Hi Andrew,
I'm glad you jumped in because I wanted to thank you for both your
article on CommandBars in FoxPro Advisor and your great narrated
screenshow on how to use this product.
For those of you following this thread, check out Andrew's live demo of
CommandBars. Great job, Andrew!
http://www.aksel.com/screencasts/commandbars.html
I agree with you that the installation and registration process is
tedious. And I have a strong suspicion that the bulk of CommandBar's
245K code size is tied to copy protection vs. functionality. Errrr.
But, after toying with my purchased copy of CommandBars for about half a
day, I'm absolutely delighted with this product. Its not perfect, but
its pluses far outweigh my concerns.
I feel like I just upgraded my version of VFP 9 to VFP 10. (Yes, VFP 10,
not Sedna) ;)
Malcolm
----- Original message -----
From: "Andrew MacNeill" <andrew /AT/ aksel .D.OT com>
To: profoxtech@leafe.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:32:05 -0400
Subject: RE: Anyone using Alex Grigorijev's CommandBars menu product?
Ya - he also just upgraded it (or did on Wednesday) with support for
large
buttons and the like.
The only thing I'm hesitant about (and primarily because of time right
now)
is the distribution. The VCX file gets "locked" when it's licensed (this
is
how it knows when it's unregistered or whatever). Each new version has a
different "lock" on it so when I upgraded, I had to reinstall it but
otherwise, it appears to work.
The only thing right now is that I haven't had enough time to put it
into
all of my apps.
Andrew MacNeill
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-----Original Message-----
From: profoxtech-bounces /AT/ leafe .D.OT com [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com]
On
Behalf Of Malcolm Greene
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 8:21 PM
To: profoxtech /AT/ leafe .D.OT com
Subject: Re: Anyone using Alex Grigorijev's CommandBars menu product?
Hi Michael,
Alex's site is back up and he's offering a 25% discount on the base
product
without subscription.
<http://www.arg.kirov.ru>
> What does it bring to your table, Malcolm, that has led you to decide to
purchase it?
Hopefully it brings a lot more bread ($) to my table! ;)
CommandBars is the OOP menu and toolbar you had always hoped would
finally(!) show up in VFP. An additional benefit is that the appearance
of
CommandBar menus and toolbars can be changed to match Office 2000,
Office
XP, Office 2003, Visual Studio 2003 or Visual Studio 2005 look and feel.
Plus some nice to have features such as tear off menus and a built-in
interface that allows users to customize the layout of menu and toolbar
options to suit their taste. I also want to study Alex's property
browser
which is modeled after the VS Studio 2005 property browser. I believe
there
may be source code for the property browser, but I'm not sure.
If you're interested, check out the free evaluation version on his site.
Or read the very flattering review of the product by Andrew MacNeill in
this
month's FoxPro Advisor. Andrew MacNeill's blog also has a voice
annotated
screen show that demonstrates how CommandBars works as he puts the
product
through its paces on a form. Cool stuff!
Does that answer your question?
Malcolm
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