{**************************************************************************}
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{    Calmira shell for Microsoft® Windows(TM) 3.1                          }
{    Source Release 1.0                                                    }
{    Copyright (C) 1997  Li-Hsin Huang, lhh@tribbles.demon.co.uk           }
{                                                                          }
{    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  }
{    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  }
{    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     }
{    (at your option) any later version.                                   }
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{    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       }
{    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        }
{    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         }
{    GNU General Public License for more details.                          }
{                                                                          }
{    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     }
{    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software           }
{    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.             }
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{**************************************************************************}


D E V E L O P E R ' S   N O T E S
=================================

Calmira was created using Borland Delphi for Windows 3.1.  This
package contains the source files and resources needed to recompile
the program.


Source files
============

Full source is supplied in SOURCE.ZIP.  Make sure you re-create the
stored directories when extracting the files -- if you are using
PKUNZIP, add the -d switch.

Four subdirectories will be created for you:

SRC    the main program covered by the license
VCL    public domain components
UTILS  public domain libraries
HELP   text and graphics to build the help file

Adjust the search path in all the DPR files (Options|Project) to
reflect your chosen directory structure.  The other project settings
should be left alone.

All 4 project files should be compiled before attempting to run.


Re-deploying
============

If you wish to release modified versions of Calmira, make sure that
you read the GNU General Public License in the file LICENSE.TXT that
is supplied with the binary files.  (The public domain material may,
of course, be used with no restrictions).

Please do not use the filenames calmirXX.zip for uploading, since
these might be used to distribute updated versions of the original
source.  You can your name derivative program anything you like
for public distribution, so long as you follow the terms in the
license.


Components
==========

You can compile a working copy of Calmira without installing the
components, but you must install them in order to open the forms.
These components are supplied:

Component        File            Description
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
TAppHolder       apholder.pas    TApplication visual interface
TBarGauge        bargauge.pas    Horizontal percentage bar
TCheckList       chklist.pas     An array of checkboxes
                 chklist.res
TDragDrop        dragdrop.pas    Abstract ancestor for file drag-drop
TDropClient      dropclnt.pas    Accepts files from other programs
TDropServer      dropserv.pas    Drops files into other programs
TFormDrag        formdrag.pas    Resizes forms without bsSizeable border
TIconDialog      icondlg.pas     }
                 iconsel.pas     } Dialog box for selecting icons
                 iconsel.dfm     }
TMultiGrid       multigrd.pas    Main control in icon windows
TScrollTree      scrtree.pas     TOutline descandant with thumbtracking
TStyleSpeed      stylsped.pas    TSpeedButton with new border styles


To install, select [Options|Install Components], and select CALVCL.PAS,
which will register all these components for you.  TIconDialog is added
to your Dialogs palette and the rest are placed on a new Calmira page.

In addition, you must have all of the normal Delphi VCL components
(except the database tools) and the sample TSpinEdit control in your
design-time component library.


Utilities
=========

Library        File            Description
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Drives         drives.pas      Disk drive detection
Environment    environs.pas    Environment string management
Extended form  extform.pas     Enhanced TForm object
Files          files.pas       File copying, searching, some string fns
Miscellaneous  miscutil.pas    Useful routines which enhance the VCL
Object list    objlist.pas     TList descendant that frees TObjects
Profile        profile.pas     Extended TIniFile
Streamer       streamer.pas    TFileStream that reads/writes variables
Strings        strings.pas     String formatting and manipulation
Version Info   verinfo.pas     Searches for file version information



Contacts
--------

Post : Li-Hsin Huang
       59 Bromefield
       Stanmore
       Middlesex HA7 1AG
       England, UK

Email: lhh@tribbles.demon.co.uk
WWW  : http://www.tribbles.demon.co.uk/calmira/calmira.htm

Visit the home page first, since it may contain FAQs, bug lists and
programming tips.