3rd-party components For support in the project, a required 3rd-party controls must be declared in th e SkinManager.ThirdParty property.

Use a special design-time editor for handy ad ding of required controls. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------List of supported components : - Standard VCL (TPanel, TEdit, TMemo, TListBox, TComboBox, TMaskEdit, TStringGr id, TDrawGrid, TCheckListBox, TRichEdit, THotKey, TTreeView, TListView, TDBGrid, TDBEdit, TDBMemo, TDBListBox, TDBLookupListBox, TDBRichEdit, TGroupBox, TButton , TCheckBox, TRadioButton and others) - Windows system dialogs (File open/save, Font dialog, Color dialog and others) - DevExpress grids and other controls which supports LookAndFeel technology - RXLib (TCurrencyEdit, TTextListBox, TRxRichEdit, TRxDrawGrid, TRxDBGrid, TRxD BLookupList, TRxDBRichEdit and others) - JvEdits (JvValidateEdit, JvEdit, JvMemo, JvRichEdit and some others) - EhLib controls - TPNGImageList - TntControls Unicode - Most TMS edits and grids - Billenium effects - TSynEdit, TSynMemo, TDBSynEdit - Virtual Controls (TVirtualStringTree and TVirtualDrawTree) - most Woll2Woll InfoPower 4000 controls - TmxFlatEdit, TmxFlatFloatEdit, TmxFlatMaskEdit, TmxFlatMemo, TmxFlatRichEdit, TmxFlatListBox, TmxFlatDirectoryListBox, TmxFlatFileListBox, mxFlatCheckListBox and others - ImageEn library - TRichView, TRichViewEdit, TDBRichViewEdit and TDBRichView - TVirtualExplorerListView, TVirtualExplorerTreeview - Raize controls (TRzPanel, TRzGroupBox, TRzEdit, TRzMaskEdit, TRzNumericEdit, TRzExpandEdit, TRzHotKeyEdit, TRzTreeView, TRzCheckTree, TRzMemo, TRzRichEdit, T RzShellTree, TRzShellList, TRzRankListBox, TRzListBox, TRzTabbedListBox, TRzChec kList, TRzEditListBox, TRzComboBox, TRzImageComboBox, TRzMRUComboBox, TRzShellCo mbo, TRzLabel, TRzURLLabel, TRzDateTimeEdit) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Some instructions for 3rd-party features using in the AlphaControls full release : 1. Most standard and 3rd-party controls Skinned automatically if required controls are declared in the SkinManager.Third Party property 2. TntControls Unicode Most controls from AlphaControls package may have support of Unicode (in Delphi6 -2009). In this case used the TntControls package (thanks TNT authors, TntContro ls must be installed already). For using this feature should be uncommented the TNTUNICODE key in the sDefs.inc file (should be {$DEFINE TNTUNICODE}) and AlphaC ontrols package must be reinstalled (sources needed). Note : don't forget backup all projects before opening after package installatio n, some Unicode data may be lost if compiled without TNTUNICODE key. 3. TPngImageList Since version 6 AlphaControls have native support of PNG format (TsAlphaImageLis

t was added also). Buttons and menus from AlphaControls have support of TPngImageList component als o. For work with this component the USEPNG key should be defined in the sDefs.in c file (must be {$DEFINE USEPNG}). TPNGImageList is a freeware component with sources that may be used for work wit h PNG glyphs in any application. May be downloaded from http://www.thany.org/article/32/PngComponents 4. DevExpress grids and other controls - Install DevExpress and AlphaControls - Enable the 'DEVEX' key in the sDefs.inc file (AlphaControls), must be {$DEFIN E DEVEX} - Be sure that latest version of DevExpress is installed, or check a list of su pported DevExpress versions in the beginning of the acLFPainter.pas file (AlphaC ontrols) - Configure the sSkinManager component and compile the project. In the run-time will be skinned all DevExpress controls which have LookAndFeel p roperty properly supported. LookAndFeel.NativeStyle property must be False.'DEVE X' key must enabled (in the sDefs.inc file) before AlphaControls installing (mus t be {$DEFINE DEVEX}). 5. Billenium Effects This package is supported authomatically