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Version 3.6 - May 08, 2004
 
04/28/04 New event GetForeColor in FWCalendar and FWComboCalendar
03/17/04 Execution speed improved in FASTlib common code
02/22/04 Security improved in FASTlib common code
03/12/04 Fixed a bug in FWListViewExplorer
12/09/03 Fixed a security problem win FASTlib common code
10/01/03 Fixed a bug in FWCCScrollBar
09/30/03 Compatibility with Windows 2003, Windows XP SP1 and Windows 2000 SP4 improved
09/17/03 Fixed a memory leak in FASTlib common code
09/07/03 Run-time execution speed improved in FASTlib common code
07/07/03 Compatibility with non Visual Studio platforms improved
07/01/02 New features in FWCalendar
 
Version 3.2 SR2 - Apr 25, 2003
 
04/21/03 Fixed a security problem (buffer overflow) in FASTlib common code
03/30/03 Fixed a bug in FWPropertyBox
02/12/03 Fixed a memory leak in FASTlib common code
01/07/03 New method PerformClick in FWHyperLink
12/21/02 New method NavigateTo in FWTreeViewExplorer
10/25/02 Fixed a bug in FWCalendar
10/25/02 Support for string parametters in FWSolver
 
Version 3.2 SR1 - Oct 11, 2002
 
10/02/02 Fixed a bug in FWSolver
09/21/02 Fixed a critical bug in FWCommon (FASTlib common code)
09/13/02 Fixed a bug in FWComboColor/Locked
09/03/02 Fixed a bug in FWAdvancedList/SortRows
09/03/02 Fixed a bug in FWComboFileFolder
 
Version 3.2 - Sep 2, 2002
 
08/22/02 FASTlib code has been optimized and the size of the components has been drastically reduced.
07/22/02 Fixed a bug in FWListViewExplorer and FWTreeViewExplorer running in Windows XP
07/20/02 Fixed a bug in FWSysImageList
07/16/02 New property CellAlignImage in FWAdvancedCombo
07/13/02 Fixed a bug in FWMenu
07/09/02 New control FWAdvancedList
07/09/02 Presentation improvements in FWSimpleCombo and FWCodeCombo
07/06/02 New control FWAdvScroll
07/06/02 Fixed a bug in FWSplitter
06/08/02 Fixed a bug in Font property of FWAdvancedCombo, FWSimpleCombo and FWCodeCombo
06/08/02 New property Font in FWPropertyBox
06/01/02 Fixed a bug in FWServices
06/01/02 New event GetItemText in FWComboBoxExplorer, FWListViewExplorer and FWTreeViewExplorer
05/18/02 Fixed a bug in the Unicode support of FWActiveMenu and FWComboFont
05/11/02 Fixed a bug in FWActiveMenu
05/11/02 New control FWGraphMonitor
05/11/02 Complete .NET framework compatibility. Now, FASTlib is fully Visual Studio.NET compatible.
 
Version 3.0 - April 21, 2002
 
04/20/02 Fixed a bug in the Unicode support of FWMenu
04/20/02 Fixed a memory leak in FWNetwork
03/10/02 New control FWProperties
03/10/02 New control FWAdvancedCombo
03/10/02 Fixed a bug in the Unicode support of FWMenu
03/09/02 New control FWSimpleCombo
03/09/02 New control FWCodeCombo
03/09/02 New collection FLWDataControls
02/24/02 New event IsHoliday in FWCalendar and FWComboCalendar
02/24/02 New properties ForeColorHeader, BackColorHeader, InactiveDaysColor, SelectedBackColor and SelectedForeColor in FWCalendar and FWComboCalendar
02/20/02 New property SelectedEx in FWListViewExplorer
02/20/02 Fixed a bug in FWActiveMenu/ItemVisible
12/30/01 New control FWSplitter
12/30/01 Fixed a bug in FWCCPopupMenu/ItemEnabled
12/23/01 Fixed a crash bug in FWActiveMenu/Font property
11/25/01 Fixed a bug in FWCheck/Locked property
 
Version 2.5 - December 3, 2001
 
11/25/01 Fixed a bug in FWComboBoxExplorer, FWListViewExplorer and FWTreeViewExplorer (Common Controls v6)
11/25/01 Fixed a bug in FWWizard (Windows XP)
11/18/01 New control FWSelectHLS
11/17/01 New control FWCCProgressBar
11/17/01 New control FWCCScrollBar
11/16/01 New control FWCCPopupMenu
11/16/01 New control FWCCHeader
11/16/01 New control FWActiveContainer
11/11/01 Fixed a bug in FWActiveMenu
11/11/01 Fixed a bug in FWComboFileFolder
11/09/01 New events Stopped and Resumed in FWTextBoard
11/02/01 Compatibility with Windows XP improved
11/02/01 Fixed a bug in the registration process (Far East editions of Windows only)
11/02/01 Support for Windows XP in FWSysInfo (WinPlatform and WinPlatformName)
11/02/01 Fixed a bug in IFWVideoMode (Test and Change methods)
11/02/01 Fixed a crash in FWActiveMenu
 
Version 2.3 - September 28, 2001
 
09/09/01 Fixed a bug in the property page of FWMenu
09/02/01 Fixed some compatibility problems with Microsoft FoxPro in FWMenu
09/02/01 New property AutoSize in FWHyperLink
08/05/01 Fixed a bug in FWComboCalendar (Far East editions of Windows only)
07/25/01 New properties ForeColor and BackColor in FWAutoComplete
07/25/01 New property Alignment in FWHyperLink
07/21/01 Improvements in demo programs
07/22/01 Fixed a memory leak in FWMenu
07/21/01 Fixed a memory leak in FWActiveMenu
07/21/01 Fixed a problem in FWActiveMenu setting Visible to False
06/14/01 Fixed some presentation problems in FWMenu
 
Version 2.2 - July 8, 2001
 
07/07/01 Fixed all known problems
07/07/01 New method SearchByKey in FWCollections to search elements
06/30/01 Installation process improved
06/30/01 New control FWTextBoard
06/09/01 New control FWFrame
 
Version 2.1 - May 12, 2001
 
05/05/01 Huge size optimizations in OCX and DLL. The size has been reduced by 60% or more.
04/28/01 Memory optimizations to the library common code
04/28/01 New property DisabledPicture in FWCoolButton
04/28/01 Fixed a bug in GetUniqueNumber
04/14/01 New properties Title, ToolTipType and Font in FWToolTipText
04/14/01 New property ShowLines in FWGraphBar and FWGraphPie
 
Version 2.0 - April 1, 2001
 
03/24/01 New properties Picture and Image in FWGraphBar, FWGraphPie and FWCurves2D
03/18/01 New style in FWCoolButton
03/18/01 New property Redraw and method ItemAdd in FWActiveMenu
03/11/01 New property Horizontal in FWNumericTextBox
03/11/01 New library FWSystem2 with the new control FWActiveXControls
03/11/01 New library FWCtrls3 with new controls as FWAnimation and FWHotKey
03/11/01 New property Appearance in FWMenu
03/11/01 Method Create in FWGraphBar improved to support multiple calls and dynamically resize the number of columns
02/24/01 New method Backup in FWNTLog
02/24/01 Fixed a bug in FWCoolButton
02/24/01 Fixed a bug in FWRegistry/EnumSections and FWRegistry/EnumValues
02/17/01 New properties ForeColor and BackColor in FWCurves2D
02/17/01 New properties MousePointer and MouseIcon in FWAutoComplete, FWButton, FWCheck, FWClock, FWColor, FWComboColor, FWCoolButton, FWDial, FWHyperLink, FWLabel, FWLabel3D, FWLed, FWNumericTextBox, FWOdometter, FWProgressBar, FWRealButton, FWScrollText, FWStarField, FWTermometter, FWTrafficLight, FWActiveMenu, FWCalendar, FWComboCalendar, FWComboFileFolder, FWComboFont, FWIPText, FWMenu, FWWinControl, FWAnimateGIF, FWMine, FWPuzzle, FWBiorithm, FWRoller, FWCurves2D, FWGraphBar, FWGraphPie and FWMandelbrot
02/10/01 New library FLWExplorer with new controls as FWComboBoxExplorer, FWTreeViewExplorer, FWListViewExplorer and FWShellSpace
02/04/01 New method BrowseForFolderEx in FWFileOperations
02/04/01 New property ExposedCounters in FWNTPerfmon with information about all the exposed counters on a Windows NT or Windows 2000 system
01/28/01 New properties and methods Title, CursorSize, CursorVisible and FlushInput in FWConsole
01/28/01 New properties UserID and SID in FWNTLog
01/21/01 New properties BackColor, ForeColor and ForeColorSelected in FWActiveMenu
01/21/01 New library FLWOffice with new controls as FWOfficeComboFont, FWOfficeComboTable and FWOfficeCharMap
01/21/01 Support for For...Each in FWDisks
01/21/01 New properties SelLength, SelStart and SelText in FWNumericTextBox
01/21/01 Documentation improvements
01/14/01 New control FWColor
01/14/01 New properties and methods BalloonText, BalloonTitle, BalloonIcon and ShowBalloon in FWSysTray
01/14/01 New properties ItemSeparator, ItemComment, ItemCommentForeColor, ItemCommentFirstColor and ItemCommentSecondColor in FWMenu
12/30/00 New styles flwButtonSearch, flwButtonExit, flwButtonPrevious, flwButtonNext, flwButtonFirst,  flwButtonLast and flwButtonPrint in FWButton
12/30/00 New events WindowOpened and WindowClosed in FWFComboFileFolder
12/30/00 Presentation improvements in FWIPText, FWMenu, FWActiveMenu, FWRealButton and FWComboColor
12/23/00 New support for Windows NT in FWProcesses with more information about memory statistics for each process
12/23/00 New properties MenuToolTipText and ItemToolTipText in FWActiveMenu
12/23/00 New library FLWNotes with new controls as FWNotesText, FWNotesMultiText, FWNotesRadio, FWNotesCheck, FWNotesTime, FWNotesTimeInterval and FWNotesTree
12/23/00 FAST.lib 2000 for Windows has been renamed as FASTlib
 
Version 1.5a - December 16, 2000
 
12/10/00 Fixed the installation problems
12/10/00 Fixed a memory leak in FWActiveMenu
12/10/00 Fixed a problem in FWTermometter when Max is not 100
12/10/00 Fixed the compatibility problems with Visual Basic 5 and FLWSystem. To do this Left, Top, Right and Bottom in FWTaskBar has been renamed as BarLeft, BarTop, BarRight and BarBottom. This change requires a modification in the client programs.
12/10/00 Fixed a bug in FWToolTip/Ballon property
 
Version 1.5 - December 8, 2000
 
12/03/00 Fixed some bugs in FWMenu
12/03/00 New property AutoRedraw in FWRealButton
11/12/00 Fixed a bug saving FWScrollText/Interval in design time
11/12/00 New events Mouse*, Click and DblClick in FWStarField
11/11/00 New installation process
11/11/00 Documentation in HTML format (>20 MB with syntax, examples, tips...)
11/05/00 New property BackColor in FWRoller
11/05/00 Fixed a bug in FWJoystick running on Windows 2000
11/05/00 Fixed a bug in FWRecycleBin running on Windows 2000
11/05/00 Fixed a bug in FWMonitors
10/28/00 New properties ItemVisible and MenuVisible in FWActiveMenu
10/28/00 New method Rotate in FWRotate. Vertical, Horizontal and Custom became obsoletes and have been superseded by the Rotate method
10/28/00 New properties Deep and Style in FWLabel3D
10/21/00 New control FWTerminalServices
10/14/00 New method CollectData in FWNTPerfmon
10/14/00 Fixed a bug in FWNTPerfmon/Path
09/10/00 Problems registering FLWSystem component in Visual Basic 5
09/03/00 New control FWAnimateGIF
08/27/00 Fixed a problem in FWOdometter when Max is not 100

08/26/00

New styles flwCheckModernX* in FWCheck

08/26/00

New controls FWMines and FWPuzzle
08/20/00 New styles flwButtonNew, flwButtonDelete, flwButtonSave, flwButtonOpen in FWButton
08/20/00 Height property can be changed in FWButton
08/20/00 New property Font in FWActiveMenu
 
Version 1.4.1
 
07/22/00 Fixed a bug in FWLabel (not redraw correctly) when FillType changes
07/22/00 New property BackColor in FWGraphPie
07/22/00 New property BoxColor in FWGraphBar
07/22/00 New property DrawOnLoad in FWMandelbrot
07/22/00 Fixed a bug in FWButton and FWCheck. Click event raised twice.
07/22/00 New methods Root & Power in FLWData/FWNumeric
 
Version 1.4
 
07/16/00 Fixed a bug in FWNumericTextBox. Font not saved
07/16/00 New property ToolTipText in FWCoolButton
07/16/00 Support for non Visual Basic containers as Internet Explorer, VC++, Delphi...
07/15/00 Fixed a bug in FWToolTip when Enabled is False
07/15/00 New property hWnd in FWAutoComplete, FWButton, FWCheck, FWClock, FWComboColor, FWCoolButton, FWDial, FWHyperLink, FWLabel, FWLabel3D, FWLed, FWNumericTextBox, FWOdometter, FWProgressBar, FWRealButton, FWScrollText, FWStarField, FWTermometter, FWTrafficLight, FWWizard, FWActiveMenu, FWCalendar, FWComboCalendar, FWComboFileFolder, FWComboFont, FWIPText, FWMenu & FWWinControl
07/09/00 New control FWBiorithm
07/09/00 Added support for user defined colors in FWComboColor
07/09/00 Presentation improvements in FWComboCalendar when Enabled is false
07/08/00 New control FWNTPerfmon to give access to the NT/2000 performance manager
07/08/00 Fixed a bug in FWSysInfo in Windows 98 Second Edition
07/08/00 Added support for W2000 in FWSysInfo/WinPlatform and FWSysInfo/WinPlatformName
07/08/00 New control FWComboFileFolder
06/18/00 New property Ballon in FWToolTip
06/18/00 New method GetText in FWConsole
06/18/00 Fixed a bug in the methods FWSysInfo/Free*Resources in Windows 2000
06/05/00 New control FWComboFont
06/01/00 New control FWLabel3D
05/26/00 Presentation improvements in FWProgressBar when Enabled is false
05/25/00 New property ShowSpin in FWComboColor
05/25/00 New class IFWTimer. A real Timer class with no interface
05/24/00 FWLabel improved. New options are text with fade, text with picture, background picture and BorderStyle
 
Version 1.3.2
 
05/23/00 Presentation improved in FWProgressBar
05/23/00 New control FWCoolButton
05/23/00 Fixed a bug in FWProgressBar
05/17/00 Free and Size replaced with DiskFree and DiskSize in FWDisk. New property DiskUsed
05/16/00 New method Resolve in FWIPText to resolve an IP address
05/16/00 Presentation improved in FWComboColor, FWClock & FWTermometter
05/16/00 New page property and new properties UseSystemInfo, DayName & MonthName in FWCalendar & FWComboCalendar
05/16/00 New property ItemAlignment in FWMenu
 
Version 1.3.1
 
05/15/00 Change event not raised in FWComboColor
05/15/00 New event FlyOver in FWComboColor
05/15/00 Fixed a bug in FWGraphPie when Value is 0
05/15/00 New properties hWnd, hDC & Picture in FWGraphBar, FWGraphPie, FWCurves2D & FWMandelbrot
05/13/00 Fixed a bug in FWComboColor. Not updated with Enabled changes True/False
05/13/00 Fixed a presentation bug in FWProgressBar when Max property is not 100
 
Version 1.3
 
05/10/00 New control FWMenu
05/10/00 Fixed a bug in FWNumericTextBox. Not updated when Enabled changes True/False.
05/10/00 Fixed a bug in FWNumericTextBox. Changed event not raised when spin buttons are clicked
05/10/00 Fixed a bug in FWLabel. Enabled property not saved
04/28/00 New control FWWinControl
04/25/00 New method Clear & Refresh in FWGraphBar & FWGraphPie
04/25/00 Fixed a bug in FWGraphPie when the graph is empty
04/25/00 Fixed a bug in FWGraphBar drawing the minimum value
04/21/00 New methods ServicePause & ServiceContinue in FWServices/IFWService
04/21/00 New method PDCName in FWNetwork
04/17/00 New method Kill in FWProcess/IFWProcesses
04/16/00 New control FWCalendar
04/16/00 New control FWComboCalendar
04/11/00 New control FWIPText
04/11/00 Bug fixed in FWAutoComplete
04/10/00 New control FWActiveMenu
04/06/00 FWComboColor improved
04/06/00 FWMandelbrot improved
04/06/00 New method ServicePack in FWSysInfo
04/06/00 FWServices improved. New methods StartService and StopService
 
Version 1.1
 
04/06/00 Image in FWRLE, FWMonitors & FWStack controls in design time
04/06/00 ForeColor in FWLabel not saved
04/06/00 FWRealButton raise Click event twice