NTTools For Delphi And Windows NT 4.0
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Greetings from the crime capital of the world - South Africa !

Little documentation, components and source are available to the Delphi programmer wishing
to use Windows NT's security API. These include:

- Working with the Event Log
- Managing Users and Groups
- Network functionality

Included in this package are 40 components which can help you to understand and use this
API within your code. I have not included any documentation. I don't have the time available
to write any. These components should serve the purpose of helping you understand this API, which
can be most unforgiving at times. If you don't yet understand what ACE's, ACL's, DACL's etc. are,
you should start by scanning through the WIN32API documentation.

To install:

1. Unzip all the files into one directory.
2. Install all the .PAS files as new components except NTDecls.pas and NTSecurityDecls.pas.
3. Read the FIXES.TXT file.

I do not give ANY warranty for anything included in this package. Not even the README file.
If you find any bugs, please contact me so I can fix it. If you develop any components similar
to these, e-mail them to me so that it can be included in this package.

This whole package is FREEWARE. The source is included.
I believe in the freeware concept because:

1. If someone charges a fee of "only" $10.00, that means R50.00 here in South Africa.
   R50.00 = a bottle of tequila / 8 days worth of smoking / one weeks worth of Prozac.

2. I struggle my ass-off trying to get the money to the shareware author.

3. The best components are freeware WITH SOURCE. The authors have nothing to be ashamed of.

4. You can't get rich from developing some shit "cool looking 3D label thing".

5. I HATE C and anything even remotely looking like C. But C programmers SHARE their
   code. That's why it's so popular. Delphi/Pascal programmers should do the same thing. 

6. I don't like getting sued because my components frustrated you so much that you punched
   a hole in your new 21" display resulting in one less thumb.

7. I hate nag-screens. My end-users hate them too. Wastes hours of my time removing them.

8. If I don't have the source, and the author disappears, I'm in BIG trouble.

So hopefully giving out this package as freeware with source will prevent anybody
from "getting rich" by doing the same thing.

Finally, I spent 2 weeks of my free time developing this. If you don't like it, do it
yourself and send me a copy (with the fuckin' source PLEASE...)

If you find this package usefull, send me a postcard:

Gideon Vos
Monterama 21
Skool Str. 68
La Montagne
0184
Republic Of South Africa

Or mail me any of your FREEWARE components !

Gideon Vos
gvos@itc.co.za
gideon.vos@usa.net

Soon you can get all this and more at www.vos.co.za Probably by Feb 1999 !

PGP Key Available at your local key server !

