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- GRAFLITE Version 1.0
- May 1, 1995
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- What is GrafLight
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- GrafLite is a Delphi component that serves as a graphic light indicator
- to provide feed back to the operator of a Delphi program. GrafLight
- is a descendent of a TImage component. The color of a GrafLight may
- be set at design time or at runtime.
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- Use of GrafLight in a statusbar is about the same as using the hourglass
- cursor to let end users know that they should wait is the light is red,
- to proceed with caution if the light is yellow, or to proceed if the
- graflight is red.
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- Other uses of GrafLight could include displaying modem-like lights on
- a status line for programs that use modem communications components.
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- Properties - at design time
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- GrafLight has the same image component properties with one simple
- additional property... ActiveLight.
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- The ActiveLight component can be set to the following in the Object
- Inspector Dialog at design time:
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- alNone - gray or inactive light
- alGreen - green or go active light
- alYellow - yellow or use caution light
- alRed - red or complete or warning light
- alBlue - blue active light
- alDarkRed - a dark red light
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- The graflight component may be sized to any size at design time, but
- it looks the best at about 24 pixels square or smaller. The actual
- picture size is 17x17 pixels.
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- The graflight may be place on a panel or statusline or on a form.
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- Using Graflight - at run time
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- The color of a graflight component may be changed at run time by setting
- the graflight components ActiveLight property to any of the following:
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- alNone - gray or inactive light
- alGreen - green or go active light
- alYellow - yellow or use caution light
- alRed - red or complete or warning light
- alBlue - blue active light
- alDarkRed - a dark red light
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- Installing GrafLight in the Delphi Component Library
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- GrafLight may be installed into the Delphi Component Library by:
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- 1. Selecting Options\Install Components.
- 2. Select GRAFLIGHT.PAS
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- After GRAFLIGHT has been installed it may be used just like any other
- Delphi component.
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- GrafLight Registeration
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- The source code is included in the shareware release. The source code
- may not be modified without permission of the author.
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- GRAFLIGHT is (c) 1995 copyright by Adirondack Software & Graphics
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- The author may be contacted on Compuserve Mail 2566,2387
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- WARNING
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- Although Graflight functions flawlessly on my computer systems the
- author assumes no responsibility for the use or misuse of the component
- or source code.
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- Released June 11, 1995.
- Enjoy!
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