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This is an ripple effect (well, it seems to be), which uses pure VB. My friends say, they look like ripples, but I don't. Just Hold the mouse over the form and move it.

Animates a Form title

This is an ActiveX progressbar with a few features that I thougth one migth need... I really would like to add a horisontal option but haven't figured out how to draw rotated text.. But I'm getting there :) Plz, comment and vote.

It's exactly what its name suggests: a label with a gradient background. You can select from 3 gradient styles, caption alignment, custom colours for both the gradient and text, label rotation (horizontal and vertical) and almost any font (some will not work when the label is vertical). If you like it, please give me a good vote. --- NOW SUPPORTS: border styles and text shadows. ---

Updated resize bug. See http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=32583&lngWId=1

allows you to send email with one line of code from your vb app.

Custom barchart control with simple user interactivity. Fixed resize bug. Please vote and leave any comments/feedback so that I can continue to enhance the control. Thanks for your interest in my work.

Yet Another Skinning Example Make just for fun to show what cool things you can do with BitBlt

The only code I could find for this used tons of api and was a bit difficult (at least for me) this code is only 3 lines and works well.It lets you save room on your form by making your dropdown bigger than its combobox. My use for this was as a state field on a form. The box showed the two letter abbreviation for each state, but if you dropped down the box it showed the full state name. I'm sure you will find your own uses for this

This code shows the basis to manage a drag&drop bars on an MSFlexGrid. This easy source code lets you make the necesary changes to work in companion with my hierarcical msflexgrid. You can make the changs to work the bars to make it vertical. Add pictures,text (anything!) on the bars. Very easy code!

Changes the Ugly Standerd Look of the Form

Full source.... Create an OCX active control, this shows you a design for progress bar that can be used for volume, counting and equalizer. various colour rainbows and sizes. Try it out

Select Colors Easily With This Free Control Please Vote ! And Give Constructive Comments!

**********UPDATED*********** 90% speed increase for transparency math, as well as refresh speed. Also now uses a simple class module. Very easy to use and configure. I wrote this code to avoid having to design up and down images for projects with graphical skins. This code allows you to create rectangular and elliptical transparent buttons on any container without ActiveX controls. The code is completely modular and has many editable parameters.--- NOTE: If anyone knows how to hook / get procedure callbacks from classed-functions, please contact me.

This code generates a 3D waterslide/hill side, how ever you see it as. Really cool concept, you can also create 3D triangles, 3D squares, and 3D Circles.

This demonstrates the use of alpha blending to create the illusion of a semi-transparent form. This effect can be used to make some VERY COOL form closing effects.

Display real Office like icon menus. Source code based on Paul DiLascia's work from the Microsoft System Journal (Jan98); ported from VC++ to VB by me + some adaptation. visit www.dilascia.com **Features: Real Office like icon menus; Partial Win98 main menu effect in Win95 (need help for full effect if possible); Embossed pictures in color (thanks Paul); Uses the form's font (~and style attributes); Working "local" and "global" accelerators (&, Ctrl+?); Easy interfacing between ImageList and VB's Menu Editor; Take a look at the screen shot !

Stretch an image to another size. Truly fail Safe code works even with invisible source image. You can save the newly resized image with additional VB coding.

VERSION 1.6 RELEASED! New features and enhancements. This control allow form docking capabilities. The advantages of using the TabDock and TabDockHost is that you don't have to re-design or change any line of code of your existing forms in order to have docking capabilities.

This ActiveX DLL shows a screentip like the ones shown i Windows 2000. Use it almost the same way as the well know MsgBox. I hope that it will be usefull..