COLORBOX
Version 2.0
Program Documentation
June 23, 1998

Software and documentation copyright (c) 1996, 1998 by Eric Schreiber.
All rights reserved.


Introduction
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Colorbox is an HTML color designer for Windows 95. Its function is to
create the color codes in a <body> HTML tag.


License
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Colorbox is released as Freeware. Individuals and businesses may use
colorbox free of charge, and are encouraged to give copies to friends
and associates.

Bulletin board systems and online service operators are welcome to make
Colorbox available to their users, so long as the archive contents are
kept intact and there are no specific charges to download the archive.


Disclaimer
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Although care has been taken to ensure that Colorbox does what this
document states, Colorbox is provided "as is", without warranty or
guarantee of any kind, either expressed or implied, as to the fitness
for a particular purpose or quality or performance of this program.

In no event shall Eric Schreiber be liable to you or anyone else for
any cost or damages, including, but not limited to, any lost profits,
lost savings or lost income which may result from the use or inability
to use Colorbox.


Using Colorbox
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Colorbox sports a very simple and easy-to-use interface. The main screen
has a Windows 95 style tabbed notebook, with pages for Background, Text,
Link, Active Link, and Visited Link. Each of the pages contain three
sliders to control the levels of Red, Green, and Blue.

At the bottom of each notebook page is the hexadecimal value currently
represented by the sliders.  This hexadecimal value is commonly used
in HTML color statements. Below the tabbed notebook is displayed the
current <body> tag, which is updated in real time as color values are
changed.

Each page also contains a "Color..." button which will display the
Windows color selection dialog, for direct color selection.

To the right of the notebook is a Sample area, which shows the currently
selected colors for Background, Text, Link, Active Link, and Visited
Link as set by the slider controls or color dialog.

As the slider controls are adjusted, the hexadecimal values and the
<body> tag are updated to show the new settings and the colors of the
appropriate items in the Sample area change.

In addition to selecting the tab for any of the adjustable items,
clicking on the text or background of the Sample area will change
which notebook page is active.

Once you've gotten a set of colors you like, click the 'Copy' button next
to the on-screen <body> tag. This copies the current <body> tag to the
Windows clip board, from where you can paste it into any Windows text
or HTML editor.

The other controls are fairly straightforward as well:

The 'Reset' button returns all Colorbox settings to their start-up
default.

The 'About' button displays a typical fluff dialog.


Contacting the author
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If you wish to contact the author for any reason, I can be reached in the
following ways. Internet e-mail is the preferred contact method.

o  Internet   eric@kobayashi.com
o  Web        www.kobayashi.com
o  Voice      (773) 278-1196


Revision History
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1.0 March 17, 1996

    Initial release.

2.0 June 23, 1998

    Replaced that hideous About box.
    Added pop-up hints to controls.
    Added "Color..." buttons to each notebook page, which calls Windows
      Color dialog for direct color selection.
    Put HTML <body> tag directly on main form.
    HTML <body> tag is updated in real time.
