1. OVERVIEW

FXLabel is an animated label control that can add an attractive look and feel to your VB app.  You can choose from 11 different animation effects: fxBlink,fxFade, fxFillUp, fxFillDn, fxFillLeft, fxFillRight, fxHighlight, fxScroll, fxShake, fxShine and fxToggle. You can also control the speed and animation colors.

With the Fade and Scroll effects, you can add messages to a Messages Collection and they will fade/scroll one after the other.

FXLabel.ocx is an ActiveX control written using Visual Basic 5.0

2. INSTALLATION

Note: If you installed the Demo Version of FXLabel.ocx, you should remove it before installing the registered version.

To remove the demo version:


	Select Settings from the Windows Start menu.
	Select Control Panel.
	Select Add/Remove programs.
	Select FXLabel Demo Version from the list.
	Click the Add/Remove button.

To install the registered or demo version: 

Close any running programs to avoid conflicts with shared files.

1) Unzip the Fxlbld Zip file

2) Use the registration utility regsvr32.exe (included) to register the FXLabel.exe file.

3) Copy the file fxlabel.hlp to your Windows\Help directory

The setup does not include any of the VB5 run-time support DLLs because the control is intended for use by programmers who should have the necessary components installed on their computers already.

3. SHAREWARE

FXLabel.ocx is not free, it is shareware, and the price for a single copy is $15.00.

Please see the Help File for information on How to Register FXLabel.

5. DISTRIBUTION

You may redistribute the FXLabel.ocx with applications you made, however you can not distribute the control alone.

6. SUPPORT

Product support is available via e-mail only. Send questions, comments, enhancements, bugs, etc. to Peter Bennett at pbennett@guate.net
