Activate control

[noble]

I have a control which i created which is activated
based on a boolean property. What is the best way
to monitor this property so that my control will be
activated?

thx for any help

[jonaxse]

2 ways:

1.> You make a property called, (for example) "IsActivated" which would accept and return boolean values. Then call the code that will activate your control on the property procedure that "sets" the boolean value. For example:


Public Property Let IsActivated(ByVal pb_Activate As Boolean)

YourLocalVariable = pb_Activate
If pb_Activate = True Then
Call ProcedureForActivatingMyControl()
End If
End Property


2.> Or, you can simply put a public method on your control to Deactivate/Activate it: (Here is an example)


Public Function ActivateMyControl() As Boolean
On Error Goto Hell

'do activation code here...
blah blah blah....

ActivateMyControl = True
Exit Function
Hell:
ActivatemyControl = False
End Function

Public Function DeactivateMyControl() As Boolean
'do as above... except, do the deactivation code here...
End Function


NOTE: If you are asking what is the best, my answer would be to make a public method to activate or deactivate the control. (I hate properties :D)

Hope that helps :D

[noble]

ty, that is waht i have done
I would like to steer away from calling a procedure as
my control will be working as long as it's activated and
i dont want to eat up unecessary processor time.

I decided to enable a timer when the flag is set to true
which handles my control

thx for the help.