README.md

Description

2 controls that vastly extend the cababilities of Visual basic.

*** VBEventWindow - provides a simple subclassing control.

Events:

• ActiveApplicationChanged, fired when your app gains or loses user focus

• LostCapture, fired when your app gains or loses the capture

• KeyPressed, fired when any of the keys are pressed

• LowMemory, fired when the system is running low on memory

• Move, fired when the form is moved

• VerticalScroll, HorizontalScroll, fired when the form scrollbars are set

• WindowsSettingsChanged, WindowsINIChanged , fired when the windows environment settings are changed

• NonClientMouseMove,NonClientMouseDown,NonClientMouseUp,NonClientDblClick, fired when a mouse event occurs in the non-client part of your form

• MinMaxSize, fired when the OS wants to know what size to make your form either in response to a minimise/maximise command or when the user is dragging the resize box.

• MouseOverMenu, fired when the mouse is over a top level menu

• WindowMessageFired fired for all the other windows messages

Methods:

• InvalidateRect, Sets part of the form invalid to indicate that it needs to be repainted

Properties:

• ClassName, returns the windows class name fo the form

• DeviceContext, returns the device contect of the form (for graphical operations)

• HorizontalScrollbar, VerticalScrollbar, sets or unsets scrollbars on the form

• TopMost sets the form to float over the top of other forms

• Transparent, makes the formclient area invisible

Use:

In the form load...

Private Sub Form_Load()

Me.VBEventWindow.ParentForm = Me.hWnd

End Sub

*** VBSysTrayCtl - Provides a simple control to allow your application to use the SysTray

Events:

• MouseMove, Fired when the mouse moves over the tray icon

• MouseDown, Fired when a mouse down event occurs over the tray icon

• MouseUp, Fired when a mouse up event occurs over the tray icon

• MouseDblClick, Fired when the user double clicks the Tray Icon

Methods:

• ShowIcon, displays the icon in the system tray area

• Hideicon, removes the icon from the system tray area

• Refresh, updates the icon displayed in the system tray area

Properties:

• Tooltip, the tip that is displayed if the user hovers the mouse over your systray icon

Use:

In the form load....

Private Sub Form_Load()

Me.VBSysTrayCtl1.Tooltip = "Merrion Computing"

Me.VBSysTrayCtl1.ShowIcon

End Sub

Private Sub Form_QueryUnload(Cancel As Integer, UnloadMode As Integer)

Me.VBSysTrayCtl1.Hideicon

End Sub

More Info

The functionality of this control is quite complex.

Fuller help is provided at http://www.MerrionComputing.com/Help/index.htm

Submitted On	2001-09-27 10:00:18
By	Duncan Jones
Level	Advanced
User Rating	5.0 (55 globes from 11 users)
Compatibility	VB 5.0, VB 6.0
Category	Custom Controls/ Forms/ Menus
World	Visual Basic
Archive File	Enhanced V270409272001.zip

API Declarations

This source code has examples of a huge number of API calls. It is worth downloading for that alone.