Readme for XFile Customs Controls 2.5  for VB 3.0  (C) BC SOFT 1995-03-06
All rights reserved worldwide.


Shareware edition. 

You can register this shareware on Compuserve. Detailed instructions
is included in the Windows helpfiles. 


Remember that if you want to design applications with your own datafiles
modify the country setting in XFILE.INI located in your WINDOWS directory.
Valid settings are documented in the help system.


Added functionality

1. The DbGetFieldEx function is added. 


This function does not require you to pass a fixed length string to
XFILE25.VBX. This will simplify things because because XFILE's dbGetField
function may crash if you do not provide a string that is long enough 
to take care of contents of the field.

Example:

Dim aString As String
Dim Dummy as Integer,aFldNo as Integer

aFldNo = CUSTOMER_NAME ' Predefined  somewhere
' Customer is an active XFile control on your form

dummy = dbGetFieldEx(Customer,CUSTOMER_NAME,aString);

Use this function instead of the dbGetField function, this function
is much safer. The dbGetField function is still supported for compatatibility
reasons.

2. The visual appereance of the XFile and XDesign control is changed. These 
control do not load any bitmap now and are less demanding on windows resources.

3. The Xlistbox vertical scrollbar thumb could in some circumstances  
   be in it's downmost position and the user could not scroll to later
   records with the thumb. The down arrow worked. This is now corrected.

4. A new property had been added to the XListBox. The property is called
   ThumbOnTop and is a boolean one. If you set this property to true the 
   vertical scrollbar thumb is set to the top of the scrollbar. The default
   behaviour is that the vertical thumb is placed in the middle of the scrollbar.

5. In some circumstances all database fields was not shown in the attached
   listbox of the XField properties if the XEdit and XCombobox. This could
   happen if the database file have many fields (> 80). This is now corrected.

If you find a bug in the XFile Custom Controls package please report
them to:

BC Soft AB
Box 34175
S-100 26 Stockholm
Sweden
Phone: Intl+46-8-657 91 90
Fax:   Intl+46-8-656 67 72
Compuserve 70630,1337