TaskPanel

Global Template, Control Templates, Classes

Just add the global template to your application, then insert the control template wherever you want task panels in your procedures. You can modify the control template settings as desired, and this is enough for most developers. But if you are a power user and want to take full control, you can use TaskPanel's extensive class methods.

And more...

TaskPanel comes with a detailed 76 page users guide in PDF format. You can download the documentation for detailed information about how the product can be used (below).

How to buy

TaskPanel is included Icetips' premium high-value Gold Subscription for $299. TaskPanel may also be purchased separately for just $99.  (Multiple copy pricing is available.)

Version 2.0.164 [June 23, 2015]

June 18, 2015:

1. Template: "Use XP Theme colors (requires PowerXP-Theme)" would get turned OFF causing the colors to go off kilter. Fixed.

Version 2.0.163 February 24, 2015]

January 25, 2015:

1. Template: Name for XPTheme global class would clash with XPTheme when used with PowerToolbar. Fixed.

Version 2.0.161 [December 8, 2014]

December 8, 2014:

1. Classes: Wrong icon was drawn for the right hand icon on header. Fixed.

July 22, 2014:

1. Classes: Call to PTP:ShowScrollbar caused "Calling function as procedure" warning. Fixed.

Version 2.0.157 [July 3, 2014]

July 2, 2014:

1. Classes: Horizontal scrollbar could show up at the bottom of Taskpanel controls in Clarion 9.1. build 11014 or newer. Fixed.

Version 2.0.155 [January 29, 2014]

January 29, 2014

1. Installer: Installer is now compatible with Clarion 9.1
2. Installer: XPTheme files are now included in the Taskpanel Install.

January 10, 2014

1. Classes: Using ULONG for SetColorGrp and FixColor would fail if Taskpanel used XPTheme. Fixed.
2. Classes: GetVisible would fail when called with a task ID. Fixed.
3. Classes: SetColorGrp and FixColor where using LONG for the color parameters and this caused the color to turn black. Changed to ULONG. Fixed.
4. Templates: Updated export section to reflect changes in SetColorGrp and FixColor prototypes.

September 27, 2013

1. Classes: Default Y position for header icons was set incorrectly causing overlap of the header and icon. Fixed.

Version 2.0.148 [August 1, 2013]

June 6, 2013

1. Install: Install built for Clarion 9.0 beta

June 3, 2013

1. Classes: Added multiple methods to handle icons in headers. Note that all size values are in pixels.

   !! AB 2013-05-04:  Added properties for Header Icons.  
   !! Using Short rather than Byte, since some values can be negative
   HeaderHeight            SHORT
   !! Left side header icon
   HeaderLeftIconTMargin   SHORT
   HeaderLeftIconLMargin   SHORT
   HeaderLeftIconSize      SHORT
   HeaderRightIconTMargin  SHORT
   HeaderRightIconSize     SHORT
   !! Right side header icon
   HeaderRIconNameNormal   STRING(256)  !! Collapsed
   HeaderRIconNameExpand   STRING(256)  !! Expanded
   HeaderRIconNameHover    STRING(256)  !! Collapsed + hover
   HeaderRIconNameExpHover STRING(256)  !! Expanded + hover
   HeaderRIIconUseFont     BYTE(0)
   !! Set to True if the SetRightIconFont is called.  
   !! Defaults to 1.  Set to False if SetRightIcon is called
   HeaderRIconFontName     STRING(60)
   HeaderRIconFontSize     BYTE
   HeaderRIFontColNormal   LONG
   HeaderRIconColExpand    LONG
   HeaderRIconColHover     LONG
   SetHeaderSizes          PROCEDURE(<SHORT hHeight>, |
                                     <SHORT hLITmargin>, |
                                     <SHORT hLILMargin>, |
                                     <SHORT hLIconSize>, |
                                     <SHORT hRITMargin>, |
                                     <SHORT hRIconSize>)
   SetheaderHeight         PROCEDURE(SHORT hHeight)
   SetLeftIconMargins      PROCEDURE(<SHORT hLITmargin>, |
                                     <SHORT hLILMargin>)
   SetLeftIconSize         PROCEDURE(SHORT hLIconSize)
   SetRightIcon            PROCEDURE(STRING hIconName, |
                                     STRING hIconNameExpanded, |
                                     STRING hIconNameHovering, |
                                     STRING hIconNameExpandedHovering, |
                                     SHORT hIconSize)
   SetRightIconFont        PROCEDURE(STRING hIconFontName, |
                                     <BYTE hIconFontSize>, |
                                     <LONG hIconFontCol>, |
                                     <LONG hIconFontColExp>, |
                                     <LONG hIconFontColHov>)
   SetRightIconSizes       PROCEDURE(<SHORT hRITMargin>, |
                                     <SHORT hRIconSize>)
   FormatIconPath          PROCEDURE(STRING pIconName),STRING
   

   Those methods are not yet documented.

Version 2.0.145 [May 4, 2011]

May 4, 2011

1. Install: Install built for Clarion 8.0.

December 7, 2010

1. Install: Install built for Clarion 7.3. Tested with Clarion 7.3.7852 and no problems were detected.

November 23, 2010

1. Template: SetTaskMimicTip and GetTaskMimicTip were not included in the list of exports. Fixed.
2. Template: Some class method exports were not correctly formed. Fixed.
3. Classes: Ampersands were not dealt with correctly in enabled and disabled items. Fixed. Note: Currently ampersands are shown exactly like they are except in mimic controls, where they are removed. I.e. "Name & Address" will show up exactly like that. "Name && Address" will show up as "Name && Address".

Version 2.0.137 [November 10, 2010]

November 11, 2010

1. Class: When the SetVisible method is used on a headers and hid and unhide other headers, it could leave tooltip artifacts below the visible tasks from the previous visible header. Fixed.

November 10, 2010

1. Class: When the SetVisible method is used on a headers and unhide other headers, it could leave the task tooltips out of sync. Fixed.

November 9, 2010

1. Classes: Class source adapted to Icetips standard, i.e. two lines between methods and double line above and single line below method declaration for readability.

August 30, 2010

1. Help: Typo corrected "Taskpanle" to "Taskpanel"

August 2, 2010

1. Product: Name changed from XP-Taskpanel to just Taskpanel.

July 27, 2010

1. Template: Added option to Mimic Buttons option to mimic tooltips. Defaults to true so tooltips are now automatically added to tasks that mimic buttons.

July 21, 2010

1. Class: Added ClearActiveWizardTask method. Also added to export list in template. This method clears the visual wizard settings from the active wizard task, returning the wizard to "normal" settings. This includes removing font styles and active icon if it is specified.

July 6, 2010

1. Template: Legacy (Clarion chain) did not support %EnableRunTimeTranslator. Fixed.

Version 2.0.135 [June 6, 2010]

February 7, 2010

1. Template: XPTaskpanel template did not support runtime translation. Fixed.

July 16, 2009

1. Template: Added two new code templates to set the Header Text and the Task Text.

June 12, 2009

1. Classes: Added SetFontSize and GetFontSize methods to the class. Also modified the SetFont method by adding an omittable size parameter. This allows setting both the fontname and font size.
2. Template: Modified export list to reflect changes in classes.

Version 2.0.124 [May 13, 2009]

1. Classes: When using XP Taskpanel along with XP-Themes, disabled task items were drawn in the same color as normal task items when the disable color was overridden. Added option to override the XP Theme colors for disabled items, which will draw the disabled tasks in the specified color for disabled tasks. Fixed.

Version 2.0.122 [April 15, 2009]

1. Classes: Disabled task items were still drawn with a hotkey underline where an ampersand was in the text. For example "Name & Address" would be drawn as "Name _Address". Fixed.
2. Documentation: The SetHeaderIcon and SetItemIcon methods were using the wrong method name in the example code. Fixed.

Version 2.0.112 [January 2, 2009]

1. Install: The xptaskpane.chm file was missing from the install. Fixed.

Version 2.0.111 [December 29, 2008]

1. All code and documentation modified from PowerOffice AS to Icetips Creative, Inc.
2. Bug tracking set up at http://icetips.fogbugz.com
3. Added link to bug tracking to Global template
4. Updated link to website to point to www.icetips.com
5. Added ITRun32.dll to install
6. Version information added to global template
7. Previous beta changes are all implemented in public release - see below:
8. Added documentation for new methods, such as ContractAll, DeleteAllTasks, ExpandAll, GetHeaderTitle, SetHeaderFontWeight, SetHeaderTitle and SetTaskSpacing

1.6 BETA 9 - not released publicly before

1. New: Support for Windows Theme colors (requires PowerXP-Theme)
2. New methods: GetHeaderTitle, SetHeaderTitle
3. Change: SetColorGrp prototype changed from ULONG to LONG to allow COLOR:None
4. Fixed: GPF in reports
5. Fixed: Listboxes doesn't refresh content
6. Fixed: Bug in id-generator

1.6 BETA 8 - not released publicly before

1. New methods: SetHeaderIcon, GetHeaderIcon
2. Change: SetActiveWizardTask accepts 0,0 as argument to deselect current wizard task

1.6 BETA 7 - not released publicly before

1. Added methods: Disable, Enable and IsDisabled
2. Added: Separator option for tasks

1.6 BETA 6 - not released publicly before

1. Fixed a bug that caused GPF in C55 build A-F
2. Fixed a bug that could cause non-dropping DropLists
3. Removed the 'no win' message

1.6 BETA 5 - not released publicly before

1. New methods: DeleteAllTasks, SetHeaderFontWeight
2. Template now shows header and task ID's in lists
3. Option to turn off bold for headers

1.6 BETA 4 - not released publicly before

1. Mimiced buttons wasn't unsubclassed when calling DeleteTask
2. Added a call to Update just before calling embed-code

1.6 BETA 3 - not released publicly before

1. Added flags to avoid WM_LBUTTONUP to fire when closing another window by double-clicking

1.6 BETA 2 - not released publicly before

1. New method: SetTaskSpacing
2. Added template prompt for task-spacing

1.6 BETA 1 - not released publicly before

1. Added option to use icons to indicate selected wizard task
2. New method: SetWizardStyle
3. Added support for fallback colors when the desktop uses 256 or less colors
4. New methods: SetFallbackColors, SetFallbackMode
5. New method: SetDefaultTaskMargin
6. Added support for right mouse button

Version 1.5 [August 10, 2004]

1. Added "Mimic Text" and changed "Don't mimic icon" to "Mimic Icon" for "Mimic Button"-action
2. Added "Reset to default colors" button
3. Added "Wizard mode"
4. Added Balloon-tooltip mode
5. Added Boxed-property for headers
6. Added new "Tooltip" argument to AddTask-protype
7. Added new task action: Set Field Value
8. Added new template prompt: Only allow one expanded header
9. Added optional argument to skip a header when calling ContractAll and ExpandAll
10. Added prefix to all API prototypes and some groups to avoid conflicts with other templates
11. Added support for non-linked icons
12. Added Tooltip support
13. Added word-wrapping for tasks
14. Changed the ID-generator to limit ID's to 127 characters
15. Changed one of the AddTask-prototypes to avoid confusing the compiler
16. Changed the window subclassing to use a safer way of storing class references
17. Fixed a bug causing scrollbar buttons to disappear when compiled in C6.1
18. Fixed a bug causing the cursor to disappear on Windows NT4
19. Fixed a bug in the template ID-generator
20. Fixed a bug that could cause a blank taskpanel
21. Fixed a bug that could cause bad filename for locally linked mimiced icons
22. Fixed bug causing the variable to be added to the project if iconname is variable
23. Fixed bug that could cause underlining of the last selected task when the mouse is moved off the control
24. Fixed bug with embed-points causing compile-time GPF
25. Fixed mousecursor flicker
26. Init code is moved into the new virtually derived Init-method
27. Moved header-text a few pixels to align with tasks
28. New embed: Before and After Init-code
29. New embed: Init->Before Parent Call
30. New embed: Before and after execute-action
31. New embed: Before and after task logic
32. New methods: GetTaskTitle, GetExpanded, GetVisible, GetDisabled
33. New methods: GetTaskIcon and SetTaskIcon
34. New methods: SetHeaderBoxed, GetHeaderBoxed
35. New methods: SetTaskMimicText, GetTaskMimicText, SetTaskMimicIcon, GetTaskMimicIcon
36. New methods: SetTaskTooltip, GetTaskTooltip, SetTaskUserData and GetTaskUserData
37. New methods: SetTooltipMaxWidth, GetTooltipMaxWidth, SetTooltipMode, GetTooltipMode
38. New methods: SetWizardMode, GetWizardMode, SetDisableWizard, GetDisableWizard, SetActiveWizardTask
39. New methods: SetWordWrap, GetWordWrap, SetHeaderWordWrap, GetHeaderWordWrap
40. Removed many unused equates
41. Removed the use of TransparentBlt as it has a memory-leak in Win95/98 which was causing problems
42. Reworked the template-GUI
43. Rewrote mouse-move and mouse-click handlers
44. Template generated class methods are now generated as DERIVED instead of VIRTUAL
45. When "Only one expanded header" is checked, all but the first expanded header will be contracted
46. When a task mimics a button, and no compiletime icon-name is available, PROP:Icon is used instead

Version 1.4 [April 28, 2004]

1. Added UNIQUE-check when generating ID's in the template
2. Added refreshing on a few more events
3. Added embed-point for header clicks
4. Added the IsExpanded member to the POTaskInfo-group
5. Added text justification options for tasks
6. Added BottomMargin setting
7. Added ExpandAll/ContractAll methods
8. Added "Select Tab" action for tasks
9. Added "Don't Generate Template Code" option
10. Added a optional "Thread" option to "Post Event"-action
11. Added dynamic headers and tasks
12. Added the possibillity to disable a task
13. Added the possibillity to draw a task with bold text
14. Added optional argument for SetColorGrp to set disabled text color
15. Added option to not mimic icon on "Mimic Button" action
16. Added a check to see if the mouse is over the control when scrolling with the mousewheel
17. Added SetTaskTitle method
18. Added option to set a header to be "always expanded"
19. Added Global template
20. Added template option for init-code priority
21. Added a dynamic linkloader-class
22. Changed to be sourcecode only (no more blackbox DLL's)
23. Changed the "Control" in the "Post Event"-action to be optional
24. Changed default font to MS Sans Serif
25. Changed the internal storage of a static class reference (removed the need fore some static data)
26. Removed the call to Kill() from the template (it's now called in the destructor)
27. Removed the multi-dll template (use the global template instead)
28. Removed some ABC-specific code in the template
29. Moved the code for expanding/contracting headers fromt the class to the template.
30. Fixed bug causing a glitch between the header and tasks, when the first task is hidden
31. Fixed issue with the taskpanel not showing when opening maximized MDI-children
32. Fixed issue with icons not in app-dir or Clarion6\images
33. Fixed issues with mimic-tasks when opening a form
34. Fixed issue with tasks not showing on window reopening

Version 1.3.1 [December 7, 2003]

1. Removed a memory leak in the C55 version

Version 1.3 [December 5, 2003]

1. Redesigned the ID-system
2. Improved icon-loading
3. Rewrote the Multi-DLL template
4. Added embed-point for each task
5. Added "Call a procedure"-action
6. Added "Post Event"-action
7. Added SetExpanded-method
8. Added SetAppName-method (for Multi-DLL apps)
9. Added support for STD-colors (eg. COLOR:BtnFace)
10. Removed "Execute Control"-action (use "Post Event" instead)
11. Fixed the "invalid ordinal" C55 bug.
12. Updated the documentation

Version 1.22 [December 3, 2003]

1. Moved some template generated code to avoid clashing with other templates
2. Fixed icon cache bug

Version 1.21 [December 15, 2003]

1. Added possibillity to set margins

Version 1.2 [November 11, 2003]

1. Fixed a bug with the embed-point (new ABC-classes could cause the embed-point to become Orphaned)
2. Transparency bug in Win98SE