ESBPCS™ v1.2.1 (1 February 2000)
ESB Professional Computation Suite for Borland Delphi
Copyright (C)1999-2000 ESB Consultancy

Email: support@esbpcs.com or esb@kagi.com

Latest Version: http://www.esbpcs.com/ or http://www.esbconsult.com.au/

Shareware: Secure Online Registration at US$99 per Developer License at: 
	http://order.kagi.com/?ONF&S
	
Install:
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Run Setup.exe. Includes Uninstaller. See Install.Txt or ESBPCSInfo.HLP for more 
info on Installing.

Requires about 15MB of Disk Space

Purpose:
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Making Data Entry and Manipulation Easier.

ESB Professional Computation Suite (ESBPCS) is a collection of over 3000 
routines/methods and over 90 classes/components in over 50 units for 
Borland Delphi 4 and 5, which are aimed at making "computations" easier 
for the Developer. 

Our components are designed to do more of the work for you and your users. 
Powerful Edit controls with Alignment, Read Only Colouring, On Focus Colouring, 
and a plethora of data specific properties and methods make using MaskEdit a 
thing of the past. Plus we supply a flexibility that your users have always 
wished for from edit controls. We also supply special components for the editing 
& displaying of Fractions, Date/Time, Complex Numbers, Vectors & Matrices. 
New: We now include resource friendly Spin Edits and ComboBoxes.

Let us do the Calculations for you.

Areas covered include Extended Currency Types, Date & Time Manipulation, 
Trigonometry,  Statistics, Linear Regression, Probability Distributions, Special 
Functions, Optimised Math, Vectors, Matrices, Equation Solving, Fractions, 
Business Math, Accounting, Complex Numbers, Geometry, Unit Conversions, 
Time Zones and much more.

There are also components to aid in Statistics, Unit Conversion, Maths Label for 
displaying formulae and a Repeatable Speed Button that doesn't use a Timer.

Empowered Data Entry and Manipulation for your users.

Data Aware Versions - many of the components have Data Aware versions and we are 
working on more. These components allow formatting from the control rather than 
playing with Field Settings or Masks. Plus the Aligned Edits stay aligned during 
data entry which is one of the most asked for things from our users and no doubt 
yours as well.

Delphi Math Unit is not required thus making the routines accessible to people 
with Standard Versions (which in many Countries do not include the Math Unit). 
Unfortunately, people with Delphi 5 Standard cannot use the Data Aware Components 
but they can use everything else!

Requirements:
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This package was designed for use with Borland Delphi 4 or 5 running
on Microsoft Win32 platforms and has been tested on Microsoft Windows 95, 
Microsoft Windows 98, and Microsoft NT 4.0 SP4/SP5.

The Data Aware Components required Professional or higher Editions.

Support:
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There is a support Mailing List available to all, even non-registered
users. Details on our Web Site or check out the Site direct:

http://www.egroups.com/list/esbstats/

There is also a Registered User specific Mailing List.

Plus any questions can be emailed to our ESBPCS Support people at:

mailto:support@esbpcs.com

Trial Version:
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Trial Version differs from the registered version in two ways:

a) Reduced Help File - Registered Users Integrated Help includes info 
from the implementation of the various routines

b) When running Applications compiled with the Trial Version and the
Delphi 4/5 IDE is not running, you will get an "Error Msg".

Plus on registering you also get:

Benefits of Registering
=======================

1. 30-Day Money Back Guarantee

2. Full Source for Delphi 4 and 5. No DLLs or OCXs.

3. Full Source to all Demos and even more Demos.

4. More comprehensive Help Files.

5. Full Royalty Free rights to include ESBPCS in your Applications 
(see License.txt for more info)

6. More Frequent Updates - not all minor versions are released as Trial Versions, 
but updated source is always available to registered users.

7. Access to Registered Users only site. You will be supplied a password to access 
the Registered Users Site.

8. Access to Registered Users Support Mailing List. This is for all Registered 
Users and this receives a higher priority for support than the general Mailing List.

9. Ability to download the FAQ

10. HTML Help versions of the FAQ and other help files.

11. Notification of Bugs & Fixes - even before we release an update we will notify 
registered users via the Mailing List of any verified bug, and the fix when available.

12. Discounted Upgrades to New versions. Registration includes all minor upgrades for 
Free (eg 1.xx.xx), downloadable from our site PLUS any major upgrade (eg. 2.00.00) if 
released within 6 months of purchase.

13. Discounts on related Products from ESB and from other Developers. We will also 
endeavour to see if we can develop relationships with other companies to offer 
cross-discounting, i.e. Registered Users of ESBPCS™ will get the other companies 
products at a discount, and similarly we will give their users a discount.

14. Pre-release versions. If you wish to test out new features before they become 
available - Registered Users get not only "inside information" but an opportunity to 
be involved in shaping the product.

Version History: See WHATSNEW.TXT

For more info see ESBPCSINFO.HLP

OTHER PRODUCTS
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ESBStats™
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Statistical Analysis & Inferences in a MS Office 97 style Environment.

- Single, Dual (paired and unpaired) and Multiple Data Analysis.
- Data can be either for Sample or Population
- Data can be Time Based
- Data can be entered as Raw Data; Grouped Data; or as Summary Data
- Raw Data can be converted into Grouped Data
- Raw Data can have in-built Transformations applied to them
- Raw Data can have Custom defined Transformations applied to them
- Raw Data can have Random values meeting user defined criteria
- Data can be fully documented and stored in DataLists
- Standardisation of Data around given mean/standard deviation
- DataLists are grouped together in Workbooks - one Workbook is opened at 
  a time and can contain many DataLists
- ESB Statistical Workbooks (.esw) are Compound Documents like MS Word
  Documents and MS Excel Spreadsheets, thus they support the same properties 
  in Explorer.
- Sample Size calculations
- Random Sampling Lists
- Statistical Summary including: mean, median, mode, variance, standard 
  deviation, kurtosis, skew, etc.
- Comparison of Statistics for Raw and Grouped of the same Data.
- Graphs and Charts including: Histograms, Line Graphs, Pie Graphs, 
  Ogives, Scatter Diagrams, etc
- Inference and Hypothesis Analysis of a Single Population - including the
  Mean, the Variance and Proportions.
- Inference and Hypothesis Analysis of Two Populations - including Difference
  of the Mean, Ratio of the Variance, Difference of Proportions.
- Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
- Analysis of Contingency Tables
- Nonparametric Statistics such as Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test
- Linear Regression with Transformations of the dependent variable
- Multiple Regression with Transformations of the dependent variables 
- Custom defined Transformations for Dual Data and Multiple Data Analysis
- Moving Averages
- Trend Analysis of Time Series Data
- Curve Fitting - calculation of polynomials and splines
- Data Import and Export to Text, Comma Delimited and Tab Delimited
- Data Import and Export to Excel
- Data Import and Export to DBF
- Data Import and Export to WKS
- Data Input and Export via ODBC to Databases such as MS Access, 
  SQL Server and Oracle
- Saving of Charts and Graphs to BMP, WMF, EMF and JPG
- Saving of Summaries to RTF
- Sophisticated Reporting with Previewing
- HTML Output for integration into your Website
- Integrated Scientific Calculator also available as standalone
- Documentation Fields include Live Spell Checking like in MS Word
- Spell Checking and Thesaurus available on all Edit Fields
- Fully customisable interface
- Fully Integrated Help System
- On-line Tutorial

Available in 3 Editions: Lite, Standard and Professional

ESBPDF™ Analysis
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Provides everything needed for using Discrete & Continuous Probability
Distributions in a single application. Most Tables and supplied functions
(such as in MS Excel) give P(X <= A) and using algebra other results can
be found whereas ESB PDF Analysis handles all the Probability combinations
for you.

Features include: Binomial, Poisson, Normal, Exponential, Student t, Chi
Squared and F Distributions; Inverses of the Normal, Student t, Chi Squared
and F Distributions; Lists of Binomial Coefficients, Factorials, 
Permutations; Fully Customisable; Integrated Help System which includes 
a Tutorial.

We also plan on adding many more Distributions and features. Ideal for the
Maths/Stats Student who wishes to understand Probability Distributions
better, as well as the Maths Buff who wants a well designed calculating
tool.

Fully Functional Trial version available from our web site.

ESBCalc™
========

A powerful FREEWARE Scientific Calculator, that uses Precedence, Brackets,
Clipboard Support, Memory, Registry Support, Result History and supports many 
functions. ESBCalc is integrated into ESBPDF and ESBStats but if you would like 
a Free Standalone version come to our web site and grab this.

Includes Delphi 4 Source. LMD Tools (http://www.lmdtools.com) needed to
recompile.

ESBRoutines™
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Collection of misc Delphi 32 Routines covering Strings, Block 
Manipulation, Conversions, Bit Lists and more. Freeware. Includes 
full Source and Help File.

ESBMaths™
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Collection of Maths and Stats Routines for Delphi 32. Includes
a unit for manipulation of Delphi 4 Dynamic Arrays (i.e. Vectors).
Freeware. Includes full Source and Help File.

ESBDates™
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Collection of Date/Time Routines covering conversions, Date Arithmetic,
Time Arithmetic, Easter Calculations, Time Zones, etc. Freeware.
Includes Full Source.

mailto:info@esbconsult.com.au
http://www.esbconsult.com.au/
