[VBnet Code Library] Intrinsic Control Routines

	Intrinsic Control Routines Updated Monday December 26, 2011
Category	Topic
Button vb6 vb5 vb4-32	SetWindowLong: Changing Button Caption Alignment (non-graphical only) Using SetWindowLong to alter the alignment of button captions. Jan 11.2003 Determining the Selected Button in any Option Button Control Array Pass any option button control array, and receive the selected option button index. Dec 7.2003 Pure VB: Mimicking a Command Button ForeColor Property Use a Check to create a command button providing control over the text colour. July 12.1999 WM_DRAWITEM: Set Command Button ForeColor Now command buttons can have their own button text colour. July 12.1999 SendMessage: Visually Pressing a Command Button Through Code Two methods to visually simulate a button press; one firing the button's Click event, and the second just giving the visual press feedback. August 21.1999

Check box vb6 vb5 vb4-32	Pure VB: Simulating a Matrix Checkbox Control Array with a Picture Box Low-resource code using a picture box to simulate a x/y matrix of check boxes. Jan 15.2003

Combo (also see Combo section) vb6 vb5	WM_PAINT: Subclassing to Create a Flat Combo Box Use the DrawEdge API to alter the appearance of a combo box. Nov 24.1999 (vb6 and vb5 only) WM_LBUTTONDOWN: Substitute a Tabbed List for a Combo's Dropdown List Trapping a combo's dropdown and substituting a standard List control supporting tab stops. Mar 16.2001 WM_LBUTTONDOWN: Substitute a ListView for a Combo's Dropdown List Trapping a combo's dropdown and substituting a standard ListView control. Mar 16.2001

Label vb6 vb5 vb4-32	ShellExecute: Simulate a Hyperlink with a Label Control Simple code using the API to create a hyperlink and react to mouse movement. Feb 18.2000 Pure VB: Centre a Label Within a Container Tiny routine to vertically and horizontally centre a multi-line label within a form or container control. Feb 12.2000

List Box vb6 vb5 vb4-32	BitBlt: Present a Non-Selectable 'No Data' Picture in a ListBox Simulate some of the listview's LVBKIMAGE functionality in a list box. Nov 29.2003

ListView vb6 vb5	WM_LBUTTONDOWN: Substitute a Tabbed List for a Combo's Dropdown List Trapping a combo's dropdown and substituting a standard List control supporting tab stops. Mar 16.2001 WM_LBUTTONDOWN: Substitute a ListView for a Combo's Dropdown List Trapping a combo's dropdown and substituting a standard ListView control. Mar 16.2001

Option Button vb6 vb5	Determining the Selected Button in an Option Button Control Array Pass any option button control array, and receive the selected option button index. Dec 7, 2003

StatusBar 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

Text Box vb6 vb5 vb4-32	WM_CONTEXTMENU: Kill the Default Combo Box Context Menu Eliminating the combo edit context menu via subclassing. Dec 19.2000 WM_CONTEXTMENU: Kill the Default Text Box Context Menu Eliminating the default textbox context menu via subclassing. June 6.1999

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