OCX Settings

How do you give the user a choice of settings?

i.e. Value1, value2, value3

or 0 - Flat 1 - 3D

You know in one of those little dropdown box's

The way we get in VB intellisense?

Use Enums

Code:

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Public Enum MakeChoice
      LowLevel =0
      HighLevel = 1
End Enum

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You could create a poropertypage.

I geuss I should have said ActiveX Control or User Control

I also need to know where to put the "Enums"

Here's some of my code

VB Code:

Private Sub UserControl_InitProperties()
Caption = Ambient.DisplayName
End Sub
 
'WARNING! DO NOT REMOVE OR MODIFY THE FOLLOWING COMMENTED LINES!
'MappingInfo=Label1,Label1,-1,ForeColor
Public Property Get FontColor() As OLE_COLOR
    FontColor = Label1.ForeColor
End Property
 
Public Property Let FontColor(ByVal New_ForeColor As OLE_COLOR)
    Label1.ForeColor() = New_ForeColor
    PropertyChanged "FontColor"
End Property
 
'WARNING! DO NOT REMOVE OR MODIFY THE FOLLOWING COMMENTED LINES!
'MappingInfo=Label1,Label1,-1,Font
Public Property Get Font() As Font
    Set Font = Label1.Font
End Property
 
Public Property Set Font(ByVal New_Font As Font)
    Set Label1.Font = New_Font
    PropertyChanged "Font"
End Property
 
'WARNING! DO NOT REMOVE OR MODIFY THE FOLLOWING COMMENTED LINES!
'MappingInfo=Label1,Label1,-1,Caption
Public Property Get Caption() As String
    Caption = Label1.Caption
End Property
 
Public Property Let Caption(ByVal New_Caption As String)
    Label1.Caption() = New_Caption
    PropertyChanged "Caption"
End Property
 
'WARNING! DO NOT REMOVE OR MODIFY THE FOLLOWING COMMENTED LINES!
'MappingInfo=Check1,Check1,-1,Value
Public Property Get FontStyle() As Integer
    FontStyle = Check1.Value
End Property
 
Public Property Let FontStyle(ByVal New_Style As Integer)
    Check1.Value() = New_Style
    PropertyChanged "FontStyle"
End Property
 
'Load property values from storage
Private Sub UserControl_ReadProperties(PropBag As PropertyBag)
 
    Label1.ForeColor = PropBag.ReadProperty("FontColor", &H80000012)
    Set Label1.Font = PropBag.ReadProperty("Font", Ambient.Font)
    Label1.Caption = PropBag.ReadProperty("Caption", "Label1")
    Check1.Value = PropBag.ReadProperty("FontStyle", 1)
End Sub
 
'Write property values to storage
Private Sub UserControl_WriteProperties(PropBag As PropertyBag)
 
    Call PropBag.WriteProperty("ForeColor", Label1.ForeColor, &H80000012)
    Call PropBag.WriteProperty("Font", Label1.Font, Ambient.Font)
    Call PropBag.WriteProperty("Caption", Label1.Caption, "Label1")
    Call PropBag.WriteProperty("FontStyle", Check1.Value, 1)
End Sub

Using Enums:

VB Code:

Public Enum MyEnum
 
End Enum

Using Enums:

VB Code:

Public Enum MyEnum
             FirstValue = 1
              SecondValue = 2
End Enum
 
Public Function MyFun(byval VauesExpected as MyEnum) as Whatever
'Code
end Function

If you want to name an enum that is normally invalid (e.g 3D or a name with spaces such as Fixed Single) enclose the value in square brackets: -

Public MyEnum
None
[Fixed Single]
End Enum

Public MyEnum2
Flat
[3D]
End Enum

The above are of course 0 and 1 in each case but you can number them as you wish like the MousePointer property in most controls has a Custom property equal to 99 - just specify this in the enum : -

Public MyEnum3
Default
.
.
.
[Size All]
Custom = 99
End Enum

(Sorry don't know how to indent)