[ANNOUNCEMENT] HTML_Progress-1.2.0RC3 (beta) Released.

The new PEAR package HTML_Progress-1.2.0RC3 (beta) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- * QA - package.xml should not contain md5sum or provides for readability * changes - suite of PHPUnit TestCases are now fully compatible with PHP5 - method raiseError has a new optional parameter ( $msg: static message ) * bugs fixes - missing ident class in stylesheet production in HTML_Progress::getStyle() - sometimes circle, ellipse segments pictures were generated with horiz. bottom line (it's no more exists) * new features - 2 new methods to easily manage API errors ( hasErrors(), getError() ) - 1 new method to hide a progress meter when necessary ( request by JH Szeto ) - 2 new methods to simplify your job: sleep(), run() - 2 new methods to introduce user-callback: process(), setProgressHandler() * to do - preload segments pictures before progress meter (circle, ellipse) start 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 1.2.0 you may display new shapes like: circle, ellipse, square and rectangle. Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Progress Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Progress/download/1.2.0RC3 Download: http://pear.php.net/get/HTML_Progress-1.2.0RC3.tgz Authors ------------- Laurent Laville <pear@laurent-laville.org> (lead) Stefan Neufeind <pear.neufeind@speedpartner.de> (contributor) Christian Wenz <wenz@php.net> (helper)