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aBox- Single control for formatted input

We are proud to present aBox - Universal Data Entry ActiveX Control. aBox is not just a simple TextBox replacement. The aBox goes way beyond TextBox features and surpasses all the major TextBox limitations. Here are aBox features and advantages, at a glance:

• A single control for all data types 
• All properties available at runtime 
• Data entry formatted and validated against specific data type 
• Vertical text alignment and programmable text borders 
• Enhanced Appearance property with Raised, Etched and Bump border 
• Hot appearance response to mouse movements 
• Focus specific appearance and colors 
• Lookup and UpDown buttons with default actions and/or generated events 
• Windows common controls dropdown Calendar 
• Intrinsic customizable dropdown Calculator 
• Formatted (mask defined) and free format text input 
• Minimum and maximum values 
• Null value different from space or zero 
• Data binding support 
• Full VB6 integration 
• Excellent choice for RAD and prototype projects 
• Simple deployment (just one OCX file)

All that and much more is in

aBox is NOT a collection of data entry components like similar products. This is why it is so powerful. aBox is a single textbox control for formatted data input.  From that fact it gets its name: "a Box". 

Type of data being entered is defined by ABoxStyle property. Setting its style makes aBox ready for formatted input of Text, Multiline Text, Boolean, Date, Time, Currency, Single, Double, Integer and Long data types. Besides, this property (and all others) is available at runtime, so style of your aBox can be changed during program execution according to specific application logic. As you change ABoxStyle, Value property data type changes accordingly. 

aBox is dedicated primarily to Visual Basic 6 developers. Still it can be used by any other platform that supports ActiveX. It has been tested with VC++ 6.0, FrontPage and Internet Explorer 5. aBox ActiveX control is marked Safe for Initialization and Safe for Scripting. 

We believe that the purpose of ActiveX and component architecture is to make development faster, our products better, reliable and user friendly. aBox is a new tool, complete TextBox replacement. It is amazingly simple to use, but also includes a number of sophisticated features that will make your application richer, development time shorter, and code size smaller.