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Delphi Component Collector 1.0
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Author:		J.A. de Vries (hdv@oli.tudelft.nl)
Copyright:	 Quasar. All rights reserved.
Compiler:	Delphi 3.02 CS
Platform:	Windows NT 4.0 SP3
Filename:	dcc.exe
Version:	1.0
Release date:	May 17, 1998
Title:		Delphi Component Collector
Description:	Component catalogue.
Requirements:	None
Status:		Freeware appication, without source.

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Disclaimer (Freeware applications):
You can use this software free of charge. However you cannot use this software for any commercial purposes without expressed permission from Quasar. It may be freely distributed if all original unedited files are provided. This software is provided "as is" and without warranties or guaranties of any kind. Any loss or damage resulting from the use of the software is not the responsibility of Quasar or the author.

File list:
* dcc.exe
* dcc.ini
* dcc.txt
* contents.db (+ 23 support files for the contents database)
If any of these files are missing, then this archive is not complete. Thus making distribution of the software forbidden.

History:
[May 17, 1998] Release of version 1.0 to the world after using it at the office for some time. Waiting for the first bug reports `;-)

Many thanks to:
* The guys of the magnificent RXLib.
* Fabrice Deville for the TExplorerButton.
* Bourmad Mehdi for the DBNav97.
* Dan Pinder for his help on using DDE with Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer.
* Everyone on usenet for helping.

Things left to do:
* Improve the code for the cut, copy and paste speedbuttons.
* Make the "Type" and "Status" comboboxes aware of mouse-events.
* Draw a visual cue to the active index in the grid.
* Enable extracting glyphs from dcr files.
* Clean-up the code.
* Add Help.

Personal note from Hans:
Most applications nowadays are "clipboard enabled", so any selfrespecting programmer wants to add this behaviour to his code (if it is needed of course). In most cases that isn't such a difficult thing to do, but it is something that you have to do over and over again. Exactly the kind of thing you would want to automatize and create components for! If I get enough reactions on this I'll get to work on it. In the meantime I'd appreciate all coding suggestions on clipboard-aware speedbuttons and mouse-aware comboboxes. Making comboboxes aware of mouse-events is necessary in order to update any speedbuttons automatically. All other TEdit descendants have the appropriate events for this, but TCombobox doesn't. (Maybe Borland had a reason for this?) If I try to force it by adding CM_MOUSE messages, then only the combobox button will fire them, not the edit. I hope someone can tell me what I need to do to do this properly.

Also, any comments on extracting bitmaps from resources (*.dcr files) that are not compiled into the program are very much welcome!

In case you found bugs, or want to make any suggestions. Please feel free to send me email anytime. Most of my time is taken up by other projects. However, I will answer your mail if it concerns this software. I won't always be able to do this promptly, so please be patient.

If you use this software then I'd really like a sign of your appreciation. So send me an email or postcard(!). Remember somebody has invested his time in it.

Send your comments to:

J.A. de Vries
Korvezeestraat 429
2628 DV Delft
The Netherlands

or to

hdv@oli.tudelft.nl

Thanks!