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NED LED OCX
Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Northeast Data Corp.
All Rights Reserved
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Demo Release 1.0 for 32-bit VB 4.0 users
January 1996
This document describes the NED LED OCX Control.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
1. Product Description
2. Legal Information
3. Installation <---IMPORTANT
4. Usage
5. Ordering information
6. Release notes
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1. Product Description
The NED LED OCX Control is a 32-bit Microsoft Windows OLE custom
control that provides both analog and digital Light Emitting Diode
types of controls. The analog control is a bar type of LED that is
commonly seen on stereo equipment. The digital control displays
numeric data.
It can be used with any host programming environment or application
that supports 32-bit OCX controls.
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2. Legal Information
The purchaser of the NED LED OCX Control is allowed to use it and
distribute it in applications without paying any royalty, and without
printing or displaying a copyright notice for the control. This only
includes distribution of the NLED.OCX control and supporting files.
It does not include distribution of documentation that comes with the
NED LED OCX Control.
The purchaser of the NED LED OCX Control may distribute the control
with applications that are networked (multiple users accessing the
control from a file server) without paying any license fees to Northeast
Data Corp.
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3. Installation
Create a temp directory on your hard disk and copy all files from
the distribution disk to the directory. These files include:
README.TXT (This file)
NLED.OCX (NED LED OCX)
NLED.TLB (NED LED OCX Type Library)
FORM1.FRM (VB 4.0 form definition file)
FORM1.FRX (VB 4.0 form definition file)
PROJECT1.VBP (VB 4.0 Project file)
If you have downloaded the NLEDVB10.ZIP file, use PKUNZIP to extract the
files into the temp directory.
The files listed below are required to use the OCX and demo in this
archive. This files can be found in OCX4032.ZIP in the same area as
NLEDVB10.ZIP. This files in this archive should be placed in the
same directory as the above OCX files.
MFC40.DLL (Required for OCX)
MSVCRT40.DLL (Required for OCX)
OLEPRO32.DLL (Required for OCX)
If you already have these files on your system, they are probably
located in the System or System32 directory. If this is the case,
you probably do not need to download these files again.
To register the OCX and DLL files, place all of the above files in
the same directory and run the REGISTER.EXE file.
A 32-bit Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 example application is provided with
the NED LED OCX control. You must have the 32-bit version of Microsoft
Visual Basic 4.0 installed on your machine to run this demo.
The example application allows you to view both the LED 1 and LED 2 controls
interactively.
The demo application is not crippled in any way. The dialog specifying
that this is an unregistered version of the control does not appear in
the release version.
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4. Usage
<LED 1>
PROPERTIES
----------
"Value"
The numeric value displayed in the control.
"NumPositions"
The number of positions (digits) the control can display.
"LeadingZero"
TRUE indicates unused digits are displayed as zero.
FALSE indicates unused digits are displayed as blank.
"BackColor"
The color of the background the digits are displayed on.
"ForeColor"
The color of the digits.
"ShowDecimal"
TRUE indicates that a decimal point will be displayed.
FALSE indicates that no decimal point will be displayed.
"DecimalPosition"
A numeric value that indicates which position will contain
the decimal point. For example,
0 = to the right of the ONES position
1 = to the right of the tens position
etc...
METHODS
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"AboutBox"
Displays the about box for the LED 1 Control.
<LED 2>
PROPERTIES
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"DarkColor"
The color of the unlit LED's.
"HighliteColor"
The color of the highlite portion of the control for 3D shading.
"InnerSpace"
The amount of space between LED segments.
"LEDType"
The orientation of the control.
TRUE - Vertical Control
FALSE - Horizontal Control
"Direction"
The direction the LED's light up in.
TRUE - Reverse direction
FALSE - Normal direction
"LightColor"
The color of the lit LED's.
"NumSegments"
The number of LED's to display.
"Outline"
TRUE - Draw a segment outline.
FALSE - No Segment outline is drawn.
"OutlineColor"
The color of the segment outline if it is drawn.
"ShadowColor"
The color of the shadow portion of the control for 3D shading.
"SideSpace"
The amount of space between the side of the control and the first
LED segment.
"Thickness"
How thick each segment should be.
"Value"
The current value of the control.
"MinValue"
The minimum value of the control.
"MaxValue"
The maximum value of the control.
"BackColor"
The background color of the control.
"LoLightColor"
Color of the lit lobound LEDs.
"LoDarkColor"
Color of the unlit lobound LEDs.
"HiLightColor"
Color of the lit hibound LEDs.
"HiDarkColor"
Color of the unlit hibound LEDs.
"LoBound"
Low bound coloring area.
"HiBound"
High bound coloring area.
"RoundSegment"
TRUE - Draw round segments.
FALSE - Draw rectangle segments.
METHODS
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"AboutBox"
Displays the about box for the LED 2 Control.
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Northeast Data Corp.
2117 Buffalo Rd., Suite 290
Rochester, NY 14624
Phone (716) 247-5934 (voice & fax)
E-Mail
Internet: ned1@frontiernet.net
CompuServe: 71321,3304
Home Page: http://www.frontiernet.net/~ned1/index.htm
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5. Ordering Information
The easiest way to obtain a registered version is to type GO SWREG on
Compuserve. The ID for the NED LED OCX is 9082. The ID for the NED LED
OCX Source code is 9190. After you provide the information, Compuserve
will send us a mail message. We will send you the software. Compuserve
will bill you and then pay us.
To obtain the software directly from us, send a money order or a check
drawn on a U.S bank to the address above. Specify "NED 32-bit LED OCX" and
provide your full address. If you provide a Compuserve ID, we can send
the software via e-mail.
The price of the NED LED OCX control is $89.00US.
The price of the NED LED OCX Source is $299.00US.
Shipping and handling fees in the US are $15.00US.
Shipping and handling fees outside the US are $20.00US.
New York State residents must add 8% sales tax.
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6. Release notes
Version 1.0 - January 1996
+ First commercial release.