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/ FolderDescription
Eula.htmThe Software license agreement; click here to see the latest version. THE AGREEMENT MUST BE READ BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE.
DemonstrationVBContains a Visual Basic demonstration solution.
DemonstrationCSharpContains a C# demonstration solution.
Design-time LibraryContains 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:

  1. 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.
  2. PaddleAndBall is a bit fun that demonstrates how its possible to implement a simple game using ActiveFinish.
  3. 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:

After adding the control to the form, you can edit the Canvas property in three ways:

Known Issues

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: