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Very basic example of creating a user control. This one has actually turned out to be useful in an application I wrote. I kept the features to a minimum in this one so that it would be easier to see how it works.

This is a project which contains a user control with a grid that allows editing and also column locking, plus all the properties of the flexgrid

I've seen a lot of progress bar code on this site, but I haven't seen any that show you how to set up the caption so it will change color as the bar moves over it. This is a very basic example of how to do that. The trick is setting the DrawMode to "Not Xor Pen"; you can also use "Merge Pen Not". This example is only to get you started. You'll have to play around with the BackColor, ForeColor and RGB color used for the bar to get the color effect you want. Have fun.

a horizontal scrollbar on which you can set textcolor, startcolor and endcolor You have the ability to show the percentage. You can choose if the endcolor is relative to the width, or absolute

This is very advanced type of container control based on virtual viewport. You are able to put other controls on it but also outside of visible area, enable scrollbars (created at runtime) and use them to navigate viewport. It has a very fast angle-defined two-color gradient feateure. Includes mouse tracking, so you can (optionaly) drag the content of the control by holding LMB. This code teaches you a lot of window API for ex: using windows api's on usercontrol, dynamic scrollbar creation and manipulation, drawing on usercontrols. Vote if you find it usefull/educative.

Scroll Bar in your Image Box

This ActiveX control uses BitBlt to draw a reel, or reels in a PictureBox and then spin/nudge them. It is quite quick (no Timers !!). Properties include: Reels, PicsPerReel, SpinDirection, NaturalFinish, EnableHold, Etc. It has useful subs/functions like Spin, Nudge, IsHeld, ReelPos, StopSpinning, Etc. Also includes OnReelStart, OnReelStop, OnEachFullCycle, and OnReelClick events. As it uses BitBlt I've included a handy Masker/Spriter program but it's not mine !! Please comment, feedback is much appreciated, but go easy on me - it's my first control!! Full source and an example project included. Enjoy! (Oh yeah - full instructions if you have problems figuring anything out in the ReadMe.doc)

a Liquid Character Display with the ability to display a picture too. check out picture. BIG thanx to Omar Al Zabir for his HIve class and to Manuel Augusto Santos for his Fast Graphics Filters (partly used). ANY feedback is welcome.

RichLabel: (formerly ColorLabel) this is to the normal label, what RichTextBox is to the TextBox! check out the screenshot to see what i mean, and don't forget to visit my webpage for quality codes: geocities.com/mdsy_2000

A very Impressive Menu

I have just done a major update! This Form with Scroll Bars Control has everything that you always dreamed of on a Scrolling Form and more! Following is a list of the most important features available on this versatile ActiveX Control: ____________________________________________________ (1) The Form will scroll vertically and horizontally! ____________________________________________________ (2) It will scroll automatically to the field with focus if the field is out of site. ____________________________________________________ (3) It will highlight the field or button that has the Focus (Actually, any Control inside of the Scrolling Form that can get focus). ____________________________________________________ (4) Besides been able to optimize the space on your applications by been able to scroll in any direction, you can now flip pages! This feature is much like a wizard’s page. The control will track the number of added pages and which page is currently been viewed. ____________________________________________________ (5) The control will memorize the last field selected and the scroll bars position on every page. Therefore, whenever you move to a new page, you can opt to have the Scrolling Form ActiveX automatically select the last field selected on the corresponding page or select the first field of the page. ____________________________________________________ (6) The Control can automatically select the text of every Text Box selected. ____________________________________________________ (7) You can add a background picture to the control. This picture will be set as the background picture of every added page! ____________________________________________________ (8) You can set the background color of the control. This color will be set as the background color of every added page! ____________________________________________________ All of these features are neatly packed as an ActiveX Control. It is very easy to use! What are you waiting for?!! Go ahead and download it! The Source Code of the OCX is included and is heavily commented!!

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