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Changelog

All notable changes to FormCast are documented in this file.

The format follows Keep a Changelog 1.1,
and the project adheres to Semantic Versioning 2.0.

See README.md for the feature overview and install instructions.

Unreleased

1.0.0 -- 2026-04-22

First public release.

Added

  • Control surface: 39 control types including TOGGLE, MENUSTRIP,
    TOOLBAR, STATUSBAR, CONTEXTMENU, SEPARATOR, TABCONTROL, DATAGRID,
    TREEVIEW, SPLITCONTAINER, FLOWPANEL, TABLEPANEL, WEBBROWSER, and
    RICHMEMO. 6 common dialogs: Open File, Save File, Browse Folder,
    Color Picker, Font Picker, Task Dialog.
  • Layout managers: absolute, flow, grid, dock, with nested
    PANEL containers that carry their own layout.
  • Events: FORMEVENTS polling pipe; @FORMBIND declarative event
    bindings (click, change, focus, blur, dblclick, keypress, close);
    the events_pending bit for ON CONDITION-driven polling.
  • Modal forms via @FORMSHOW[h,modal] with optional timer
    auto-dismiss.
  • FORMPIPE streaming command for piping command output into a MEMO
    or RICHMEMO control (dir /b | FORMPIPE %h memo).
  • JSONC templates with ${var} substitution, _bind.click props
    activated by @FORMAPPLYBINDINGS, and a JSON Schema for editor
    validation.
  • Appearance: backcolor, forecolor, font, and theme
    (system/dark/light) with DWM dark title bar; anchor for resize
    behavior; 216 stock icons across 16 categories.
  • Standalone app mode via myapp.btm /app and @FORMCONSOLE[hide],
    with zero-flash desktop-shortcut support.
  • Visual designer (Toolbox / Canvas / Properties) with multi-select,
    align / distribute / same-size, undo / redo, cut / copy / paste,
    context menus, keyboard shortcuts, and JSONC save/load.
  • FormCast.Host.exe scaffolding for cross-process Global\
    form handles (IRemoteFormRegistry integration in v1.x).
  • Forced-shutdown contract: plugin /u FormCast closes every
    realized window before returning.
  • Test coverage: 579 xUnit tests across the plugin and host; a
    119-case TCC integration + smoke suite covering the designer,
    templates, events, and plugin lifecycle.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Tim-Butterfield/FormCast/commits/v1.0.0

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