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                  A A R O N ' S   C O L O R   M I X E R
                          (c) 1994 by Aaron Emke
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Aaron's Color Mixer is a small Windows program that allows you to mix the
Red, Green, and Blue values of a color independently, see the results in
"real time," and get the corresponding numeric value used by Windows to
identify the color (on a scale of 16,777,216).

This program was writen in Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows v3.0 ("VB").
In order to run, it requires the Visual Basic run-time file VBRUN300.DLL
that is included with the program.  It also uses a VB "Custom Control"
contained in a file called THREED.VBX, so this file is also included.

For purposes of distribution over on-line networks, "Aaron's Color Mixer"
is compressed into a self-extracting file called COLORMIX.EXE.  When
decompressed, the package contains the folloring four files:

        README.TXT.....This informational text file.
        COLORS.EXE.....The actual executable program file.
        VBRUN300.DLL...The Visual Basic run-time file.
	THREED.VBX.....A VB custom control file used by the program.

Recommended procedure to install "Aaron's Color Mixer:"

1.  Go to the DOS prompt and create a directory on your hard disk
called COLORMIX.

2.  Copy the file COLORMIX.EXE into this directory.

3.  From within this COLORMIX directory, type "COLORMIX" and press Enter.
This will decompress all the program files and write them to your hard
disk in the proper directory.

4.  Start Windows.

5.  From within your desired Program Group, pull down the "File" menu in
Program Manager and select "New..."

6.  Select "Program Item."

7.  For the Description, type "Color Mixer"

8.  For the Command Line, type "c:\colormix\colors.exe"

9.  For the Working Directoy, type "c:\colormix"

10.  Click on "OK."

This will create a "rainbow" icon in the current Windows Program Group
to launch the Color Mixing program.  To start it, just double-click on
the rainbow.

The program is very straightforward to use.  At the left side of the
program window are three boxes labeled "Red," "Green," and "Blue," each
with a "Scroll Bar" type sliding control and a text box for a number
value.  The "strength" of each of these primary colors can be any value
from 0 (completely off) to 255 (full strength).  You can set the value
of each of these three primary colors by either sliding the Scroll Bars
with your mouse or by typing a number between 0 and 255 directly into
the box.

As the values of the primaries change, the background color of the window
instantly changes to display the composite color produced.  Also, the
numeric value of the color used by Windows to identify that color (a number 
from 0 to 16,777,215) is instantly displayed in the "Windows Color Value"
box at the right side of the window.

If you are mixing colors to use in programming an application and need to
copy this Windows Color Value into a procedure or property box you are
working on, you might find it helpful to use the "Copy to Clipboard"
button.  This copies the "Windows Color Value" number into the Windows
clipboard to make it easy for you to switch back to your development
window and "Paste" the value at the appropriate location.

Aaron's Color Mixer is distributed royalty-free.  You don't have to pay
me for it, and you can make copies for your friends indiscriminately as
you wish.  It is also distributed "as is," meaning that I don not intend
to offer technical support for it (it's such a simple program that I can't
imagine anyone having too much trouble with it).  I take absolutely NO
responsibility if it somehow screws up your computer or your life.  You
install and use this program at your own risk!

Nonetheless, if you have any questions or comments you can e-mail them to
me at CompuServe 76065,3376.


   Enjoy!
-- Aaron Emke


