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          DBFlyTreeView/FlyTreeview/PropertiesTree suite
                         1999-2001
                For Delphi2/3/4/5/6 and BCB 1/3/4/5
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            (c) Copyright IMCA SYSTEMS, 1997-2001

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CONTENTS
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1. About TDBFlyTreeView and TFlyTreeView  control
2. Product Information
3. Installing
4. REQUIREMENTS
5. Pricing
6. License (READ !!!)
7. Registration
8. Help, Documentation, Online Support
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1. About TDBFlyTreeView and TFlyTreeView  control
TDBFlyTreeView and TFlyTreeView  Controls:

The TDBFlyTreeView and TFlyTreeView  control is an advanced interface for displaying and editing hierarchical data. It provides a set of the features found in the Microsoft TreeView common control, and expand it functionalty with power and fast additiona










l properties and fun
ctions, which give abilities that go far beyond those of the standard tree control.
The TDBFlyTreeView and TFlyTreeView  control consists of a collection of nodes which are placed in the left column of tree. Each node represents a data item in the tree - data displayed and edited in right column of tree. Nodes are organized into hierarc










hical relationships, and are connected by tree lines that represent the "branches" of the tree. Each node has properties and functions that determine its relationship to other nodes in the hierarchy.
       TFlyTreeView Features and abilities
    Displaying Data TFlyTreeView stores all nodes in memory, but data for cells connected to each node retrieved to translate and display through OnGetNodeData event. (Fully virtual mode will be realized in next versions)
    Data Editing Contents of each Node can be edited. ClickKey property support to Allows the user to begin editing (Editor Mode). Tree retrieve through OnIsReadOnlyNode event information about editing node. OnGetEditStyle retrieve EditorStyle - simple,










 dropdown list, dropdown checklist or editor with ellipsis button - this Allows the user to edit diverse data. If EditorStyle is editor with Ellipsis button , when the user clicks on button tree fired OnEditButtonClick - for  popup custom data editor.
  Data Validation All Data after editing retrieeved by tree through OnValidateNodeData, on this event user can process data for validation, translation and storing.
    Working logic: your tree can have working logic - checkboxes and radiobuttons, for which you can adjust images. For want of change of a logical state of Node the states parent and child nodes can be changed. Process of switching you can operate thro










ugh appropriate options, function and events
       Professional Design: TFlyTreeView have set of incredible properties which allows user to design tree which  gain look and feel of most popular applications such as MS IE4, MSOutlook, MSOffice97.
       Style property allows user  to gain Normal, ExplorerBar, SectionsList styles look and functionality.
       Background Wallpaper Image To supporting multiple colors in the background, the TFlyTreeView also features support for pictures in the background of the tree. You can specify a simple texture or a complex design to serve as the background area fo














r the tree.
       Flat, Hottrack, Tooltips - Will give to your tree Office97, IE features without requirement ComCtl4.7+
       ToolTips Now let your users read the full text of each tree node! TFlyTreeView's ToolTips displays the full text of tree nodes whose text is wider than the control.
       Backgroundcolor, SelectedBackgroundColor, HeaderColor - customize your colors.
       Superset of options allows the user to display Buttons, Selected, State and Logic images
       Fully Customizable at run and design time At Design and run time user has possibility for change of properties of a tree by calling Customize method.
       Load and saving your work: Templates At Design and Run time your can save or load image of designed tree with all our design work into file by LoadTemplateFromFile and SaveTemplate methods.
       Imaging of Tree Nodes: TFlyTreeView have internal Imagelist for increase of speed of drawing and decrease of use of graphics resources. The TFlyTreeView Properties Editor provide a custom interface to the Images collection, making it easy to add
the pictures you need for your application.
       MultiLines and Height of Nodes: Each Node can dispalying data in multiline (wordwrap) mode. For this purpose it is enough to set On an option TreeWordwrap. Each Node can have various height to see more information.The management of height of Node














 can be carried out through change of property IntegralHeightItem (for all nodes) or through event OnGetIntegralHeightItem (for each node)
       Without ComCtl 4.7+ and MFC DLL's r equirement  TFlyTreeView is a 32-bit control and You don't need any extra DLLs or OCXs, minimizing run-time distribution size.
       Multicolumn support
       Four fetch modes for each column (Virtual, Semi-Virtual, DBMode,DBTranslate) - allows you edit/store datas with minimal coding
       Prompt, DefaultValue, Picklist, NodeData, Visible, ReadOnly - these properties of each column
       allow you to create very ease and convenient treeviews.
       Added GetNodeAttributes event for get custom font,backcolor,alignment for drawing cells.
       Added uitlity function ExchangeNodes - for ease and fast exchange two nodes
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       DB Support (for four fetch modes)
   .    Smart mechanism for loading/updating tree nodes
   .    Support for automatic generating unique Key values for each Node
       Scroll bars support for use more number of columns on FlyTreeView
       Smart mechanism for moving nodes in DB-aware
   .    DB support for Drag-Drop, Moving, Reorder Nodes
   .    DB Support for Imageindex, StateIndex, SelectedIndex of Node
       DB - Cascading update StateIndexes (for logic operations)
       Keyboard support for adding/inserting/deleting operations
   .    Utility functions for store/convert values of Checklistbox inplace editor
        in DB
   .    Lookup features

2. Product Information
For download latest versions of DBFlyTreeView/TFlyTreeView visit Our HomePage:
http://www.imcasys.com
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For Technical Support/Consultations: questions@imcasys.com
About Coming our Reseller:           market@imcasys.com

3. Installing

On run self-extracting archive you can choose Automatic installation procedure.
In this case program install and compile into your IDE packages automatically,
and automatically add all necessary information to IDE.
In another case you can do following:

TDBFlyTreeView/TFlyTreeview working on Delphi 2/3/4/5/6 and C++ Builder 1/3/4/5

For Install Source:
Note : If you will see nag-screen: define Registered variable in DFS.INC file
  a) Add Sources folder to Paths
  b) Open and install packages
     in following sequence:
     1. trecol.dpk (or .bpk)
     2. rapid.dpk    (or .bpk)
     3. flytree.dpk (or .bpk)
     4. dbflytree.dpk (or .bpk)


For Delphi 3/4/5/6 install packages:
  a) Add to Library Path (menu Tools\ Environment Options\ Library Tab)
     path to InstallationFolder\Source
  b) Menu Open\File
  c) Browse
     1. trecol.dpk,
        compile and install
     2. rapid.dpk, compile and install
     3. tflytree.dpk , compile and install
     4. dbflytree.dpk, compile and install

For C++ Builder 3 install packages
  a) Add to Library Path (menu Tools\ Environment Options\ Library Tab)
     path to InstallationFolder\Source
  b) Menu Open\Component\Install Packages
  c) Browse and add
     1. trecol.bpl
     2. rapid.bpl
     3. tflytree.bpl
     4. dbflytree.bpl

For C++ Builder 4/5 install packages
Note: Before compile, please update Directories path to files:
  Click on Options button, choose Directories/Conditionals and add to
  Include Path and Library Path Path to files contained in package
  (Usually Source subfolder of installed package)

  a) Add to Library Path (menu Tools\ Environment Options\ Library Tab)
     path to InstallationFolder\Source
  b) Menu Open\File
  c) Browse
     1. trecol.bpk,
        compile and install
     2. rapid.bpk, compile and install
     3. tflytree.bpk , compile and install
     4. dbflytree.bpk , compile and install

4. REQUIREMENTS

Delphi 3.x or higher or C++Builder 3 or higher


5. Registration Pricing

TDBFlyTreeView/TFlyTreeView for Delphi/C++Builder include:
1.TRapidTree,
2.TPropertiesTree
3.TTreeCollection
4.TRootCollection component

Price:
For Latest info about prices visit http://imcasys.com/cgi-bin/components_order.cgi
For Delphi 2/3/4/5/6  and higher, BCB 1/3/4/5:
  Without Source Code: US $79.95
  With Source code: US $179.95
  On-Line Registration -
 Via ShareIt! (recommend)
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  Note:Source code refers to the source code of the control itself and is not returnable
  Sources: http://shareit1.element5.com/programs.html?nr=236596
  For Delphi2 : Available for request
  For Delphi3: http://shareit1.element5.com/programs.html?nr=130514
  For Delphi4: http://shareit1.element5.com/programs.html?nr=130338
  For Delphi5: http://shareit1.element5.com/programs.html?nr=130337
  For Delphi6: http://shareit1.element5.com/programs.html?nr=145009


  For BCB1 : Available for request
  For BCB3: http://shareit1.element5.com/programs.html?nr=130515
  For BCB4: http://shareit1.element5.com/programs.html?nr=130516
  For BCB5: http://shareit1.element5.com/programs.html?nr=132968

6. License

TDBFlyTreeView and TFlyTreeView Suite is not FreeWare, is it ShareWare.
You may uses TDBFlyTreeView and TFlyTreeView Suite maximum 14 days, after first use.
After 14 days You must registered the TFlyTreeView.

7. Registration

For Registration Visit our Home Page:
 http://www.imcasys.com/cgi-bin/components_order.cgi

 For Contact:
 E-mail:                              develop@imcasys.com
 For Technical Support/Consultations: questions@imcasys.com
 About Coming our Reseller:           market@imcasys.com

8. Help, Documentation, Online Support:

 Help files not include in Packages, but you can download Help files from our site
 http://www.imcasys.com, Downloads section

 For Technical Support/Consultations: questions@imcasys.com
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