IBE Software - TIBEAntialiasGroupBox 1.1
Component for Delphi 4, 5, 6 and 7.

1.DESCRIPTION
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TIBEAntialiasGroupBox is a graphical group box with an antialias property which allows smoother integration in the user interface. It inherits from standard TGroupBox to provide the exact same behaviour. Besides this antialias capability, TIBEAntialiasGroupBox provides properties such as :

	* Round corners 
	* Definable border size
	* Glyph support with alignment (Left, Right)
	* Text alignment (left aligned, center, right aligned)
	* Multiline caption and complex caption positioning
	* Definable margins and glyph separation from caption
	* Easy to define color properties
	* Antialias is made at run-time can be switched off

2.DISTRIBUTION
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TIBEAntialiasGroupBox 1.1 is provided either:
 - As a trial version without source code and with two red lines, for testing purpose only;
 - As a purchased standard version without source code;
 - As a purchased professional version with source code.

3.INSTALLATION
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  -> Unregistered version:
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   1) Remove all previous installations of TIBEAntialiasButton, TIBEAntialiasGroupBox and TIBEBmpUtils whether trial or not
   2) Extract all files to a common folder (Use the same for all IBE Software's products and a sub-folder for each delphi version)
   3) In delphi's menu, select "Components / Install Packages..."
   4) Click "Add", select all the bpl of the folder set on 2) and click "Open"
   5) Add the library path under the menu "Tools" / "Environment Options..." / "Library" / "Library Path". Set it to the folder set on 2)
   6) You will find the component in the "IBESoftware" tab

  -> Registered version:
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   1) Remove all previous installations of TIBEAntialiasButton, TIBEAntialiasGroupBox and TIBEBmpUtils whether trial or not
   2) Extract all files to a common folder (Use the same for all IBE Software's products and a sub-folder for each delphi version)
   3) In delphi, open the "pack_TIBEBmpUtils_dZ.dpk" package, where Z is the version number of delphi and compile it
   4) Open the "pack_TIBEAntialiasGroupBox_dZ.dpk" package, where Z is the version number of delphi and install it
   5) Add the library path under the menu "Tools" / "Environment Options..." / "Library" / "Library Path". Set it to the folder set on 2)
   6) You will find the component in the "IBESoftware" tab

4.UNINSTALLATION
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Go to the Component/Install Packages... menu of your Delphi version, select the "IBE Software - TIBEAntialiasGroupBox 1.1" item and click on the remove button. You may also remove the library path in the Tools/Environment Options... menu under the Library tab.

5.KEY PROPERTIES
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* AntialiasMode

Can be - AMShape: Shape is antialiased
       - AMNone : No antialias

* BackColor

The background color for integration in colored form or panels

* BorderSize

Size of the borders

* CaptionProperties

  . Adjust
 
  . Alignment

Can be (taLeftJustify, taCenter, taRightJustify) and set the Glyph + Caption alignment.

  . Autosize

Caption autosize or not

  . Border Color

The color of the border of the caption

  . Border Color Disabled

The color of the border of the caption when disabled

  . Border Margin

Number of pixels of the left, top, right and bottom margins for the glyph and the caption

  . Border Size

Size of the caption's borders

  . Caption Alignment

Alignment of the caption's text and glyph. Can be (taLeftJustify, taCenter, taRightJustify)

  . Color

Color of the background of the caption

  . Color Disabled

Color of the background of the caption when disabled

  . CornerRound

Round of the corners

  . Height and Width

Size of the caption. The width self-compute in autosize mode but can be set when autosize is set to false

  . Position 

Determine the position of the caption around the group box. Can be (cpTop, cpLeft, cpRight, cpBottom)

  . Wordwrap 

Determine whether the caption display in multiline or not.

* CornerRound

Round of the corners

* GlyphPosition

Can be (GPLeft, GPRight) and set the position of the glyph from the Caption

* GlyphSeparation

Separation in pixels of the glyph from the caption

* Border Color (Border), Color (Color) and Font

* Border Color Disabled (Border), Color Disabled (Color) and Disabled Font

6.HISTORY
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* v1.1 - November 7, 2003

    + Property to allow automatic glyph graying when component is disabled (GlyphAutoGray)
    * Fixed flickering appearing when mouse entered or leaved the component
    * Fixed incompatibilities with other IBE Software's components 

* v1.0 - August 4, 2003

    * Initial release

7.LICENSE
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See included file license.txt for information about the license of this product.

8.REGISTRATION
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Standard version without source code costs $25.
Professional version with source code costs $39.
Once registered you get free e-mail support and free automatic updates.
For more information, visit the TIBEAntialiasGroupBox's web page at http://www.ibe-software.com/products/components/tibeantialiasgroupbox

9.CONTACT
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support@ibe-software.com
http://www.ibe-software.com
