WebMenu Studio Changelog

What's new in WebMenu Studio 7.0 - Build 120

Mar 15, 2020
  • Added an option to install a 64-bit version of WebMenu Studio that uses the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF), instead of the Microsoft WebBrowser Control (IE).

New in WebMenu Studio 7.0 - Build 117 (Jan 21, 2019)

  • Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

New in WebMenu Studio 7.0 - Build 106 (Apr 16, 2015)

  • Updated WebMenu code to be HTML5 compatible.
  • Combined all generated web browser code into two types:
  • BasicHTML - Downlevel HTML code
  • ModernDHTML - Modern web browser DHTML code
  • Removed all instance-specific code from the main WebMenu JavaScript library, making it sharable among all control instances.
  • 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.
  • WebMenu Studio 7.0 can load WebMenu State files (*.wms) from previous versions and will upgrade them upon save. Please keep a separate copy of your old state files if you require working with them in previous Studios.
  • Added indicator to the WebMenu Studio caption if the current user is a local administrator.
  • Incorporated the previously external docking system JavaScript library into the WebMenu code base.
  • Added about information to compiled WebMenu Studio code.
  • Added new product samples and modernized the old samples.
  • Persisted the maximized state of the WebMenu Studio window between executions.
  • Deprecated the requirement to set a clear pixel image.

New in WebMenu Studio 6.0 - Build 105 (Dec 17, 2014)

  • Added support for the drop shadow feature to the latest Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Opera web browsers.
  • Fixed error that occurred when using "position:fixed" style.

New in WebMenu Studio 6.0 - Build 102 (Dec 17, 2014)

  • Removed the need to set the DocType property.
  • Fixed a browser detection bug.

New in WebMenu Studio 6.0 - Build 101 (Dec 17, 2014)

  • Added support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.
  • Rendered WebMenu Studio preview pane and compiled Javascript files in UTF-8 format to preserve international characters.

New in WebMenu Studio 6.0 - Build 100 (Dec 7, 2012)

  • Added support for the latest web browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer 10.
  • WebMenu Studio 6.0 can load WebMenu State files (*.wms) from previous versions and will upgrade them upon save. Please keep a separate copy of your old state files if you require working with them in previous Studios.
  • Added new name property that allows you to specify the control
  • name using during automatic code generation.
  • Improved support for the markup validity of all rendered HTML content.
  • Added a new DIV tag around the generated HTML to reset table paddings and margins.
  • Deprecated support for the BehaviorFlags property.

New in WebMenu Studio 5.1 - Build 98 (Dec 7, 2012)

  • Fixed CSS issues with IE 9
  • Fixed menubar initialization problem in Firefox 7.0
  • Fixed popup menu positioning problem in Firefox 7.0
  • Deprecated support for all Netscape browsers.

New in WebMenu Studio 5.1 - Build 97 (Dec 7, 2012)

  • Detection for Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 BETA added for the purpose of compatibility testing.
  • Internet Explorer 5.x support has been downgraded and will render WebMenu's "downlevel" HTML.
  • Added support for making the built-in MenuBar look and act like a TabStrip, controlled through two new properties (also see the "TabStrip" sample installed with the product):
  • MenuBar.DisplayStyle
  • WebMenu.GroupSelected
  • Added support for displaying the popup menus in a horizontal fashion, controlled through the new property (also see the "HorizontalPopup" sample installed with the product):
  • WebMenu.PopupMode

New in WebMenu Studio 5.0 - Build 96 (Dec 7, 2012)

  • Improved browser compatibility when the DocType property is set to "XHTML10Transitional" under Internet Explorer 8.0.

New in WebMenu Studio 5.0 - Build 94 (Dec 7, 2012)

  • Detection for Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 BETA added for the purpose of compatibility testing.
  • Compressed function and variable names to reduce the overall footprint of the generated DHTML.
  • WebMenu Studio 5.0 can load WebMenu 4.0/2.x State files (.WMS) and will upgrade them upon save. Keep a separate copy of your original state files if you require working with them in a previous version.
  • Added support for making the built-in MenuBar look and act like a ToolBar, controlled via six new properties on the Group object (also see the "ToolBar" sample installed with the product):
  • IconWidth
  • IconHeight
  • IconPaddingRight
  • IconImage
  • IconToolTip
  • ClickOnMouseDown
  • Added the MouseCursor property, that allow you to specify the mouse cursor that is displayed when hovering over WebMenu.
  • Added the "new" markers to help identify the recently added properties.
  • Changed the default value for Family property for Font objects from "'MS Sans Serif', Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif" to "arial,helvetica,sans-serif".
  • Fixed an error in the Opera 7/8/9 output that sometimes caused the page containing WebMenu to be requested from the server multiple times for each visit.
  • Fixed rendering problems with the draggable menubar that could occur in IE7+ when using the XHTML doctype.
  • Fixed client-side javascript error that could sometimes occur using WebMenu's keyboard navigation.

New in WebMenu Studio 4.0.92 (May 30, 2007)

  • Added support for Microsoft Windows Vista.
  • Fixed an error in the Mozilla Firefox 1.x - 2.x output that caused the page containing WebMenu to be requested from the server multiple times for each visit.
  • Removed an extra quote from the generated HTML in IE.
  • Fixed problem with rendering Turkish characters.