Many have asked for it & you'll see why this took so long to update/repost. Version 2 now allows 100% customization of the standard rectangle window. Over 100 properties/methods to choose from. And if you don't like the wide range of available options, the project is built to route drawing requests to your callbacks. This project is almost 7,000 lines of code & half again that much in comments. It has been tested well on 2K & 98, but project is so large I may not have caught potential bugs in all possible scenarios of options and settings. Kinda hoping you all will help there. Please let me know of any bugs found. Wow, this one was tough !!! Oh yeah, almost forgot. The project is a group, unzip using the option to Use Folders & open the .vbg file. Last Update: 12 Oct/20:25est. Fixed bug in NT4 where menus were not being read. Compiled hlp file now included. 25 Nov/17:10est. Fixed bug related to ActiveX controls; tooltips didn't display when compiled; minor patches & updated help file to include the help contents portion too. See iCoreMessages for complete update history.
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Very large project with over 100 options/methods to play with. I spent some good time on the help file. Please spend a little time looking that over. If not, IMO you will not be able to use the project to its fullest potential. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Thank you to everyone that has given feedback in the past month. I have cleared all so I can easily focus on any new issues that may arise. This is the final version in my eyes & will update it only to fix bugs. All known bugs as of this date are squashed. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Bug found and fixed/uploaded. The system tray was not always intializing an internal collection which could cause error & crash if not compiled. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Potential bug being investigated with NT4. User says menus don't display. Anyone else with this issue on NT4? Thanx in advance. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
^^Bug was valid. NT4 only. Menu bar captions were not being read due to a faulty flag value. Fixed & annotated in the change history within the project. Thanx to Richard Turnbull for that. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Sorry it took me so long to get to this - I hadn't checked PSC for months. Anyway, once again, you out did yourself and all of the VB world! 5*****^2, belated and retroactive. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
^^Discussions offline. I have Win98 & works fine. Awaiting reply & will post any necessary patches if needed. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Been 2 weeks since the Win98 issue above was posted & no reply from originator. Assume nothing to look at. However, another coder did report a bug that occurs under specific circumstances. Will post that fix later tonight & explain in project's history. Thanx Eric P. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Unresolved bug. When usercontrol event Loads/Shows a form & form is subclassed w/this dll, the form will not respond via keyboard. But a commandbutton opening the form has no ill effects. Still working this bug & is a bit hard to squash so far. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
^^new one found by me (minor). The tracking rectangles have option for tooltips. Don't use them yet. The window's tooltip class subclasses the subclassed window & is causing conflicts in drawing & potentially can lead to a crash. Investigating workaround/cause. This bug does not affect the tooltips for custom toolbar buttons. Weird since the tracking rects & toolbar buttons are basically the same thing in my code. More to follow. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
There is a lot to look through here.. What I was thinking of doing was making a new form control, one with xp styles, (independant of OS ver), and customizable colors. Have you thought about doing something like that? Anyways, this will certainly give me a leg up on the api, thanks.. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
This superb stuff! I shall learn and incorporate this knowledge in my own apps. Thank you. Gave you 5 globes. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
To all. Thanx for the positive feedback and bug reports. As is the case with all of us, we constantly learn more & more. One of these days, I will tear this down to rebuild it using new knowledge. The results should be the same, but will be done smarter. Should bugs be reported, I will continue to update this project here. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Hope you can make it best! (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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