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- Message Box Designer/32 1.0
- by Patrick McNeill
-
- Message Box Designer/32 1.0 is the 32-bit version of Message Box Designer/16.
- Both are Visual Basic 4.0 Add-In products which automate the creation of
- MsgBox sub/function code. They both support all capabilities of MsgBox,
- including the new Help Context. I made Message Box Designer originally for
- my own use because I could never remember any of the special numbers to make
- the different buttons and icons. However, I decided to upload it because it
- was so helpful to me.
-
- Unlike Message Box Designer/16, Message Box Designer/32 is shareware.I am
- only asking $5 for this program, so please register and support my work.
- To register, send $5 to me at:
-
- Patrick McNeill
- 1647 York Mills Lane
- Reston, VA 22094
-
- History of Message Box Designer
- Version WinBits Features
- 1.0 16 Simple interface, no icon pictures, no help file support.
- 1.1 16 Added help file support.
- 1.2 16 Added the icons, help file, distributed.
- 1.3 16 Added nifty splash screen.
- 1.4 16 Added context sensitive help.
- 1.5 16 Now uses constants instead of numbers in code.
- 1.0 32 Rewritten for Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.51.
-
- Message Box Designer/32's companion product, Input Box Designer/32, should also
- have been distributed with this product.
-
- You can always get the current version of Message Box Designer, Input Box
- Designer, or any of my other products at my web page:
-
- http://www.tjhsst.edu/people/pmcneill/
-
- -Patrick McNeill
- pmcneill@thor.tjhsst.edu
-
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- If you have used Message Box Designer in the past, you do not need to read on.
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- *** Installation/Usage Instructions ***
-
- To install Message Box Designer/32, you simply need to put it in what ever
- directory it will reside in. Next, you need to run the EXE file, MSGBOX32.EXE.
- This will put the Message Box Designer/32 add-in on the Visual Basic 4.0 add-in
- list. Now you simply need to go to the Add-In manager and enable it.
-
- Using Message Box Designer/32 is supposed to be very simple. To start it up,
- click the Message Box Designer/32 menu-item under the Add-Ins menu. Now you
- will be presented with a dialog. Each section has it's own special function:
-
- Text (text box) - What the Message Box will say.
- Title (text box) - What the title of the Message Box will be.
- Buttons (group) - What number/type of buttons you want.
- Icon (group) - The icon you want to be on your Message Box.
- Default Button (group) - The default button on the message box.
- Type (group) - Specifies a function or sub Message Box.
- * A function Message Box returns a value corresponding to the button
- clicked.
- Help File (check) - Specifies if you want a help file.
- * Note : You must have a context number if you have a help file.
- Help Context (text) - The help context number you want for the help file.
- System Modal (check) - Specifies if you want it to be system modal.
- Test It (button) - Displays the Message Box using the current parameters.
- Make It (button) - Copies code for the Message Box to the clipboard.
-
- Just fill in or change any of the above fields for your Message Box. One
- problem that I have not been able to solve is with the location of the help
- file. I would reccomend that you have it in the same directory as your program.
- However, you still may need to change the path statement in the MsgBox code.
-