zBandObject

Installation

1. Unzip zBandObject.zip into your favourite 3^rd party Delphi components directory, e.g. c:\program files\borland\delphi5\zBandObject.
2. Start Delphi and open the package zBandObjectPkg.dpk.
3. Click the Compile button.
4. Click the Install button.
5. Make sure that your library path is setup correctly:
   1. File → Close All, save the package if necessary.
   2. Tools → Environment Options.
   3. Click the tab Library.
   4. Look at Library path, the installation path in step 1 above should be somewhere in there. If not, add it, e.g. <existing paths>;$(DELPHI)\zBandObject.
6. Install the help file:
   1. Help → Customize.
   2. Under both Index and Link tabs, add zBandObject.hlp.

Uninstallation

1. Component → Install Packages.
2. Select zBandObjects.
3. Click the Remove button.

Creating Band Objects

1. File → New, look under the Wizards tab for the Band Object DLL Wizard.
2. Double click to start the wizard.
3. When the wizard form shows:
   1. Enter a band name, e.g. MyBand. You do not need to prefix it with T, it is done automagically in the generated code.
   2. Enter a band description, e.g. &My Band This is the menu item text, e.g. if you are making an Info Band, this text will appear under View → Explorer Bar in IE. Spaces are allowed and & will underscore the next character.
   3. Select a band type.
   4. Click the OK button.
4. After the project is generated, save it.
5. You can place some controls onto the band form.
6. Compile the project.
7. To install the band object, use Run → Register ActiveX Server.
8. To uninstall the band object, (guess what) use Run → Unregister ActiveX Server. Important! Always unregister before you delete your project files or change the band's CLSID, otherwise your registry will have 'orphaned' entries.

Show Thy Band

Component Help

"Features"

• The tab key doesn't work in the band form, i.e. cannot switch among the active edit controls using the tab key.
• The Context Menu cannot have any sub menu.
• For desk bands only: when the user opens the desk band from the Toolbars menu, instead of checking the original menuitem, a new menuitem is created.