README.TXT - Aware/VBX (07/01/94)


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INDEX

   - Manual Updates
   - Default Properties
   - Changing Day & Month Name Strings
   - PopUp Calendar in fpDateTime control
   - Aware/VBX API
   - .DataFieldList & .DataSourceList design-time support
   - Undocumented ListBox & ComboBox properties


MANUAL UPDATES

   Page  Update
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         Distribution Restrictions: Only one license file is required to
         use Aware/VBX at design time: AWARE.LIC.

   277   .WrapList is a design time only property.


DEFAULT PROPERTIES

   Default properties for each control were first available in version 
1.01 and are not documented in the manual.

   AwareText      .Text          AwareBoolean   .Value
   AwareMask      .Text          AwareBinary    .Picture
   AwareDouble    .Value         AwareCalendar  .CurrentDate
   AwareLong      .Value         AwareClock     .CurrentTime
   AwareCurrency  .Value         AwareMemo      .Text
   AwareDateTime  .Value


CHANGING DAY & MONTH NAME STRINGS   

   The day & month name strings can be localized in one of two ways.
Using a resource compiler, the resource can be modified.  Or, use the
following runtime properties, available in both fpDateTime & fpCalendar: 

   LongMonthName  (1-12)        LongDayName  (1-7)  
   ShortMonthName (1-12)        ShortDayName (1-7)

All four properties are arrays of strings.


POPUP CALENDAR IN DATETIME CONTROL

   Either F4 or a RIGHT MOUSE CLICK will invoke the default popup calendar
from an fpDateTime control.  The right mouse click was choosen in favor of
the double click (previously used by Visual Architech's date control) so
the double click can still be used to select text.


AWARE/VBX API

   To makeup for the lack of support of DOUBLE & VARIANT properties, an 
API is available to both C++ and Visual Basic programmers.  This API is
defined in AWAREAPI.H & AWAREAPI.BAS.  By default, these files are 
installed in the \AWARE\INCLUDE directory.  


.DATAFIELDLIST & .DATASOURCELIST DESIGN-TIME SUPPORT   

   .DataFieldList (and .DataSourceList properties must be manually entered
at design-time. 


UNDOCUMENTED LISTBOX & COMBOBOX PROPERTIES
 
   .AutoSearch    fpList    Selects the search method used when keys are
                            pressed and the listbox is in focus.
                            (default: 0)

                            0 - None
                            1 - Single Character
                            2 - Multiple Character

   .ColumnSearch  fpCombo   Selects the search column in a multicolumn
                            combobox.  It may be different than the edit 
                            and bound columns. (default: -1, same as
                            .ColumnEdit)

   .SearchMethod  fpCombo   Selects the criteria required for a match.
                            (default: 0)

                            0 - Exact Match
                            1 - Next Greatest
   
   .ListWidth     fpCombo   Specifies the width of the listbox in twips.
                            (default: -1, automatic)
                            
   .RowHeight     both      Specifies the height of rows in a listbox in
                            twips. (default: -1, automatic)
   
   .ColumnBound   fpCombo   Selects the column used to update the data
                            field bound to the edit part of a multicolumn
                            combobox. (default: -1, same as .ColumnEdit)
   
   .DataSync      both      Selects the relationship between the current 
                            selection in a listbox and the data control 
                            it is bound to. (default: 0)

                            0 - None
                            1 - Selection follows the data control
                            2 - Data control follow the selection
                            3 - Bidirectional
