[VBnet Code Library] Common Control Index

	Common Control Routines Updated Monday December 26, 2011
Category	Topic
Initialization vb6 vb5 vb4-32	InitCommonControlsEx: Common Control Initialization Module This file will be required to be added to the existing project for all common control API methods detailed here that use the API to actually create the common control (as opposed to using the Visual Basic Common Control). The BAS module will provide the mechanism to initialize the comctl32.dll, regardless of the version installed.

Header API vb6 vb5 vb4-32	CreateWindowEx: Create the Common Control Header Using the comctl32 header APIs to create a header control you can reposition over any control. Implements the Common Control Initialization module detailed above. WM_NOTIFY: Detect Sizing Notifications from a ListView ColumnHeader Detect column resizing, header repositioning, clicks and double clicks on the ListView header. Aug 22.1999

ListView vb6 vb5 vb4-32	SendMessage: ListView API Messages, Styles, and Notifications Definitions of the various ListView members in commctrl.h. ListView Demo Project A four part demo to take you from returning a simple browse file path to populating the ListView with files, file details, and image icons. SHGetFileInfo: ListView Demo 1 - Obtaining the File Path The first of four parts, this page constructs the main form and implements the Browse Folders Dialog to return the file path and file spec selected by the user. SHGetFileInfo: ListView Demo 2 - Populating the ListView The second of four parts, this page adds the ListView control, and populates the control with the file types chosen from the selected directory. SHGetFileInfo: ListView Demo 3 - Adding Sorting Functionality The third of four parts, this page adds ListView sorting through a popup menu and the column headers. SHGetFileInfo: ListView Demo 4 - Adding the Associated Icons The final of four parts, this page details the methods and code required to retrieve the 16x16 icon associated with an image as displayed in Explorer. ListView Extended Style demo code - revised September 1998 Each article below builds on the previous one, so only the code related to that article is presented for simplicity. The routines can be applied to the ListView demo code above, or integrated into an existing ListView project. SendMessage: Auto-size ListView Column Width Using SendMessage to cause the ListView to maximize its column display. Feb 12.2000 Pure VB: Create a Ledger-Style Listview Report Background Applying row background colour without subclassing. Feb 5.2002 Corrected bug Feb 21.2002 Pure VB: Create a Ledger-Style Listview Report Background with Custom Height Applying row background colour without subclassing, adding the ability to specifying the number of rows in the 'ledger'. Feb 20.2002 Corrected bug Feb 21.2002 SendMessage: Add a Background Image to a ListView Add an image or coloured background to a ListView! June 19.1998 SendMessage: Perform Hit Testing in ListViews Using SendMessage and LVM_SUBITEMHITTEST to retrieve the HitTest info from the ListView control. Mar 01.2000 SendMessage: Determine a ListView's Visible Item Count One-line routine that returns the number of items totally visible in the control. Aug 27.1999 Pure VB: Highlight a Listview Report Column Using the picture box technique, demonstrates highlighting a column in report view. Feb 20.2002 Corrected bug Feb 21.2002 WM_NOTIFY: Track Highlighted ListView Column Width Changes via Subclassing Using the picture box technique, demonstrates highlighting a column in report view while tracking and maintaining its width. Feb 20.2002 SendMessage: Automatically Track & Select ListView Items API code to track mouse movement, highlighting the item under the cursor, and automatically selecting it with delay. SendMessage: Add ListView Check Boxes API code to add a checkbox to the left of the report-view icon, and the code to retrieve the checked items and list item text. Now contains the correct declaration for the LV_ITEM data type. SendMessage: Add Images to a ListView Header The ListView API method to programmatically set, clear and toggle a ListView column header image, and to enable hot tracking across the column header. CreateFontIndirect: Change ListView Header Text Style Use the ListView APIs to change the header text style. SendMessage: Determine Selected ListView ListItems LVM_GETSELECTEDCOUNT and LVM_GETNEXTITEM to the rescue! Sept 16.2002 SendMessage: Clicking ListView White Space to De-select Items Using SendMessage and LVM_SUBITEMHITTEST, code to determine when the user clicks off a ListItem, and how to deselect the item. Sept 16.2002 SendMessage: Determine Positions of Re-Ordered ListView Columns API method to determine how the user has rearranged the columns when the drag & drop ColumnHeader option is enabled. SendMessage: Display ListView Grid Lines API code to segment the ListView data with gridlines. SendMessage: ListView Select / Deselect All May 5.1999 API call to select or deselect all ListItems without using a loop. SendMessage: Reorder ListView Columns Programmatically Use the API to reorder the report view columns via code. March 8.1999 SendMessage: Reposition ListView Columns API code to enable drag & drop of the ListView main and SubItem report-view columns to facilitate user-selected layout. SendMessage: Enable ListView FullRowSelect API code to cause a selected ListView item to select the entire row. SendMessage: Set ListView Flat Header Style The API method to enable/remove a flat appearance to a ListView header. SendMessage: Indent ListView ListItems Using the LV_ITEM Indent member to adjust a ListView item's indent. Oct 29.1999 SendMessage: ListView Subitem Icons API code to display the associated icon in each column of the populated ListView. SendMessage: Toggle ListView Check Box State Finally, the ListView API method to programmatically set or clear a ListView item's checkbox. SendMessage: HTML-Like Tracking Effects in a ListView Two API code methods to highlight & underline the current item without selection. SendMessage: Simulate 'TopIndex' in ListViews Replicate a list box TopIndex property in a ListView control. Jan 25.2004 SendMessage: Controlling a ListView Sort Using Callbacks Use the AddressOf operator to add extended sorting functionality to ListView columns. Sept 5.1997 WM_VSCROLL: Subclassing Listview Scrollbar Messages Demonstrates detecting scrollbar action within a listview, and scrolling a second control, modifying the scroll message, or discarding the message Aug 29.2000 WM_NOTIFY: Detect Sizing Notifications from a ListView ColumnHeader Detect column resizing, header repositioning, clicks and double clicks on the ListView header. Aug 22.1999 SendMessage: Using ListView API Check Boxes A set of ListView API methods to programmatically set and clear a single ListView item's checkbox, set and clear all checkboxes, invert the state of checked/unchecked boxes, launch a selected item, and launch a checked item. Pure VB: Link a TreeView and Listview Together via their Tag Properties How to use the Tag property to allow a TreeView selection to highlight a corresponding ListView item. June 21.1998

ProgressBar vb6 vb5 vb4-32	SetParent: Add a VB ProgressBar to a VB StatusBar Use SetParent to merge a VB progress bar into a VB status bar. Feb 7.2002 SendMessage: Change the Colour of a VB ProgressBar A simple SendMessage call is all that's required. Oct 20.2001 Pure VB: Customizable PhotoShop-Style ProgressBar Simulate a ProgressBar by creating a fully-configurable flood panel using without APIs. Pure VB: Customizable PhotoShop-Style ProgressBar in a MDI App Use the progress panel from Creating a Custom PhotoShop-Style Flood Panel to create a progress bar on an MDI parent window flood, exposed through common routines. CreateWindowEx: Creating a Common Control ProgressBar- Overview A discussion of the messages used by comctl32.dll in creating the ProgressBar Common Control. Creating the Common Control Flood Panel via the API Use the Win32 API to create a horizontal or vertical Windows-style progress bar. Revised code to implement the Common Control Initialization module detailed above. SetParent: Display Modal Form Activity in a Parent Form's VB ProgressBar How to update a VB progress bar sited on a parent form from a modal child form. July 29.1999 SetParent: Display Modal Form Activity on a Parent Form's 'PhotoShop-style' ProgressBar How to update a picture box sited on a parent form (acting like a progress bar) from a modal child form. July 29.1999

Slider vb6 vb5	WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC: Change the BackColor of a Slider Subclassing to change the background colour of a VB slider control. Includes code to enable/disable the slider's ToolTips. Apr 7.2004

Status Bar vb6 vb5 vb4-32	SetParent: Add a VB Toolbar to a VB StatusBar SetParent and a couple of tweaks adds a VB toolbar into a VB status bar. Jan 20.2002 CreateStatusWindow: The Common Control Status Bar via API- An Overview A discussion of the messages used by comctl32.dll in creating a Status Bar Common Control. CreateStatusWindow: The Common Control Status Bar via API Use the Win32 API to create a status bar without an OCX.

Toolbar vb6 vb5 vb4-32	SetParent: Add a VB Toolbar to a VB StatusBar SetParent and a couple of tweaks adds a VB toolbar into a VB status bar. Jan 20.2002 SetParent: Add a VB Toolbar to a MDI Form's StatusBar Slight modifications are all that is required to add a toolbar to a MDI form's status bar. Mar 28.2004 FindWindowEx: Change a VB Toolbar to a Rebar-Style Toolbar A quick 10 lines of code to change a standard VB toolbar control into an IE-style Rebar toolbar (aka 'coolbar'). FindWindowEx: Fix the IE5/MsComCtrl 5 Toolbar Problem Workaround to the IE5/VB5 Common Control Toolbar problem where caption changing on a flat style toolbar will cause all captions to disappear. Aug 22.1999

ToolTips vb6 vb5 vb4-32	CreateWindowEx: 21st Century ToolTips for VB - The Basics Single or multi-line tooltips for VB, complete with tip titles and custom colours. Feb 13.2006

TreeView vb6 vb5 vb4-32	SetWindowLong: Add TreeView Check Boxes via API July 29.1998 Add checkboxes to a TreeView and set and retrieve their state via code. SetWindowLong: Apply TreeView Special Effectsvia API Set TreeView back and text colours, bold an item, or set full row select. April 17.1998 Pure VB: Duplicating the Contents of a TreeView A non-API method to create a duplicate TreeView. June 19.1998 SendMessage: Toggling TreeView Check Box Visibility How to display or hide the TreeView checkboxes using the API. Dec 13.1998 Pure VB: Link a TreeView and Listview Together via their Tag Properties How to use the Tag property to allow a TreeView selection to highlight a corresponding ListView item. June 21.1998