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| 1 | + | ## SplashAbout | |
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| 3 | + | *SplashAbout* is a Lazarus visual component. It installs on the 'Additional' component palette. | |
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| 5 | + | - Author: minesadorada@charcodelvalle.com | |
| 6 | + | - New version: 1.4.3 - June 2014 | |
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| 8 | + | #### Property page screenshot | |
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| 10 | + | <figure> | |
| 11 | + | <img src="splashabout_properties143.png" title="splashabout_properties143.png" /> | |
| 12 | + | <figcaption>splashabout_properties143.png</figcaption> | |
| 13 | + | </figure> | |
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| 15 | + | #### Purpose | |
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| 17 | + | - If you are fed up of coding splash and about dialogs for minor apps - this component is the easy way to give your apps a good appearance with minimum effort and easy individualisation. | |
| 18 | + | - When starting a new application, just drop the component onto your form, and in the Form.Create() method, call SplashAbout1.ShowSplash. This will display a splash dialog. Setting a few easy properties will personalise your splash screen. | |
| 19 | + | - In your Help/About handler, call SplashAbout1.ShowAbout. This will display an 'About' dialog for your application. The 'About' dialog can show buttons to display a 'Licence' dialog and/or a 'Credits' dialog (with scrolling text) | |
| 20 | + | - All dialogs are constructed 'on-the-fly' and destroyed when closed. Thus few extra resources are added to your application. | |
| 21 | + | - For really minimal resource use, the component can optionally use only external files (deployed with your executable) | |
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| 23 | + | #### Features | |
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| 25 | + | - Optional shaped splash screen (not Linux) Some built-in shapes or use your own. | |
| 26 | + | - Splash screen can be a jpg with transparent mask (see example app included) | |
| 27 | + | - Can automatically display application version numbers | |
| 28 | + | - Can automatically display LCL/FPC build information | |
| 29 | + | - Can display standard GPL,LGPL,MIT or ModifiedGPL licenses with personalised text | |
| 30 | + | - Able to display splash until ApplicationIdle event (default is fixed number of seconds) | |
| 31 | + | - Able to display scrolling Credits window (Like the Lazarus IDE 'About' dialog) | |
| 32 | + | - Optional pre-splash 'Powered By Lazarus' graphic | |
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| 34 | + | #### How to use in your code | |
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| 36 | + | - Drop a SplashAbout component onto your main form (From the 'Additional' components palette) | |
| 37 | + | - In the Form.Create event | |
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| 39 | + | ` procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);`\ | |
| 40 | + | ` begin`\ | |
| 41 | + | ` SplashAbout1.ShowSplash;`\ | |
| 42 | + | ` end;` | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | - In your 'About' button click event | |
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| 46 | + | ` procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);`\ | |
| 47 | + | ` begin`\ | |
| 48 | + | ` SplashAbout1.ShowAbout;`\ | |
| 49 | + | ` end; ` | |
| 50 | + | ||
| 51 | + | - There are lots of properties to tweak - see the example app included in the archive for ideas | |
| 52 | + | - See the [[SplashAbout/Advanced Use]] page for detailed information | |
| 53 | + | ||
| 54 | + | #### License | |
| 55 | + | ||
| 56 | + | SplashAbout is issued under an LGPL license. Use it as you wish; improve it as you will. (but please give credit) | |
| 57 | + | ||
| 58 | + | #### Download | |
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| 60 | + | Click to download: [splashabout zipped files](http://www.charcodelvalle.com/splashabout/splashabout_component.zip) | |
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| 62 | + | Full source code, readme and example apps (Windows and Linux) are included in the archive. | |
| 63 | + | ||
| 64 | + | #### Installation | |
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| 66 | + | - Create a new folder in your lazarus/components folder, and unzip into it | |
| 67 | + | - Install via the Lazarus IDE. (Open splashabout.lpk, then compile and install) | |
| 68 | + | - The new component will be installed in the 'Additional' component palette. | |
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| 70 | + | #### Compatability | |
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| 72 | + | - Lazarus 0.9x/1.x/fpc 2.x | |
| 73 | + | - Windows and Linux | |
| 74 | + | - Tested on Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit builds) and Linux 32-bit | |
| 75 | + | ||
| 76 | + | #### Version | |
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| 78 | + | Version 1.4.3 | |
| 79 | + | ||
| 80 | + | #### Support | |
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| 82 | + | [Email the author](mailto:minesadorada@charcodelvalle.com) with any queries | |
| 83 | + | ||
| 84 | + | ### See Also | |
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| 86 | + | - [[SplashAbout/Advanced Use|All SplashAbout properties explained in detail]] | |
| 87 | + | - [[ScrollText|Standalone Scrolling Text component]] | |
| 88 | + | - [[Components and Code examples|Components and code examples]] | |
| 89 | + | ||
| 90 | + | --- | |
| 91 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "SplashAbout", as it stood on 2021-09-09 after a change by Alextpp, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* | |
| 92 | + | Category: Components |