Last updated October 8, 2001

kcdWizard

© 1998 - 2001 Kevin C. Dorff

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For VisualBasic 6, Service Pack 5 October 8, 2001

kcdWizard is an set of ActiveX OCX Controls written by Kevin C. Dorff in VisualBasic 6.0 (SP5). It allows you to easily add Wizards to your applications.

A Wizard is a UI feature that steps the user through several options, one page at a time, until all the necessary information is collected. Each of the pages of the Wizard usually shares three buttons on the bottom of the Wizard: the buttons Back, Next and Cancel.

As far as I know, the Wizard UI was made popular by Microsoft in the Office applications. Yes, someone probably used Wizards before this but this is the first place I remember seeing it.

Why use Wizards in your application? The primary reason is that they are easy for users to use and understand. Wizards help eliminate interface overload.

In the past, Wizards could be complicated to get coded and working correctly, but with the invention of the set of controls that comprise kcdWizard, they are now quite easy to create. kcdWizard lets you concentrate primarily on the UI, not the workings of the Wizard. You can create linear Wizards with very little code and non-linear wizards are not much harder! Very lightweight; requires only the VB6/SP5 runtime.

History:

• 01.10.08

• Recompiled for VB6. Updated the setup and help file. No new features.

• 99.04.12

• Four new properties, BackLabel, NextLabel, FinishedLabel, and CancelLabel. These were primarily added for my international users who didn't like the default label text (which was in english).

• 98.10.09

• The old install didn't include the MS Stock Properties DLL, which may be necessary
• There may have been a problem with the focus on the controls at runtime. All fixed.

• 98.10.05

• Updated the help file to include a full index
• When a WizardPage Drag-bar or a WizardHost is clicked on it will pop to the front

• 98.09.29

• Initial release