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- LEONG PROFILE CUSTOM CONTROLS
- -----------------------------
- VERSION 1.01
-
- This file contains the latest details about the Leong INI
- Custom Controls:
- -1- How to install the controls
- -2- How to register the Custom controls
- -3- How to get support
- -4- List of tips and changes from previous release
-
- The Windows Help file LEONGINI.HLP is the main source of
- information about the controls. This file contains the most
- recent updates.
-
- The major changes include the addition of a control that exposes
- properties of other controls in INI files, and Compuserve SWREG
- numbers. More details are given at the end of this file.
-
-
- (1) TO INSTALL THE CONTROLS
- ---------------------------
-
- When you unzip the distribution file LEONGINI.ZIP, you will have
- the following files:
-
- LEONGINI.VBX - The actual controls - copy this file to the
- C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, or its equivalent on
- your PC.
-
- LEONGINI.HLP - The Windows Help for the controls - copy this file
- to the C:\WINDOWS directory, or its equivalent.
-
- README.TXT - This file - please keep this file for details of
- how to register the controls.
-
- LEONGINI.TXT - constants for use in your programs
-
- DEMO1.FRM - Example of browsing through INI files using STRING
- DEMO1.INI control
- DEMO1.MAK
-
- DEMO2.FRM - Example of STRING, COLOR and FONT controls
- DEMO2.MAK
-
- DEMO3.FRM - Example program that remembers recently opened files
- DEMO3.MAK
-
- EXPOSE.MAK - Example of language translation using EXPOSE control
- HELP.BAS
- EXPOSE.FRM
- TICKET.FRM
- DEUTSCH.INI
- ENGLISH.INI
- ESPANOL.INI
- FRANCAIS.INI
-
-
- (2) TO REGISTER
- ---------------
-
- Please send:
- -1- Your name, as known by Visual Basic
-
- -2- The serial number of your copy of Visual Basic
-
- You can find both of the items above by choosing About
- Microsoft Visual Basic... on the Help menu of Visual Basic.
-
- -3- Contact details - address, CompuServe ID and phone number
-
- -4- Your payment
-
- You can register in the CompuServe Software Registration Forum
- (GO SWREG), or you can send a cheque. The SWREG numbers are shown
- in the table below.
-
- We provide prices in UK pounds and in US dollars as a service.
- The dollar price includes our cost of conversion. Please note
- that payments by cheque must be encashable at a major UK bank.
-
- Prices UK Pounds US Dollars SWREG ID
- ------ --------- ---------- --------
- Registered Developer 15 25 2313
- Professional Version 20 35 2328
-
- Please send the above to:
- Mabel Leong
- 21 Meadowbank
- Hitchin
- Herts SG4 0HX
- UK
-
-
- (3) TO GET SUPPORT
- ------------------
-
- If you are a registered user, please send us the same details as
- for registering. Send Compuserve mail to [100332,3614] if possible,
- otherwise send post to the address above. See the help file for
- more details.
-
-
- (4) TIPS
- --------
-
- 1) In the Visual Basic development environment, don't forget to use
- an explicit IniFile setting (see the Help file for details)
-
- 2) If you use Notepad, or another editor, to change the contents of
- an INI file your program won't see the change immediately because
- Windows caches the most recently used INI file. You must force
- Windows to read another INI file after your edit so it has to
- reread the one you've changed. You can do this by referring to
- more than one INI file in your program, or by running another
- program that accesses a different INI file.
-
- 3) This release of the custom controls has been tested with Visual
- Basic Release 3.0. It should also be compatible with Visual Basic
- Release 2.0 - we welcome feedback. It is not compatible with
- Visual Basic Release 1.0, because various Version 2 features are
- needed. If you have Visual Basic 1, we'd strongly recommend you
- to upgrade in any case. If you have Visual C 1.00, we don't
- expect you to want to use these controls. Please let us know if
- you want support for other platforms (no promises!).
-
- ------------------- Release 1.01 below this line -------------------
-
- 5) An Expose control has been added to allow you to save and restore
- properties from all the controls in your application. This can
- be used to assist translation into other languages, for example.
-
- 6) The IniString control has been fixed to allow the default value
- to be returned if the Key, IniSection and IniFile are set to
- values that referred to an actual entry in an INI file and then
- changed to some values that did not refer to an actual entry (the
- control kept the most recently accessed entry as its value).
-
- 7) The Align property has been added so the controls can be placed
- directly on an MDI form.
-
- 8) The dynamic creation of additional controls at run time is fixed.
- Dynamically created controls do not have any Attached controls
- (Professional Edition).
-
- 9) The Help file, LEONGINI.HLP, now includes the correct numerical
- values for the OnChange and OnUnload values of the Write property,
- plus details of the Expose control
-
- 10) It is now possible to delete entries in INI files by setting the
- Write property to 4 (Delete Entry) or 5 (Delete Section).
-
- 11) A couple of obscure errors that sometimes resulted in crashes have
- been fixed.