Upgrading the SDK

Version 7.0.0-beta.2

New in this version

This version adds an option to uie::container_window_v3 to disable the forwarding of WM_SETTINGCHANGE messages to direct child windows.

This is useful when hosting the Win32 toolbar control as it can misbehave when handling this message.

Version 7.0.0-beta.1

This version of the Columns UI SDK requires Visual Studio 2022.

The project file was also renamed columns_ui-sdk-public.vcxproj.

New in this version

This version adds:

• support for the Columns UI dark mode

• preliminary support for compiling x64 panels

• uie::container_uie_window_v3_t

• uie::container_window_v3

• uie::simple_command_menu_node

• uie::splitter_item_full_v2_t

• uie::splitter_item_full_v3_t

• uie::splitter_item_full_v3_impl_t

• uie::splitter_window::size_and_dpi

• cui::fcl::dataset_v2

• cui::fonts::manager_v2

• cui::config_objects::get_locked_panel_resizing_allowed()

• uie::win32::paint_background_using_parent()

Renamed namespaces

• The ui_extension namespace was renamed uie

• The columns_ui namespace was renamed cui

Aliases exist for the old names for backwards compatibility.

Deprecated in this version

The following classes were deprecated:

• uie::container_ui_extension_t

• uie::container_ui_extension

• uie::container_menu_ui_extension

• uie::container_uie_window_t

• uie::container_window_autorelease_t

• uie::container_window_release_t

• uie::container_window

The following functions were deprecated:

• uHeader_InsertItem()

• uHeader_SetItemText()

• uHeader_SetItemWidth()

• uToolTip_AddTool()

• uComboBox_SelectString()

• win32_helpers::send_message_to_all_children()

• win32_helpers::tooltip_add_tool()

Removed in this version

Example components are no longer bundled with the SDK. These are now published on GitHub:

• Example panel

• Console panel

The following classes were removed:

• uie::window_base_t

• logfont_os_menu

• logfont_os_icon

• logfont_os_from_utf8

• logfont_utf8_from_os

The following functions were removed:

• uGetClassLong()

• uSetClassLong()

• convert_logfont_utf8_to_os()

• convert_logfont_os_to_utf8()

The following macros were removed:

• uT()

• uTS()

• Tu()

• TSu()