$Id: README,v 1.6 2003/09/09 21:42:45 Farell Exp $

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				HTML_Progress

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Installation
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Installation for HTML_Progress is as simple as any other PEAR classes.
Just enter on command line:  pear install (tarball)
where (tarball) is an archive file like  HTML_Progress-0.6.1.tgz
    
If you need more detailed help, check out INSTALL


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Release Notes
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Release notes for the newest version are in Release-0.6.1

0.6.1 is out, a STABLE bugfix release

To learn howto read online doc at 
http://pear.laurent-laville.org/HTML/Progress/docs/index.html 
or the same one included on package.

If you find a bug please send me a mail with subject HTML_Progress at:
<pear@laurent-laville.org>


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General Notes
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HTML_Progress is hosted at http://pear.laurent-laville.org, with downloads and 
online documentation

Project page: 	http://pear.laurent-laville.org/HTML/Progress
Documentation:  http://pear.laurent-laville.org/HTML/Progress/docs/index.html


HTML_Progress 0.6.1 is released under the PHP License version 3.0, text is in
LICENSE file


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Feature Notes
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HTML_Progress is a PEAR class that provides a way to add a loading bar 
fully customizable in existing XHTML documents. Your browser should accept DHTML feature.

Features since version 0.5.0
  - allows usage of an existing stylesheet for colors and size model
  - all colors and size elements are customizable
  - show or hide text percent information
  - set/add and returns value of current status of progress
  - compliant with all CSS/XHMTL standards
  - integration with template engine ITx family is possible
  - create horizontal and also vertival bar

Features since version 0.6.0
  - optional message line come with progress status.
  - percent text info is now floating all around the progress bar
  - scale can be change (default is 100)
  - legend of percent text info can be change (default is "%")
  - progress bar will now take by default the optimized size (height, width)
  - define font-size and color of each cell with new API setCell

Improvement since version 0.6.1
  - ProgressMaker is a dynamic tools to build and test all functionalities

  
If something is missing from this list make sure to file a feature request 
at my mail address <pear@laurent-laville.org>


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Thanks
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Thanks to Klaus Guenther, author of great PEAR classes HTML_Page and HTML_CSS
Thanks to Hans Lellelid to help me to find a config problem on HTML_Progress
Thanks to Davey Shafik to help me to see problems on notice errors
Thanks to Arnaud Limbourg to give me idea (Horz./Vert bars) to improve this package
Thanks to Greg Beaver for warning about Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated
Thanks to Stefan Neufeind for his enhancement-proposal to keep compatibility with Opera6
Thanks to Christian Wenz to help me to fix javascript errors on IE4 and NS4 browsers

Special Thanks to Rasmus Lerdorf, without him PHP and all this universe won't be! 
