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| This VENDINFO Product Information File contains both readable text |
| and tools-accessible data about a product. See the last text |
| section, below, for more information about VENDINFO and its tools. |
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VENDINFO standard v1.03, produced by VendEdit v1.22, 28-Jan-1996
===== Product Information ==============================
Product: IniControls .INI-aware Delphi Components
Version: 1.25
Version Date: 28-Jan-1996
Product Type: Software
Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
Shareware, subject to distribution restrictions
Product Description: .INI-aware Delphi components, for
configuration programs; includes edit box,
radio button, checkbox, combo box, and string
grid. Eliminates tedious coding of
TInifile.ReadString and WriteString calls.
Loading an .ini file takes no code -- it's
automatic. Saving it back again takes one
line of code.
Reason for version: Fixes
Category: Computer programming; Languages; Pascal; OOP
Pascal for Windows (Borland)
Keywords: DELPHI COMPONENT INI CONFIG VCL
Required Packages: INICTL12
This Package: INICTL12
Registration Fee: 17.50-37.50 (USD)
Required Configuration
Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80386)
Minimum OS: MS-DOS 3.0
Standard RAM: 640K
Hard Drive Space: 492K
Required:
Hard drive
Req'd Software: Borland Delphi 1.0 or above
Orders:
Address: Prodigy Computing (Pty) Ltd
PO Box 2194
Cramerview
2060
South Africa
Phone: 011-27-11-792-8360
FAX: 011-27-11-888-2370
CompuServe: 73770,660
Internet: keating@acm.org
Support:
Address: Prodigy Computing (Pty) Ltd
PO Box 2194
Cramerview
2060
South Africa
FAX: 011-27-11-888-2370
CompuServe: 73770,660
Internet: keating@acm.org
===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
This README file gives instructions for installation, and a bare outline
of what IniCtrls does. You will find much fuller details in the helpfile,
INICTRLS.HLP.
INTRODUCTING INICONTROLS
IniControls is a small set of components for Delphi programmers. The
components are intended primarily for programmers who are writing
configuration programs that store settings and preferences in .ini files
(and, under Windows 95, in the registry).
The IniControls components are like Delphi data-aware components. But
instead of linking a control on the screen directly to a field in a
database, these components link the control to an entry in an .ini file.
We call them .ini-aware components.
Delphi comes with a TIniFile object that encapsulates the behaviour of
.ini files. But if you have an even moderately complex configuration
program to write, you will find yourself coding large blocks of
ReadString and WriteString method calls. This is easy, but tedious.
IniControls lets you snap together components in Designer to build a
configuration program with almost no coding. Loading the controls
from the .ini file takes zero code: it's automatic. You save the new
settings back, or restore installation defaults, with a single line
of code each. IniControls provides a complete set of controls, including
edit box, numeric-only edit box, radio button,checkbox, combobox and
string grid.
===== Packing List =====================================
As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
Filename Size Date Time CRC32
READ_ME.BAT 31 28-Jan-1996 01:25a 6078A6E6
INICTRLS.DCR 12037 28-Jan-1996 01:25a 0237D33D
INICTRLS.DCU 68880 28-Jan-1996 01:25a 16C9665F
ID_MAIN.DFM 73804 28-Jan-1996 01:25a C05D0EB0
FILE_ID.DIZ 239 28-Jan-1996 01:25a AEE659E0
LICENCE.DOC 412 28-Jan-1996 01:25a 58B0AA35
INIDEMO.DPR 576 28-Jan-1996 01:25a 5D0921B6
INICTRLS.HLP 88831 28-Jan-1996 01:25a 0CD1CF86
PUBLIC.KEY 1023 28-Jan-1996 01:25a E7520E96
INICTRLS.KWF 16384 28-Jan-1996 01:25a 0D5E7962
ID_MAIN.PAS 5717 28-Jan-1996 01:25a C519FBB7
INIDEMO1.RES 1099 28-Jan-1996 01:25a 81D6C047
README.WRI 8448 28-Jan-1996 01:25a 138EB7F7
===== Installation =====================================
IniControls is a programmer's tool. We assume you already know how to
create directories, unzip files, and so forth. However, this may be the
first time you've installed third-party Delphi components, so we're
including step-by-step instructions for this.
INSTALLING INICONTROLS
There are two steps to installation: installing the IniControls unit in
the Delphi environment, and installing the helpfile so that it is
accessible to the Delphi context-sensitive search engine.
Installing the Components
Start Delphi and close any open project. Then select Options | Install
Components | Add | Browse. Set List files of type to Unit file (*.dcu)
and navigate to the directory where you unzipped the IniControls package.
Select inictrls.dcu and press OK. You will then be returned to the main
Install Components dialogue. Press OK.
After a noticeable pause, Delphi will return control to you. You will
notice that the component palette has a new tab labelled .INI containing
seven new components. (You can change this arrangement later using
Options | Environment | Palette if you like.)
Installing Help
You can consult the helpfile, INICTRLS.HLP, without installing it. But
you will not have context-sensitive help inside Designer until you
install the help in the Delphi environment. We have taken a lot of
trouble over the smooth integration of IniControls help with the Delphi
search engine. Please install it.
1. In the IniControls package you will find two files that you need,
INICTRLS.HLP and INICTRLS.KWF. Copy INICTRLS.HLP to \DELPHI\BIN. Copy
INICTRLS.KWF to \DELPHI\HELP.
2. Run HELPINST.EXE: this is supplied as part of the Delphi package.
First select File | Open and open \DELPHI\BIN\DELPHI.HDX. Then select
Keywords | Add keyword file and open \DELPHI\BIN\INICTRLS.KWF. Finally,
select File | Save and exit the program.
RUNNING THE DEMO PROGRAM
Included in the package is a small demo project, INIDEMO.DPR. This shows
you much of what IniControls can do. It'll take you five minutes to run.
COPYRIGHT
IniControls was written by Paul Keating. The program and its supporting
materials are copyright c 1995 by Prodigy Computing (Pty) Limited, PO Box
2194, Cramerview 2060, South Africa.
ASSOCIATION OF SHAREWARE PROFESSIONALS
This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle
works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem
with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to
help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an
ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products.
Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI USA
49442-9427, Fax 616-788-2765, or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe
Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536 (Internet: 70007.3536@compuserve.com).
===== Warranty =========================================
IniControls is mad