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VPExtras - Extra objects for VisPro/REXX with dragon droppings!
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To install any of the utilities, unzip the .ZIP file and
copy the .HLP & .DLL files into your \VISPRORX directory.
Each utility has online help and a brief description follows below.
All implementations and objects are Copyright 1994, Dion Gillard, but you
are hereby licensed to distribute and use them free of charge.
As such, you get as much support as you are paying for, i.e. NONE, and
I take no responsibility for what you do with them.
Having said that, I'm releasing these objects because I'm in a good
mood at the moment and feel like sharing it. I hope at some point, you'll
return the favour :)
VPIButtn
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VPIButtn is an image button - a push button with a bitmap or icon on it
instead of text.
To install, copy the .HLP & .DLL files into your \VISPRORX directory and
add a line with just the text 'VPIButtn' (no quotes) on it to the
VPRCLASS file in the \VISPRORX directory.
Add an image button to your Layout view, then add some code in the When
Opened event for the form to Load a system icon (from the Add popup menu
item) and then 'Set icon picture and format' by dragging and dropping
the VPIButtn to the code window.
VPFile
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VPFile is a programmers productivity object.
To install, copy the .HLP & .DLL files into your \VISPRORX directory and
add a line with just the text 'VPFile' (no quotes) on it to the
VPRCLASS file in the \VISPRORX directory.
It holds most of the knowledge about using a file that you use, and
can be accessed from VisPro/REXX's toolbar.
This version has NO RUN-TIME. Once you are finished using the file object
in the development environment, you *MUST* delete it from your form.
This way it generates no code that is held in DLLs.
VPBevel
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VPBevel is a bevelled box for the VisPro/REXX toolbar.
It is a visual aid that can make areas of your form seem raised or sunken
and can add 3-D effects.
Rectangle and Line attributes, and the sunken or raised effect can all
be set inside a VPBevel objects settings (which can be obtained by
double clicking anywhere on the object).
To install, copy the .HLP & .DLL files into your \VISPRORX directory and
add a line with just the text 'VPBevel' (no quotes) on it to the
VPRCLASS file in the \VISPRORX directory.
You will most likely want to have other objects on top of a bevelled area,
and during design of a form, it will be necessary to use the Align menu
option, and select *Put behind(last)*.
VPMText
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VPMText is a mnemonic text object for the VisPro/REXX toolbar.
With it, you can have accelerator keys directly to entry fields, spin buttons
listboxes etc.
Create a VPMText object with a tilde (~) as part of the text, and the
character following the tilde will be the accelerator key to the control
(such as an entry field) following the VPMText object (in tab order)
To install, copy the .HLP & .DLL files into your \VISPRORX directory and
add a line with just the text 'VPMText' (no quotes) on it to the
VPRCLASS file in the \VISPRORX directory.
VPEvent
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VPEvent is an event semaphore for the VisPro/REXX toolbar.
To install, copy the .HLP & .DLL files into your \VISPRORX directory and
add a line with just the text 'VPEvent' (no quotes) on it to the
VPRCLASS file in the \VISPRORX directory.