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+SpkToolbar
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+SpkToolbar is a ribbon-like toolbar.
+
+Usage:
+  Drop a TSpkToolbar component onto the form
+  Double-click it and use the editor window to add tabs, panes and buttons.
+
+Original author: Spook. 
+Ported to Lazarus/LCL by Luiz Américo and Werner Pamler
+
+License: 
+  Modified LGPL (with linking exception, like Lazarus LCL)
+  See "license.txt" in this installation  
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+Images and icons used
+  The icons are taken from the FatCow icon set 
+  (http://www.fatcow.com/free-icons, license Creative Commons Attribution 3.0).
+  Some images are combinations of individual images.
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