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WI-8B: Visual Basic Custom Controls
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#3880 Custom Controls Small Programs Disk
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Browse Bound Control (BBCC)
Delta Soft Inc.
$20
contains a control that can be used in conjunction with the standard VB3 Data
control to browse any RecordSet. There are full on-the-spot editing facilities
with data pre- and postvalidation. You can freeze columns at the left edge,
set column and header text alignment, and set special coloring for any column.
ClipSib 1.0
Funk, Keith
$0
allows you to have overlapping controls, which VB does not normally support. VB
code for an excellent demo of the routine is included. This code contains many
other useful routines as well.
DropDown (DROPDWN)
$0
shows how to simulate a Combo box with a Text box and a List box.
FOpen 1.1
Kitsos, Costas
$0
is a set of forms, VB code, and API calls to create the standard Windows type of
"Open File" dialog box. A demo is included.
Gauge
Mattila, Jussi
$0
tells how to create a Meter box from two Picture boxes.
Graphic 1.1
Cramp, Stephen
$15
is a 256-color custom control. It also includes support for OS/2 BMP files. This
version can only be used within VB. Registration gets a runtime module.
GridPl
$0
is a routine for entering data into a Grid control and to scroll the Grid with
Cntl-Arrow or the mouse.
Huge-MC
Marquis Computing
$0
is the VB Source code to a huge array manager for Windows 3.1. You can create
huge arrays of up to 16MB on 386 and 1 MB on 286.
MoveTxt
Funk, Keith
$0
shows how to use a Picture control to simulate dragging of a Text control (which
normally cannot be dragged).
MultiPik (MULTIPK)
Kitsos, Costas
$0
shows how to create a multiple-selection List box with API calls. This is a
frequently requested feature for VB. Source and demo included.
GrafStat 1.0 (GRAF-ST)
Object Productivity, Inc.
$22-$32
is a custom control for displaying the status of a process. Two styles are
offered: thermometer and needle.
Grid Routines (GRIDRTN)
Ford, Nelson ASP
$0
is a set of routines for use with the Grid custom control. Routines include
cursor key scrolling of the Grid, direct input to the Grid, add a row, delete a
row, save to and load from disk, clear the Grid and more.
Grid-VB
$0
is a single control that lets you display data in columns and rows. This was
originally given to beta testers by Microsoft, but not included in VB. Jonathan
Zuck has made enhancements to it.
HugeGrid (HUGEGRD)
Ford, Nelson ASP
$0
is sample code illustrating the integration of a Huge Array with a Grid control.
Features include sorting, searching, adding, deleting and sorted inserting of
records into the Huge Array, as well as paging and scrolling through data with
the Grid.
Picnic
Funk, Keith
$0
allows you to make picture controls look like VB forms. It demonstrates how to
use the Win3 API functions to add a caption, sizing border and a minimize box
and system menu to a picture control.
Prntlbl
$0
shows how to print captions on a Form using API calls instead of Label controls.
The code looks enormously complicated to us, considering that you can do the
same thing with a few straight VB commands, but maybe we are missing something.
RandGrid (RANDGRD)
Ford, Nelson ASP
$0
is sample code illustrating the integration of a random access file and a Grid
control.
Spin
Kitsos, Costas
$0
is commented VB source code to create a Spin Button Control. No DLL/VBX files
are required.
VBMeter
$0
is a VBX that lets you create a meter type display with horizontal or vertical
bars.
VBWrite
Simms, Jeff
$0
contains source code that demonstrates adding MS Write as a edit control to a VB
application. The advantage is that a Text box does not allow different fonts,
etc., which Write allows. This code is still in the experimental stage.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3880
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#4606 Custom Controls #2 Small Programs Disk
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3DCTL
Bonner, Paul
$0
shows how to use CTL3D.DLL from Excel 4.0 to give all common dialogs and
message boxes in a VB app a 3-D appearance. (CTL3D.DLL not included.)
3D-VB Input 1.0b (3DVBIN)
Opaque Software
$15
is a Text Box type custom control with numerous optional 3D effects, formatted
input, justification, and more.
3D-How
shows you how to draw 3D brushed steel looking controls with VB2. All
code is included; no add-on tools are required.
CntrlC
$0
shows how to create new instances of composite controls (eg: frames with check
boxes) using the SetParent API call.
DDServe
Zuck, Jonathan
$0
is a DLL that lets you add Windows 3.1 drag-and-drop capability to your
applications. Several example apps are included.
Dialogs
Kitsos/Johnson
$0
contains example code for using common dialogs with API calls without the need
for a separate DLL.
Dragdrop.VBX (DD-VBX)
Apex Software
$0
allows Visual Basic applications to intercept File Manager drag/drop messages.
IniCon 2.2 (12-93 CD)
Shields, James ASP
$5
is a custom control to help deal with INI files. It will handle Windows API
calls, and comes with a Windows Help file.
MhCtl
Beekes, Bernd
$?
demonstrates how to get the control handle of a menu.
MHSample (MHSAMPL)
Patterson, Sam
$0
is a well commented sample custom control.
OpenDlg
Thomas, Zane
$0
is a DLL for the Open and Save-As common dialogs.
PerCnt 2.0 (11-93 CD)
Shields, James ASP
$10
is a custom control to display a percentage status bar. The VB program
can control the font, color, border, and size characteristics of the
status bar. Sample code is included.
PropView (PROPVW)
Microsoft
$0
is a Custom Control that can display the properties of the current form and
allows printing of the control properties.
SIZ Custom Control 1.00 (SIZ_CC) (10-93 CD)
Raike, William M.
$15
lets you put controls on forms that have "handles" which let them be resized
at runtime.
Stbar 2.26 (11-93 CD)
Beekes, Bernd
$50-$85
allows you to add a status line to your VB applications.
SysMenu
Simms, Jeff
$0
is a DLL for adding menu items to a form's system control box.
TimeQueue & TextKey (TIMETXT)
Curlew Software
$0-$10
are two VB controls. TextKey lets you attach a prepared text file to it
during design time. TimeQueue lets you execute events at specified time
intervals.
ToolBar
Murphy, Stephen
$0
walks you through creating a toolbar using a picture box for the bar and BMP
files for the buttons. Sample source code and BMP files are included.
ToolButton 2.0 (TOOLBUT)
Foster, Brett
$?
lets you have standard toolbar buttons. Features include nine standard
command buttons, six different button states generated from a single
supplied bitmap for custom buttons, MouseDown event for help messages,
on-line help reference, and more.
VB-Bar
PoloWood, Felipe
$0
is a percent-complete gauge that requires only a single Picture box, which
conserves resources.
VBCtl3D (VB3D)
Beekes, Bernd and Simms, Jeff
$29
allows you to easily add 3-D effects to controls, message boxes,
dialogs, etc.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #4606
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#12510 Custom Controls #3 Small Programs Disk
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Buttons
Freel, Fred
$0
are ten button arrays for use with ToolButton 2.0. A BMP workspace is
also included for modifying the buttons, or creating and capturing new
ones.
Ini.vbx (INI_VBX)
Dexter, Walter F.
$0
is a custom control for writing to and reading from .INI files.
Iovbx
contains a VB custom control to read and write to I/O ports.
MenuWatch (MENUWAT)
Lathrop, Steve
$15
allows you to easily add a full-featured menu help status bar to your
appli