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Ever wanted to create a tray bar for your MDIChild forms that looks like windows tray? or just tired to use Windows menu to switch beetween child forms? or just want to improve the looks of your app... Here is an example of how to create a form bar (a'la tray) to place in a mdi form. it doesn't use any api to detect forms and stuff, only old fasion Visual Basic event model. all u have to do is invoke ONE sub to add a form to the bar, and the rest will be done automatically. I have tested this control only in a MDI app, you are welcome to try its functionality in a SDI app, and leave your comments. Menu functions are not implemented fully, cause i couldn't decide how... Well u can add a custom menu, but control doesn't raise any event when a button is clicked. It's up to u to figure out and implement such functionality. Have fun (and rate!!!)

*UPDATE 1.9b7* Added a system tray clone to it. Updated the demo to show how to use it. Added better color selection to it. Added the menu system, updated the demo to show this as well. *UPDATE 1.6* Added the AutoHide features that people have been requesting. The control now has 4 properties that are for the AutoHide feature: 1. AutoHide, Boolean This tells the bar to hide when the mouse is no longer over it. 2. AutoHideWait, Integer This tells the bar how long to wait before hiding (in case you accidentally move the mouse off of it, it wont immediately hide) It is in Milliseconds so 1000 = 1 second. 3. AutoHideAnimate, Boolean This tells the bar to "slide" off screen instead of just disappearing. 4. AutoHideAnimateFrames, Integer This is the # of frames to split the "Slide" effect into (more frames is slower, but smoother) I recommend 50 - 100 frames. From my testing it seems to be the best. *UPDATE 1.5* Fixed the icon drawing problems when comipled on windows 2000. Re-wrote a lot of code to optimize for speed, and to make the code easier to read/understand. Added a lot more and better comments. *UPDATE 1.4* Fixed the drawing on windows 2000/nt/95. Fixed the bar to work when used with a compiled exe. Fixed some drawing problems with the coolbar style. *UPDATE 1.3* Fixed one more windows 2000 bug. still having the compiled issue on win2k. Added a new style (now you can select the style property), Coolbar. *UPDATE 1.2* fixed the win2k bug. Now works perfectly in windows 2000. ADDED: Color settings, for every button state, and for the bar itself. Fixed many bugs (none left that I know of) Added the menu. Now when you right click on a button on the task bar, it shows the system menu from the form that the button belongs to. This ia fully working Taskbar for an MDI form. Works just like the windows task bar. It was originally written by Maxx Zephyr Technology and uploaded to www.freevbcode.com. That version had problems, and also was not a stand alone control, it had to be included in your project because it was dependant on the Forms collection. I went through the code, cleaned it up, removed the forms collection (used the api to replace it) and made the user control into a full stand alone ocx, that you can simply drop on an MDI form.

My Code commenting sucked, My bad. So heres the update! This funtion is meant to be used when passing values from another control to a listview control with a database. I needed a way to keep duplicate entries away in the recieving Listview. The funtion is called after the row insertion on a double click event or Drag and drop.It works because the index is set dynamicaly by the database values.If used out of context it WILL delete everything, which in fact, does suck. I used LCase incase you want to pass a nonnumerical value(which i did and then did not), but you can remove it, no harm, no foul. Hope this helps. Feedback is very welcome. Please Feedback, Please.

This is basically a smooth-scrolling progress bar that is able to take a caption. I know there are loads of these already on the site, but the code is well commented, and wth anyway :)

Show a wait box with progress while your program is performing a task that takes a long time. This project shows an application modal wait box while doing a work. You can change the progress value from the owner form with preventing the user from activating it. The wait box also shows time infos such as start time, elaspsed time, end estimated time, remaining time.

This is the next alpha version of my XP Menu system. Removed some bugs, new function to add pictures, now you don't need any external OCX (ImageList) for menu, load pictures from resources, add simple top menubar, recreated as control, ... Work only in compiled exe, not in IDE, because it using hooking and resources, that not workin in debug mode. See code at : http://www.pscode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=33571&lngWId=1

This is version 3 of my bsGradientLabel, and I've given in. It now supports multiline text, both horizontally and vertically. Check it out! It's a 63 kb download.

This code will popup a little notify window in near the system tray! It uses a transparent form and is movable by the user. Take it easy on this newbie ;0) This is my first code submission.

A simple (and free) way to create an Outlook-style listbar on a form. This could easily be made into an ocx but for simplicity I have just designed it as part of the program.

This is the next alpha version of my XP Menu system. Removed some bugs, new function to add pictures, now you don't need any external OCX (ImageList) for menu, load pictures from resources, add simple top menubar, recreated as control, ... Menu is show only in compiled exe, not in IDE, because it using hooking and resources, that not workin in debug mode (sorry, Microsoft)... Anybody was deleted my original submission, so please vote for me!

It's a textbox XP Style with a cool border

Very well transparent form without any ocx or dll, every line are commented.

Will not let the mouse leave the form specified.

Yet another lame installment of simple effects.. this one uses lines and labels to simulate a button of different shapes.. i believe ive commented it enough for basic understanding (not like its complicated). So check it out, leave a flame, and have a coke and a smile..... ;)

Rotate Text to any Angle!!! EASY!!

creates containers for objects

When placed on a form, this Control will take whatever its .Value is and show you what angle of rotation you've entered. GREAT FOR Graphic / Multimedia / Game Application Development

Tired of using the ProgressBar control? This Example shows you how to create your very own ProgressBar with FREE selectable BackColor and FREE selectable ForeColor. Enjoy! AND VOTE FOR ME!!!

This code is a template for a scrolling form. This is great to use if you would like to create applications that work in all resolutions. I reccomend placing this form in your C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\Template\Forms folder so that it is available as a form template.

Move any form without a title bar! You can use a label, command button, picturebox, anything to move the form.