November 1, 2001
Utilmind Solutions
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The "Advanced Application Controls" v2.3.6 just released!

Whats New in v2.3.6
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* Added acDBListView component - db-aware version of acListView.

* The acFormHelp component now supports any sophistical buttons and menu items (Toolbar2000 items for instance) as controls which can automatically invoke the help pointer.

* Fixed minor bug in acAppBar component, discovered in Win2000 (Win95/98/NT4 works ok), when user tryed to undock the form double-clicking it to restore it to "floating" state.

* Improved acAutoUpgrader component: now it correctly supports external setup-files, added new option to UpgradeMethod property. Minor improvements in the self-upgrading mechanism.

* Added Dutch localization resources to acAutoUpgrader component. Thanks to Carl Peeraer for translation.

* Implemented couple of new features for tooltips of the acListView component. First - added possibility to specify custom multiline tooltips for list items. Second - added new property ShowScrollTips. When it True and user drags the thumb of vertical scrollbar, the list-view shows the hint with caption of top list item of current sorted column.

* Fixed bug in acEdit component. (Values of PasswordChar and ValidateChars properties was ignored.)


What is the AppControls?
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The Advanced Application Controls (AppControls) is the set of over 54 top
quality multipurpose components for Delphi and C++ Builder.

The AppControls contains components to make the forms to behave like Applicaiton Desktop Toolbars (like taskbar or MS-Office panel) or "magnetic" forms of WinAmp player. Components to add the context-sensitive help without any help-files, additional custom buttons on the form title bar and associatiated menu items in the system menu; show smooth matrix- or win2k-based animation effects; balloon-style hints; additional color cursors for any VCL or non-VCL object of the forms.
Your programs will be able auto-run itself on Windows startup with restoring previous forms placements; upload and hold any files inside of the Delphi/BCB forms; create a shortcuts to the files and read the information from existing shortcuts; install the shell extensions / file associations into the shell; download files from the Web via HTTP or post data to the CGI programs; auto-upgrade itself from the Web when newest releases will available; hook the form messages and hidden application events; hook ALL key presses, mouse clicks and mouse movements within entire application: and a whole bunch of others great features! See components overview at http://www.appcontrols.com/appcontrols/overview.html for more details.

Registered users please download free upgrade from your personal area at http://www.appcontrols.com/members.html, see what's new at http://www.appcontrols.com/appcontrols/history.html.

To download trial version follow the link below: http://www.appcontrols.com/download/appcontrols_trial.exe (Setup includes trial packages for Delphi 2/3/4/5/6 and C++ Builder 3/4/5, Interface and Help-files).

Documentation:
Hypertext online manuals (> 3000 HTML pages):
http://www.appcontrols.com/manuals/appcontrols.html
In RTF-format (for further printing):
http://www.appcontrols.com/manuals/download/AppControls-rtf.zip

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Kind regards,
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Aleksey Kuznetsov (aleksey at utilmind dot com)
Utilmind Solutions
http://www.appcontrols.com