(SST) ShlWAPIFunctionInfo TAboutBox Class

	(SST) ShlWAPIFunctionInfo Version 1.0

	Developer Reference

TAboutBox Class
Window/dialog class that is/can be used to display the ShlWAPIFunctionInfo application's version number.

Scope
Global (i.e. objects (of this class) can be instantiated in other units).

Syntax
	TYPE TAboutBox = CLASS(TForm)
	Panel1: TPanel; ProgramIcon: TImage; ProductName: TLabel; Version: TLabel; Copyright: TLabel; Description: TLabel; OKButton: TButton; PRIVATE PROTECTED PUBLIC PUBLISHED END;

Hierarchy

	Constructors
	None

	Properties
	None

	Methods
	None

	Events
	None

	Member Variables
	None other than those used to store the automatically created controls' (e.g. combo boxes, buttons, etc.) instances (see Syntax, above).

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Remarks
The class' form is merely a slightly modified version of the standard, Delphi 5 "About box" dialog, as typically found in the IDE's Object Repository.

	Example
The following exmaple is an excerpt from the application's main window implementation. It initializes the dialog/window's controls with the information retrieved from the application's version information resources by means of a TSSTDllVerInfo instance and then displays the dialog.
	PROCEDURE TForm1.ShowAboutDialog(Sender: TObject); VAR appverinfo : TSSTDllVerInfo; BEGIN appverinfo := NIL; TRY appverinfo := TSSTDllVerInfo.Create(ParamStr(0)); //AboutBox AboutBox.ProgramIcon.Picture.Icon.Handle := LoadIcon(HInstance, 'MAINICON'); AboutBox.ProductName.Caption := AboutBox.ProductName.Caption + appverinfo.ResourceProductName; AboutBox.Version.Caption := AboutBox.Version.Caption + appverinfo.ResourceProductVersion; AboutBox.Copyright.Caption := AboutBox.Copyright.Caption + appverinfo.ResourceLegalCopyright; AboutBox.Description.Caption := AboutBox.Description.Caption + appverinfo.ResourceFileDescription; AboutBox.ShowModal(); FINALLY appverinfo.Free(); END; END;

Requirements
Unit	Declared and implemented in ShlWAPIFunctionInfoAbout.pas
Resources	ShlWAPIFunctionInfoAbout.dfm
Library	ShlWAPIFunctionInfoAbout.dcu/ShlWAPIFunctionInfoAbout.obj

See Also
ShlWAPIFunctionInfoAbout, TForm1, ShlWAPIFunctionInfoMain01, TSSTDllVerInfo, Source Code.

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