All,

I'm considering this for inclusion in my upcomming release.
I would like to know if others have downloaded and tried these changes.
Please report your findings here and let me know.

Mark,
From what I've seen so far you have done excellent work. Kudos.

Thanks,
Jason Wharton

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Pickersgill [mailto:mpickers@...]
> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 7:27 AM
> To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [IBO] Proposed AutoLabel Mods
>
>
>
> Hello,
> I've added some enhancements to the AutoLabels as well as some
> documentation for them.
>
> I've placed a file in the group's files area as AutoLabelMods.zip
>
> This file contains the modified IBC_Label.pas file, demo apps, screen
> shots and an indepth description of the changes and impacts.
>
> I'd encourage everyone who uses AutoLabels to give it a whirl and
> see how your current applications look with the changes (hopefully
> minimal or no visual difference).
>
> Please see the README.TXT file in the above zip file for further
> details, but here are the main changes:
> - Added albTopCenter and albLeftCenter AutoLabel Kinds
> allowing centered
> AutoLabels.
> - Added a Spacing property to allow the label to be distanced
> from the
> control.
> - Added Font, Transparent & Color properties
> - Added TrimX and TrimY options for control over the
> clickable region of
> the AutoLabel
> - Lots of comments for extracting into the helpfile.
> - Fixed an auto-sizing bug when using a Model.
>
> Any feedback welcome.
>
> Thanks
> Mark