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AdvancedMenu Component


Do you have ever seen cool menu used in Microsoft Office '97 (but also in Visual Basic)?

advmenu.gif (8313 byte)

This is a sample of a cool menu in Design Time!


How Works TAdvMenu?

It's very easy: at design time when you select a TAdvMenu component you will have in Object Inspector a new property (MenuBitmaps), see picture below...

In the 0.50 you can also set true VisualEffects to see a more "cool" menu.
The version 0.70 added another property: SysMenuEffects, turning this option true you can see a more visual system menu!

oimenu.gif (4066 byte)

Here you can access at a run-time Editor... Enjoy IT


But not only!

In 0.70 you can also make more "cool" also the system menu...

sysmenu.gif (17218 byte)


FREEWARE OR SHAREWARE?

Dear user!

I remind you that TAdvMenu is freeware but TAdvPopMenu is shareware, so if you want to use AdvPopMenu not only under the Delphi IDE you must register your version of TAdvMenu ;-)
See the vendor.txt file for more information about this...

The registration:
If you like AdvMenu, send me a T-shirt (size XL), a couple of dollars, a postcard or whatever you think it's worth to:

Brutto Vanni
Via Vasche, 36
35030 Vo' (PADOVA)
ITALY

I collect all sorts of T-shirts (company labels, school labels, football teams, WWW surfing shirts and you name it).
Any donation worth $20 or more is entitled to a free update as soon as it's ready (include source code). Be sure to include your email mail address.

Sometime (usually at thursady/saturday from 21:00 to 22:30)  i'm in IRC at "#zzap!" channel under these nicks:
asytnt - regedit - asy - tnt
Want to ask something to me in real time about TAdvMenu? Go to "#zzap!" !!!!!!

Thanks for using AdvMenu, and see you in cyberspace...


If you're a web serfer i suggest to visit my homepage, and remember to send my by email any tip that you think usefull for AdvMenu.


CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD TADVMENU 0.95


History of AdvMenu

** HISTORY OF TADVMENU
**
** VISUAL BASIC VERSIONS :-(((((
** 1.0 The first and the only one! :-))))
**     (it was an ocx made with VB5, it wasn't Visual, a every icons
**     had to assigned to the menu)
**
**
**
** DELPHI 2.0 VERSIONS
**     0.00001 No Visual Component, No Bitmaps, No, No and No! -14/10/1997-
**     0.81    I've just decide to include also dcu files for
**             the good old Delphi 2.0 :-))) All version >= 0.81 work
**             also under this version of Delphi.
**
**
** DELPHI 3.0 VERSIONS
** 0.10    Visual Component with RAD Editor. This version used icons
**         instead of bitmaps (i didn't know how to draw transparently
**         a bitmap in an hDC).
** 0.11    Added check/uncheck options
** 0.20    First DSP uploaded version, now AdvMenu use Bitmaps with
**         width and height of 14 pixel (0.2X are not
**         compatible with 0.1X)
** 0.21    Added Enabled property (don't work fine however)
** 0.22    Fixed Enabled property, now also bitmaps are grayed
** 0.30    Now AdvMenu save in dfm a TMenuItem object instead of menu
**         position. You can so move a menuline with the standard Delphi
**         editor without re-associate the choosed bitmap -02/06/1998-
** 0.31    Fixed default (bold menu) bug. Correct a problem with
**         incorrect deallocation of some pointer.
**         Added refresh button in design editor -06/06/1998-
** 0.40    AdvMenu can load in TMenuLine any bound
**         bitmaps (16x16, 24x24, 32x32, ecc) -07/06/1998-
** 0.50    Fixed the Visual Effect bugs.
**         Now turning true Visual Effects property AdvMenu will
**         become more "cool".
**         Another effects added: when you select a main menu it
**         will be drawed "sunken" (more Visual and Office :-))) -08/06/1998-
**         Note that these options there were also in 0.10 but
**         only now they are debugged!!!
** 0.60    Bitmaps editor enhanced! Now you can select if you want to
**         see visual effect on a menuline!!!!! Rewrite the routine
**         introduced in 0.31 to draw bold menu.
** 0.61    Fixed little a bug in the new enhanced editor
** 0.70    New property! Now you can make more "visual&cool" also
**         the system menu.
**         Added the method 'caption' to change a caption at run-time.
**         Fixed two bugs:
**         1. precendently when you move a mouse in
**            a non client area (around a menu) the cursor "blink"
**         2. Using MDI Forms TAdvMenu didn't work properly
**         "Fissa il prefisso" -19/06/1998-
** 0.80    AdvMenu work also under C++ Builder! Enjoy IT! :-)))
**         (tested under C++ Builder 1.0 beta version -Ebony-, sorry
**         but i've not so much money to buy C++ Builder :-((( )
**         -23/06/1998- (Meno uno all'esame di maturità!!!!!)
** 0.81    Multi compiler version: full support for C++ Builder 1.0 and
**         Delphi 2.0 dcu added!!!
**         -25/06/1998- (Ho appena finito il tema di ragioneria
**         dell'esame! BASTA, NON VOGLIO PIU' VEDERE
**         BILANCI IN VITA MIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
** 0.90    Yes! AdvMenu can now considered completed!
**         AdvMenu include also an AdvPopUpMenu that work as PopUpMenu.
**         Note that i've decided to limited it's work only in the
**         IDE, yes, AdvMenu is freeware but AdvPopUpMenu...
**         See the readme for more information!
**         Note that old method CreatePopUpMenu is not mantained!
**         Added also an event to assign menu hint at a control
**         see the sample for more info about it.
**         -28/06/1998- (Manca poco agli orali il 02/07)
** 0.91    Fixed a lot of bugs on the TAdvPopMenu editor (C++ version).
**         Fixed the "Image size invalid" error.
**         Now you can use AdvMenu also in TWinControl inherited controls
**         -03/07/1998- Ho finito la maturità!!! YESSSSSSSS!
** 0.92    System Menu enhanced! Now you can set the Hint showed in
**         System Menu Items (see sample for more information)
**         Added Also SysItems property for add new Item on
**         standard System Menu!!!
**         Fixed a bug on AppHint Event.
**         Now TAdvMenu Bitmaps editor look like TAdvPopMenu editor
**         -08/07/1997-
** 0.93    Fixed the accelerator keys bug -12/07/1998-
** 0.94    Fixed the indentation bug -10/08/1998-
** 0.95    Added TVBMenuBar component and TToolBar property in AdvMenu
**         (this property work with TVBMenuBar component...)
**         Fixed a bug that occour when adding TMenuItem at run-time...
**         just use the Add method of AdvMenu (see sample for more info)
**         -24/08/1998-
**
**
**
** C++ BUILDER VERSIONS
** All versions >= 0.80 can work also under C++ Builder.
**
**
** 1.00    What do you think to contribute me with some money? :-)
**         The development of AdvMenu spend me a lot of time...


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Bugs know

Punto.gif (924 byte) Delphi doesn't execute a program and give a "AdvMenu.dcu not found" compiler error (just copy AdvMenu.dcu, AEEdit.dcu and AEEdit.dfm files in the Delphi Lib folder)
Punto.gif (924 byte) On some enherited Forms TAdvMenu doesn't work properly

 

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