Version 2024.12.18.0

Release notes for version 2024.12.18.0

Changes in This Release

Removed support for .NET 6 and added support for .NET 8 and later.
Enabled nullable reference types in all projects and updated the classes to support them.
Removed the old Access MDB demo database and replaced it with a SQL Server database. Updated the demos to use Entity Framework to access the demo database to be more inline with what people are more likely to be using.
Fixed MultiColumnComboBox so that it sets the highlight properly in the dropdown when first shown when using a column filter.
Fixed some issues in the list controls related to accessing internal framework members through reflection due to changes in the internal member names.
Added support for the Browsable(false) attribute to automatically hide columns and the DisplayName attribute to change the header text for columns in the multi-column combo box dropdown in .NET 4.8 (.NET 8.0 does this by default).
When using the flat or popup style, the combo boxes will no longer draw a border when disabled when the border style is set to None and using a user-defined background color so that they blend better with their containing control or form.