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60000710 Xrefs with relative path do not open

Category: HowTo

Xrefs with relative path do not open when using the Open, while the open fine when using the OpenEx. For example if the drawing "aaaa.vdml" has an XRef file with path "..\bbbbb.vdml" then the xref will not show.

60000706 Comma and dot display problem (regional settings) in Property Grid

Category: HowTo

In my machine, due to regional settings (comma is the decimal separator, while dot is the grouping), I see my custom objects properties in the Properties Grid the decimal separator like MyLength : 10,034 as comma. While the other properties shown with dot like Radius : 3.12 . How can I change this ?

60000701 How can I calculate the position of objects that are shown in a viewport

Category: HowTo

How can I calculate the position in the layout of objects that are shown inside a viewport ?

60000698 New method to set the document in BaseControl

Category: Wish

Is there a method to set the document in a "empty" BaseControl (vdFramed/vdScrollable) from an already "calculated" in the background vdDocument component ?

60000693 Retrieve version and also custom properties from a vdml vdcl file without opening the file

Category: Wish

Can you expose a property/method that will return the version of a vdml or vdcl file. This will allow us to determine if we need to convert the Objects in the standard file across to custom objects on load.

60000694 Improve the rendering speed with OpenGlRender

Category: Wish

Improve the rendering speed with OpenGlRender.

60000692 RGB values to be available in the TrueColor picket

Category: Wish

It would be better if the true color panel in the color selector had a place to enter RGB values also like in standard windows color selectors, it’s not obvious to select the right color with the Hue, Saturation and luminosity.

60000685 How can i display the Radius of a circle in a tooltip while CmdCircle is active

Category: HowTo

How can I display the Radius of a circle in a tooltip while CmdCircle is active.

60000057 Properties AlignToView, AlignToViewSize to ensure that the object is always aligned and with specific size to the current DCS

Category: Wish

Objects vdCircle , vdTect and vdInsert from version 6014 have 2 new properties named AlignToView and AlignToViewSize.AlignToView is a boolean value that defines if the plane of the object is relative to the current view.AlignToViewSize is an integer value that represents the height of the object in output Device millimeters. Please note that when AlignToView is true the extrusion vector of the object is relative to Current view coordinative system and not to World as the default behaviour is.Also the Rotaion property when AlignToView is true is relative and counterclockwise from axis X of current view coordinative system.Please note that users of VB 6  must import VectorDraw.Professional.tlb and use the IAlignToView interface to call these properties. 

60000681 A new property for vdRender object to get the Layout or Viewport that renders for.

Category: Wish

A new property for vdRender to get the Layout or Viewport rendering for.