Dioada Software ActiveFinish Express Edition ReadMe.htm
Contents
Introduction
Thank you for downloading this software, which includes a demonstration solution. No installation is
necessary; simply double click the .sln file to get started.
Included Files
File/ Folder | Description |
Eula.htm | The Software license agreement; click
here to see the latest version.
THE AGREEMENT MUST BE READ BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE. |
DemonstrationVB | Contains a Visual Basic demonstration solution. |
DemonstrationCSharp | Contains a C# demonstration solution. |
Design-time Library | Contains the design-time version of the ActiveFinish
library, which provides access to the design-time editors. The demonstration solution refers to this library. |
Run-time Library |
Contains the license free run-time version of the library. IF YOU DISTRIBUTE A CONTROL OR APPLICATION
THAT REFERS TO AN ACTIVEFINISH LIBRARY, EITHER INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY, IT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE
RUN-TIME LIBRARY, NOT THE DESIGN-TIME LIBRARY. |
Demonstration Solution
Note: To avoid errors when opening up a form, make sure you build or F5 the solution the first
time you open it.
The solution consists of 3 forms:
- Form1 demonstrates a number of the controls and toolstrip items that come with ActiveFinish. You can move the mouse pointer over some of the controls to see rollover effects.
- PaddleAndBall is a bit fun that demonstrates how its possible to implement a simple game using ActiveFinish.
- VideoPlayerDemo demonstrates the VideoPlayerBeta plugin. You can play a short video and apply
effects, such as red filter, swirl and rotate. If the video file does not play, edit the plugin and select a
short video that you know plays on your PC.
All the controls on Form1 have been preset with elements and effects and can be found in the Controls folder. Because they
have been preset, the Canvas property has been hidden at design-time. To edit the canvas of a fresh control at design-time, simply
open the toolbox and select a control that starts with AF, such as AFButton. If you don't see any AF controls there:
- Right-click the toolbox and select Choose items...
- Click the Browse... button and navigate to the design-time Library folder.
- Select ActiveFinish.dll and click Ok.
- After clicking Ok, all the ActiveFinish controls will be displayed in the toolbox.
After adding the control to the form, you can edit the Canvas property in three ways:
- Select Canvas in the property browser.
- Right-click the control and select Edit Canvas from the context menu.
- Click the small arrow at the top-right hand corner of the control and select Edit Canvas.
Known Issues
- When using the VideoPlayerBeta plugin, there is a problem with the Visual Studio 2010 IDE when
compiling against version 4.0 of the Microsoft .Net framework. After running an application, in the IDE,
an SEHException, after the last window is closed. When this happens, simply click ‘Ok’ on the
message box and carry on as normal. *This does not happen at design-time nor when executing a binary of
your application, outside of the IDE.*
Support
Click here to visit the ActiveFinish support page.
In the support section, we have an on-line step-by-step guide to creating a rollover button, which
contains links to download the source code and the guide in the .chm and .pdf formats:
- Click here for the Visual Basic version
- Click here for the C# version