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This button was created to be an enhanced replacement for Visual Basic's standard command button by adding more options, visual effects, and compatibility. I cannot guarantee that this code is bug free although I have made every attempt to make it such. If you have any problems with this code please contact me and I'll do what I can to help you through the problem. Release 1.3.0: + New: - Added Picture Alignment (Thanks Edwin Vermeer) - Added Elliptical and Box Gradients - Added Caption and Picture Alignment Cushions (Almost like margins) - Added BackGround/Control Autosizing (Picture Modes) - Added HSL Gradient Blending (Thanks Ulli & Edwin Vermeer) - Added Gradient Repetitions (Thanks Edwin Vermeer) - Added Hover options which allow Full Hover Effects / Border Only Hover / All Hover Effects except Border - Added Mouse Pointer/Icon handling for Disabled, Down, and Hover states. + Fixed: - Bug in Enabled Property (Design Mode, Control would appear enabled even though control was disabled after a form with control on it was closed then re-opened, Bug has present since Release 1.0.0) (Thanks for reporting problem, Edwin Vermeer) - Bug in scaling that would cause the button to crash when placed on a parent that did not have ScaleMode available (PictureBox on an MDI form, etc...). Now if Parent.ScaleMode is not available button will scale co-ordinates to Twips (Thanks for reporting problem, costamar) - Bug in ToolTips that would cause button to crash when used in environments without the extender object (Access VBA, etc...) (Thanks for reporting problem, Edwin Vermeer) + Improved: - Caption Alignment has been improved to allow for positioning in any of 9 different positions [Changed existing enumeration which will cause some problems when upgrading] (Left Top / Left Middle / Left Bottom / Center Top Center Middle / Center Bottom / Right Top / Right Middle / Right Bottom) - Enabled/Disabled coding to allow more control over the Disabled state of the control. Now prevents event processing instead of disabling the user control. - ToolTips to allow using ToolTips in environments that don't support the Extender.

This is in response to the RGCC challenge 1, posted by Bruce Pierson. This code increments a number by one.

The purpose of this control was to replace the standard VB command button with a button that was far more configurable and had many more options so that it would require less programming on the part of the developer to use nice looking buttons. This release corrects a problem with pushing the button several times very quickly and the button would only show the animation once per two quick clicks. Also fixed a bug in the Option Button implementation that would allow an option button to become "un-clicked" (value of false) without having another option button with a value of true. I've improved the modularity of the HSL color code and decided to use HSL blending for the new style borders and for the caption styles. This should be the last VB release of Gradient Button assuming there are no major bugs. The C++ version (v2.0.0) is coming along quite well, but there is still alot of work to be done. I still have to add an About box, OLE events and code, code tweaking, lots of documentation and lots of testing. It is still probably a few months away from full release.

This is a set of 2 classes to make subclassing easier by handling all the hooking/unhooking and message routing involved. The SubClass object exposes a single event (Message) which passes the messages the window receives on to the subclassing application. SubClassEx exposes Message and many other events for messages that are commonly subclassed or intercepted. Both classes allow for over-riding a window message, additional processing, and custom messages.

This sub-procedure will allow the developer to fairly easily switch between a form's border styles during runtime. Normally this isn't really possible because several of the attributes are read-only at runtime. This code overcomes those limitations. I have only tested this with VB6, but since it is basically just API calls it should be able to work with any version that supports API calls. Thanks to Fred_CPP for the tip on using SWP_FRAMECHANGED instead of resizing the form.

This code allows a user to Toggle the caption bar (toolbox and all) on a form at runtime. Normally you cannot visually change some of the form's settings at runtime this solves one of those instances. Code can be fairly easily changed so as to accept a parameter for if you want the caption or not. This is just a simple example.

This button was created to be an enhanced replacement for Visual Basic's standard command button by adding 2 more Border appearance schemes, 2 more button styles, hover effects, 5 more caption styles, and state button compatibility. I cannot guarantee that this code is bug free although I have made every attempt to make it such. If you have any problems with this code please contact me and I'll do what I can to help you though the problem. Release 1.1.0: + New - 5 Caption Styles - State Button Capability (sort of like a checkbox) + Fixed - Bug in caption wrapping that would lose a character if a single "word" was longer than the caption width. + Improved - Slight speed increase from de-coupling the caption wrapping and drawing. Release 1.1.1: + Fixed - Bug that would not re-process the caption for display if the caption was changed in code at run time, unless a refresh was done. (Bug introduced in Release 1.1.0) Release 1.2.0: + New - Added Picture and Graphical Picture modes - Added Bevel Appearance Type - Added Bevel Width and Intensity properties (for customizing the bevel border) - Added UseClassicBorders property (to allow switching between blending and classic borders) - Added Option Button Compatibility and changed the structure of the State Button compatibility some + Improved - Borders have been revamped to allow blending with the gradient/picture on the button + Fixed - Fixed a minor issue with the ValueChanged event (event would not fire if changed via code) - Rewrote description text for properties / events / methods to be completely accurate Release 1.2.1: + Fixed - ToolTips are finally fixed and working. (I thought this important enough for another release just for this one issue)

This is a custom container control which has 9 different caption alignments, 6 caption styles, 8 appearances, and 4 styles including transparent. I've tried to make this as bug free as possible, but I can't guarantee that it is. I'm always looking for suggestions, comments, and/or criticism so feel free to leave any. Enjoy!

I am posting this code because of a request that I received for this information. This is just a simple program that changes the background color of a standard menu and all it's sub-menus. NOTE: This code will only work on Win98/2000 or better.

This is a custom container control which is designed to act as an enhanced container that a designer can use in place of VB's Frame control. It includes several caption styles, appearances, control styles, and caption alignments. I've tried to make this as bug free as possible, but I can't guarantee that it is. If you have any problems please contact me and I'll try to help you through the problem as best I can. Release 1.1.0: + New: - Added Elliptical and Box Gradients - Added Caption Alignment Cushion (Almost like margins) - Added BackGround/Control Autosizing (Picture Mode) - Added HSL Gradient Blending (Thanks Ulli & Edwin Vermeer) - Added Gradient Repetitions (Thanks Edwin Vermeer) + Fixed: - Bug in Enabled Property (Design Mode, Control would appear enabled even though control was disabled after a form with control on it was closed then re-opened) - Bug in scaling that would cause the button to crash when placed on a parent that did not have ScaleMode available (PictureBox on an MDI form, etc...). Now if Parent.ScaleMode is not available button will scale co-ordinates to Twips

This button was created to be an enhanced replacement for Visual Basic's standard command button by adding more options, visual effects, and compatibility. I cannot guarantee that this code is bug free although I have made every attempt to make it such. If you have any problems with this code please contact me and I'll do what I can to help you through the problem. Release 1.3.0: + New: - Added Picture Alignment (Thanks Edwin Vermeer) - Added Elliptical and Box Gradients - Added Caption and Picture Alignment Cushions (Almost like margins) - Added BackGround/Control Autosizing (Picture Modes) - Added HSL Gradient Blending (Thanks Ulli & Edwin Vermeer) - Added Gradient Repetitions (Thanks Edwin Vermeer) - Added Hover options which allow Full Hover Effects / Border Only Hover / All Hover Effects except Border - Added Mouse Pointer/Icon handling for Disabled, Down, and Hover states. + Fixed: - Bug in Enabled Property (Design Mode, Control would appear enabled even though control was disabled after a form with control on it was closed then re-opened, Bug has present since Release 1.0.0) (Thanks for reporting problem, Edwin Vermeer) - Bug in scaling that would cause the button to crash when placed on a parent that did not have ScaleMode available (PictureBox on an MDI form, etc...). Now if Parent.ScaleMode is not available button will scale co-ordinates to Twips (Thanks for reporting problem, costamar) - Bug in ToolTips that would cause button to crash when used in environments without the extender object (Access VBA, etc...) (Thanks for reporting problem, Edwin Vermeer) + Improved: - Caption Alignment has been improved to allow for positioning in any of 9 different positions [Changed existing enumeration which will cause some problems when upgrading] (Left Top / Left Middle / Left Bottom / Center Top Center Middle / Center Bottom / Right Top / Right Middle / Right Bottom) - Enabled/Disabled coding to allow more control over the Disabled state of the control. Now prevents event processing instead of disabling the user control. - ToolTips to allow using ToolTips in environments that don't support the Extender.

This is in response to the RGCC challenge 1, posted by Bruce Pierson. This code increments a number by one.

The purpose of this control was to replace the standard VB command button with a button that was far more configurable and had many more options so that it would require less programming on the part of the developer to use nice looking buttons. This release corrects a problem with pushing the button several times very quickly and the button would only show the animation once per two quick clicks. Also fixed a bug in the Option Button implementation that would allow an option button to become "un-clicked" (value of false) without having another option button with a value of true. I've improved the modularity of the HSL color code and decided to use HSL blending for the new style borders and for the caption styles. This should be the last VB release of Gradient Button assuming there are no major bugs. The C++ version (v2.0.0) is coming along quite well, but there is still alot of work to be done. I still have to add an About box, OLE events and code, code tweaking, lots of documentation and lots of testing. It is still probably a few months away from full release.

This is a set of 2 classes to make subclassing easier by handling all the hooking/unhooking and message routing involved. The SubClass object exposes a single event (Message) which passes the messages the window receives on to the subclassing application. SubClassEx exposes Message and many other events for messages that are commonly subclassed or intercepted. Both classes allow for over-riding a window message, additional processing, and custom messages.

This sub-procedure will allow the developer to fairly easily switch between a form's border styles during runtime. Normally this isn't really possible because several of the attributes are read-only at runtime. This code overcomes those limitations. I have only tested this with VB6, but since it is basically just API calls it should be able to work with any version that supports API calls. Thanks to Fred_CPP for the tip on using SWP_FRAMECHANGED instead of resizing the form.

This code allows a user to Toggle the caption bar (toolbox and all) on a form at runtime. Normally you cannot visually change some of the form's settings at runtime this solves one of those instances. Code can be fairly easily changed so as to accept a parameter for if you want the caption or not. This is just a simple example.

This button was created to be an enhanced replacement for Visual Basic's standard command button by adding 2 more Border appearance schemes, 2 more button styles, hover effects, 5 more caption styles, and state button compatibility. I cannot guarantee that this code is bug free although I have made every attempt to make it such. If you have any problems with this code please contact me and I'll do what I can to help you though the problem. Release 1.1.0: + New - 5 Caption Styles - State Button Capability (sort of like a checkbox) + Fixed - Bug in caption wrapping that would lose a character if a single "word" was longer than the caption width. + Improved - Slight speed increase from de-coupling the caption wrapping and drawing. Release 1.1.1: + Fixed - Bug that would not re-process the caption for display if the caption was changed in code at run time, unless a refresh was done. (Bug introduced in Release 1.1.0) Release 1.2.0: + New - Added Picture and Graphical Picture modes - Added Bevel Appearance Type - Added Bevel Width and Intensity properties (for customizing the bevel border) - Added UseClassicBorders property (to allow switching between blending and classic borders) - Added Option Button Compatibility and changed the structure of the State Button compatibility some + Improved - Borders have been revamped to allow blending with the gradient/picture on the button + Fixed - Fixed a minor issue with the ValueChanged event (event would not fire if changed via code) - Rewrote description text for properties / events / methods to be completely accurate Release 1.2.1: + Fixed - ToolTips are finally fixed and working. (I thought this important enough for another release just for this one issue)

This is a custom container control which has 9 different caption alignments, 6 caption styles, 8 appearances, and 4 styles including transparent. I've tried to make this as bug free as possible, but I can't guarantee that it is. I'm always looking for suggestions, comments, and/or criticism so feel free to leave any. Enjoy!

I am posting this code because of a request that I received for this information. This is just a simple program that changes the background color of a standard menu and all it's sub-menus. NOTE: This code will only work on Win98/2000 or better.

This is a custom container control which is designed to act as an enhanced container that a designer can use in place of VB's Frame control. It includes several caption styles, appearances, control styles, and caption alignments. I've tried to make this as bug free as possible, but I can't guarantee that it is. If you have any problems please contact me and I'll try to help you through the problem as best I can. Release 1.1.0: + New: - Added Elliptical and Box Gradients - Added Caption Alignment Cushion (Almost like margins) - Added BackGround/Control Autosizing (Picture Mode) - Added HSL Gradient Blending (Thanks Ulli & Edwin Vermeer) - Added Gradient Repetitions (Thanks Edwin Vermeer) + Fixed: - Bug in Enabled Property (Design Mode, Control would appear enabled even though control was disabled after a form with control on it was closed then re-opened) - Bug in scaling that would cause the button to crash when placed on a parent that did not have ScaleMode available (PictureBox on an MDI form, etc...). Now if Parent.ScaleMode is not available button will scale co-ordinates to Twips