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- Quotez VBX, Version 1.0, Copyright (c) 1995, Martin Bryant, All Rights Reserved
-
- Introduction
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- The QUOTEZ.VBX file is a custom control suitable for use with such programming
- languages as Visual Basic, Visual C++ and Delphi. It selects random witty
- quotations from a customisable data file (initially containing 409 such
- quotations), thus providing a 'cookie jar' or 'quote of the day' facility for
- applications.
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- Shareware Notice
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- Quotez VBX is shareware. You are welcome to use it for a trial period but if
- you continue to use it then please register and support the shareware concept.
- You may freely copy/distribute the shareware version as long as you make no
- charge for it. If you register, then you may use it in commercial products with
- no royalty fee. Thank you for trying Quotez VBX!
- You can register by sending £5 sterling or equivalent foreign currency (cash
- preferred!) to Martin Bryant, 71 Hunstanton Drive, Brandlesholme, Bury,
- Lancashire BL8 1XH, England.
- Registered users receive free updates and a full list of our other products.
- Constructive comments/criticisms welcome at the above address or email
- martinbr@colossus.demon.co.uk
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- Compatibility
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- QUOTEZ.VBX is compatible with level 1 VBX controls.
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- Appearance
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- When added to a program the control appears in the toolbox as a speech bubble.
- It is non-sizable on a form and is invisible at run-time.
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- Properties
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- In addition to the standard properties of Name, Index, Left and Top it also
- has the following custom properties...
- About (read only) - gives version information
- Inputfile - points to the data file containing the quotations. By default this
- is set to c:\windows\system\quotez.dat so you should place the quotez.dat file
- in the c:\windows\system directory along with the quotez.vbx file. The format
- of the data file is simply one quote per line, no blank lines. New quotes can
- simply be appended to the end of the file
- Action (run-time only) - set to a value <=0 to extract a random quote or to
- a value >0 to select a particular quote
- Quote (run-time only) - a string property returning the selected quotation
- Error (run-time only) - may return an error number if there is a problem
- accessing the data file. Possible errors are: 2-file not found, 3-path not
- found, 4-too many open files
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- The default Name property prefix and class name is 'Quotez'.
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- Events
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- The control has no pre-defined events.
-