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- PSPNUM.TXT 10th August 1996
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- Prospero Software Products Limited
- 41 Athol Street
- Douglas
- Isle of Man IM1 1LA
- United Kingdom
-
- CONTACT: Frank Vipond
-
- PHN: +44 (0)1624-681090
- FAX: +44 (0)1624-681097
- WWW: http://www.prosperosoftware.co.uk
- EMAIL: CompuServe 100332,1257
-
- Introduction to PSPNUM:
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-
- The PSPNUM custom control (available as 16-bit VBX and 32-bit
- OCX) is a special type of Edit Box control. You use it only
- for decimal numbers or decimal numeric arrays. You specify
- through edit masks how you want numeric values to display in
- the edit box e.g. "123.45-" or "US$123.45CR".
-
- PSPNUM stores and manipulates numeric field/array values more
- accurately than 1) floating-point data and 2) native 'currency'
- data types. It also supports a range of common mathematical
- and array operations. Many satisfied users.
-
- About ZIP files for PSPNUM:
- ---------------------------
-
- 1) PSPNMV.ZIP: 104K bytes. PSPNUM 16-bit VBX version 2.7. Also
- full working VB3 demo. VBX usable with Microsoft Visual Basic
- V1.0 or later or with compatible environments. UNZIPs with -d
- flag to about 300K.
-
- 2) PSPNMO.ZIP: 92K bytes. PSPNUM 32-bit OCX version 2.7. Also
- full working VB4 demo. OCX usable with Microsoft Visual Basic
- V4.0 32-bit or later or with other OLE-compatible environments.
- UNZIPs with -d flag to about 350K.
-
- 3) PSPNUM.ZIP: 123K bytes. Documentation common to both VBX
- and OCX. UNZIPS to about 400K to give the following:
-
- 3A) PSPNUMUG.DOC: Full 50-page PSPNUM User Guide. Prepared
- using Microsoft Word version 6.0. In particular, see section
- 1 and Appendix B for an explanation of why PSPNUM is so much
- better than the 'currency' data types or floating-point
- fields.
-
- 3B) PSPNUM.HLP: On-line Help file for the VBX/OCX.
- Substantially the same content as the User Guide. You may
- need to move/copy this HLP file to common directory for
- general testing/use.
-
- 3C) HISTORY.TXT: A brief description of previous releases
- and proposed developments for PSPNUM.
-
- 3D) LICENSE.DOC: PSPNUM License agreement. Includes prices.
- Also prepared using Microsoft Word version 6.0.
-
- Further Action:
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-
- PSPNUM is NOT freeware/shareware.
-
- The VBX and OCX in the above ZIP files have ALL the functions
- of the production version, but only allow a limited number
- (20) of instances of the PSPNUM control to be in use at any
- point in time.
-
- This should provide enough for a very full demonstration and
- evaluation of the PSPNUM VBX/OCX. You may well find the demo
- version useful without acquiring the full production version.
- However we strongly believe that it is not in your best
- interests to use unsupported software. If you acquire the
- full production version of PSPNUM according to the terms of
- our license agreement, we can support you, help you, and
- upgrade your software if needs be. Whereas as an unlicensed
- user, you really are on your own.
-
- If you like PSPNUM, open LICENSE.DOC in Word. Examine the
- license conditions. If the conditions are acceptable to you,
- contact us first. We can then discuss license pricing in
- further detail. For some users, we are prepared to negotiate
- very reasonable rates. Whatever rates are agreed, you will
- only get the production version of PSPNUM after we receive
- the signed license agreement. So it makes sense for you to
- look at the license first.
-
- If you have any problems with using Word 6.0 documents, we
- can quite easily fax you copies or prepare documents in
- another format.
-
- We welcome any enquiries/comments about the PSPNUM VBX or
- OCX (contact details at top of this file).
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