[ANNOUNCEMENT] HTML_Progress-1.2.0RC1 (beta) Released.

The new PEAR package HTML_Progress-1.2.0RC1 (beta) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- * TODO - this 1st RC is still marked as beta due to status of packages : . Net_FTP 1.3.0 . PEAR_ErrorStack in PEAR 1.3.1 and of course due to first try to generate Progress Circle as new shape with GD extension. PLEASE, i need feedback, and tests results on different platform, before a stable version is publish ! - Make suite of PHPUnit TestCase compatible with PEAR_ErrorStack * changes - new error manager (PEAR_ErrorStack) replace previous Error_Raise package - Net_FTP package with observer pattern is used to replace my Progress/FTP/Upload class - new method HTML_Progress_UI::setCellCoordinates to manage polygonal cells coordinates - new method HTML_Progress_UI::drawCircleSegments to create circle pictures collection - HTML_Progress_Monitor::setAnimSpeed() method is now deprecated. Use HTML_Progress::setAnimSpeed() instead. - full API docs - reference guide - made with phpDocumentor 1.3.0RC3 * feature additions - HTML_Progress now display new shapes like: circle, ellipse, square and rectangle. * dependencies - Net_FTP 1.3 or greater, to manage ftp communications for HTML_Progress_Uploader - PEAR 1.3.1 or greater for PEAR_ErrorStack, to manage errors instead of previous solution: Error_Raise - Log 1.8.0 or greater, to logs internal HTML_Progress errors - Image_Color 1.0.0 or greater to define circle segment colors - GD 2.0.1 or greater to use imagefilledarc function to draw circle segments Package Info ------------- This package provides a way to add a loading bar fully customizable in existing XHTML documents. Your browser should accept DHTML feature. Features: - create horizontal, vertival bar and also circle, ellipse and polygons (square, rectangle) - allows usage of an existing external StyleSheet and/or JavaScript - all elements (progress, cells, string) are customizable by their html properties - percent/string is floating all around the progress bar - compliant with all CSS/XHMTL standards - integration with all template engines is very easy - implements a Observer design pattern. It is possible to add Listeners. - adds a customizable UI monitor pattern to display a progress bar. User-end can abort progress at any time. - Look and feel can be sets by internal API or external config file. - Allows many progress bar on same page without uses of iframe solution. - Since release 1.1 you may upload your files with ftp and display an indeterminate progress bar during operation. Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Progress Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package-changelog.php?package=HTML_Progress Download: http://pear.php.net/get/HTML_Progress-1.2.0RC1.tgz Authors ------------- Laurent Laville <pear@laurent-laville.org> (lead) Stefan Neufeind <pear.neufeind@speedpartner.de> (contributor) Christian Wenz <wenz@php.net> (helper)