ComponentSource Topic | MindFusion FlowChart.NET Professional

FlowChart.NET adds FractalLayout algorithm

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:14:26 GMT

Sample ERM Diagram and flowchart with child-parent hierarchy.

Version 5.7 also improves node alignment, button, slider and spinner components.

FlowChart.NET helps you create and present work flow and process diagrams; database entity-relationship diagrams; organizational charts; object hierarchy and relationship charts, graphs, and trees. Its' basic types of objects - boxes, tables, and arrows - can be grouped and attached one to another and combined in complex structures. FlowChart.NET provides more than 50 predefined box shapes, as well as custom-designed and custom-painted boxes. The following editions are available:

Updates in V5.7

Interactive node alignment via alignment guides
FractalLayout tree layout algorithm
Specify start and end nodes for LayeredLayout
ButtonComponent supports repeat mode
Slider and spinner components for CompositeNodes
DiagramView can use third-party scrollbars

About MindFusion Group

MindFusion Group products and services are based on the advanced technologies of industry leaders like Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Macromedia as well as on open-source products. The professionals working with the MindFusion Group specialize in different areas of application and web development, database design and management, systems and network integration. They utilize the available technologies to maximum extent to create manageable, cost-efficient and flexible software solutions.

MindFusion FlowChart.NET V5.6.4 released

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:04:35 GMT

Sample ERM Diagram and flowchart with child-parent hierarchy.

Adds the ability to snap links to nodes from a distance, plus improvements to the DiagramView3D class.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V5.6.4

Snap links to nodes from a distance
Serialization of CompositeNode components
DiagramView3D improvements
WmfExporter now exports the swimlane grid
GetNearestNode method added

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FlowChart.NET adds new multi-level graph algorithm

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:24:00 GMT

Flowcharts created with FlowChart.NET.

Version 5.6.3 also improves FlowchartLayout branch alignment and OrthogonalLayout linking.

FlowChart.NET helps you create and present work flow and process diagrams; database entity-relationship diagrams; organizational charts; object hierarchy and relationship charts, graphs, and trees. Its' basic types of objects - boxes, tables, and arrows - can be grouped and attached one to another and combined in complex structures. FlowChart.NET Professional provides more than 50 predefined box shapes, as well as custom-designed and custom-painted boxes. FlowChart.NET is available in the following editions:

Updates in V5.6.3

CompositeLayout multi-level graph layout algorithm
Improved alignment in FlowchartLayout branches
OrthogonalLayout improved to create less link bends
DisableMirroring constraint prevents users from flipping a node
Scripting and CompositeLayout sample projects added

About MindFusion Group

MindFusion Group products and services are based on the advanced technologies of industry leaders like Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Macromedia as well as on open-source products. The professionals working with the MindFusion Group specialise in different areas of application and web development, database design and management, systems and network integration. They utilize the available technologies to maximum extent to create manageable, cost-efficient and flexible software solutions.

MindFusion FlowChart.NET V5.6.2 released

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:43:00 GMT

Sample ERM Diagram and flowchart with child-parent hierarchy.

You can now define node shapes using Visio-like shape formulas and through GraphicsPath objects.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V5.6.2

Define node shapes using Visio-like shape formulas
Define node shapes through GraphicsPath objects
Improved support for nodes with non-uniform size in SpringLayout
Improved symmetry in SpringLayout
SpringLayout.Randomize randomizes initial node positions

About MindFusion Group

MindFusion Group products and services are based on the advanced technologies of industry leaders like Microsoft and Sun Microsystems as well as on open-source products. The professionals working with the MindFusion Group specialize in different areas of application and web development, database design and management, systems and network integration. They utilize the available technologies to maximum extent to create manageable, cost-efficient and flexible software solutions.

FlowChart.NET improves SVG parsing speed

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:18:00 GMT

Sample ERM Diagram and flowchart with child-parent hierarchy.

Version 5.6.1 also adds swimlane grid export to Visio and improved support for importing Visio groups.

MindFusion FlowChart.NET helps you create and present work flow and process diagrams; database entity-relationship diagrams; organizational charts; object hierarchy and relationship charts, graphs, and trees. Its' basic types of objects - boxes, tables, and arrows - can be grouped and attached one to another and combined in complex structures. MindFusion FlowChart.NET Professional provides more than 50 predefined box shapes, as well as custom-designed and custom-painted boxes. FlowChart.NET Professional Source Code available. Buy MindFusion FlowChart.NET Professional and obtain 12 months of free upgrades. MindFusion FlowChart.NET Professional renewals will extend your FlowChart.NET Professional subscription for another year. FlowChart.NET Professional Enterprise and FlowChart.NET Professional Site Licenses also available.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V5.6.1

Export/Import improvements

The swimlane grid can be exported to Visio by setting the ExportLanes property of VisioExporter.
PdfExporter supports radial gradients.
VisioImporter can import attributes from shape masters.
Improved support for importing Visio groups.
Parsing SVG content became slow after the additions in V5.6. Now parsing speed has been improved.

CompositeNode improvements

The FocusedComponent property specifies which component has the keyboard focus.
Components now raise MouseMove, GotFocus and LostFocus events.
Convert point coordinates between the diagram and component coordinate systems by calling ToDocument or ToLocal methods.
The Draw method of components now receives a RenderOptions parameter.
An advanced CompositeNode -derived sample class in included in the Demo project.

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FlowChart.NET supports SVG text elements

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:12:00 GMT

Sample ERM Diagram and flowchart with child-parent hierarchy.

Version 5.6 allows you to compose nodes from various kinds of components.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V5.6

Now you can compose nodes from various kinds of components
Standard border, text, image and shape components added
Standard button, checkbox and edit components added
Simple, stack and grid panels for component layout added
SvgNodes now support SVG text and marker elements
NodePointed or LinkPointed events added

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FlowChart.NET adds WMF export

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:25:00 GMT

Sample ERM Diagram and flowchart with child-parent hierarchy.

Version 5.4 also adds Swimlane layout plus file export and text formatting improvements.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V5.4

Swimlane Layout
Swimlane Layout can be used to arrange process diagrams in which nodes representing activities are placed in swimlanes representing resources. The index of the resource allocated to an activity should be assigned to the corresponding node's LayoutTraits [SwimlaneLayoutTraits.Lane]. By default, the algorithm works with the diagram's LaneGrid, but its SwimlaneGrid property can be set to any class that implements ISwimlaneGrid. This allows applying the layout to a custom-drawn grid rendered through the DrawBackground event, or one composed of locked background nodes.
Export diagrams to WMF format
WmfExporter creates WMF (Windows MetaFile) images from the content of Diagram objects. In order to use this component, add a reference to the MindFusion.Diagramming.Export.Wmf.dll assembly to your project. To create a WMF file from a diagram, create a WmfExporter instance and call its Export method, passing a Diagram object as parameter.

Other export improvements

SvgExporter supports dashed pens.
Support for shapes with alternating fill style added to PDF and SVG exporters.
Improved quality of curved shapes in SVG.
PdfExporter supports bitmaps with Format32bppPArgb pixel format.

Text formatting improvements

TextPadding specifies the size of the padding area between the text of nodes and their borders.
Speed of the styled text formatting algorithm has been improved.

Miscellaneous

Items can be drawn with the right mouse button when RightButtonActions is set to Draw.
ControlNodes now check the SelectionOnTop property before bringing hosted controls to front.
Fixed a ShowArrowHeads bug in DiagramView3D.
The order of child nodes in TreeLayout can be reversed by setting Balance to Reversed.
LinkType adds support for Bezier links to SpringLayout.
SerializationBinder allows loading diagram files that contain serialized instances of renamed types.

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MindFusion FlowChart.NET supports .NET 4

Thu, 20 May 2010 17:52:00 GMT

Sample ERM Diagram and flowchart with child-parent hierarchy.

Version 5.3.5 also includes sample projects for Visual Studio 2010.

MindFusion FlowChart.NET Professional helps you create and present work flow and process diagrams; database entity-relationship diagrams; organizational charts; object hierarchy and relationship charts, graphs, and trees. Its' basic types of objects - boxes, tables, and arrows - can be grouped and attached one to another and combined in complex structures. MindFusion FlowChart.NET Professional provides more than 50 predefined box shapes, as well as custom-designed and custom-painted boxes. FlowChart.NET Professional Source Code available.

Updates in V5.3.5

Support for .NET 4
The package now includes a .NET 4 version of the MindFusion.Diagramming assemblies, available in the VS2010 subfolder of the installation folder. These assemblies can also be used in applications that target the .NET 4 Client Profile. The VS2010 folder also includes sample projects for Visual Studio 2010. Versions 2 and 3 of the .NET runtime are still supported.
The Toolbox Installer tool can be used to automatically add the MindFusion.Diagramming components to a tab of the Visual Studio toolbox.
The Id property added to DiagramItem allows assigning custom identifiers to items. It can also be used to just store additional custom data similarly to Tag.
Call FindLinkById and FindNodeById to find items by their Id.
Shadows can be painted using any brush type and not only in solid color.
The ShadowColor property has been replaced by ShadowBrush.
The FoldedContainerSize property allows setting the size of folded containers to be larger than their caption bar.
ShapeNodes whose Brush is set to a PathGradientBrush instance now use a gradient path corresponding to their Shape instead of a rectangle.

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MindFusion Pack for Windows Forms

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:30:00 GMT

MindFusion.Reporting, Planner.NET and FlowChart.NET windows.

2010.1 release features SvgNode improvements, adjustment handles styling and chart themes.

MindFusion Pack for Windows Forms offers four professional programming components that cover most of the features required in a typical Windows Forms business application. The components are compatible with VS2005 and VS2008 and include 12 months Subscription. Source Code is available. MindFusion Pack for Windows Forms includes the following components:

FlowChart.NET - Create and present workflow, process diagrams, database entity-relationship diagrams, organizational charts; object hierarchy and relationship charts,etc.
MasterChart - With graph, line, area, bar, pie and doughnut components
Mindfusion Planner.NET - A calendar and scheduling component.
Mindfusion Reporting for .NET - Design, display and print various types of reports.

Updates in 2010.1

SvgNode improvements
Adjustment handles styling
Chart themes

About MindFusion Group

MindFusion Group products and services are based on the advanced technologies of industry leaders like Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Macromedia as well as on open-source products. The professionals working with the MindFusion Group specialise in different areas of application and web development, database design and management, systems and network integration. They utilize the available technologies to maximum extent to create manageable, cost-efficient and flexible software solutions.

MindFusion updates FlowChart.NET

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:33:00 GMT

Sample ERM Diagram and flowchart with child-parent hierarchy.

Latest update adds support for files with embedded CSS styles, plus improved SVG gradients.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V5.3.3

The static FromSvg method of the Shape class creates a shape corresponding to the outline of an SVG drawing
The ContentAlign property of SvgNode specifies how a drawing is aligned relatively to the node
Improved support for gradients in SVG
SvgContent can parse files with embedded CSS styles
Adjustment handles styling
LinkCreateCancelled and NodeCreateCancelled events raised when the user cancels item creation
The Parent property of TreeViewItem returns the parent item
The Table property of the Row class returns the TableNode that contains the specified row
TriggerRerouting can be set to WhileModifying to re-route links while their incident nodes are moved or resized
MiddleSegment and MiddleSegmentRotated styles added to the LinkTextStyle enumeration
Granularity property added to QuickRouter
Improved LayeredLayout speed in EnforceLinkFlow mode
Behavior classes have more control over interaction through the OnMouseDown, OnMouseMove and OnMouseUp methods

About MindFusion Group

MindFusion Group products and services are based on the advanced technologies of industry leaders like Microsoft and Sun Microsystems as well as on open-source products. The professionals working with the MindFusion Group specialise in different areas of application and web development, database design and management, systems and network integration. They utilize the available technologies to maximum extent to create manageable, cost-efficient and flexible software solutions.