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Xander75
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***UPDATE 11/05/2007*** Fixed issue with retrieving the expanded event at runtime
***PREVIOUS UPDATES*** Fixed the flicker issue with both the Frame text and Frame icon, Added Expanded Event, Added Click, DblClick, MouseDown, MouseMove and MouseUp Events, Added Frame Pin Button and Pinned event as per request from kibe, Fixed a small issue with repaint refreshing the entire screen, Changed some code thanks to Roger Gilchrist, Create required controls using code, Font support and Picture ability added, fixed issue with Gradient Let code.
This is an owner drawn frame that comes with 4 preset colour schemes... xpDefault, xpBlue, xpOliveGreen and xpSilver.
The frames have a gradient colour used for their headers and their main body. This also has a button that allows the frame to be used to hold controls and be minimised at runtime.
All of the colours can be changed with different colours/gradients created at design time.
This was made in a few hours today so I have not thoroughly tested it. Any problems please let me know, or any advice to make this better or maybe even add new styles let me know.
The UserControl was written by myself and the module used for gradient colours was written by Mark Gordon, which I found on another site.
Hope this is useful to someone... don't forget to vote if you like this xFrame.
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 4/14/2007 6:11:31 AM: kibe
very nice 'n' cool
Thank you/ 5
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4/14/2007 8:40:22 AM: Ruturaaj
Hi! This control is really nice! I have copied the module code and merged into the user control itself. With some necessary code changes, this has given me a complete self-contained UserControl. Just one thing ... Font support is required and if you can provide support for an picture in the top-left corner then it will be a great addition. I will wait for your response on this for a while before I vote. Thanks for sharing your work with us.
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4/14/2007 4:12:42 PM: Goober Mpc
Thanks for your comments Ruturaaj, I will look into adding Font support and picture support also in the next few days. I want to get rid of the label that I used and print the text directly onto the picture box that I use for the xFrame header. I only used the label to quickly pull the control together.
If you have any ideas for new styles of frame then please feel free to send me some screenshots or info and I will try to create these designs into my xFrame.
The only reason I kept the module separate was because this was not my code. However I will add this into the usercontrol as you have done to make the control self contained.
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4/16/2007 1:18:55 AM: TheBigB
this is very nice!
maybe you could add a background-image for a new property.
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4/16/2007 5:28:47 PM: Genije
I have tried to load this project but it gives error "Object variable not set" !? for picHeader and all others within UserControl_Resize event.
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4/17/2007 3:09:42 AM: Goober Mpc
Genije, I have not been able to recreate the problem you have described. Try using the following code at the start of UserControl_Resize event: "Call UserControlsCreate". This should make sure that the controls have been created, however I didn't need to do this as this is done in the UserControl_InitProperties and UserControl_ReadProperties events which seem to work 100% for me and everyone else here.
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4/17/2007 5:05:18 PM: Genije
After I inserted "Call UserControlsCreate" in resize event everything went fine.
Thank you very much BTW great control.
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4/18/2007 4:33:38 AM: kibe
can you add button "Always Expanded"?
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4/18/2007 8:31:50 PM: john
very cool!!
could u do a version that has the buttons and the frame just like windows vista and be able to make the background of the main form transparent?
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4/19/2007 2:31:33 AM: Ruturaaj
That's excellent! Thanks for adding Image support my friend!
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4/19/2007 2:36:19 AM: Ruturaaj
** To kibe: set button = False and I guess that's the thing you want ... Always Expanded; because without button you won't be able to collapse it! ;)
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4/19/2007 6:30:47 AM: Goober Mpc
John, could you please email me a screenshot of the vista frame style you suggested so I can have a look at it. My email address is in the usercontrol code.
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4/19/2007 7:12:51 PM: Thraka
Goober - very cool. For vista it would almost be better\easier to subclass the regular windows frame control and have it do it's drawing for you some how. :)
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4/20/2007 11:19:52 AM: kibe
**2 Ruturaaj,
if i click on top of frame the effect is also when i click in doublearrows right of frame. I want what click on frame and click on doublearrows are separately events. When i create array of frames, i want what first been always expanded, when i clicked on another, because this frame have event = Expanded True, else if, frame is collapse...
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4/22/2007 8:02:42 AM: Soeren Stroem
This is very nice code.
Is there a way, that I can detect mouseclick on the frame?
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4/22/2007 10:47:18 AM: Goober Mpc
Soeren Stroem I have added Click, DblClick, MouseDown, MouseMove and MouseUp events to the frame body.
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4/22/2007 2:49:16 PM: gibra
Excellent work, boy :-D
Thank you! 5 star by me.
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4/24/2007 5:53:50 AM: enmity
how about not using picHeader, but wholy owner-drawn?
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4/24/2007 6:11:39 AM: Bill
very good. 5 from me
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4/24/2007 9:16:23 AM: Goober Mpc
enmity... The reason I used the picHeader was so it stays as it sounds, a Header! Without this and drawn onto the usercontrol then the controls placed onto it would be able to sit on top of the header. To me I prefer to have the control feel as though it is a frame control rather than a picture of a frame that anyone could load into a picturebox.
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5/8/2007 8:59:42 AM: Kelvin Perez
Easy to use, lots of functions/propeties. Professional look. Everything I like in a cutom Control. Absolutely GREAT!!!
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5/8/2007 7:33:20 PM: LaVolpe
Congrats on winning Code of the Month for this submission.
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5/9/2007 7:09:12 AM: Goober Mpc
Thanks for the congrats LaVolpe
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5/10/2007 9:54:12 AM: enmity
hovering(in/out a few times) on the spin icon will cause flickering
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5/10/2007 2:38:26 PM: Goober Mpc
I will update this soon to remove the Label control and print directly onto the header itself. That will resolve the text flicker that occurs.
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5/11/2007 6:43:22 AM: Schuhmacher
Removeinh Picture: error 481
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5/11/2007 8:13:28 AM: Mark
Excellent code!! A real nice control. When moving the mouse over the top bar the button kinda flickers on and off but not at the right times, like when you're over it but when your just to the left of it or moving over the icon or text. It's actually not a big deal at all but if you ever update it again, something to look at. ***** x 10
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5/11/2007 10:40:34 AM: Schuhmacher
If your EnableGradient=False then no longer put and GradientButton= Systemcolor gradient top = SystemColor HeaderGradientButton = Systemcolor header gradient top = Systemcolor and hereafter xFrame.Enabled = False and here after xFrame.Enabled = True to colour be the established colours
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5/11/2007 3:39:18 PM: Goober Mpc
FYI...
The issue described by Mark is actually the way in which the control is designed to work. It allows the user to click anywhere on the title bar to make it contract/expand.
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7/19/2007 3:18:07 AM: Amol Tarte
Really Beautiful Work. 5 Stars From Me!
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