VB - Scrollable picture box

Here's how to make a scrollable picture box.

• Drop a picture box on the form
• Size it to your desired size
• Drop another picture box INSIDE the first one
• Drop a VScrollBar INSIDE the first PictureBox
• Drop an HScrollBar INSIDE the FIRST PictureBox
• Drop a TextBox INSIDE the FIRST PictureBox
• Paste the code below into your form window
• Either change the path for loading the PictureBox Picture in code, or remove it and set the Picture property manually
• Run the program and you will have a scrolling picture box
• The easiest way to put the controls inside the first picture box (IMHO) is to drop them on the form, then select them all, cut them, select the first picture box, and then paste the controls inside.

You don't have to worry about the location of any controls except the first (container) PictureBox. The code does the rest:

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    ' Setup picture box
    With Picture2
        .AutoSize = True
        .ZOrder 1
        .Picture = LoadPicture("C:\MyPicture.jpe")
        .Move 0, 0
    End With
    
    ' Setup textbox
    With Text1
        .BorderStyle = 0
        .BackColor = Me.BackColor
        .Enabled = False
        .Height = HScroll1.Height
        .Text = ""
        .Width = VScroll1.Width
    End With
    
    ' Setup scroll bars
    ArrangeScrollBars
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    Me.MousePointer = vbDefault
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Resize()
    ' Adjust scroll bars to new form size
    ArrangeScrollBars
End Sub
 
Private Sub ArrangeScrollBars()
    ' Resize scroll bars to fit form, and set their max value (in relation to form size)
    With HScroll1
        .Move 0, Picture1.ScaleHeight - .Height, Picture1.ScaleWidth - VScroll1.Width
        .Max = IIf((Picture2.ScaleWidth - Picture1.Width + VScroll1.Width) > 0, _
            Picture2.Width - Picture1.ScaleWidth + VScroll1.Width, 0)
        .SmallChange = IIf(Int(.Max / 10) > 0, Int(.Max / 10), 1)
        .LargeChange = IIf(Int(.Max / 5) > 0, Int(.Max / 5), 1)
    End With
    With VScroll1
        .Move Picture1.ScaleWidth - .Width, 0, .Width, Picture1.ScaleHeight - HScroll1.Height
        .Max = IIf((Picture2.Height - Picture1.ScaleHeight + HScroll1.Height) > 0, _
            Picture2.Height - Picture1.ScaleHeight + HScroll1.Height, 0)
        .SmallChange = IIf(Int(.Max / 10) > 0, Int(.Max / 10), 1)
        .LargeChange = IIf(Int(.Max / 5) > 0, Int(.Max / 5), 1)
    End With
    With Text1
        .Left = HScroll1.Width
        .Top = VScroll1.Height
        .ZOrder 0
    End With
End Sub
 
Private Sub HScroll1_Change()
    Picture2.Move 0 - HScroll1.Value
End Sub
 
Private Sub HScroll1_Scroll()
    Picture2.Move 0 - HScroll1.Value
End Sub
 
Private Sub VScroll1_Change()
    Picture2.Move Picture2.Left, 0 - VScroll1.Value
End Sub
 
Private Sub VScroll1_Scroll()
    Picture2.Move Picture2.Left, 0 - VScroll1.Value
End Sub

might i suggest

VB Code:

Private Sub ArrangeScrollBars()
    ' Resize scroll bars to fit form, and set their max value (in relation to form size)
    With HScroll1
        .Move 0, Picture1.ScaleHeight - .Height, Picture1.ScaleWidth - VScroll1.Width
        .Max = IIf((Picture2.ScaleWidth - Picture1.Width + VScroll1.Width) > 0, _
            Picture2.Width - Picture1.ScaleWidth + VScroll1.Width, 0)
        .SmallChange = IIf(Int(.Max / 10) > 0, Int(.Max / 10), 1)
        .LargeChange = IIf(Int(.Max / 5) > 0, Int(.Max / 5), 1)
    End With
    With VScroll1
        .Move Picture1.ScaleWidth - .Width, 0, .Width, Picture1.ScaleHeight - HScroll1.Height
        .Max = IIf((Picture2.Height - Picture1.ScaleHeight + HScroll1.Height) > 0, _
            Picture2.Height - Picture1.ScaleHeight + HScroll1.Height, 0)
        .SmallChange = IIf(Int(.Max / 10) > 0, Int(.Max / 10), 1)
        .LargeChange = IIf(Int(.Max / 5) > 0, Int(.Max / 5), 1)
    End With
    With Text1
        .Left = HScroll1.Width
        .Top = VScroll1.Height
        .ZOrder 0
    End With
 
    '-- remove scroll bars if theyre not needed--
 
    If HScroll1.Max = 0 Then
        HScroll1.Visible = False
    Else
        HScroll1.Visible = True
    End If
    If VScroll1.Max = 0 Then
        VScroll1.Visible = False
    Else
        VScroll1.Visible = True
    End If
End Sub

Also, adding:

VB Code:

Picture1.Move 0, 0, Me.ScaleWidth, Me.ScaleHeight

to the form's Load and Resize event complete the project to give you a sizeable, scrollable picture.