Release notes

Version 8.1 (2018/10/29)

• Thread safety
• Changed command hmCal_GET AREA LIST
• New command hmCal_Get Current Thread ID

Version 8.0 (2018/07/24)

• The command hmCal_Delete Column can now delete all columns
• New command hmCal_GET COLUMN LIST
• New command hmCal_SET LINEDASH to define segmented lines
• New command hmCal_SET LINE WIDTH to define the widths of lines
• New area properties to set the scroll increments
• New command hmCal_SET GROUP PROPERTY
• New command hmCal_Get Point Info JSON for getting detailed information about a point as an C_OBJECT
• Certification for 4D v16 and v17

Version 7.4

• The command hmCal_GET OLD TIMERANGE returns the user list instead of the user ID, now. Check your code!
• The parameter $9 (user-id) of the callback method is used for the events hmCal_NewAppointment, hmCal_DoubleClickArea, hmCal_ClickArea, hmCal_Drop, hmCal_NewRelation and hmCal_SortUser only. For the other events, use the command hmCal_SET APP USER LIST instead!
• The command hmCal_GET OBJECT RECT has new options and returns C_REAL coordinates now. Check your code!

Version 7.3 (2017/11/13)

• The command hmCal_SET WORKING HOURS EX execepts an array for the alpha channel
• New events: hmCal_OnColumnHeaderClick and hmCal_OnColumnHeaderDoubleClick
• New area property hmCal_prop_3LinesHeader to show an extra line in the user multi day view and project view
• New area property hmCal_prop_Barheight to set a custom appointment barheight
• New area property hmCal_prop_TimelineDescrOffsetV to shift the text in the timeline
• Appointments in the month view are sorted automatically by date/time now

Version 7.2 (2017/06/15)

• New appointment properties to set header and description text linespaces and margins: hmCal_Set App Property
• New area property to set a special "invert"-effect if selecting an appointment for the hmCal_Effect_LeftBar-effect
• New color values to set "invert"-colors and to set a text color for the time line
• Now you can set a stylesheet for the time line
• New command hmCal_Create Working Hours to create working hours
• The command hmCal_GET WORKING HOUR LIST has a new parameter to get working hours from users
• New command hmCal_DELETE WORKING HOURS

Version 7.1 (2017/04/18)

• The SVG picture export contains the id of the appointment
• Support of vertical alignment
• Timeindicator can be moved by drag & drop (new events)
• Support of time indicator labels: hmCal_SET TIMEINDICATOR TEXT
• Support of stylesheets of the mini calendar

Version 7.0 (2017/01/10)

• 64 Bit Version for Mac (4D and 4D Server)
• Certification for 4D v15.2 and v16
• Complete rewritten drawing engine under Windows: Moving from GDI+ to Direct2D and DirectWrite
• Removed command hmCal_Area To Picture File
• Removed EMF-File Support
• Adding parameters for the resolution to the command hmCal_Area To Picture
• Support of new picture types: WMP and DDS on Windows
• Handling paths on Mac requires the POSIX format. Please review the following commands:
• hmCal_Add Icon File
• hmCal_Area To Picture File
• New events: hmCal_OnTooltip, hmCal_OnScroll and hmCal_SortUser
• New command hmCal_GET USER LIST to get a list of all users
• New commands hmCal_SET COLOR NEW and hmCal_GET COLOR NEW to define the alpha channel for colors
• New command hmCal_SET TIMEOUT LIST to set breaks in the time line
• New commands hmCal_Add Group and hmCal_DELETE GROUP to group related appoinments together in a view
• Some events are not activated by default anymore. See chapter hmCal_SET EVENT STATE. We recommend to activate all events you need explicitly!
• It is now possible to sort the user rows in the user multi day view

Version 6.1 (2016/02/09)

• Certification for 4D v14, v15.1 and v15R-Versions
• New commands for customizing working hours: hmCal_SET WORKING HOURS PROP, hmCal_GET WORKING HOURS PROP and hmCal_GET WORKING HOUR LIST
• Setting a name for working hours
• Setting a text style and color for working hours

Version 6.0 (2015/07/22)

• 64 Bit Version for Mac (4D Server)
• New view: day user view
• New options for customize text styles with stylesheets in hmCal_Apply Stylesheet
• New command hmCal_Apply Stylesheet Ex
• Support of the Edit-Menu of 4D: new event for handling these standard events: hmCal_OnEditMenu
• Two new format options in hmCal_SET FORMAT for setting the format of the time line
• A lot of new properties to set in hmCal_SET AREA PROPERTY
• Hierarchically multi day view with support of relations
• New commands hmCal_Set User Property and hmCal_Get User Property to have direct access to a user's properties
• New property in hmCal_Set Column Property for setting the word wrap of a column
• New colors to set in hmCal_SET COLOR
• The command hmCal_Add Special Day returns a reference, now. This is used to set color properties.

Version 5.3 (2015/04/10)

• Support of Drop event in the mini calendar
• New property in hmCal_SET CALENDAR PROPERTY to set the auto update

Version 5.2 (2014/09/16)

• New command hmCal_mini_GET LAST DEST to get more information about where the user has clicked
• New event hmCal_WhileDragAppointment. Important: You have to activate the event manually with hmCal_SET EVENT STATE

Version 5.1 (2014/02/26)

• Support for icons in the month view
• New command hmCal_SET USER ICON
• Bugfixing

Version 5.0 (2013/10/17)

• Version 5.0 is only available for 4D v13.4 and above, certified for 4D v13 and 4D v14
• Native graphic support for 4D v14. Full support of 4D v14.
• Contains new internal graphical improvements and more speed
• New view: Year view
• New hmCal-area-properties: hmCal_prop_MultiAreaHeight and hmCal_prop_ColumnTextOffsetV
• New appointment properties: hmCal_aprop_Textalignment
• New commands for user time zone support: hmCal_SET USER TIMEZONE, hmCal_Get User Timezone and hmCal_Get User Timezone Off
• Native support of the vector format EMF on Windows
• The command hmCal_Area To Picture File is obsolete. Please use hmCal_Area To Picture instead.
• Bugfixing

Version 4.4 (2013/02/13)

• Fixes a memory leak in the drawing engine. The bug only appeared on Windows.
• Bugfixing

Version 4.3 (2013/02/04)

• New color property: hmCal_clr_Dayline
• New area property: hmCal_prop_AppRealloc
• Fixes a bug in hmCal_DELETE OFFSCREEN AREA, where the memory was not deallocated.
• A bug was fixed, where 4D becomes unstable (or crash) could happen on Windows OS, if you put thousands of appointments in an offscreen area.
• Bugfixing

Version 4.2 (2012/12/04)

New

• Support of strikethrough text
• New commands for setting/getting special text for each day in the month view: hmCal_SET SPECIAL DAY NAME, hmCal_Get Special Day Name
• New month view with week numbers
• Scrollable appointments in month view
• New appointment and area properties
• New color properties
• Bugfixing

Version 4.1 (2012/04/20)

New

• New commandhmCal_FILTER EVENT to filter following events
• Week numbers in the modern mini-calendar
• Bugfixing

Version 4.0 (2012/02/27)

New

• Version 4.0 is only available for 4D v12.3 and above, certified for 4D v12 and 4D v13
• Contains new internal graphical improvements and more speed
• Introducing the "resources view", which brings more overview about people and its appointments
• The command hmCal_Area To Picture was renamed to hmCal_Area To Picture File to be more clearly, please check your code
• New command hmCal_Area To Picture to get the hmCal area into a picture variable
• The command hmCal_Add Icon was renamed to hmCal_Add Icon File to be more clearly, please check your code
• New command hmCal_Add Icon to create an icon from a picture variable
• Multistyle in Appointment Header and Appointment Body: hmCal_Set App Property -> hmCal_aprop_TextheaderMS, hmCal_aprop_TextbodyMS
• New events hmCal_ClickMonthMore and hmCal_DoubleClickMonthMore to control the new "more"-icon of the month view
• New command hmCal_SET APP GRADIENT for setting a custom gradient for an appointment
• The mini calendar can be shown in different styles: classic and modern. See command hmCal_mini_SET STYLE
• New command hmCal_SET USER LINE HEIGHT for setting a custom user line height in the user multi day view
• Added support for Print Form to print a hmCal area on a 4D form
• hmCal is now available as 64 bit version (Windows)

Version 3.0 (2009/11/26)

New

• Full Unicode support: Version 3.0 is only available for 4D v11.5 and above.
• Horizontal scrolling with the mouse wheel in all lists
• Enhanced project view:
• Drag & drop zoom in the project view while click and pull in the header area
• Display of resources/users in the project view
• New property hmCal_prop_ShowResources in hmCal_SET AREA PROPERTY
• Sort in the project view
• New callback event hmCal_SortAppointment, which is called after the user sort an appointment
• Selection of more than one appointment
• Enhanced user multi day view
• All obsolete commands are deleted from hmCal, please check your code
• New properties in hmCal_Set App Property: hmCal_aprop_HasSubApps, hmCal_aprop_Icon2 and hmCal_aprop_Icon3.
• Introducing the theme System processes. Now, you can find out, if you application is the frontmost application or not.
• Introducing the theme Search: visualisation of searches
• New command hmCal_DELETE SPECIAL DAY.
• New commands to set and get more than one user to an appointment: hmCal_SET APP USER LIST and hmCal_GET APP USER LIST.
• New commands to get all valid hmCal areas: hmCal_GET AREA LIST, hmCal_Is Area Valid.

Version 2.3 (2009/07/29)

New

• New command hmCal_GET SELECTED OCCURRENCES.
• New commands hmCal_SET VISIBLE SECONDS and hmCal_Get Visible Seconds.

Modifications

• New properties in hmCal_Set App Property: hmCal_aprop_Independent and hmCal_aprop_DrawAsRect.
• The command hmCal_GET RECURRENCE INFO has a new parameter! VERY IMPORTANT: please check your code!.
• The commands hmCal_SET VISIBLE HOURS and hmCal_Get Visible Hours are now obsolete.
• Rendering optimizations under Mac 10.5.x
• Timezoneupdate

Version 2.2 (2009/01/20)

New

• New command hmCal_GET OBJECT RECT.
• New commands hmCal_SET FORMAT and hmCal_Get Format.
• New timezone commands: hmCal_Convert Timezone and hmCal_GET SYSTEM TIMEZONE
• Resizing of allday appointments in the month view

Modifications

• The command hmCal_GET RECURRENCE INFO calculates also recurrences of appointments which are not visible.
• The command hmCal_SET AREA PROPERTY has two new selectors: hmCal_prop_PrintingWidth and hmCal_prop_PrintingHeight to set the printing size.
• The command hmCal_Get Area Property has a new selector hmCal_prop_ProjectAreaHeight to get the needed height of the projectarea.
• The command hmCal_Set Column Property has a new selector hmCal_cprop_headeralignment to set the alignment of the columnheader.
• Better support of iCalendar export and import
• Bugfixing
• Timezoneupdate

Version 2.1.1 (2009/01/09)

New

• The command hmCal_Area To Picture now supports the pdf format on macintosh.

Version 2.1 (2008/12/05)

New

• Columns are now resizeable by the user
• New commands to get and set the properties of columns: hmCal_Set Column Property and hmCal_Get Column Property.
• The command hmCal_Set App Property has new properties.
• Columntexts can now wrap automatically
• The multi day area can be scrolled in the day and week views (See hmCal_Set App Property).
• New commands hmCal_Set Scroll Range and hmCal_GET SCROLL RANGE to set the scrollable area in the day and week views.
• In the project view: A planned appointment can now have a second bar (time range) to show the current progress.
• New commands hmCal_Set Column Cell Values and hmCal_Get Column Cell Values to set and get multiple values of a column.
• Now you can set colors to each cell. New commands hmCal_SET COLOR EX and hmCal_GET COLOR EX.
• The iCalendar export and import now supports the location (hmCal_Set App Property selector hmCal_aprop_Location).

Modifications

Version 2.0 (2008/10/15)

New

• Rewritten drawing engine. hmCal now supports Quartz 2D natively instead of Quickdraw.
• New project view (See hmCal_SET VIEW: hmCal_ProjectView)
• Support of relations
• New global error entrypoint in the callback method
• Support of multiple calendars. See chapter Calendar.
• Support of recurrence appointments
• Support of the iCalendar-Standard: See hmCal_Import Appointments und hmCal_Export Appointments.
• Manage easily icons
• New command to set all colors: hmCal_SET COLOR
• New command to set all properties of an appointment: hmCal_Set App Property.
• Multiple columns in the user multi day view and project view.

Modifications

• The command hmCal_Area To Picture was rewritten and supports multiple native picture formats: jpg, png, bmp, gif und tiff
• Several command are now obsolete. See chapter: Obsolete commands.

Version 1.9 (2008/02/19)

New

• New commands: hmCal_OPTIMIZED FORMATS, hmCal_Find Appointment By ID, hmCal_SET MONTH HEADER, hmCal_Scroll To Date, hmCal_SET WORKING HOURS EX
• New placeholders for date formats
• Overview about obsolete commands
• Bugfixes

Modifications

• The command hmCal_SET AREA PROPERTY has new properties to set the grid-lines
• Now you get an expanded version number from hmCal_Get Version

Version 1.8 (2007/12/06)

New

• Display of more than one day in the user day view. New command: hmCal_SET DAYS PER USER.
• The multi day view and user multi day view can be scroll horizontally
• New commands: hmCal_SET VISIBLE DAYS and hmCal_Get Visible Days
• New commands: hmCal_SET VISIBLE WEEKS and hmCal_Get Visible Weeks to display up to 28 weeks simultaneously in the month view.
• New commands: hmCal_SET VISIBLE WEEKDAYS and hmCal_Get Visible Weekdays to display only a few columns in the month view. For example monday to friday.
• New effect: Left bar. See chapter hmCal_SET APPOINTMENT EFFECT for details.

Modifications

• The commands hmCal_ENABLE DELETE KEY and hmCal_ALLOW DRAG NEW APPOINTMENT are obsolete. Please use the command hmCal_SET AREA PROPERTY.
• The command hmCal_SET AREA PROPERTY has new properties.

Version 1.7 (2007/10/23)

New

• New command hmCal_mini_SET TIP
• New command hmCal_Count Appointments
• New commands hmCal_Date2Seconds and hmCal_SECONDS2DATE
• New command hmCal_Scroll To User
• New commands: hmCal_SET DATE FORMAT and hmCal_SET TIME FORMAT, to define your own formats
• Enhanced drawing if appointments are overlapped by other appointments
• Pixel accurately scrolling in user multi day view
• New properties
• The command hmCal_SET AREA PROPERTY has new properties
• New command hmCal_GetStringWidth
• New events in the callback-method: hmCal_TryNewAppointment, hmCal_TryDragAppointment, hmCal_TryResizeAppointment
• New command to activate and deactivate events: hmCal_SET EVENT STATE, hmCal_Get Event State

Modifications

• The command hmCal_START ON MONDAY has only effect in the month view. The multi-daily view do not have no more with monday or sunday to begin, but can freely set by the command hmCal_SET START DATE.
• Parameters of the command hmCal_DRAG AND DROP PROPERTIES has been changed. Now the command returns a pointer to the source variable.
• The command hmCal_SET DATE FORMAT was renamed to hmCal_SET DATE 4D FORMAT
• The command hmCal_SET TIME FORMAT was renamed to hmCal_SET TIME 4D FORMAT

Version 1.6 (2007/06/15)

New

• Week-view becomes multi-daily view. Now up to 50 days can be indicated.
• New command: hmCal_SET DAY RANGE replaces the old command hmCal_SET DAYS PER WEEK
• Now it is possible to mark more than one day. New commands: hmCal_Add Special Day and hmCal_DELETE ALL SPECIAL DAYS replaces the commands hmCal_HIGHLIGHT DAY, hmCal_Get Highlighted Day, hmCal_SET HIGHLIGHT DAY COLOR and hmCal_GET HIGHLIGHT DAY COLOR.
• New area to show a mini-month-calendar beside the "Main-Calendar". Mini-Calendar; see chapter Mini-calendar-introduction.
• New fading effect for appointments

Modifications

• The command hmCal_DIM APPOINTMENT was renamed to hmCal_SET APPOINTMENT EFFECT.
• New properties in hmCal_SET AREA PROPERTY: hmCal_prop_NewLineHeight and hmCal_prop_DefaultEffect.

Version 1.5 (2007/06/04)

New

• Universal binary support (Intel Mac support)
• New command: hmCal_SET TIME 4D FORMAT
• Display time if the user drag an appointment in the user-week view

Modifications

• hmCal_SET APPOINTMENT FORECOLOR
• hmCal_SET APPOINTMENT BACKCOLOR
• hmCal_SET APPOINTMENT TEXTCOLOR
• hmCal_SET APPOINTMENT HEADERCOLOR

• hmCal_Add User

Version 1.4 (2007/04/02)

• No release notes

Version 1.3 (2007/03/09)

• No release notes

Version 1.2 (2007/02/07)

• No release notes

Version 1.1 (2007/01/26)

• No release notes

Version 1.0 (2007/01/18)

• No release notes