DCONV 1.10 - The Delphi 2.0 DFM to ObjectViRCScript VSC converter
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Introduction
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We all know how great ObjectViRCScript is for designing graphical interfaces
for your ViRCScript applications. But there's one problem - it's often very
time-consuming to construct complex forms and their contents, and there's
currently no way of designing OVS forms visually.

Solution: design the forms in Delphi 2.0, which is the best tool for designing
forms visually, and then use DCONV to convert the forms you have designed to
ObjectViRCScript VSC files, ready for use with ViRC '96 0.82 or higher.

History
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1.10    (18-Dec-1996) Added support for TPageControl controls and the TTabSheet
        controls that they own (tabbed dialogs). Fixed recursion bug causing
        EListError errors on some forms using unsupported controls.

1.00    (15-Dec-1996) Initial release.

Usage:
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DCONV infile.dfm outfile.vsc

Converts the Delphi 2.0 form infile.dfm to the ObjectViRCScript code
outfile.vsc. Most of the stuff in the original Delphi 2.0 form is converted,
with the exception of graphics (bitmaps/icons/glyphs) and menus. Of course, you
can only use controls in your form that are also supported in ObjectViRCScript
(see OBJECTVS.TXT for a complete list of supported Delphi classes in OVS), but
other than that, you should find it works without problems. Even if the VSC
files produced need a little manual touching-up, this tool can certainly save
hours of work!!

Note that, when you create a new form in Delphi, the form's Visible property is
initially set to False, so forms are initially created invisible. So, remember
to add something like ...

        @p $Form1.Visible = True

... somewhere in the VSC file DCONV produces to actually make the form
visible!!

Is that all there is to it?
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Yes. Enjoy. :)

- MeGALiTH (18-Dec-1996)
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