VBXpress Version 2.00 Release Notes DEMONSTRATION VERSION Thank you for your interest in VBXpress! Read this file before installation and if you experience any difficulties regarding VBXpress. 1.0 - DEMONSTRATION VBXpress 2.0 - VBXpress CONTROL TYPES 3.0 - YOUR FREE CONTROL - MENUCLK.VBX 1.0 DEMONSTRATION VBXpress ---------------- VBXpress requires VBRUN300.DLL to execute. This standard library is available from most on-line bulletin boards. VBXpress must be loaded into a sub-directory, and cannot be installed to a drive's root directory. VBXpress makes genuine level 1 VBX controls. This demonstation version creates controls which will execute in any compatible development environment as design-time only controls and will display the ABOUT message when loading. In all other ways, these VBX controls are exactly as created by the release version of VBXpress. 2.0 - VBXpress CONTROL TYPES ---------------------------------------------- The 'TypeOf' VB option in the IF syntax can be used to see if a control is of a certain variety. For example, the following determines if the control is a picturebox: If TypeOf myCtrl is PictureBox then ... You can determine the control name for a VBXpress control (that is, the name entered in the VBX Control Name field of the 'Customize Control' tab dialog) as follows: If TypeOf MyCTRL1 Is VBXPTOOL Then ... Where the VBX Control Name of the VBX is 'VBXPTOOL'. Note that the actual VBX file name may be anything else. 3.0 YOUR FREE CONTROL - MENUCLK.VBX ------------------------- MENUCLK.VBX has 2 events, MENU1_Click and MENU1_Done. The Syntax and Use are as follows: Sub MENU1_Click (item As Integer) End Sub MENU1_Click returns a unique integer number (item) that represents the menu. Each menu returns a unique number. These are not always in sequence, and will change when the menu is added to or edited. Sub MENU1_Done () End Sub MENU_Done is fired when the user collapses the menu all the way down -- that is, when he is done using the menu and no menu item us highlighted. It is useful to know when the user is done using the menu system. The properties are self-explanatory. MENUCLK is invisible at run time so users won't see it in their applications.