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- COMPONENT: asBubble
- RELEASE DATE: 01/05/1998
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- BRIEF USAGE DESCRIPTION:
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- The BubbleForm control allow the user to create thought-bubble shaped
- forms often seen using the Office Assistant. Use it for custom message
- boxes, help, or simple to display information. It's use is very simple
- and it uses almost no resources, making it fast...
-
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- NON-STANDARD PROPERTIES:
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- <-ArrowHeight->
- The height, in pixels, of the arrow.
-
- <-ArrowOffset->
- The distance, in pixels, of the arrow from it's
- associated edge.
-
- <-ArrowWidth->
- The width, in pixels, of the arrow.
-
- <-BackPicture->
- The image to be tiled within the bubble area.
-
- <-BorderColor->
- The color of the border around the bubble.
-
- <-Radius->
- The radius, in pixels, of the corners of the bubble.
-
- <-Style->
- Specifies which of the eight possible locations the arrow
- will be displayed at. There are two locations per edge.
-
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- NON-STANDARD METHODS:
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- <-CreateRegion->
- Tells the asBubbleForm control to clip out the bubble-shaped
- region of the form.
-
-
- NON-STANDARD EVENTS:
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- NONE
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-
- STANDARD PROPERTIES:
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- BackColor
- Container
- DragIcon
- DragMode
- Height
- HelpContextID
- Index
- Left
- Name
- Object
- Parent
- TabIndex
- TabStop
- Tag
- ToolTipText
- Top
- Visible
- WhatsThisHelpID
- Width
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- STANDARD METHODS:
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- Drag
- Move
- SetFocus
- ShowWhatsThis
- ZOrder
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- STANDARD EVENTS:
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- DragDrop
- DragOver
- GotFocus
- LostFocus
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- TECHNICAL USAGE NOTES:
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- Make sure the form has it's BorderStyle set to None.
- Also, the best place to invoke the CreateRegion method is
- in the Form_Load or Form_Activate event. Thus the form will display as
- a bubble. The control is a container, so place all
- controls you want on the form in the asBubbleForm control
- during design time.
-