Yes, like a few screenshots of what it can do would be helpful.... GregO
On Apr 6, 2007, at 3:45 am, Joshua Coventry wrote: > Brendan, > > This looks interesting but at $450 per license, that's rather steep. > Can you expand on what justifies the price? (obviously a lot of work > and time has gone into this, but apart from those factors). > > Many thanks, > Joshua Coventry > > On 5 Apr 2007, at 23:27, Brendan Murphy wrote: > >> The 10th beta release of the formatted text project is now >> available for download. With this release, you may now purchase >> licenses to use this code in your projects. Please read the README >> file before purchasing. >> >> This release marks an important milestone for the FTC. With this >> release you can implement custom display objects. Custom display >> objects allow you create any type of editor or display object you >> wish within the FTC. So you are not limited to just text and >> pictures anymore! >> >> URL: >> >> http://www.truenorthsoftware.com/Realbasic/FormattedText.html >> >> What's new in this release... >> >> Custom objects have been implemented. What this means is you can >> create your own display object within the FTC. You could use >> custom objects to implement tables, charts, specialized input >> fields, etc. The only limit is your imagination. >> >> In the demo application I created a simple line graph of random >> data that also tracks the mouse position within the object and >> displays the coordinates. The custom graph object also handles >> setting the cursor. These things are done just to demonstrate some >> of the possibilities. >> >> Internally, custom objects are subclassed from the FTPicture class >> so you inherit all the abilities of the FTPicture class. When >> saving to RTF it will insert a picture of current display of the >> object or you can insert your own RTF code. >> >> The custom object class provides the following events for you to >> work with. >> >> GotFocus >> Idle >> KeyDown >> LostFocus >> MouseDown >> MouseDrag >> MouseEnter >> MouseExit >> MouseMove >> MouseUp >> MouseWheel >> OpenXML >> Paint >> Resize >> Resized >> SaveRTF >> SaveXML >> >> Most of these event are logically the same as the events you would >> see in a canvas control. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: >> <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> >> >> Search the archives: >> <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
