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The Code is an update that uses properties instead of methods to update,it also uses an align property so no code is needed to resize it when the form is resized. Questions, Comments? Email me: daveismith@hotmail.com

Hey, you always have seen some people adding some cool addin to VB which esase their programming right? now you can do it too...You can add commands, command buttons, to menus with any command you like...

With the code you can place any picture any where on the RICHTEXTBOX....this is a really great application for who likes to develop word programs with richtextbox control..

This sample is a great starting point for a custom control. What this source code shows is how to use various shape controls and pictureboxes to create a custom frame container that has the ability to use rounded corners. This code is well commented. Most of this code can be easily migrated to an ActiveX control. See the screenshot for an example of its appearance. Feel free to leave me feedback, and I will try to respond. Don't forget to vote if you like it!

Chevrons are buttons that display a popup menu when there are more items on a toolbar than room to display them. All items that overflow the width of the toolbar are dynamically added to a popup menu to display them. Special thanks to Night Wolf for use of the Gold Button control which can be found here on Planet Source Code. Please vote if you like it, and drop me a line if you have any questions.

I have been able to find many Splitters that would split two areas on a single form, but what I needed was a Splitter in the way of being able to resize a control that was Right Aligned to an MDI Form - in this case, a PictureBox. This can easily be adapted to the Left, Top and Bottom. Check it out, it is worth trying. I am working towards making this into an ActiveX control once I have the logic nailed down. I'd appreciate any votes that you might feel like giving.

Now you can add resizable panels to any MDI Form. This control allows you to place a resizable panel on a side of the form and looks just like the resizable windows in the VB IDE. This is still a work in progress, as I plan to add some more exciting new features. I would appreciate feedback and comments.

Cool Progress Bar is a regular progress bar, but with some cool effects (ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but this was the first name that I came up with!). It was specially made for games (where a nice progress bar when loading the game always looks good, impresses the users and distracts them), but you can use it anywhere else. For now, all it supports is a gradation effect between two colors you choose (you can also choose the background color). But I plan to add a lot more effects, from custom graphics to transition effects and masks. If the progress bar looks awful in the screenshot, you probably have a color depth of 256 or 16 colors. 16 bits is the minimum for a cool effect. It's not my fault (you can always mess with the system's palette to make it use the progress bar's in 256 colors), sorry. Feel free to give me your own suggestions, and please vote, I worked very hard on this!

A framework for language packs. Quite easy to integrate in your own applications. Features functions to search, read, and validate language packs. The packs themselves are easy-to-edit files in text format.

Sample Menu Program to show 3 different ways to highlight buttons when mouse moves over them

It's a basic Pop up Menu.....and ....those who dont like it ...f@#k Off and dont ....send me comments..... I made it ....so i like it Thats all 4 now

circular progress bar

This code will give a great effect to any control making the user interface much more professional

This is a program that has various ways of unloading a form... some ways are: shrink 1, 2, 3 expand 1, 2, 3 diagonal UpperRight,UpperLeft,LowerRight,LowerLeft Bounce Up,Down,Left,Right Slide Up,Down,Left,Right and a few more.. My coding is clean and uses No Timer. Free for anyone to use.. easy to understand vote for me if you like this code I enjoy feed back Thank you for looking at my programm I hope this helps some people

An about/splash box that has a flicker-free Credit scroll. Uses only the form and one Picturebox; bitblt's the pb image into the client area of the form and uses InvalidateRect to force a redraw of only the area affected. Has methods to read data in from a .RES or a text file. Vote for me if you like what I've done with this, but take a look at Mark's original and let him know he did a great job too! This code uses the basic idea of Mark Robert Strange's 'Flicker Free Gradient Credits' and applies a great deal of modifications to use less resources and have more features.

Here is a way to add bitmaps to menus. It is very simple. The bitmaps should be 15x15 PIXELS (For the best fit). That will give you the best effect. :)

Load Data to a listview from a sequantial file

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..

This a MsgBox replacement using Flash. While the flash movie is very simple, it does give a good example into using flash with VB. Read the REadme for information before using. The zip contains the dll, dll source, and source for a sample project using the dll. Also included the flash source so you can look at it and change it if you like.

Did you know that VB 5/6 applications will not render their controls with the new visual themes under Windows XP? Obviously, this is not good. This is the solution to this problem. This creates a REAL themed button under Windows XP by calling the Theme APIs, all wrapped up into an easy to use control. All you have to do is drop this control in your forms in place of the regular command button. Plus, as an added bonus, this control is completely backwards compatible! If the OS that your program is running on does not support Themes (or if they are disabled), this control simply displays the standard command button, without any extra work by you. This will give your applications a truely professional touch!