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Support for JBuilder's dbSwing in the new version of JDatePicker - January 8, 2007

Stand By Soft, Ltd. just released JDatePicker 4.3, a suite of professional date components for Swing. An important feature of this version is the support for JBuilder's dbSwing data binding framework. We now provide support for three major data binding frameworks: JGoodies, Oracle's JClient and JBuilder's dbSwing.

Here is a list with all the important changes:

Added support for the JBuilder's dbSwing data binding framework.
Improved the date editor to support month names too.
JDatePicker is created faster (comparable to JComboBox).
The JDatePicker calendar can now be configured using a Popup object.
The JDatePicker class has fewer methods (reduced from 29 to 7).
Other improvements and bug fixes.

This year, JDatePicker has been nominated for JDJ Readers Choice Award in the Best Java Component category. If you are a fan, please consider voting for us. Thank you!

Oracle ADF JClient support in the new version of JDatePicker - May 1, 2006

Stand By Soft, Ltd. just released JDatePicker 4.2, a suite of professional date components for Swing. An important change in this version is the renaming of the product from Java Date Picker to JDatePicker to comply with Sun's trademark guidelines.

Here is a list with all the important changes:

Added support for the Oracle ADF JClient data binding framework.
Improved the loading time for JDatePicker, JMonthView and JMonth with over 40%.
Dates can be arranged horizontally or vertically.
The components are now localized for: Danish, Dutch, English, Finish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and Swedish.
Refactored date format methods.
Other improvements and bug fixes.

Many improvements in the new version of Java Date Picker - October 19, 2005

Stand By Soft, Ltd. just released Java Date Picker 4.1, a suite of professional date components for Swing. This new version makes the product even more stable by providing many bug fixes, small features and improvements. Almost all the changes come from users' feedback.

Here is a list with all the important changes:

Added support for ISO week numbers.
Added support for one letter week day names.
Added support for time zone.
Improved the selection model to send notifications on invalid date selections.
Added new properties for JDatePicker and JMonthView.
Fixed popup display on multi-monitor systems.
Other bug fixes and many other improvements.

This year, Java Date Picker has been nominated for JDJ Readers Choice Award in the Best Java Component category. If you are a fan, please consider voting for us. Thank you!

Week and day of week selection in the new version of Java Date Picker - April 7, 2005

Stand By Soft, Ltd. just released Java Date Picker 4.0, a suite of professional date components for Swing. The major improvement of this new version is the possibility to select weeks and days of week. A week can be selected by clicking on its number and a day of week by clicking on its label (Tue for Tuesday, for instance).

Here is a list with all the important changes:

Added support for week selection and day of week selection.
Added support for multiple date selection with simple mouse clicks (no CTRL+click required).
Added JGoodies Plastic LF integration.
Improved documentation for the client properties used by the components.
Improved usability for the demo application and tutorial.
Fixed today date synchronization at midnight.
Other bug fixes.

This year, Java Date Picker has been nominated for JDJ Readers Choice Award in the Best Java Component category. If you are a fan, please consider voting for us. Thank you!

Website Relaunched - January 31, 2005

Stand By Soft is pleased to announce the relaunch of Java Date Picker website at www.javadatepicker.com.

Multiple month calendar in the new version of Java Date Picker - December 17, 2004

Stand By Soft, Ltd. just released Java Date Picker 3.3, a suite of professional date components for Swing. The major improvement of this new version is the multiple month calendar. Until now, JMonthView displayed only one month. Starting from now, you can use it as a full-blown calendar.

Here is a list with all the important changes:

Added support for multiple months in JMonthView.
Added support for the JGoodies data binding framework.
Added horizontalAlignment property for JDateEditComponent components.
JDatePicker uses the same JComboBox keyboard shortcuts to open the popup.
Improved editing for the am/pm field. One can just type "am" or "pm" to change this field.
Bug fixes.

With the holidays just a few days away, we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Fulfilling New Year.

Java Date Picker v3.2 Released - October 12, 2004

Stand By Soft, Ltd. just released Java Date Picker 3.2, a suite of professional date components for Swing. The new version brings a new UI delegate API which lets you customize easily the look and feel of the Java Date Picker components.

The dates available for selection can be restricted according to a specified pattern. Users can also do single or multiple date selection. So far, the available components are a one month calendar, a date time field and an editable date picker.

The components can be internationalized, have support for mouse and keyboard and they can be used with any look and feel (Metal, Motif, Windows, Aqua and custom ones).

This version adds new features and fixes bugs at customers' request:

Improved the UI delegate API. UI delegates can help you refine the way components look and behave.
The calendar notifies double-click events.
Improved JDateEditComponent API with new methods (commitEdit, isEditValid, invalidEdit).
New autoCenturyYear property.
Added Norwegian and Swedish localizations for the calendar.
Bug fixes.

Java Date Picker v3.1 Released - August 30, 2004

Stand By Soft, Ltd. just released Java Date Picker 3.1, a suite of professional date components for Swing. In the new version, the tutorial groups together all product information (changes, installation notes, etc) to make it more accessible.

The components can be internationalized, have support for mouse and keyboard and they can be used with any look and feel (Metal, Motif, Windows, Aqua and custom ones).

This version adds new features and fixes bugs at customers' request:

Improved the tutorial to be the main source of information about Java Date Picker.
Improved the date selection API. Added setSelectedDates to JMonth and setSelectedDate to JDateComponent.
Added calendar grid customization and status bar visibility control.
Improved JMonthView to fill all the space when resized.
Restructured the demo application. It is explained entirely by the tutorial.
Bug fixes.

Java Date Picker Website Relaunched - July 22, 2004

Stand By Soft is pleased to announce the relaunch of Java Date Picker website at www.javadatepicker.com. The new website contains details of the latest releases of the product, likely to be of interest to Swing developers.

The site has been completely redesigned to make it more accessible, easier to navigate and visually attractive, but the really big difference is that all of the information has been updated and rewritten.

Visually, the new site was designed to give the company a more trusting and professional image in accordance with our company principles. Designing with accessibility in mind, enables our websites content to be available to the largest possible number of visitors and customers.

Java Date Picker v3.0 Released - June 21, 2004

Stand By Soft, Ltd. just released Java Date Picker 3.0, a suite of powerful date components for Swing. This is the first major version since initial release. It adds a new component, JDateField and defines the framework for future date components.

The components can be internationalized, have support for mouse and keyboard and they can be used with any look and feel (Metal, Motif, Windows, Aqua and custom ones).

The highlights of this release are:

New JDateField component.
JDateField can use date parsers to convert shortcut strings like "today" into dates.
JDateField includes properties like autoValidate, autoRestore, beepOnError and autoCentury.
JDateField can set or get the value of a date field at any time.
Rethought the Javadoc to be a self-contained document for the Java Date Picker API.
Improved the tutorial to be a light introduction to the API.

Java Date Picker v2.4 Released - May 03, 2004

Stand By Soft, Ltd. just released Java Date Picker 2.4, a suite of Microsoft like Swing components capable of powerful date selection operations.

The components can be internationalized, have support for mouse and keyboard and they can be used with any look and feel (Metal, Motif, Windows, Aqua and custom ones).

This version brings important changes over the previous ones by adding null dates support and a new (redesigned) date editor. Some other enhancements have been made to make the components even more usable and customizable.

Null dates (empty selection) support.
The date editor has been redesigned to allow easier date input.
The calendar's appearance can be customized with a custom renderer.
The texts for the today and none buttons can be customized using a properties file.
Custom actions can be registered on the components to make them even more customizable.

Java Date Picker v2.3.1 Released - April 15, 2004

Stand By Soft, Ltd. just released Java Date Picker 2.3.1, a suite of Microsoft like Swing components capable of powerful date selection operations.

The components can be internationalized, have support for mouse and keyboard and they can be used with any look and feel (Metal, Motif, Windows, Aqua and custom ones).

This new version fixes a few bugs, the most important ones being focus related.

All components get the focus correctly.
Look and feel is changed correctly for the table cell editor.

Java Date Picker v2.3 Released - March 25, 2004

Stand By Soft, Ltd. just released Java Date Picker 2.3, a suite of Microsoft like Swing components capable of powerful date selection operations.

The components can be internationalized, have support for mouse and keyboard and they can be used with any look and feel (Metal, Motif, Windows, Aqua and custom ones).

This new version features an improved date time editor and better look and feel support.

Date editor has been extended to also support time editing.
The components can be used with any look and feel (Metal, Motif, Windows, Aqua and custom ones).
Dates can be displayed and edited using custom date formats.

Java Date Picker v2.2.0 Released - February 23, 2004

Stand By Soft, Ltd. just released Java Date Picker 2.2, a suite of Microsoft like Swing components capable of powerful date selection operations.

This new version features an improved date selection mechanism and a new tutorial.

Improved date selection mechanism to support minimum and maximum allowed dates.
Improved date picker built-in editor. It acts like a masked edit control where each field of the date can be edited.
Improved date picker to support calendar customization.
New tutorial with detailed examples.

Java Date Picker v2.1.0 Released - February 2, 2004

Stand By Soft just released Java Date Picker 2.1.0.

The new version adds a basic date editor. For now, date fields can be increased or decreased using up and down arrows. We have also updated the javadoc to contain more detailed information.

Java Date Picker v2.0.1 Released - January 21, 2004

Stand By Soft just released Java Date Picker 2.0.1.

Starting with this release, a free, fully functional version that can be used in non-comercial applications will be available. The only difference between this version and the commercial one is a small text, displayed on the MonthView component, saying javadatepicker.com.

Added Java Web Start Launcher - December 18, 2003

Launch the Java Date Picker demo with the click of a mouse using Java Web Start technology. See http://www.javadatepicker.com/demo.html for more details.

Java Date Picker v2.0 Released - December 15, 2003

Initial release.