Version 2015.1.19.0

Release notes for version 2015.1.19.0.

• Breaking Changes
• Other Changes in This Release

• The cloning version of the constructor and AddRange() method have been removed from the following collections.

  • DateTimeInstanceCollection

  • DayInstanceCollection

  • ExtendedBindingListT and all types derived from it (various iCalendar object collections)

  • HolidayCollection

  • PeriodCollection

  • VTimeZoneCollection

  It was confusing and inconsistent to have one version that cloned the range of elements and another that did not. The single AddRange() method adds the instances from an enumerable list. If you want to add clones, you must pass an enumerable list of cloned instances to the method now or use the new CloneRange method on the target collection. The vCardBrowser and CalendarBrowser demos have been updated to show examples of its use.

• The HolidayCollection.HolidayList method has been changed to HolidaysBetween and the return type changed to IEnumerable<DateTime>. This allows you to create a more efficient collection from the result set such as a HashSet<DateTime> or to sort the results in a different way without incurring any overhead from the method.

• AddStandardHolidays has been changed to return a reference to the collection rather than void.

• HolidayManagerDefaults has been change to be gettable and settable using an IEnumerable<Holiday> value.

• The HolidayManager.GetHolidays() and HolidayManager.SetHolidays() methods have been removed. Use the new Holidays property instead.

• The RecurOptsDataSource methods are now properties and the underlying type returned by them was changed from ArrayList to List<ListItem>.

• Made the following changes to the RecurrencePattern web control to allow for better customization:

  • Simplified the control HTML and styling.

  • Removed the RenderDefaultStyleSheet property and added a set of properties to allow setting the CSS class name(s) for the affected elements:

    • CssButton

    • CssErrorMessage

    • CssInput

    • CssPanel

    • CssPanelBody

    • CssPanelHeading

    • CssPanelTitle

    • CssSelect

    This allows the specification of one or more CSS class names to apply and allows for using the styles from frameworks such as Bootstrap. The PDIWebDemoCS and PDIWebDemoVB demo applications contain examples of their use with Bootstrap.

• Cleaned up the code and rebuilt the projects for use with .NET 4.0 and later.

• Updated all collection constructors and AddRange() methods to take IEnumerable<T> as the parameter type for the items to add. This makes them more generic and gets rid of the extra methods that used to take an array or type-specific collection as the parameter.

• All methods in the EncodingUtils class are now extension methods.

• Fixed the RecurrencePattern web control so that it does not try to parse inner text as child controls.

• Added a ShowWeekStartDay property to both the Windows Forms and web control versions of the RecurrencePattern control to allow hiding the Week Start Day combo box. The layout was changed to place the Week Start Day and Can Occur on Holiday options on the right to allow for hiding them both without having to adjust the control layout.

• Converted the project from shareware to open source and released it on GitHub.

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