------------------------------------------------ COLOR BUTTONS : ColorBitBtn & ColorSpeedButton for Delphi 2.0 ------------------------------------------------ Version 2.0 Mar 97 [Install] 1. Unzip the archive 2. Copy the files as follows to a directory of your choice : - COLORBUT.DCU - COLORBUT.DCR 3. In Delphi, select Component|Install... Press Add Enter the path and filename for COLORBUT.DCU or use the Browse button to find it Select OK Delphi will recompile the library. By default, components are installed on the "Buttons" page of your component palette. You can move them to any other page using the Palette page of the Options|Preferences dialog. [Using conditions] Those components have the full functionality of the registered version, but they display an "unregistered message" when you use them at runtime or design time. If you would like to register Color Buttons : Color Buttons v2.0 without source code: $12.00 [Registration] You can register on Compuserve in the SWREG forum. Use ID 14310 [Source Code] Source code is NOT included with the registered version. [Registered Version] Registered users will receive the following benefits: - an "free use" (without the unregistered message) copy of Color Buttons - the newest version of Color Buttons - technical support by E-Mail - information about further upgrades - and TAlignButton, standard button with Alignment & MultiLine properties Alignment : Defines where the caption appears on the button face. MultiLine : Makes (or not) the button text to multiple lines if the text string is too long to fit on a single line in the button rectangle. [v2.00 last features] ColorBitBtn, two new properties : - FocusVisible : If false, the inside dotted lines when a button has focus, are not visible. Usefull when your button is small and you don't want text or/and glyph "cut" by dotted lines. - AllowDown : Defines if the button stay down after a click (and up after another) - like speedbutton could do -. Note : About SpeedColorButton,the AllowAllUp and GroupIndex features only work with the same type of speedbutton, on one side standard speedbuttons, on the other side color speedbuttons : for example, clicking on a speedbutton can't make a colorspeedbutton up, even if groupindex is same. Comments and suggestions always welcome. Compuserve: Patrice Vigneron 100747,1367 Internet: Patrice Vigneron 100747.1367@compuserve.com