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- DS-Animated Cursor Controls 1.01 README
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- This file is best viewed in Notepad (800x600 Display) and maximised.
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- Thankyou for using the Dave Software Animated Cursor Controls. Please ensure that you have
- read the following points below.
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- * THIS CONTROL IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ANIMATED CURSOR CONTROLS VERSION 1.00
- * This program requires the Visual Basic 5.00 Service Pack 3 Runtimes. These can be found at
- www.bigfoot.com/~davesoft/vb5sp3rt.zip. Download this file and then run the setup file included
- If you do not have the Visual Basic runtimes then you must download this file and install it
- before running the setup program for this control (this advice is for VB6 users)
- * This program displays an About box when you first use it. This is NOT displayed to users who
- use your programs.
- * This program is freeware - it should not be sold to anyone, but distributed freely.
- * You may use this control in your programs completely free of charge. There is also no need
- to include "About Box" credits for the component (although you can advertise for me if you
- want!!)
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- Background
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- This a "bug fixes" update to the original Animated Cursor Controls. The changes are:
- * Fixed a bug in the CursorName and Artist properties of the image control - occasionally the
- last character would be clipped.
- * The Animation property and the AddCursor method of the controls have changed slightly. If you
- want to supply the data for the cursor instead of a filename, simply prefix it with a ">"
- e.g. object.Animation = "C:\WINDOWS\CURSORS\AppStart.ani" would load the file AppStart.ani,
- This code snippet is an alternative...
- Dim Buffer As String
- Open "C:\WINDOWS\CURSORS\AppStart.ani" For Binary Access Read As #1
- Let Buffer = Space(LOF(1))
- Get #1, , Buffer
- Close #1
- object.Animation = ">" & Buffer
- * The Cursor control no longer requires the "Support Library" EXE. I have changed the mechanism
- used for communication between the controls to one that does not require an ActiveX server.
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- Instructions
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- In order to install this software, simply run the Setup.exe program. A demo project is installed.
- I recommend that you look at this - it demonstrates a lot of the control. Also the Word Document,
- "DSAniSet Help.doc" contains all of the details about the control - if you do not have Microsoft
- Word '97, then you can view the help file from the Animated Cursor Controls homepage,
- www.bigfoot.com/~davesoft/aniset.htm. If you are using the Version 1.00 controls, please
- uninstall them first.
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- And finally...
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- If you would like to be added to the mailing list for updates to this and other programs
- available, please email davesoft@bigfoot.com and ask to be added to the "Software Update List".
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- Remember! Everyone who assists in reporting bugs or giving advice on a control will get their
- name/email address/web page placed on the About Box of the final version of the control. Also,
- beta testers are entitled to free versions of any shareware products released (components that
- provide primary functionality for a program are shareware).
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- Check out our Website at www.bigfoot.com/~davesoft
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- This control is Copyright ⌐ David Allsopp, 1999.
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- Thankyou
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- Dave Software Enterprises. 1/5/1999.