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GINO v7.0 Release Notes - Mar 2007

The new release of GINO and its associated libraries and products includes many new features. Details of changes and additions are found in the sections below.

GINO v7.0
GINOGRAF v7.0
GINOSURF v7.0
GINOMENU v7.0
GINOMENU Studio v7.0

GINO v7.0

29 new routines have been added into the GINO library providing the following functionality:


Importing of 2D and 3D DXF files
Access to Windows font names and selection of size by Point size irrespective of GINO scaling
2D and 3D arrows and 2D Ellipses
BMP,JPG,PNG metafile generation from OpenGL graphics window
Routines, Defined constants and Optional arguments using the words: Dialogue, Centre, Colour and Grey are now provided with their American spelling equivalents. The GINO config, message and font files may now be placed in the system path as an alternative to using GINO environment variable.
Drawing Objects gDrawEllipse2D gDrawArrow2D gDrawArrow3D Number/String handling gConvertIntegerZero gConvertRealPower gConvertRealScientific gDisplayIntegerZero gDisplayRealPower gDisplayRealScientific Hardware Fonts gEnqCharFontName gEnqCharSet gEnqFontNameList gSetCharFontName gSetCharSet gSetPointChars DXF Importing gCloseDXFFile gEnqDXFEntities gEnqDXFLimits gEnqDXFLayers gGetDXFFile gGetNextDXFEntity gImportDXFSurface gOpenDXFFile Other utilities gWoglm gPutImageFile gKillSysCommand gSetErrorFilename gEnqLineWidthPixel gSetLineWidthPixel	Draws a 2D ellipse Draws an open/closed/filled arrow in 2D space Draws an open/closed/filled arrow in 3D space Converts an integer to its equivalent right-justified string Converts a real number to its equivalent string with raised power Converts a real number to its equivalent string in scientific format Displays a right-justified integer with optional zero padding Displays a real number with a raised power value Displays a real number with mantissa between 1.0 and 10.0 Returns the currently selected character font name Returns the current character/language set Returns a list of available font names on the current device Sets the current hardware character font by name Sets the current hardware character/language set Sets the current character mode to hardware 'point size' mode Closes the currently open DXF file Returns the entity count of a DXF file Returns the graphical extent of a DXF file Returns the list of layer names in a DXF file Reads one or all the layers from a DXF file and displays them Returns the details of the next entity Returns a set of vertices and triangles representing a surface mesh Opens a DXF file ready for interpreting data Generate a BMP/JPG/PNG file containing OpenGL graphics Creates a metafile from data stored in pixbuf Terminate a background process Direct error messages to a particular file Enquires the current line width in pixels Sets the current line width in pixels

GINOGRAF v7.0

New Features	Three new routines have been added to implement a colour scaling facility. Any line, curve or symbol graph can be drawn with a graduated colour along the X or Y axis together with an optional colour bar as a key.
New Routines	ggDrawColourScale ggEnqColourScale ggSetColourScale	Displays a graduated colour bar Returns the current colour scaling settings Sets a colour scaling for 2D graph components

GINOSURF v7.0

10 new routines have been added to this library adding the following functionality:

New Features	Extend the new cut and fill functionality added last release with facilities to generate a complete cut and fill area by adding spot heights, break lines and site boundaries to create a second surface within an existing surface. Surface area, volume and maximum height between the two surfaces can then be calculated. Contour data can now be enquired directly from the gridded data without having to draw the contours first. Vertical fault lines can now be added to a surface allowing vertical discontinuity between two heights whereby the area between is ignored when calculating the surface to display. New optional arguments have been added to the routine gsSetContourLevels() to allow the specification of pre and post-fix strings to annotation of contour heights. The routine gImportDXFSurface() has been added to the GINO library to import polymesh surface data from a DXF file. The data returned is in a format ready to pass to gsImportTriangulationNetwork() ready for surface display. Cross Sections may now be drawn directly from gridded or triangulated workspaces without the need to draw a contour map or surface first.
New Routines	gsGenerateContourDataSet gsGenerateCutandFillSurface gsReturnVolumeBetweenSurfaces gsGenerateRandomGrid4D gsReturnRangeInfo gsStoreGrid gsStoreGrid4D gsSetApectRatioScalingSwitch gsAddFaultLines gsSelectDataSet	Returns 2D contour data relating to a particular height Calculates and Displays information relating to 3D cut and fill Returns surface areas and volumes between two surfaces Generates a grid from random data with two sets of heights Returns the data range information that is used internally Stores gridded data in workspace to be used by other routines Stores 4D gridded data to be used by other routines Controls whether triangulation is restricted to a unit square Add one or more fault lines into an existing 3D surface Selects the 1st or 2nd data set that has previously been stored

GINOMENU v7.0

13 new routines and 8 new optional arguments have been added to the library providing the following functionality:

A new widget type has been added in this release which is the spinner or up-down control. It can be associated with a value entry for directly controlling the value.
RTF text entries have been enhanced with the ability of providing HyperText link callbacks. A user can now click or double-click on a string that has been assigned a hypertext font attribute which will then generate a hypertext link callback.
For Windows XP users, documentation has been added to explain how to utilize the current XP theme and mouse-sensitive widgets with the appropriate initialization being carried out in the GINOMENU DLL.
In the area of callbacks, a new routine is provided to check the callback queue for particular types of callbacks and greater control of windows messages is provided with the ability to trap messages that are not being used by GINOMENU. The resizing of floating docking panes is now permitted in two directions by selecting one of the four corners of the widget. A new optional property, gmTabList is provided to add or remove a widget from the tab list. For Array Grid widgets gmTabAction has been added to provided three modes of action for the TAB key within this widget. Two routines have been added to enable an enquiry and import of data from an internal bitmap resource (i.e.. Bitmap, icon or cursor). The data can then be used by the GINO routines gDrawPixelArea or gDrawCellArray.
gmCheckCallback gmCreateSpinner gmDefineEscapeCallback gmDefineLinkCallback gmEnqArrayGridReturnAction gmEnqEscapeCallbacks gmEnqPanePos gmEnqResourceImageInfo gmEnqTimerCallbacks gmGetResourceImageData gmGetWidgetHandle gmSetArrayGridReturnAction gmSetPanePos	Checks the callback queue for a particular callback type Creates a spinner or 'up-down' control for controlling value entries Traps additional windows messages for a particular widget class Defines a HyperText link callback to a RTF widget Enquires the action of the <CR> key within array grids Enquires the windows messages that are being trapped Enquires the mode, position and size of a docking pane Enquires the size, no. of bits and colours of an internal resource Returns the list of currently assigned timer callbacks Converts image data from a resource into a GINO array Returns a widget handle for use with Windows API routines Sets the action of the <CR> key within array grids Sets the mode, position and size of a docking pane

GINOMENU Studio v7.0

A new horizontal and vertical widget alignment facility is now available following the selection of multiple widgets on any form.
The Code Editor can now be on permanent display (depending on its state) enabling quicker updating of code with fewer key-clicks. It now incorporates a list of all current widget names and menu-entry names via a tabbed panel and combo boxes allowing quicker code selection between different code blocks.
The initial display of Studio now makes use of Docking Panes for the Properties, Hierarchy, Code Editor and Compiler Log windows. These can be docked, re-sized, floated or made invisible. A new widget type; Docking Pane can now be added to the design of the application A Source Code viewer has been added for read-only editing of the complete generated code. This can be useful when making global changes to identify which code blocks changes need to be made in. A new 'Duplicate Widget' (Ctrl D) option has been added to speed-up the copying and pasting of a widget or group on to the same form. A new 'Print Errors' option has been added to the menu bar to enable the printing of compiler/linker errors. For Windows XP users, automatic generation of Windows manifest file for each project to utilize the current XP theme and mouse-sensitive widgets. New properties added to widgets in the new version of GINOMENU have been included for the same widgets in Studio, including: HyperText link callbacks for RTF entries AutoURL for RTF entries Tab Action and Read-only option for text and value arrays Tab List option to all appropriate widgets

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