Benny69
(MM club member)
2006-06-11 07:30 PM
KiXforms Designer .NET 2.0 (Beta)

KiXforms Designer .NET 2.0 (Beta) is now available.
Its purpose is to help teach and design forms using KiXforms.NET. As an Beta it is still under development.

KiXforms Designer .NET Build 2.0.17.0

KiXforms Designer .NET does not include KiXfoms.NET, it must be installed before installing KFD.

KiXforms.NET (Alpha) Development Build

Included in the KFD Setup.zip (found in the install directory "C:\Program Files\KiXforms Designer .NET\")
KFDHelp.chm

A shortcut to KiXforms Designer .NET is created under the StartMenu 'Programs > KiXforms Designer .NET'

For all the improvements over version 1, see the post below.

As always, if you have any comments, feature requests or you've found a bug, your input is most welcome.
You can submit your input here

-benny69


Benny69
(MM club member)
2006-06-11 07:30 PM
Re: KiXforms Designer .NET 2.0 (Beta)

ver 2.0.17.0
Total Rebuild
New Ability to drag controls in and out of containers (Form, GroupBox, Panel, TabPage)
New Select – Ability to drag multiple controls in and out of containers (Form, GroupBox, Panel, TabPage) located under the Pointer
New Code Page is now a single page showing the entire code at once
New The Objects TreeView is directly related to the sequence that the controls are created
New Ability to re-sequence the order controls are created within their container with the Objects TreeView Up/Down Arrow Buttons
New Menu Editor – Handles ‘MainMenu’ and ToolbarButton ‘DropDownMenu’ MenuItems
New All controls are real and functional controls including ‘MainMenu’
New Control docking is real time and reactive to docking changes and directly related to the sequence controls are created handled by the Objects TreeView
New Ability to alter control default properties (inside Configure KFD – Control Settings)
New The .Image and .BackGroundImage property is handled for all controls
New The .BackColor and .ForeColor property is handled for all controls
New Save Project and Save Project As…
New Generate Script and Generate Script As…
New Nudge – Ability to nudge a selected control Up/Down/Left/Right with Ctrl+Arrow (Some users can nudge with just the Arrow keys)
New File Type ‘.kfd’ is now registered and a project can be opened just by double clicking on the project file.
New Project file name is now in the Main Form Title
New If Project is modified the Project file name is followed by an asterisk
New Ability to Copy/Paste ‘Button’, ‘CheckBox’, ‘ComboBox’, ‘Label’, ‘ListBox’, ‘ListView’, ‘NumericUpDown’, ‘PictureBox’, ‘ProgressBar’, ‘RadioButton’, ‘RichTextBox’, ‘TextBox’ and ‘TreeView’ controls
New Ability to set the Default Form Size (inside Configure KFD – Form Settings)
Added The ‘NumericUpDown’ control