Real String ActiveX v2.2 (build
10 September, 98 | File: RS.OCX | Size: 52,224 bytes)
By Great
Beard.
E-mail: grtbeard@geocities.com
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/4274
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This HTML-based help is designed for MS Internet Explorer 4.01 and higher versions (like
MSIE 5.0 Preview 1)
Description: This control allows you to design your forms with running string, the same as in MOD4WIN. 7 variants of displaying this string, 3D borders, custom colors (fore-, back-ground, shade). Languages: EN, RU. Symbols: A-Z, 0-9, <space>, ""`'.,!?~#-+()[]=\/$*^%&_<>:;@| {}. Plus all Russians letters.
Properties Methods Events System Requirements History (bugs, updates)
Property |
Data type | Description |
| Backward | Boolean | Returns/Sets direction (True left->right, False right->left). |
| Background | (Color) | The color of the background. |
| Delay | Integer | Returns/Sets delay in periods of Interval property. |
| Enabled | Boolean | Defines the state of control. |
| Foreground | (Color) | The color of light points of text. |
| hWnd | (Handle) | Window Handle to this control. |
| Interval | Integer | Returns/Sets interval for scrolling steps in msec. |
| Length | Integer | Returns/Sets length of Real String Control (min = 1; max = 33; default = 12). |
| Looped | Boolean | If True then the scroll is looped. |
| MouseIcon | (Icon) | This Icon or Cursor is used for mousepointer when mouse is over the button and MousePointer is set to 99. |
| MousePointer | mousepointerconstants (Integer) | This value set the mousepointer to one of the predefined values. Default = 0, Arrow = 1, Cross = 2, IBeam = 3, SizeAll = 4, SizeNESW = 5, SizeNS = 6, SizeNWES = 7, SizeWE = 8, UpArr = 9, HGlass =10, NoDrop =11, ArrHg =12, Custom =99. |
| OutPixels | Boolean | If True - additional row of pixels is displayed around the control. |
| RString | String | Text to be displayed. |
| Shade | (Color) | The color of black points of text. |
| TDBorder | Boolean | If True - 3D borders are on. |
| TrimLeft | Boolean | Strips spaces in left. |
| TrimRight | Boolean | Strips spaces in right. |
| Method | Parameters | Description |
| AboutBox | none | Displays AboutBox |
| Clear | none | Fills control (RString) with spaces. |
| DoIt | Style as Integer | Runs Real String. Style: (if length of the text is less than length of the Control, no scrolling) Alignment: 0 - Left. 1 - Center. 2 - Right. (any case, scrolling): 10 - Adds (Length) spaces in the beginning of the text. 11 - Adds (Length) spaces in the beginning and in the end of the text. 12 - Adds (Length) spaces in the end of the text. 13 - No additional spaces (As Is). (any other) - DEMO mode: First cycle - spaces in the end of the text, next cycles - the same as 11. |
| GoOn | none | Continues scrolling after pause method. |
| Pause | none | Sets scrolling on pause. |
| Stop | none | Stops scrolling. |
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Events (only non-standard):
| Event | Parameters | Description |
| Done | Position as Integer | Occurs when mouse appears over the button. |
| Moving | EndPosition as Integer, ByUser as Boolean | Occurs when scrolling is complete (if Looped
set to False). EndPosition shows the position of text from the beginning at the end of scrolling. ByUser indicates whether user stopped the scrolling. |
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System Requirements:
-Windows'95
- MFC DLLs (mfc42.DLL, msvcrt.DLL...)
| Version | Date (dd/mm/yy) | Description |
| 2.2 | 10/09/98 | Modification: - Allows to change length at Run-Time mode. Now it redraws the control, but this method isn't recommended. |
| 2.1 | 19/06/98 | Removed bugs: - DoIt method now works from Load, Initialize and Activate events of VB. |
| 2.0 | 31/05/98 | All pervious versions were not published. They were used for personal purposes. |