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A-Soft ShapeIt is a control which gives you the power to size any control or window to whatever you like. Have you ever seen a round form? Or even one with a hole in it?? With ShapeIt you can give your controls any shape you want from simple round ones to complex polygons and of course combination of those anything is possible. And it is simple (e.g. for making a round window you just need one line of code).

Here is a small extract about the basic capabilities of the control:

bulletIncluding ShapeIt! Designer - a program with which you can easily create files for shaping your forms/ controls without coding. You can then include this files in your .exe file.
bulletShape any window and control in VB (even works with any other custom control you can get that has a hWnd or similar property)
bulletMakes elliptic shapes in just one line of code
bulletCombines an unlimited number of shapes to create more complex shapes
bulletCutting shapes one out of another to make things like holes!! in controls
bulletSupports the creation of polygon shapes with up to 500 polygon points. (by combining multiple polygon regions you can use an unlimited number of polygon points)
bulletEasy usage with very simple handling
bulletChange the shape of a form or control at runtime or even animate shapes.
bulletComplete Helpfile with example
bullet2 sample projects for Visual Basic
bulletFor 32Bit design environments that support OCX controls like Visual Basic, Delphi or VC++.
Sample1.gif (3208 bytes)
See the form has a hole in it (and the hole is changing its size - see the sample file)

 

Sample2.gif (3169 bytes)
This form does look quite strange, too

Download Demo
329 KB

Download Clock Sample
329 KB

Download Company Logo Sample
392 KB

Downloads:

File: Size: Description:
Sample program 1

329 KB

Sample program that uses ShapeIt! Control to make a strange-looking form or to even shape a form with an animated hole in it.
needs VB 6.0 Runtimes
Sample program 2

329 KB

Sample program that uses ShapeIt! Control in real-life usage. It shows a round clock (in a round form/ window)
needs VB 6.0 Runtimes
Sample program 3

392 KB

Sample program that uses ShapeIt! Control in real-life usage. It shows a round clock (in a round form/ window)
needs VB 6.0 Runtimes

ShapeIt Control:

Product: A-Soft ShapeIt Control
Type: ActiveX Control
Version: 1.2
Requirements: up to 2.0 MB HDD; Win95/98/NT
Size: 445 KB + VB 6.0 Runtimes (if the control is not used with VB)
Download time: approx. 1 min 30 sec @ 28.8 Baud
Offline Version: 1 3,5' Disk without Runtimes; 2 3,5' Disks with Runtimes

 

Product Code: AS-ASI1
Price: 24.95 $
Availability: Send by Email: YES
Download from A-Soft Server: YES
Send by postal mail: YES
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History:

Version: Date: Comment:
1.2 30.11.1998 Major Release; Binary issues solved; Added new Sample including source code; added A-Soft ShapeIt! Designer v1.0; ShapeIt! OCX now supports run-time loading of ShapeIt! Designer files; some small issues solved.
1.0.5 26.09.1998 New Setup Package; Needs VB 6.0 runtimes
1.00 04.08.1998 Release Version; Added Helpfile
0.9 15.06.1998 Ready release-candidate version