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- NED LED OCX
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- Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Northeast Data Corp.
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- All Rights Reserved
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- Demo Release 1.0 for 32-bit VB 4.0 users
- January 1996
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- This document describes the NED LED OCX Control.
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-
- CONTENTS
-
- CONTENTS
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- 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.
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- "NumPositions"
- The number of positions (digits) the control can display.
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- "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.
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- "ForeColor"
- The color of the digits.
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- "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
- ----------
- "DarkColor"
- The color of the unlit LED's.
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- "HighliteColor"
- The color of the highlite portion of the control for 3D shading.
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- "InnerSpace"
- The amount of space between LED segments.
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- "LEDType"
- The orientation of the control.
- TRUE - Vertical Control
- FALSE - Horizontal Control
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- "Direction"
- The direction the LED's light up in.
- TRUE - Reverse direction
- FALSE - Normal direction
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- "LightColor"
- The color of the lit LED's.
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- "NumSegments"
- The number of LED's to display.
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- "Outline"
- TRUE - Draw a segment outline.
- FALSE - No Segment outline is drawn.
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- "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.
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- "MinValue"
- The minimum value of the control.
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- "MaxValue"
- The maximum value of the control.
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- "BackColor"
- The background color of the control.
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- "LoLightColor"
- Color of the lit lobound LEDs.
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- "LoDarkColor"
- Color of the unlit lobound LEDs.
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- "HiLightColor"
- Color of the lit hibound LEDs.
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- "HiDarkColor"
- Color of the unlit hibound LEDs.
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- "LoBound"
- Low bound coloring area.
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- "HiBound"
- High bound coloring area.
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- "RoundSegment"
- TRUE - Draw round segments.
- FALSE - Draw rectangle segments.
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- 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
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- 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
-
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- Version 1.0 - January 1996
-
- + First commercial release.
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-