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          EASYNET Custom Control for Visual Basic 
                           
                       Version 1.71

         Copyright  Patrick Lassalle, 1994, 1995. 
                    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

         IDDN.FR.001.110020.01.R.P.1994.000.10600

                    Patrick Lassalle
                    247, Avenue du Marechal Juin
                    92100 Boulogne
                    France

                 Tel.: 33  1  46 03 42 20

                 Compuserve ID: 100325,725

                       July 13, 1995
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Contents
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Part    Description
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 1      What is EasyNet Custom Control?
 2      New version enhancements
 3	Notes on running the demo program
 4      Registration, Order Form, License


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Part 1 - What is EasyNet Custom Control?
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 EasyNet is a "vbx" (Visual basic Custom Control) which allows 
to develop QUICKLY an application that needs to manage a network 
diagram (workflow, data base diagram, organigrams, communication
networks, state transition diagrams, etc...)

* Drawing can be made interactively or programmaticaly.  
* You may move, resize, stretch each item.
* You may associate user data to each item 
* You may navigate in the network diagram.
* Distinct pictures, colors, draw styles for each item. 
* Multi-selection, multi-line wordwrapped text, metafile support,
drag & drop, + many other features in only 64 KB. 
* Many properties and events allow you to "customize" your
diagramming application.
* VB1 compatible.

 EasyNet programmatic interface contains 87 properties (26 standards) 
and 17 events (12 standards). All those properties and events are 
described in EASYNET.HLP file. 



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Part 2 - New version enhancements
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* A new property: Owner. If a node A is owned by a node B, then A will
  follow B if B is moved. If A is inside B a, then A is a kind of stub 
  (or pin) inside a node and this stub can receive links. Now, a node may 
  have several ports to receive links: those ports are owned nodes.
  Of course those owned nodes may be invivible or as small as a point. 
  You can also make them sleeping (see Sleeping property) in order to 
  reinforce their passive role. 
  
* The Load/Save code samples given in the help file have been modified
  to take account of the new Owner property.
  
* Fixes some bugs:
  - in previous version, when Zoom factor is not 100%, then copying
    the diagram to the clipboard cuts off some of the label letters.
    This is fixed now.
  - Sleeping property: now, setting this property when current item
    is 0 has no effect, which was not the case in previous version.
    This property may apply only to the current item.

NOTES: All registered users of EasyNet are entitled to a free upgrade
to version 1.71 and have just to use the new version together with
their current license file.


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Part 3 - Notes on running demo programs
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 This ZIP file contains the following files:

WELCOME.EXE  A demo without source files.

PROJECT1.MAK  (First Demo source files)
FORM1.FRM
ABOUT1.FRM
MODULE1.BAS 

PROJECT2.MAK  (Second Demo source files)
FORM2.FRM
ABOUT2.FRM

PROJECT3.MAK  (Third Demo source files)
FORM3.FRM
ABOUT3.FRM
MDI3.FRM

PROJECT4.MAK  (Fourth Demo source files)
FORM4.FRM
ABOUT4.FRM

PROJECT5.MAK  (Fifth Demo source files)
FORM5.FRM
ABOUT5.FRM

EASYNET.VBX   EasyNet Custom Control 
EASYNET.HLP   EasyNet help file.
README.TXT    This text file.


Remarks:
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  * EASYNET.VBX and EASYNET.HLP should be copied in your 
    WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.

  * If you don't know EasyNet, you should run first WELCOME.EXE.

  * First demo allows to draw diagrams, save them in files and print
    them. It shows also how to add a keyboard interface and how to 
    change cursor shape using "PointedArea" property.
    Note that the saving procedure used in this program is just an 
    example. You should adapt it to your needs or rewrite a better
    procedure.

  * Second demo focuses on EasyNet capabilities.

  * Third shows how to use EasyNet in the case of a network 
    application. It is a MDI sample application. The following 
    properties are illustrated: Picture, Transparent, DrawStyle.

  * Fourth demo shows how to combine node and link adds into a 
    single step: you bring the mouse cursor into the handle at the
    center of the selected node, press the left button, move the 
    mouse towards the other node. When you release the left button,
    a node is created at this place and a link between the origin node
    and this one is created also. 
    This demo needs xScroll and yScroll properties.

  * Fifth demo illustrates node text Alignment property.


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Part 4 - Registration, Order Form, License
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You may register via Compuserve. For a single user license, the
registration number is 2547 and the price is US$ 119.

See help file for other registration information like multi-user
license, french prices, order form and license agreement.




