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Key Objects Library

Introduction

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    KOL - Key Objects Library is a set of objects to develop power (but small) 32 bit Windows GUI applications using Delphi but without VCL. It is distributed free of charge, with source code.
   Delphi2, Delphi3, Delphi4, Delphi5 and Delphi6 are supported now. KOL allows to create very compact Windows32 GUI applications (starting from ~13,5K without compression - if suggested system units replacement used). The most of code is converted to built-in assembler.
   A help generating tool xHelpGen is provided for KOL, which creates detailed documentation in html format. Documentation is generated on base of comments from the source, so developers instantly have access to the most fresh and complete documentation.
   A package MCK (Mirror Classes Kit) provided with KOL, and all the advantages of visual programming are available for developers who use KOL.

Downloads

The main part of the KOL library [ See also updates below, if availbale ]

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KOL v1.08 (27-Nov-2001), 387 K
This is the Key Objects Library itself, almost totally in a single KOL.PAS unit (~1,65 Mbytes of code). All other archives are useful, but not necessary additional packages.

F See state of KOL project here

UPDATED

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MCK v1.08 (27-Nov-2001), 139 K
Mirror Classes Kit - visual environment for KOL, with sources.
(KOL 1.06 or higher required)

F See MCK state here

UPDATED

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KOLobjects.zip
objects.pas and other common units, used in several packages (below) made by Alexander Shakhaylo

Updates
Download <	Update for KOL/MCK from previous version 1.07 to 1.08 (37 K)
Download <	Update from version 1.06 to 1.07 (29 K)	Updates for KOL and MCK
Download <	Update from version 1.06 to 1.07 (3,6 K)
Download <	Update from version 1.04 to 1.05 (2 K)
Download <	Update from version 1.03 to 1.04 (23 K)
Download <	Update from version 1.02 to 1.03 (1,7 K)
Download <	Update from version 1.01 to 1.02 (1,9 K)
Download <	Update from version 1.00 to 1.01 (2 K)
Download <	To use updates, following utility program is necessary: UPDATER v2.0 (14-May-2001), 15 K

Help and documentation
Download <	xHelpGen v4.0.89 (11-Aug-2001), 52 K Help Generator. Download it once, and You always will be provided with the most fresh and full documentation about KOL in html format. Documentation is generated on base of comments in KOL sources.
Download <	MCK.hlp v1.0.94 (1-Sep-2001), 229 K Professional MCK and KOL help, can be fully integrated into Delphi help system, so F1 and Ctrl+F1 keys become available in Object Inspector, Form Designer and IDE Editor.

System units replacement
Download <	System.dcu, sysinit.dcu and so on units replacement - for Delphi5 Allows to make program size smaller onto about 9,5K. Can be used separately in KOL-plojects, in any non-VCL Delphi project. version for D5 with ready to use DCU-files and sources, 200 K	DELPHI5
Download <	version for D5 with sources only, 76 K	DELPHI5
Download <	System.dcu, sysinit.dcu and so on units replacement - for Delphi6 Allows to make program size smaller onto about 9,5K. Can be used separately in KOL-projects, in any non-VCL Delphi project. version for D6 with ready to use DCU-files and sources, 201 K	DELPHI6
Download <	version for D6 with sources only, 119 K	DELPHI6

Graphic extensions, mathematics, exceptions, compression.
Download <	KolGif v2.0.82 (24-Jun-2001), 46 K GIF format decoding and drawing support. Transparency, animation, scaling are supported very well.
Download <	KolJpegObj v2.0.92 (17-Aug-2001), 127 K Jpeg format decoding, encoding and drawing support for KOL. (KOL v0.92 or higher required)
Download <	And here You can downloaded sources, provided by JPEG Independant Group, which were used to build object modules, used in JpegObj.pas to implement jpeg decompressing an compressing. 344K
Download <	KOL_ERR v4.0.93 (25-Aug-2001), 26 K ERR.PAS, KOLMATH.PAS to replace standard SysUtils and math in part of exception handling. Using of ERR.PAS requires only 6Kbytes of code, and allows for try-finally, try-except, raise constructions to work with minimal changes in source. The last addition: CPLXMATH.PAS unit to work with complex numbers.
Download <	HeapMM.pas - 1 K Fast and small memory manager replacement, which uses API functions HeapAlloc, HeapFree, HeapRealloc to allocate and free memory blocks. Can be used with KOL, including a case when system.dcu replacement used, or separately at all from KOL library.
Download <	HeapOnFile.pas - 6 K A tool to allocate fixed length records from a heap on file. Allows to allocate so much memory, how much is available on disk, independing on Windows virtual memory size available.
Download <	MapMem.pas An object to share PStrList between different applications, with mirror component. By Alexander Shakhaylo
Download <	ZLib for KOL Adaptation of ZLib for KOL. By Alexey Shuvalov	2-Oct-2001

Form enchancement objects, additional controls
Download <	Widgets Form enchncement objects, with visual mirrors. By Alexander Shakhaylo
Download <	KOLFormSave An object to save form position. By Alexander Shakhaylo	7-Oct-2001
Download <	KOLListEdit ListView enchancement object. You can edit all the fields of KOLListView. With visual mirror component. By Alexander Shakhaylo	22-Oct-2001
Download <	KOLListData ListEdit-based object to represent database table, like TDBGrid in VCL. With mirror component. By Alexander Shakhaylo	22-Oct-2001
Download <	KOLMCKAboutDialog TKOLAbout object, implementing professional about dialog, with mirror component. By Dmitry Zharov	NEW 6-Nov-2001

Packages to work with databases
Download <	KOLEdb v0.5.108 (27-Nov-2001), 29 K KOLEdb.pas allows to work with any databeses through OLE DB protocol. Read and write both supported now.	Updated 27-Nov-2001
Download <	StrDb unit (11-Sep-2000), 27 K - by Mike Talcott Small database table implementation for KOL, implemented as a file with fixed length string fields. (This data format is compatible with MS Access for import/export).
Download <	tdkDbkol (19-Jan-2001), 34 K - by Thaddy de Koning DBF format reader, free with source, demo project included
See also KOLListData object in previous section.

ActiveX, OLE and DDE with KOL
Download <	ActiveKOL v1.1.106 (11-Aug-2001), 56 K This archive contains ActiveKOL and KOLComObj units, and TLB2KOL convert utility, which allow to use imported ActiveX controls on KOL forms, creating OLE container applications with executable size starting from 43,5K (with system.dcu replacement). KOL_ERR v3.0.87 required, and also KOL v0.87 or higher. When used together with MCK, also MCK v0.87 or higher required. Delphi2 is not supprted (it has no capabilities to import ActiveX components).	UPDATED 6-Nov-2001
Download <	KOLword v1.0.78 (5-Jun-2001), 12 K TWordDocument object, which allows to automate MS Word - all its methods and properties are available. Demo (6K exe) supplied.
Download <	KOL DDE DDE with KOL (Server and Client, both with mirror components). By Alexander Shakhaylo

NT Services, sockets, dial-up
Download <	NT SERVICE This archive contains Service.pas which provides two objects: TService and TServiceCtl - to allow writing Windows NT services and to control it. Also, TKOLService visual mirror component to use with MCK added recently. By Alexander Shakhaylo
Download <	Sockets & Telnet Ported Socket.pas, socket object, with mirror component By Alexander Shakhaylo
Download <	KOLRAS This archive contains an example of dial-up application and RAS.PAS - translation of Microsoft ras.h file By Alexander Shakhaylo
Download <	KOLNTPrivileges Also contains LsaApi.pas By Alexander Shakhaylo	FIXED 9-Oct-2001
Download <	KOLFtp FTP client control with mirror and example of small FTPClient application By Alexander Shakhaylo

Sample applications

Here samples of applications, created with KOL, are represented. (If You have such one, I can place it here, or to link on it, if You wish).

Download <	ADV (6-Jul-2000) 15K Small demo application. By Vladimir Kladov, 2000
Download <	boot2000 (26-Nov-2000), 18 K Allows to decide what Windows OS to boot from Windows itself. Never more sit in front of PC while reloading it. By Vladimir Kladov, 2000
Download <	WinGhost (9-Apr-2001) This program replays your mouse and keyboard events at specified time. Page: http://www.yoursoft.cjb.net By Ferenc Lutischan, 2001
Download <	AllRepl All Replace is a program that replace all specified string in a file. Page: http://www.yoursoft.cjb.net By Ferenc Lutischan, 2001
Download <	CD Eject Ejects CD after clicking tray icon. Page: http://www.psgsoft.com/sharew.htm By Vadim Petrov
Download <	AdvancedFileCopy (16-Jul-2001), 44 K Fast copying of files vis local network with restoring broken downloads after re-connection. By Dmitry Kozlov	UPDATED 7-Oct-2001
Download <	DirComp (5-Aug-2001), 37 K Fast search of duplicated and unique files in certain directories. Allows free disk space from duplicated files, make backup copies of unique files easy and safe. By Vladimir Kladov, 2001
Download <	Service Starter (28-Aug-2001) Starts win32 application as NT service to provide working it even before user logon, like other system services. By Alexander Shakhaylo, 2001
Download <	KOLFtpClient (4-Sep-2001) FTP-client, supports resuming broken uploads/downloads. Can do automatic synchronization between local folder and ftp-directory. By Alexander Shakhaylo, 2001
Download <	KOLNetStat (4-Sep-2001) By Alexander Shakhaylo, 2001	23-Oct-2001
See also samples on ащддщцштп sites:
F Goto Web Page	Precompiler (13-Jun- 2001) By Peter Tuente @ PiT-Soft
	FileDown (July, 2001) Its purpose is to download (get/save) files from a web site using the HTTP protocol ( like web browser do ). By Peter Tuente @ PiT-Soft
	DelDBFIndexes v 1.0 Delete all indexes from DBF files in current directory. By Peter Tuente @ PiT-Soft
	RunIt (27-Nov-2001) Runs a program at a given time without using a timer. By Peter Tuente @ PiT-Soft	FRESH
F Goto Web Page	site by Beschetnov Michael
F Goto Web Page	site by Hramov Vladimir

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