ProEssentials 9.0.0.18

Speed Improvements

• 3D rendering supports Direct3D in plotting, annotations, hot-spots, and items uniquely offered via the DirectX domain.
• Support for double precision data and Direct3D double precision shaders. This allows DateTimeMode to show data from years to seconds within Direct3D.

Interface Improvements

• 64-bit OCX/ActiveX controls were added and both 32- and 64-bit OCXs were enhanced to support containers such as Access, Excel, or those using VB6.
• Embarcadero Delphi and Builder C++ VCL interfaces were rewritten to best support both 32- and 64-bit platforms.

Functional Improvements

• Graph and Scientific Graph can now zoom a background image with the data.
• 2D and 3D Contour improvements:
  • 2D contours have been re-written and implemented with Direct3D. This greatly improves the speed and quality.
  • Translucency and zoomable background images are now supported.
  • Improved null data handling for contour charts in 2D and 3D.
  • Improved legend construction and labeling.
  • Improvements allowing full control defining the color-to-data value relationship.
  • Moving the mouse over the 2D contour now allows for the developer and/or user to be accurately prompted with the interpolated 3rd dimension data value.
  • Direct3D RenderEngine adds support for top and bottom 2D contours and overlayed wire frames.
  • The properties used to control color separation have also been rewritten and improved.

New ToolTip and Floating Text CursorPromptLocation settings

• Version 9 adds new ToolTip features allowing for data coordinate prompting and custom prompting near the mouse's cursor.
• Supports a bounded box floating tool tip.
• Supports a borderless floating text tool tip when CursorPromptLocation is set to PECPL_TRACKING_TEXT 3

General Charting Improvements

• Version 9 adds a new function to return both Subset and Point index closest to nX and nY pixel location.
• .NET interfaces, use PeFunction.SearchSubsetPointIndex, This feature allows for data hot spot functionality without the overhead of hit testing normally used with AllowDataHotSpots.
• New function that returns the closest Point index based on the search criteria of the XData value,
• Realtime implementations that revolve the subset data. One common scenario for this feature is realtime 3D waterfall charts where a new subset represents a new slice of the waterfall.
• Now supports point plotting methods. Symbols are limited to diamond, square, triangles or simple types.
• Support for creating custom axes in Direct3D.