Updated FormExDestop and ControlsExDesktop libraries

[agraham]

Slightly updated FormExDesktop version 1.3 has bGetPixel anomaly of setting two pixels sorted and bGetImagePixel and bSetImagePixel methods added to work on a Forms' Image (not background) property.

Slightly updated ControlsExDesktop version 1.1 has CheckBox and RadioButton renamed to CheckBoxEx and RadioButtonEx to avoid name conflicts that arose with version 6 of Basic4PPC.

FormExDesktop 1.4 and ControlsExDesktop 1.2 posted here.

EDIT :- ControlsExDesktop 1.3 posted. See post #4 for details

EDIT :- ControlsExDesktop 1.4 posted. See post #5 for details

EDIT :- Sources for FormExDesktop 1.4 and ControlsExDesktop 1.4 posted for merging.

EDIT :- FormExDesktop 1.5 posted. See post #7 for details

[agraham]

Updated FormExDesktop 1.4 now has an additional property that allows the forms' icon to be specified.

FormEx1.Icon = AppPath & "\icon.ico"

Updated help and demo included in attachment.

[agraham]

Remember the InputBox from VB? ControlsExDesktop 1.2 now includes it! Also the problem with DateTimePicker events not firing is sorted and the Click event removed as I could never get it to fire. Now posted in first post together with latest (unchanged) FormExDesktop.

[agraham]

ControlsExDesktop version 1.3 posted in original post. This version includes two new controls, Splitter and Listview. Between them they make possible the "classic" Explorer type app with a moveable Splitter bar. I have NOT updated the Help yet as it is a big job as Listview is a complicated control and I will need a large dose of enthusiasm to get down to do it. However I thought that I would post the library, with demos, so you can have a play.

Note that you can place Splitters on Panels and Forms, and maybe Tabs as well, I haven't tried that yet!

The Listview is a virtually complete exposure of the Listview control including sorting by column. In contrast to Fillippos version, which is optimised as a Table replacement, it provides LargeIcon, SmallIcon, Details and List views.

[agraham]

Version 1.4 now posted in original post. The archive includes a new updated help file, source file for merging and demo apps for all controls included in the library.

Note that although the demo app uses my FormExDesktop library this is in order to demonstrate the NotifyIcon control. The controls will work just as well on a normal B4ppc Form.

New in this release is a GroupBox, similar to a Panel but with a border and optional text, a FolderDialog which allows a user to select a folder (as opposed to a file), and a MonthCalendar control. It is a bit more clumsy than a DateTimePicker or the native B4ppc Calendar controls as it is displayed fully expanded at all times. However I included it as it provides the capability of showing an arbitrary number of dates in bold and supports selection of a range of dates.

[agraham]

I have decided to release the sources for FormExDesktop 1.4 and ControlsExDesktop 1.4 to allow merging with the exe. They are in the first post of this thread.

[agraham]

Previous versions of FormExDesktop were not fully compatible with my Threading library in that although the threads ran correctly thread events did not fire.

Having learnt a lot about .NET and Basic4ppc since writing the original FormExDesktop I have now posted version 1.5 that is fully compatible with the Threading library. There is one additional method and one additional property added since version1.4, both deal with the threading issue. There are no other changes since version 1.4. Help, demos and source for merging are in the zip.

I must admit to "borrowing" some of Erel's event code to understand how Basic4ppc events work and to incorporate in this library. Apologies to him for appropriating his work - but for a good cause!

[Erel]

Originally Posted by agraham

I must admit to "borrowing" some of Erel's event code to understand how Basic4ppc events work and to incorporate in this library. Apologies to him for appropriating his work - but for a good cause!

These two libraries are really a good cause

[Byak@]

agraham !!!!!!!!!!