CoolMenus ver 2.09 ShareWare   1-Jan-98
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For D1/D2/D3/CBuilder

CoolMenus provides you with the way to create both "Windows 95 like" and 
"Office97 like" menus. Actually, much more can be done. In your menus 
you can use:

- Any font (size/style/color).
- Any picture. Bitmaps, icons and metafiles are suported. 
  Size not important. Transparency for bitmaps (D1/D2/D3/CBuilder).
- Any wallpaper (Tile or Center).
- Cool vertical bar with text (as one that can be found in Windows95
  start menu). Can be painted as gradient or not, left or right aligned.
- Bevels for menu items (for whole item/for image only/for text part only,
  rectangular or rounded).
- Standard TMenuItem properties are supported (include hot keys, shortcuts 
  and menu breaks).
- 3D menu items captions.
- Main menu bar itself can be easily customized.
- Any cursor for menus.
                                                     
Full design time preview. Easy to use and helpful design windows. Support for 
editions saving/loading. Helps and samples are available. 


Note
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In order for everything to work in the proper way coolmenu.zip should be
unzipped with:

ZipAutomator                  http://www.zipstore.com 
WinZip 6.2/6.3                http://www.winzip.com

or some archiver that supports long file names!! This means that if you have 
unzipped archive with standard pkunzip and are having problems with 
installation or using - try to download and use one of those programs.


Samples
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To decrease package's size I've added samples which are will work with all
Delphi versions but you'll probably  need to rebuild ("Build All") them 
before start them, also you may get an error message while opening form 
(when you trying to open project in one Delphi version after you've compiled 
it in another). Simple press "Ignore all". 

In C++ Builder to make samples work do the following:
1. Create new project.
2. Remove from project main form (the only one you'll have).
3. Add to project main forms from CoolMenus examples (choose pascal units):
     Example1 - main.pas
     Example2 - unitmain.pas 
     Example3 - unitmain.pas


Installation
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  For Delphi 1 and Delphi 2 
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  1. All files should be copied to the same place. 
  2. You need to install in the Delphi file CmReg.dcu 

  For Delphi 3
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  1. All files should be copied to the same place. 
  2. Open in Dlephi CoolMenus.dpk package (File -> Open -> in the dialog
     choose "files of type" - "Delphi package source").
  3. Press "Install" speed button.
  4. Make sure that folder with CoolMenus is in your library path: 
     Tools -> Environment Options -> Library -> Library Path

  For C++ Builder
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  1. All files should be copied to the same place ($(BCB)\lib directory)...
  2. In the C++ Builder menu: Component -> Install...
  3. Install files cmreg.OBJ
 

After rebuilding of the components library. TCoolMenu initially will be
placed under Custom tab.


Known bugs and problems
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- In Win16 (Delphi 1) you can't change Visible property of TMenuItem. Only
  in Delphi 1.

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Copyright (C) 1997-98 by Artem A. Berman
http://www.ukrcom.kherson.ua/~art/