom legend elements.
  • Improved precision for small values.
  • Improved .NET memory management.

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 4.0.1 (Apr 28, 2009)

  • Added multiple axes support for the Scope cursors.
  • Added support for short, unsigned short and unsigned integer data for the scope and waterfall components.
  • Improved marker support for the Scope.
  • Improved installs.

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 4.0 (Apr 28, 2009)

  • Full Visual Studio 2008 support.
  • Full RAD Studio 2009 support.
  • Added Prism support.
  • Improved .NET support.
  • The library is now fully Unicode compliant.
  • Added automatic format converters in OpenWire.
  • New higher performance multithreading locking for better multi core utilization.
  • Significantly enhanced buffer classes.
  • Added integrated GDI+ support.
  • The Scope component supports multiple X and Y Axes.
  • Added Scope and Waterfall toolbar customization.
  • The Scope now allows data gaps.
  • Added Scope Automatic data down sampling for faster drawing of huge amounts of data.
  • Added Scope X Axis logarithmic support.
  • Added Scope channel links (Allow channels to be paired together to form a zone)
  • Circular and arbitrary zones added to the Scope component.
  • Added Scope Step channel mode.
  • Added scope panning navigation mode.
  • Added Scope directional zooming.
  • Added Scope and Waterfall Axis and Level configuration buttons.
  • Added video layers support.
  • Added new examples

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 3.1 (Apr 28, 2009)

  • All libraries are available under .NET.
  • All design time features are now available in .NET
  • All .NET assemblies are signed.
  • The assemblies are registered in GAC.
  • All DLLs are made embedded resources in the assemblies.
  • Fixed some minor OpenWire problems.
  • Full RAD Studio 2007 support.
  • Fixed problems with Reversed and Vertical scope.
  • Fixed bug in the MultiWaterfall.
  • Added new custom step modes to the Scope and Waterfall.
  • Added data access methods to the Waterfall.
  • Added number of new design editors.
  • Enhanced help files.
  • Delphi 2005, BDS 2006, and RAD 2007 help files are now integrated.
  • Added new examples.

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 3.0 (Apr 28, 2009)

  • Added .NET 2.0 support.
  • Added new Multi Channel Waterfall component.
  • Updated to IPP 5.1.
  • Added custom axis labels.
  • Added channel value intersections support.
  • Added Axis zooming and toolbars.
  • Added X/Y plotting support to the Scope.
  • Added Scope channel highlighting.
  • Added Channel OnClick events.
  • Added Cursor events.
  • Added mouse value tip window.
  • Added OnZoom events.
  • Added Generic generator components.

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 2.2.1 (Apr 28, 2009)

  • Added a conflict with TChart.
  • Added initial support for vertical Scope.

New in PlotLab Firemonkey and VCL 2.2 (Apr 28, 2009)

  • Added BDS 2006 support.
  • Added Visual Studio 2005 support.
  • Added Scope measurements and selections.
  • Added basic mouse wheel support.
  • Enhanced markers and cursors.
  • Enhanced property pages.
  • Allows adding cursors from the property pages.
  • Allows reversed X axes for the Waterfall component.
  • The cursors and the markers now are available in the legend.
  • The Scope and the Waterfall can receive focus.
  • Added Scope cursors, and property pages.
  • Enhanced markers.
  • Added Waterfall markers
  • Added custom draw functionality in the Scope channels
  • Added Undo/Redo zoom functionality
  • Added channel editor for the Scope
  • Added Marker editor for the Waterfall.