13. Dez. 1995  

This is the first Preview of WPTools (Version 0.5). 

WPTools are 
1. An Edit Control to edit formatted Text
   (different Fonts, Sizes, Colors ... at one Line!)
   The Edit Control saves the Text in RTF Format!
2. A Control to load and to save this Text to/from Tables 
   (similar to DBMemo)
3. A ToolBar to control the Format, Step throught the Table, built in user defined Icons

If you want to install the VCLs copy all files, except of the  
files project1.* and unit1.* to your VCL-Directory.
Then install   'WPTools.PAS' as component.


To test the WPTools you *need not* to install the Components. 
Just compile and run 'PROJECT1.DPR'   :-)


Attention:
This preview (V 0.5) expires on 30. January 1996.  Please dont use it after this date. A much better version will be available then.  The preview will not accept key input after the expire date. 


A brief description to use the components:

1. TWPToolBar
Put the VCL on your form.  Set 'align' to alTop. Choose the listboxes you want to see, for example 'FontName,FontSize'...
Choose the action icons you want to use. In this Version, only the icons 'OPEN' and 'SAVE' are used. 
In future versions you will be enabled to react on icon-clicks-events  if you want to. You may define your own icons to.
If you select an updateobject wich may be a TLabel, TMemo, TEdit or TPanel control, the Font and Color of this control (+Childs)  will be updated at once. You may select the updateobject by name too. This enables updating of  dynamic created controls.

2. TWPRichText
put the VCL on your Form.  Size it or set align to 'alClient'. Set the ToolBar property.
Select VerScrollBar if you want to have a vertical scrollbar. You may select a TScrollBar Control too, if you want to have the scrollbar not attached to the editwindow. Horizontal Scrollbars are not yet supported. The text will be formatted to the width of the editwindow.

In the OnCreate procedure of your form you have to call    
  RichText1.Init 

3. TDBWPRichText
You need a TTable and a TDataSource Control. If you have designed them, put the BWPRichText VCL on your Form. Set the properties as above. Set the Properties DataSource and choose a FieldName wich represents a BlobField.Set your Table on active. Now you should see the Data of the first record.


Soon the regular Version of WPTools will be available!
With ist you will get
- full documatation in english and german
- support of more RTF Features
- page and paragraph layout
- support of justified Text
- some aditional VCLs like a StatusBar 
- printing

There are plans to build in
- the possibility to index the text
- spellchecking 
- hyphenation


If you have improvements or suggestion 
feel free to drop me an E-mail message.
                   Julian Ziersch,
       CIS :    100744,2101

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Please don't use this Preview in other, then experimental projects. 
 By using this software you agree not to hold me responsible for
any problems or damage that may result from using the software.

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