------------------------------------------------ MsgBox Magic for Windows README File April 22, 1995 ------------------------------------------------ (C) Copyright Extreme Software, 1995 This document provides complementary or late-breaking information to supplement MsgBox Magic for Windows documentation. ------------------------------------------- What is MsgBox Magic? ------------------------------------------- MsgBox Magic is a great SHAREWARE utility for helping Visual Basic developers create all kinds of different message boxes in Visual Basic. MsgBox Magic automates the design of message boxes in Visual Basic. Visual Basic has many options available to the developer when writing a MessageBox in their program. These options make every developer open up the manual every time they want to create a MessageBox. MsgBox Magic takes the confusing and hard to remember options and does them for you. An easy to understand User Interface in MsgBox Magic’s lets the developer point click the options they want. MsgBox Magic then generates all the code for you! FEATURES: Allows up to 4 lines of text in the MessageBox. Have MsgBox Magic write code using VB's CONSTANT.TXT file or not. Generate IF statements for when users press the buttons. Generate ERROR messages in the MessageBox. Code is displayed in the VIEWING windows. Code is place automatically in the Windows Clipboard. SHAREWARE: MsgBox Magic is Shareware and is not disabled in anyway. The registration fee is only $6.00 which entitles you to the following. > A brand new shinny diskette! > The latest version of MsgBox Magic! > The MsgBox Magic Code! > Online Help for MsgBox Magic! To register, send check or money order for $6.00 to the following address. Extreme Software/MsgBox Magic 15059 North 54th Way Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2397 ---------------------------------------- Extracting the ZIPPED MsgBox Magic File ---------------------------------------- To extract MsgBox Magic for Windows from the ZIPPED file, please do the following mkdir c:\msgboxm ;Create a directory to put MsgBox Magic into. msgboxm.exe c:\msgboxm ;extract the ZIPPED file into the directory. ------------------------------------ Starting MsgBox Magic for Windows. ------------------------------------ From the Windows Program Manager, Select from the pulldown menus, FILE/NEW. and create the following icon. Description: MsgBox Magic Command Line: C:\MSGBOXM\MSGBOXM.EXE Working Dir: C:\MSGBOXM ------------------------------------ Required Files ------------------------------------ Since this application was written in Visual Basic 3.0, you need the following file: VBRUN300.DLL