• [feature] Before, each marquee item had its own image cache for HTML images. Now, all marquee items use a single image cache to prevent creating/loading images more than once.
• [bugfix] Fixed bug in EncodeHTMLEntities function of SimpleHTML unit. The function was encoding only one special character and ignoring the rest.

• [feature] Added Alignment property to the marquee item class. Using this property you can define the alignment of each marquee item within the control’s client area. For vertical marquee, the text can be centered, left-aligned, or right-aligned. For horizontal marquee, the text can be vertically centered or appeared at the top or along the bottom of the control.
• [bugfix] Fixed the compatibility issue with Delphi 4 and 5.

• [feature] Added LoopSpacing property to specify spacing between two consequent loops.
• [feature] Added Orientation property to define the direction of marquee either horizontally or vertically.
• [feature] Added Items.LoadFromStrings and Items.SaveToStrings methods to load/save marquee items from/to a TStrings object.
• [change] Removed BeginUpdate and EndUpdate methods. Instead you can use Items.BeginUpdate and Items.EndUpdate methods.
• [change] Now the OnWrap event raises in the main VCL thread.
• [change] Codes related to parsing and displaying HTML text has been moved to the separate unit SimpleHTML.

• [feature] Added OnMouseEnter and OnMouseLeave events.
• [bugfix] Resolved the compatibility issue with Delphi 5 and earlier.

• [bugfix] The problem in vertical alignment of IMG tag with non-square image is fixed.

• [bugfix] The AV exception caused by removing the component from the form has been resolved.

• [bugfix] By mistake, plain text marquee was always drawing in right to left direction.

• [change] The component has been redesigned and because of that some properties and events has been removed or replaced with the new ones.
• [feature] Now items are maintained as collection of marquee items. Each item can be plain text, HTML formatted text, or owner draw. The OnDrawItem event occurs when an owner draw item needs to be rendered.
• [feature] In the first release of the component, at each time only one marquee text was visible. But now a new text may appear on the control while other items are still scrolling. The Spacing property determines the distance between two consequent items, and VisibleCount property indicates how many items are currently visible on the control.
• [feature] The control supports IMG tags in the HTML formatted text. The OnImage event occurs when an image needs to be loaded.
• [bugfix] Rendering order of HTML elements in the right to left direction is corrected.
• [change] Because of optimizations done for run-time, the marquee may flicker at design-time. You need the control during run-time, right?

Before replacing your old copy of the component with the new release, please read the documentation carefully.

This control uses Windows multimedia timer to provide a smooth scrolling, even when the main VCL thread is busy. It accepts HTML for text formatting, supports hyper link, and is ready for bi-directional languages.