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Outlook 2003 SideBar V2.02 Alpha (*Updated 10/02/2005*)
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2/8/2005 9:29:21 AM |
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Phantom Man
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A complete new rebuild of my award winning EyeDropper Control. Now a 100% Dependency free control.
Better Drawing, Better Font handling, No Dependencies, Better menu Handling... to many to mention.
The control now uses subclassing from Paul Caton (thanks Paul) And the cMemdc for drawing From Vlad Vissoultchev (Thanks Vlad) Awesome code From two very talented programmers.
Take a look and tell me what you think. As Always comments and constructive critisim is always welcome.
Note:
1) You MUST Copy the WinSubHook.tlb Located in then tlb folder to you system folder.
2) The Control Doesn't Support 32bit Alpha Icons As Yet (Vlad If You have Any Idea on how to do this - I Would Be Very Interested indeed)
Regards
Gary
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Update: 09/02/2005
Resizing Of Containers Where Causeing A Flicker. Now Sorted.
Toolbar Items Now Draw And Display The Same As The Original MSOutlook Sidebar.
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Update: 10/02/2005
Disabled Icons Now Render To Grey.
Fixed The Max Visible Items On Redraw/Resize.
Fixed Toolbar Drawing (Icons Not Displayed Correctly When Sizing.
Added Custom Color Property(As A Trial).
Enjoy.
Thanks Gary
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 2/8/2005 9:38:51 AM: Noel H
Brilliant. Expertly Coded.
Thanks for sharing.
I would give you 10 balls if i could so you'll have to settle for 5.
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2/8/2005 10:25:18 AM: SteveDude
Great Control, but it could hardly be called 100% Dependency free if you have to distribute the TLB file.
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2/8/2005 10:55:01 AM: RECTUM OF ANAL
Very difficult to win!!!!!
Non-developers don't have winsubhook.tlb If you lucky to place on Install.exe then it won't be problem.
winsubhook.tlb is problem.
I have question for programmers. Why do you all use fake names & no email addresses?
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2/8/2005 11:00:13 AM: Mike Douglas
I suppose thats your given name Mr Anal? BTW- Beautiful work Phantom, cant wait to try it out.
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2/8/2005 11:00:34 AM: Phantom Man
Rectum
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1) Very Difficult To Win. Don't Know What You Mean.
2) The WinSubHook Is In The tlb folder When You Extract The Code.
3) My Name Is Gary And My Email Address Is Not Missing.
4) When Compiled You Don't Need To Distibute The tlb As It Gets Injected Into The Control When You Compile It.
Gary
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2/8/2005 1:39:56 PM: Dimitris Anoyatis
I thought this was about programming and enhancing our work to the best possible way... not a contest to win. Lets focus on that shall we? Phantom Man, Great work dude :) Keep it up :)
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2/8/2005 1:48:14 PM: Funny Dog
Aboslutely Brilliant.
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2/8/2005 2:40:14 PM: Faraz Azhar
Good improvement.. your first code was good too.
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2/8/2005 3:52:25 PM: Dan Redding - Blue Knot Software
Excellent prog (but please slow down the frame rate on your screenshot!)
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2/8/2005 5:18:47 PM: Dana Seaman_
To render 32bit Alpha Icons try these links. First link requires GDI+ which can be installed on Win98 if desired.
- iICO 1.2 (rev. 3) By: Carles P.V. http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=54968&lngWId=1
- Alpha DIBSections http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/vbMedia/DIB_Sections/Alpha_DIBSection/article. asp
- Displaying Alpha (32bit) Icons with ImageLists http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/Controls/ImageList/Displaying_Alpha_(32bit)_Ic ons_with_ImageLists/article.asp
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2/8/2005 7:01:48 PM: Thushan Fernando
5Gz, please continue working on this:-)
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2/8/2005 11:45:47 PM: Ùmega
Definitely 5 gloves. I already used the version prior to this. no problems encountered. very good control. I'll check this version. I'll be waiting for the complete release. :D
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2/9/2005 4:14:43 AM: Alex
It speaks for it's self.
You certainly get my vote!
Youv'e just saved me $70.
Send me your details and I will send you a donation.
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2/9/2005 4:17:54 AM: Phantom Man
Alex
Thanks for the offer.
Just Enjoy the code.
Keep It Free.
Gary
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2/9/2005 9:59:13 AM:
I realy like it. 5 stars.
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2/9/2005 11:02:14 AM: james kahl
Phantom is quite right. For those that don't know, a tlb does not need to be distributed with the executable, which is what makes development with tlb's a plus. You don't have to declare anything that you need to use from the tlb, it gets compiled into the exe the same as if you had made all the necessary API declares yourself, anything that you don't use is not compiled into the exe.
Now on the source, some fine work and an excellent implementation and sample, thanks for sharing it. 5 from me.
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2/9/2005 11:30:38 AM: Carles P.V.
Gary: I 'recommend' you to use API ImageList_XXX functions. You will need to initialize it with ILC_COLOR32 and ILC_MASK flags (first one for alpha support), and ImageList_Draw/Ex/Indirect functions for rendering. Last variation will let you apply 'grey' effect (desatured) for disabled icons. Problems: you will need to check comctl32 version as well as icon color depth. The complication comes if user tries to load different color depths: What to do with disabled effect? 'DrawState' or 'greyed' image? So, allow choose beetwen alpha icons or not alpha icons?, etc. // I was re-coding my old ucCoolList and trying to allow alpha icons; I came up against this issue. I still don't know how to solve it.
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2/9/2005 11:31:50 AM: Carles P.V.
Excellent work!
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2/9/2005 11:53:38 AM: SteveDude
Thanks for the info. I didn't realize that about TLB's being injected into the code, so the comment was my mistake. The control is actually one of the best truly usable ones on this website and I agree with an earlier comment of it being worth a 10. Thanks!
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2/9/2005 11:56:21 AM: Phantom Man
Hi Carles
Thanks For The Feedback.
I Am Aware That To Draw Alpha Icons Using An Imagelist Or ImageList API You Need ComCTL v6 Or Higher, Also You Need To Distibute A Manifest File Also.
(Alot Of Resource For A Nice Effect in My Opinion)
What I Would Like To Do Is Convert The Given Image To A 256 Colour Depth And (Resize If Necessary) And Apply A DropShadow If Desired.
I Have Seen This Done, But As I Have Very Limited Graphics Processing Knowledge I'm Pretty Well Stuck On How To Do It.
If Anyone Has Any Ideas On How This Can Be Done. Please Email Me.
Kind Regards
Gary
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2/9/2005 12:51:24 PM: Carles P.V.
Gary: Do you mean a 256-greyscale bitmap for disabled image?
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2/10/2005 10:41:24 AM:
From Asif!
If Carls P.V say excellent then there is no doubt about it. It should be. blind 5 globe from me.
samcosoft@yahoo.com
by the way a long time to see Carls P.V comments
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2/11/2005 10:47:13 PM: Heriberto Mantilla Santamaría
This code is genial.
Excellent effect splitter.
To RECTUM OF ANAL
I neither understand for that say this, this code is excellent and it should be a winner.
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2/16/2005 4:02:45 PM: Happy Lobster
Really nice look control. Great work :)
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2/21/2005 3:57:08 AM:
Excellent coding!
Thanks a lot for sharing!
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2/21/2005 11:17:59 PM: G Nelson
Way Cool. Without Question 5 gloves.
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2/28/2005 7:55:34 PM: CodeFester
Very nice work and really, thanks alot for sharing this. Who is this sphincter anus person anyway? Anus: you have left some of the goofiest toothless feedback for these kind gentlemen around this site whom put alot of their blood sweat and tears into the work that helps to teach me (anyway) an awful lot about this craft. I think you should stick to the erotic stories sites and stay the he|| away from here! However in one final tribute before you go, Gary I give 5 wipes for this beauty!
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3/11/2005 3:39:08 AM: Andrew Roberts
Great code!
One thing that I found useful is in the last version I changed some of the code to change the background color of the controls so it doesn't stand out. Most of the controls that can be contained inside the eyedropper control have bgcolor properties.
Again great code and 5 globes from me!
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3/14/2005 12:48:43 AM: M.Naveen Swamy
well done 5 stars
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3/27/2005 8:21:42 AM: Giovanni Rojas Ortiz
great 5 globes
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3/27/2005 1:59:44 PM:
how odd
a good work guy
really
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5/28/2005 4:53:08 AM:
Great Job Phantom, thanks for share your mind with us.
A Bug: When app close, your controls terminate twice and (not always) cause the IDE crashes. Put debug.print in Terminate events and check this if you want. The problem is EDItem:Class_Terminate(), if you comment this event, the problem seems to be fixed. Any suggestion?
(sorry for my poor english)
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6/7/2005 1:38:37 PM: nightshadz
How do I compile this into a working OCX? I created the OCX, but when trying to load into my program it gives me an
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6/26/2005 12:52:13 PM: M. Chafchaouni
Good work
but I have 1 question, how can I be able to set focus on 1 item?
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8/26/2005 6:41:07 PM: Rizzo
Exactly what I was looking for. well done and easy to use! 5*
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10/23/2005 7:24:32 AM: Steppenwolfe
very nice work.. hats off to you
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12/25/2005 11:27:01 PM: jisan
thnx for sharing....great code
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3/26/2006 4:39:44 PM: Pollen
Excellent code. Voted 5 but i agree with Noel H: if i could i would voted 10!
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5/1/2006 6:47:25 PM: Martyn King
Hi
I also cannot get this to successfully compile into a working OCX. It comes up with a dll error.
Any ideas. Great control though..
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8/8/2006 7:22:54 PM: Martyn King
Hi
I am also getting a bug with the IDE. The eyedropper is (I think) causing the IDE to crash when I close the app I am running. It causes an unknown error. Any ideas ?
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4/17/2007 8:21:20 PM: andrew acevedo
how do you assign events for the items?
e.g "Unread mail"
I'm curious how you change that in the program demo.
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10/4/2007 6:41:19 AM: frostbyte2k2
Hi,
I need to force by code some controls to be bind to EyedropContainer at runtime, how can i do that ?
Best regards Nicolas
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8/14/2008 5:03:06 AM: Rojalde Arintok
hey man
when you compile it to OCX then use it your project when you open again your project and run it the VB crashes.
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2/24/2009 8:22:12 AM: smartstar
Hello Dear,
Great Code, i appreciate your hard work.
There is a serious bug in this, IDE crashes when i close the project.
Please provide some solution for this, i cant figure out by myself.
Thanks
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4/7/2009 6:13:04 AM: nilesh
i Like your control, Very useful, thanks Yaar (Friend)
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9/10/2009 1:59:22 AM: smartstar
It does not just crases the IDE but i have experienced that when IDE crased and upon reopening the project, many of the controls were missing from my Forms. Very dangerous to use this control. Beware guys!!!
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