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- (c) Copyright 1996 Ken Fitzpatrick
- All Rights Reserved
- This product cannot be sold without permission from the author,
- however it can be distributed freely, but only in the entirety of
- the bundled files. For details, see the file License.txt bundled
- herein.
-
- These files contain the VB Object Framework ("VBOF") for Microsoft
- Visual Basic Version 4.0 (tm).
-
- VB Object Framework ("VBOF") is a series of VB4-compatible Class Modules
- which are designed to significantly extend the object-oriented
- capabilities of Microsoft Visual Basic.
-
- See file "VBOF.txt" for a brief description of its capabilities and
- intended usage.
-
- (Strongly recommended) See the VB Object Framework User's Guide, in file
- "VBOF.doc", for a full description of its capabilities and intended usage.
- This is a 95-page User's Guide with many topics, including object-oriented
- programming techniques, discussions of VBOF services and Appendixes of
- the public methods of all of the VBOF Class Modules. In addition to
- thoroughly documenting VBOF, it can also help the VB programming community
- develop a fondness for object-oriented programming techniques.
- Note: ensure the Word Template file "VBOF.dot" is available
-
- In an attempt to bring visualization to VBOF's potentially abstract
- object-oriented features, a demonstration package is also included.
- Open the VB Project "DemoVBOF.vbp". If there are any problems opening the
- project, see some suggestions located in "DemoVBOF.txt".
-
- In the demo, note several features available only to object-oriented
- programs:
-
- ╖ objects are imbedded within one another for an enriched data environment.
- For example:
- Address objects contain State objects. This enables the Address
- objects to be "smarter", like knowing the Capital City of the State
- Person objects contain Mother and Father objects. This enables the
- Person objects to be "smarter" about its lineage
- Person objects contain Spouse objects. This enables the Person to
- respond with details about its spouse
-
- ╖ collections of multiple objects are imbedded within one another (Addresses
- within Persons, Phones within Persons, Persons within Company, etc.)
-
- ╖ automatic implementation of the application's object containment
- hierarchy and automatic object persistence through a fully encapsulated
- database interface
-
- ╖ inter-task communication is conducted with complete object independence,
- through triggered events
-
- ╖ multiple views of the same objects which immediately reflect any changes
- performed independently by any one of those views
-
- ╖ an object-oriented manner of manipulating common GUI-centric VB controls,
- such as the DBGrid, ListBox, ComboBox, RecordSet, DataControl, etc.
-
- This is a Shareware product. Those who agree to pay a registration fee
- of $29, will be kept up-to-date with future releases within this version.
- Refer to the file Register.txt for registration information.
-
- Microsoft Visual Basic is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation.