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1. Introduction |
Tired of those boring,
rectangular windows? Then we welcome you to the exciting world or transparent, weirdly
shaped windows! And creating them never has been easier than with MBS TransPack. Simply drop a few components on a form, change a few properties - and walla! An instant facelift for your GUI. What took
hours before can now be done in seconds without writing a single line of code. And since
it is fully cross-platform, your Delphi code can now also work in Kylix!
WYSIWYG editing, design-time preview, automatic dragging, REAL stay-on-top forms and the ability
to combine regions is what made TransPack the leader for over 3 years!
Let your application stand out of the crowd with MBS AnyShape TransPack.
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2. Install instructions |

Please follow the installation instructions closely.
Feel free to contact us if you are having any trouble.
You might also want to read the Troubleshooting section in the Quick Start Guide.
Instructions for Delphi
v3, v4, v5, v6
- Unzip to the required directory.
- Start Delphi and open the Tools->Enviroment Options menu item.
Choose the Library tab.
Add the location where you unzipped the Transpack source files to the
library path. (That is the directory the *.dpk, *.pas or *.dcu files are located)
- Open the TransPackD3.dpk package and compile it. (Load the package that corresponds to
your Delphi version) This is the run-time package.
- Open the dclTransPackD3.dpk package and compile it. Then install it. (Load the package
that corresponds to your Delphi version)
This is the design-time package and complies with the new Borland standards.
The components should now be installed on your Delphi component palette.
Instructions for Kylix v1, v2
- Unzip to the required directory.
- Start Kylix and open the Tools->Enviroment Options menu item.
Choose the Library tab.
Add the location where you unzipped the Transpack source files to the
library path. (That is the directory the *.dpk, *.pas or *.dpu files are located)
- Open the TransPackKX1.dpk package and compile it. (Load the package that corresponds to
your Kylix version) This is the run-time package.
- Open the dclTransPackKX1.dpk package and compile it. Then install it. (Load the package
that corresponds to your Kylix version)
This is the design-time package and complies with the new Borland standards.
The components should now be installed on your Kylix component palette.
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3. Quick start guide |
The Quick Start Guide is a must read!
It will bring you up to speed with everything you need to know in order to create transparent forms.
Click here to read it now!
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4. How to get support |
If you have any trouble, questions, suggestions or bug reports please feel free to contact us.
Refer to our contact details on how to get a hold of us.
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5. Legal information |
Although great care has been taken to ensure that this
product, examples and demostration applications comply with our very high quality
standards, you use them at your own and exclusive risk. This includes the evaluation of
the product for your specific needs. MindBlast Software, its owners and employees can not
be held responsible for any damage caused directly or indirectly by the use of this
product.
This product is copyrighted by MindBlast Software 1998 - 2002 and is protected by
international copright laws. You may not distribute the source code, or parts of the
source code, of this product in ANY form.MindBlast Software grants registered users of
the product royalty free rights to distribute any executible code created using the
product.
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6. Version history |
- v2.0 (25 January 2002)
- BETA was a huge success - only one minor bug reported! :)
- Thus we welcome you the the next generation of MBS AnyShape TransPack...
- v2.0 BETA (09 January 2002)
- Complete rewrite of all components. The whole package is now simpler, better and faster!
- TransPack for Kylix is the Linux brother of the package. This means you can use the SAME
form shapes under Linux and Windows without changing a line of code!!
- New TMBSTranslucency component for semi-transparent or glass-like forms. (Only works on
Windows 2000 and XP)
- TMBSPolygone is not available in this release - but look out for it in future releases.
- TMBSImage comes with cool property editor.
- v1.xx
- Old versions of MBS TransPack served hundreds of happy Delphi developers for over 3
years! The time has come for better things though...
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