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Hi good day to all!
Im not new in VB6.0, but there's lacking in me which i want to improve...and that is designing my program interface. is there a link or site that would help me in conceptualizing program designs? if none, can somebody give me an advise on what would be a better technique or pointers to consider in designing. im just not happy in my program designs. Thanks.
Follow Microsoft Standards. Windows, MS Office are very good examples to study.
Please post an example of what your apps looks like. From there we can see what needs to be improved/modified. :wave:
thanks Keithuk, here's my sample layout of one of my programs which i developed for our company. this is contractor employees database. your comment and advise badly neede...
Well, just looking at the picture it looks ok, but I can't see any other forms or code.
What don't you like about the layout?
actually im not satisfied with my layouting ability. in that layout i just dont know if it looks fine to both a new user and old user of the program. is the positioning of my listbox, textboxes, combobox and other controls are appropriate or strategically in-placed.
that's why im in need of a good guidelines in program interface designing...if there is that you know. thanks man, need your reply.
Our basic in-house conventions are:
1) Keep all forms consistent - that is the most important
2) Keep all controls (buttons/check boxes) that require mouse action close to each other - no one wants to move the mouse all over the screen to click something.
3) Use ALT-x type keyboard shortcuts.
4) Make sure that mouse-action is hardly never required - the focus and cursor should move naturally from object to object.
5) Concentrate "mouse-click" controls in upper left corner. You never know when someone will use an improper resolution (too low) and not see the lower right corner of the form - and not be able to click "SAVE" for instance.
I recomend learning some photoshop. If you want to make beautifull appz with out paying for beautifull controls. I am going to make a sample tabbed dialog for ya and you will se what i mean.
Here is the source files
here's a link to a book which you can order or read it online -
User Interface Design for Programmers
wow! i haven't checked some of your samples files or sites 'coz i've just got in, but thanks a lot guys for the big help. i'll check them all now...thanks again.
AtomSoft - how do you customise the tab control llike that? I can't checkout your code post because I can only undo a .zip file. Could you possibly post the code zipped up so that I can work through it. Awsome looking control by the way.
Thanks in Advance
You dont, and cant customize the tab control like that, but you can make 3 different images (if there are 3 tabs), each one showing a different tab button as "pressed" and then use 3 picture boxes to hold those three images, you then add the controls you want to the them, and make transparant labels without captions (placed over the tabs) to act like a button, and if somone presses button (tab) 1 you make the picture1 visible and all others invisible and so on...
Here is a beautifull (not visually :) ) example of how to do it.
So simple when you know how :bigyello: .... and now I know. Thank you baja_yu.
Glad I could help :wave: