ABOUT.TXT INFORMATION/GUIDENCE FOR USE
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DESCRIPTION

TAboutBox is an 'About' box in the form of a property editor.  When the About property is selected, click on the ... to display the box.

INSTALLATION

To include an About property using the source code supplied:

1. Ensure ABOUT.PAS is installed in a directory searched by Delphi.

(Note: You may want to place it in the same directory as the component, so that you can create a cutomised About box for each component you develop.)

2. In the source code for your component add the following two unit names to the Uses clause:

	About  DsgnIntf

(Note: If you have created your own property editor DsgnIntf may already be included.  If it is, it does not need to be added a second time.)  (No shit, Sherlock!!)

3. Add the following line to the Register method:

	RegisterPropertyEditor(TypeInfo(TAboutBox),nil,'',TAboutBoxEditor);

4. Declare a private variable of type TAboutBox.

	e.g.	FAbout:TAboutBox;

5. Declare the property name in the published section of your component.

	e.g.	property About: TAboutBox read FAbout write FAbout;



As you will see when the about box is displayed, I have all the artistic imagination of a motorway/freeway/autobahn flyover. So please feel free to hack and bash around the final design of the About box.


Any comments/suggestions you may have will be gratefully received.

Thanks

Martyn D.
