CommonControls (Replacement of the MS common controls)

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Originally Posted by Krool

Update released.
The performance of the ToolBar has been increased.
This was achieved by internally doing at some points (if applicable) a invalidation instead of a refresh.

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Very good, works well, thanks.

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Changing .TextAlignment will cause re-creating of the control. During the re-creation LockWindowUpdate is used:

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Maybe LockWindowUpdate does cause a screen flicker in your particular app, just a guess.

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It does.
I don't use LockWindowUpdate in the app, which could be the cause.
Also I don't know of other controls that do, at least I can't find because they are compiled (CC5).

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Refer to http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...=1#post5108773 for reason and explanation.

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Understood.
This improvement will work for sure if VBCCR is alone in the world.

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Solution could be to set the .TextAlignment already at design-time to the wanted value.

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This solution works very ok.
Changing .TextAlignment is very unlikely.
Flickering is solved so far.

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Originally Posted by Karl77

Understood.
This improvement will work for sure if VBCCR is alone in the world.

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Also see http://fgaillard.com/2011/02/the-unf...-wm_setredraw/

I won't switch back to WM_SETREDRAW. :)

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Originally Posted by Krool

Also see http://fgaillard.com/2011/02/the-unf...-wm_setredraw/

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Very informative.
The desktop flicker occurs when the handle is 0, right?

My initial problem is solved anyway.
But it is interesting why the flicker comes up in your Recreate.

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I won't switch back to WM_SETREDRAW. :)

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Why should you?

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Originally Posted by Krool

The performance of the ToolBar has been increased.
This was achieved by internally doing at some points (if applicable) a invalidation instead of a refresh.

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I forgot to report the advantage.
Before: 250 msec. and more
Now: 16 msec., and less

VBCCR14.OCX v1.4.0.50
Control: ListView in Report mode

hi krool,

i drag and dropped a folder with unicode characters in the name from the windows explorer on the list view in report mode but the event "OLEDragDrop" just returns the folder path in ANSI and the unicode characters are replaced with char "?".

Is this something you can fix?

VBCCR14.OCX v1.4.0.50
Control: ListView in Report mode

Hi Krool,

i use the following code with a list view in report mode but the content of the list view doesnt get mirrored as expected:

lvwFF.RightToLeft = True
lvwFF.RightToLeftLayout = True

i tried that code with win7x64 and the display language arabic.

Any ideas why this is not working?

Attachment 152451

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Originally Posted by Mith

VBCCR14.OCX v1.4.0.50
Control: ListView in Report mode

Hi Krool,

i use the following code with a list view in report mode but the content of the list view doesnt get mirrored as expected:

lvwFF.RightToLeft = True
lvwFF.RightToLeftLayout = True

i tried that code with win7x64 and the display language arabic.

Any ideas why this is not working?

Attachment 152451

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How is .RightToLeftMode set?

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How is .RightToLeftMode set?

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.RightToLeftMode = CCRightToLeftModeVBAME

i didnt set/changed this option. its the standard value.

ok, i could solve the problem after changing the value to:

.RightToLeftMode =CCRightToLeftModeNoControl

Attachment 152465

thx for the hint!

Update released.

This time the CoolBar control got my attention to make the control better.

First bugfix is that changing the VerticalGripper property on a vertical orientation CoolBar control was cumbersome.
The solution was to reset all header size dimensions to -1, thus the control has to recalculate them.

Second bugfix was that the HideCaption property of a Band was never written to the property bag.. easy fix to include in WriteProperties.

The actual improvement (make the control better) is as following:

The ForeColor of a Band (whether derived via 'UseCoolBarColors' or directly) was not supported when visual styles are applied.
However, that improvement works only on Vista+ (minimum comctl32.dll 6.1) since DrawThemeTextEx is not supported in Windows XP.

Attachment 152501

But there is another glitch that is fixed also for Windows XP. (MS never fixed this since Windows XP)
However, that glitch does not appear when visual styles are not applied.

The glitch can be replicated in following scenario:
Orientation = 1 - Vertical
VerticalGripper = True
3 Bands with initial settings except MinHeight of 1st Band set to 800 and input Caption text of "asd asd yxcyxc".
Then at run-time drag the band from left to right.

Before:
Attachment 152503

After:
Attachment 152505

As can be seen the text "asd asd yxcyxc" is measured by MS always on top-left and not the actual band coordinates.

These enhancements can be switched off by the conditional compilation constant 'ImplementThemedReBarFix'.

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Originally Posted by Mith

VBCCR14.OCX v1.4.0.50
Control: ListView in Report mode

hi krool,

i drag and dropped a folder with unicode characters in the name from the windows explorer on the list view in report mode but the event "OLEDragDrop" just returns the folder path in ANSI and the unicode characters are replaced with char "?".

Is this something you can fix?

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i used this code:

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Private Sub lvwTest_OLEDragDrop(data As DataObject, Effect As Long, Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, y As Single)

Dim I As Long

If data.GetFormat(vbCFFiles) Then

  For I = 1 To data.Files.Count
           
      ' data.Files.Item(I) is ANSI and contains no unicode characters
     
  Next I

End If

End Sub

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Originally Posted by Mith

i used this code:

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Private Sub lvwTest_OLEDragDrop(data As DataObject, Effect As Long, Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, y As Single)

Dim I As Long

If data.GetFormat(vbCFFiles) Then

  For I = 1 To data.Files.Count
           
      ' data.Files.Item(I) is ANSI and contains no unicode characters
     
  Next I

End If

End Sub

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http://cyberactivex.com/UnicodeTutor...gDrop_or_Paste

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Originally Posted by Krool

http://cyberactivex.com/UnicodeTutor...gDrop_or_Paste

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How about we implement this inside VBCCR14.OCX to support unicode at the OLEDragDrop-event for all controls?

SUBCLASSING ADVICE

Up to now I use SSUBTMR6.DLL for subclassing.
From now on, I want to use the same technique that Krool uses in his controls.

I'm stuck.
Implements ISubclass creates the ISubclass_Message function, and I could do what I want from there.
But I don't know how to bring messages into the game.
In SSUBTMR6.DLL I simply had to attach/detach messages, which I could process in ISubclass_WindowProc.

How does it work with Krool's subclassing?
A very basic example would help me out.

Thank you.

Edit:
I try this in the main form of the example (post #1).

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Originally Posted by Karl77

SUBCLASSING ADVICE

Up to now I use SSUBTMR6.DLL for subclassing.
From now on, I want to use the same technique that Krool uses in his controls.

I'm stuck.
Implements ISubclass creates the ISubclass_Message function, and I could do what I want from there.
But I don't know how to bring messages into the game.
In SSUBTMR6.DLL I simply had to attach/detach messages, which I could process in ISubclass_WindowProc.

How does it work with Krool's subclassing?
A very basic example would help me out.

Thank you.

Edit:
I try this in the main form of the example (post #1).

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Krool's method (common controls subclassing) does not filter messages. unless intercepted, you get them all.

also you gotta make sure you forward to ComCtlsDefaultProc (DefSubclassProc) in your ISubclass_Message

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Option Explicit

Implements ISubclass

Private Sub Form_Load()
    ComCtlsSetSubclass hWnd, Me, 0
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
    ComCtlsRemoveSubclass hWnd
End Sub

Private Function ISubclass_Message(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long, ByVal dwRefData As Long) As Long
    Select Case wMsg
        Case WM_DESTROY
    End Select
    ISubclass_Message = ComCtlsDefaultProc(hWnd, wMsg, wParam, lParam)
End Function

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Originally Posted by DEXWERX

Krool's method (common controls subclassing) does not filter messages. unless intercepted, you get them all.

also you gotta make sure you forward to ComCtlsDefaultProc (DefSubclassProc) in your ISubclass_Message

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Option Explicit

Implements ISubclass

Private Sub Form_Load()
    ComCtlsSetSubclass hWnd, Me, 0
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
    ComCtlsRemoveSubclass hWnd
End Sub

Private Function ISubclass_Message(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long, ByVal dwRefData As Long) As Long
    Select Case wMsg
        Case WM_DESTROY
    End Select
    ISubclass_Message = ComCtlsDefaultProc(hWnd, wMsg, wParam, lParam)
End Function

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Thank you DEXWERX.
That was very helpful.

PAGER PROBLEMS

See attached project.
Attachment 152591

There are 3 Pagers.

Pager1 (red) is vertical.
Buddycontrol is Picture1, set at design time.

Pager2 (blue) is horizontal.
Buddycontrol is Picture2, set at design time.

Pager3 (lila) is horizontal.
Buddycontrol is Toolbar1, set at design time.

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When I start, only Pager3 catches the Buddy correct.
To assign the Buddies in Form:Load doesn't help.
When the Form is loaded, the CommandButton works to do it.

b)
Now let's resize the form manually.
Watch the Pager Buttons.
The Pager shows it's Button wrong.
It doesn't refer to the contained window size.
Also when we resize back and forth, this Button shows up at different window sizes.


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With a toolbar as the contained window, it works ok.

Do I do something wrong, or is a PictureBox not suitable for a Pager?

Thanks
Karl

VBCCR14.OCX v1.4.0.56
Control: ListView in Report mode

Does anyone know how to center the icons at the column header and the subitems?

Attachment 152623

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    ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Name", 2000, LvwColumnHeaderAlignmentLeft
    ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Symbol", 1200, LvwColumnHeaderAlignmentCenter
    ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Anything", 1200, LvwColumnHeaderAlignmentRight

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    ListView1.ColumnHeaders(2).Alignment = LvwColumnHeaderAlignmentCenter

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is there a tool ,can be used to upgrade or migrate VB common Controls sp6 to CCRP v 1.4 ???
had any one ade or used a tool like this , speciall for ToolBar and ImageList ... ??
if yes please guide me or provie me a link to such tool

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Originally Posted by Karl77

PAGER PROBLEMS

There are 3 Pagers.

Pager1 (red) is vertical.
Buddycontrol is Picture1, set at design time.

Pager2 (blue) is horizontal.
Buddycontrol is Picture2, set at design time.

Pager3 (lila) is horizontal.
Buddycontrol is Toolbar1, set at design time.

a)
When I start, only Pager3 catches the Buddy correct.
To assign the Buddies in Form:Load doesn't help.
When the Form is loaded, the CommandButton works to do it.

b)
Now let's resize the form manually.
Watch the Pager Buttons.
The Pager shows it's Button wrong.
It doesn't refer to the contained window size.
Also when we resize back and forth, this Button shows up at different window sizes.


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With a toolbar as the contained window, it works ok.

Do I do something wrong, or is a PictureBox not suitable for a Pager?

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There is indeed a specialty with the PictureBox control.
It seems that the PictureBox will be re-sized by the Pager control. Also the issue with not able to set at design-time or at Form_Load is strange.
For example setting a FrameW control (pure VB.UserControl only) works without issues.

However, with following workaround you get the PictureBox behavior also correct:

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Private Sub Form_Load()
' Preserve dimensions as the PictureBox will be re-sized by Pager control due to unknown reasons..
H1 = Picture1.Height + (Pager1.BorderWidth * 2)
W1 = Picture2.Width + (Pager2.BorderWidth * 2)

End Sub

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Don't let the Pager control calculate the sizes automatically, adjust to preserved dimensions accordingly.

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Private Sub Pager1_CalcSize(Width As Single, Height As Single)
Height = H1
End Sub

Private Sub Pager2_CalcSize(Width As Single, Height As Single)
Width = W1
End Sub

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Originally Posted by Krool

There is indeed a specialty with the PictureBox control.
It seems that the PictureBox will be re-sized by the Pager control. Also the issue with not able to set at design-time or at Form_Load is strange.
For example setting a FrameW control (pure VB.UserControl only) works without issues.

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I wondered why my PictureBox size changes magically as well.
Of course I investigated my code first...

Ok, this workaround will work.
In my case the PictureBox size is quite dynamic, and I need to set and get the size often.
This workaround is too cumbersome for me.

I will use FrameW with BorderStyle = 0.
(Just found out that 0 doesn't draw frame and caption).

Solved so far, thank you.

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Originally Posted by chosk

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    ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Name", 2000, LvwColumnHeaderAlignmentLeft
    ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Symbol", 1200, LvwColumnHeaderAlignmentCenter
    ListView1.ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Anything", 1200, LvwColumnHeaderAlignmentRight

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or

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    ListView1.ColumnHeaders(2).Alignment = LvwColumnHeaderAlignmentCenter

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I tried this code but is doesnt center the icons at the columnheader and the subitem.

Columnheader:

Adding one space char at the text property of the columnheader fixed the problem and the columnheader icon gets centered with the text (" ").

Subitem:

I also added a space char to the text property of the subitem but the icon of the subitems is still left-aligned...

Attachment 152653

Maybe krool can check if this is a bug inside his code or a MS-related problem...

hi krool,

i loaded two different files with unicode text into the RichTextBox and the font always was changed automatically at a specific line.

Here at the 3. line:

Attachment 152717
Download: Attachment 152721

and here at the 7. line:

Attachment 152719
Download: Attachment 152723

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rtfTest.LoadFile sFile$, RtfLoadSaveFormatUnicodeText

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After loading the unicode files i had set the font again but it doesnt changed the font display at the RichTextBox...any hints whats going here?

the control automatically jumps to font substitution as soon as you get to a character not available in the original font.
try using a font that has those characters already.

ListBoxW etc. is lack of DataMember, DataSource, DataFeild,DataFormat properties... Can you implement those like VBFlexGrid?

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Originally Posted by DEXWERX

the control automatically jumps to font substitution as soon as you get to a character not available in the original font.
try using a font that has those characters already.

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Thank you very much for that hint!

Setting the font of the RichTextBox to "Arial Unicode MS" fixed the problem!

Update released.

Certain tweaks done in order to run better in the VBA environment.
In theory those tweaks only would effect the OCX version. However, to be in sync the Std-EXE version got tweaked as well.
There is no actual difference for VB6 IDE. It works like before.

But for new VBCCR14.OCX (rev 61 onwards) and for future VBCCR15.OCX the support for the VBA IDE is better.
Certainly newer Office version (e.g. 2010) is not so "sensitive" as older Office version (e.g. XP, 2002) for crashes.
However, all tests are done in Office 2002 to be reliable.

Also the "Cannot call friend function on object which is not an instance of defining class" error for the class collection objects is fixed. (VBA only)

In order to replace to new version of the OCX it is strongly recommended to delete certain cache files for MS Office:

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C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE\VBCCR14.exd

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C:\Users\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Forms\VBCCR14.exd

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Those cache files do only exist when previously loaded VBCCR14 into the toolbox on a UserForm.

Then replace the new VBCCR14.OCX in the system directory.

Update released.

Again some further tweaks to run better in the VBA environment.
There might be some pitfalls left. (e.g. StatusBar is known to still makes some troubles)

However, as described in previous post the cache files should be deleted (again) when attempting to replace the OCX.

Tested newest version, ListView downward dragging bug still exists.

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...=1#post5087103

Also with MultiSelect=True, dragging moves only item under mouse cursor.

and...

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LvwListItem.ListSubItems.Add objSub.Index, objSub.Key, objSub.Text, objSub.ReportIcon, objSub.ToolTipText

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Wrong number of parameters -> missing tooltip parameter.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...(v=vs.60).aspx

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Originally Posted by Tech99

Tested newest version, ListView downward dragging bug still exists.

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...=1#post5087103

Also with MultiSelect=True, dragging moves only item under mouse cursor.

and...

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LvwListItem.ListSubItems.Add objSub.Index, objSub.Key, objSub.Text, objSub.ReportIcon, objSub.ToolTipText

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Wrong number of parameters -> missing tooltip parameter.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...(v=vs.60).aspx

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Update released.

Thanks for the hint of missing 'ToolTipText' parameter in .ListSubItems.Add in the ListView control.
Also good that this has been fixed now before the release of VBCCR15. (VBCCR14 can not be fixed in this regard due to binary compatibility)

Concerning the downward dragging. This might not be a bug, rather a feature when 'SnapToGrid' property is True. :)

Hi all ,
I need to use the latest features for the ocx , but as Krool stated , he will release version 5 later this year or the next one . I tried to build a new activex control project and attach the controls and all common elements to it but it is difficult for me to set instances for class modules . I tried to open the STDexe project and change its type to activex control project after removing all forms and setting all user controls to public but did not work too . I think this is something related to conditional compiling . I need an activex control project holding the controls to be able to compile them to the ocx version or use the project itself in a group project without compliling . How can I do this ? and what I am missing here ? krool .

I see no problem in what you're trying to achieve but make sure you changed the CLSID of the project AND the output filename of the OCX to avoid compatibility issue. if someone make a commercial product out of krool ocx and on the same computer the client is using your product, one of the program (eitheir the commercial product or yours) won't load...

EDIT: in the first few post, KROOL made the exact same warning about this.

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Originally Posted by VbNetMatrix

I see no problem in what you're trying to achieve but make sure you changed the CLSID of the project AND the output filename of the OCX to avoid compatibility issue. if someone make a commercial product out of krool ocx and on the same computer the client is using your product, one of the program (eitheir the commercial product or yours) won't load...

EDIT: in the first few post, KROOL made the exact same warning about this.

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Thanks ,vbnet . Regardless of the point of compatibility , the program raises errors after changing its type to Activex control .

here is what I have done :

1- I opened the STDexe project
2- removed all forms
3- changed its type to activex control project
4- A message appears " the project (start mode) property has changed "
5- set all user controls to public
6- set the "IsubClass" class module instances to global multiuse .
7- removed the line which loads the main form from Sub_main()
8- tried to compile to ocx , then error is raised as the next picture implies
Attachment 153369

what is missed here?

Hosam, I will soon release VBCCR15.OCX for sure.
So I suggest you wait a little bit further.

The point is I want to ensure VBA works pretty good from the beginning of VBCCR15.
I am almost done. 2 updates already released for VBA improvement. But a 3 (final one) is needed.

So again, please little patience. :)

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Originally Posted by Krool

Hosam, I will soon release VBCCR15.OCX for sure.
So I suggest you wait a little bit further.

The point is I want to ensure VBA works pretty good from the beginning of VBCCR15.
I am almost done. 2 updates already released for VBA improvement. But a 3 (final one) is needed.

So again, please little patience. :)

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No offense krool , take your time . I am not hustling you at all . I know it is a headache developing such GIANT project . But if you dont mind , I am still in need to solve this problem because I want to accomplish a base for my new project and I want to work on the level of user controls not the ocx or make it as a separate ocx maybe after some final customization . Also I want to solve it to add this problem to my too little knowledge . Thanks for your patience Krool.

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Originally Posted by Hosam AL Dein

Thanks ,vbnet . Regardless of the point of compatibility , the program raises errors after changing its type to Activex control .

here is what I have done :

1- I opened the STDexe project
2- removed all forms
3- changed its type to activex control project
4- A message appears " the project (start mode) property has changed "
5- set all user controls to public
6- set the "IsubClass" class module instances to global multiuse .
7- removed the line which loads the main form from Sub_main()
8- tried to compile to ocx , then error is raised as the next picture implies
Attachment 153369

what is missed here?

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the image you provide is blurry and I cannot read it to see the error msg.
it seem to do with the public enum wich cannot be passed at outside perogative (normal)

however, did you tried to compare your change with the existing (previous version) ocx project ?

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Originally Posted by VbNetMatrix

the image you provide is blurry and I cannot read it to see the error msg.
it seem to do with the public enum wich cannot be passed at outside perogative (normal)

however, did you tried to compare your change with the existing (previous version) ocx project ?

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I did not change anything in code . I think this is due to conditional compiling for enums variables which varies from one project type to another .

If you or anyone here can make this and provide me with the proper steps I will be so grateful . I want to know how this is done to at least increase my knowledge .

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Originally Posted by Hosam AL Dein

I did not change anything in code . I think this is due to conditional compiling for enums variables which varies from one project type to another .

If you or anyone here can make this and provide me with the proper steps I will be so grateful . I want to know how this is done to at least increase my knowledge .

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I did a little tinkering for that it looks like you need to remove some of the code in the ComCtlsBase module, and put it in the ISubclass class module.
krool has put this code I different locations in the ocx source code then in the exe, I am not sure why. Please enlighten us krool
below is the code you should move, try it and report your results, so others can be helped

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#If False Then
Private OLEDropModeNone, OLEDropModeManual
Private CCAppearanceFlat, CCAppearance3D
Private CCBorderStyleNone, CCBorderStyleSingle, CCBorderStyleThin, CCBorderStyleSunken, CCBorderStyleRaised
Private CCBackStyleTransparent, CCBackStyleOpaque
Private CCLeftRightAlignmentLeft, CCLeftRightAlignmentRight
Private CCVerticalAlignmentTop, CCVerticalAlignmentCenter, CCVerticalAlignmentBottom
Private CCIMEModeNoControl, CCIMEModeOn, CCIMEModeOff, CCIMEModeDisable, CCIMEModeHiragana, CCIMEModeKatakana, CCIMEModeKatakanaHalf, CCIMEModeAlphaFull, CCIMEModeAlpha, CCIMEModeHangulFull, CCIMEModeHangul
Private CCRightToLeftModeNoControl, CCRightToLeftModeVBAME, CCRightToLeftModeSystemLocale, CCRightToLeftModeUserLocale, CCRightToLeftModeOSLanguage
#End If
Public Enum OLEDropModeConstants
OLEDropModeNone = vbOLEDropNone
OLEDropModeManual = vbOLEDropManual
End Enum
Public Enum CCAppearanceConstants
CCAppearanceFlat = 0
CCAppearance3D = 1
End Enum
Public Enum CCBorderStyleConstants
CCBorderStyleNone = 0
CCBorderStyleSingle = 1
CCBorderStyleThin = 2
CCBorderStyleSunken = 3
CCBorderStyleRaised = 4
End Enum
Public Enum CCBackStyleConstants
CCBackStyleTransparent = 0
CCBackStyleOpaque = 1
End Enum
Public Enum CCLeftRightAlignmentConstants
CCLeftRightAlignmentLeft = 0
CCLeftRightAlignmentRight = 1
End Enum
Public Enum CCVerticalAlignmentConstants
CCVerticalAlignmentTop = 0
CCVerticalAlignmentCenter = 1
CCVerticalAlignmentBottom = 2
End Enum
Public Enum CCIMEModeConstants
CCIMEModeNoControl = 0
CCIMEModeOn = 1
CCIMEModeOff = 2
CCIMEModeDisable = 3
CCIMEModeHiragana = 4
CCIMEModeKatakana = 5
CCIMEModeKatakanaHalf = 6
CCIMEModeAlphaFull = 7
CCIMEModeAlpha = 8
CCIMEModeHangulFull = 9
CCIMEModeHangul = 10
End Enum
Public Enum CCRightToLeftModeConstants
CCRightToLeftModeNoControl = 0
CCRightToLeftModeVBAME = 1
CCRightToLeftModeSystemLocale = 2
CCRightToLeftModeUserLocale = 3
CCRightToLeftModeOSLanguage = 4
End Enum

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In addition to what Semke stated please remove the WM_STYLECHANGED handler on those controls that have a WindowProcUserControlDesignMode function in it. (Recommended)

Also I put an IObjectSafety implementation on the controls. (Optional)

And also the controls in the Property Pages are replaced to support Unicode at design time. (Optional)

So in my case it is a little bit of work to migrate to OCX version. But of course you can skip the 2 last steps.
The 1. step however you should consider. (WM_STYLECHANGED)

And as side note I do also a little bit of cleanup in the OCX version. (e.g. VisualStyles.bas is reduced to what is necessary etc.)

Thanks semke , I followed what you provided and it worked . An essential step to add to the previous ones is that I changed the instances for all class modules to "GlobalMultiuse" . I will summarize the steps here

Steps for converting STDexe to Activex control project :


1- Open the STDexe project
2- Remove all forms
3- Change the project type to Activex control project
4- A message appears " the project (start mode) property has changed "
5- Set all user controls to public
6- Set all class modules instances to GlobalMultiuse .
7- Remove the line which loads the main form from Sub_main()
8-Remove this code from ComCtlsBase module, and put it in the ISubclass class module

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#If False Then
Private OLEDropModeNone, OLEDropModeManual
Private CCAppearanceFlat, CCAppearance3D
Private CCBorderStyleNone, CCBorderStyleSingle, CCBorderStyleThin, CCBorderStyleSunken, CCBorderStyleRaised
Private CCBackStyleTransparent, CCBackStyleOpaque
Private CCLeftRightAlignmentLeft, CCLeftRightAlignmentRight
Private CCVerticalAlignmentTop, CCVerticalAlignmentCenter, CCVerticalAlignmentBottom
Private CCIMEModeNoControl, CCIMEModeOn, CCIMEModeOff, CCIMEModeDisable, CCIMEModeHiragana, CCIMEModeKatakana, CCIMEModeKatakanaHalf, CCIMEModeAlphaFull, CCIMEModeAlpha, CCIMEModeHangulFull, CCIMEModeHangul
Private CCRightToLeftModeNoControl, CCRightToLeftModeVBAME, CCRightToLeftModeSystemLocale, CCRightToLeftModeUserLocale, CCRightToLeftModeOSLanguage
#End If
Public Enum OLEDropModeConstants
OLEDropModeNone = vbOLEDropNone
OLEDropModeManual = vbOLEDropManual
End Enum
Public Enum CCAppearanceConstants
CCAppearanceFlat = 0
CCAppearance3D = 1
End Enum
Public Enum CCBorderStyleConstants
CCBorderStyleNone = 0
CCBorderStyleSingle = 1
CCBorderStyleThin = 2
CCBorderStyleSunken = 3
CCBorderStyleRaised = 4
End Enum
Public Enum CCBackStyleConstants
CCBackStyleTransparent = 0
CCBackStyleOpaque = 1
End Enum
Public Enum CCLeftRightAlignmentConstants
CCLeftRightAlignmentLeft = 0
CCLeftRightAlignmentRight = 1
End Enum
Public Enum CCVerticalAlignmentConstants
CCVerticalAlignmentTop = 0
CCVerticalAlignmentCenter = 1
CCVerticalAlignmentBottom = 2
End Enum
Public Enum CCIMEModeConstants
CCIMEModeNoControl = 0
CCIMEModeOn = 1
CCIMEModeOff = 2
CCIMEModeDisable = 3
CCIMEModeHiragana = 4
CCIMEModeKatakana = 5
CCIMEModeKatakanaHalf = 6
CCIMEModeAlphaFull = 7
CCIMEModeAlpha = 8
CCIMEModeHangulFull = 9
CCIMEModeHangul = 10
End Enum
Public Enum CCRightToLeftModeConstants
CCRightToLeftModeNoControl = 0
CCRightToLeftModeVBAME = 1
CCRightToLeftModeSystemLocale = 2
CCRightToLeftModeUserLocale = 3
CCRightToLeftModeOSLanguage = 4
End Enum

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These steps are open for any modification and addition by anyone who finds them incomplete or missing some points to be added or mentioned

The previous steps are tested and the project works fine and I have not yet applied Krool`s steps . However , I am going to go on this advice and remove the exception until it is suitable time for krool to explain the reason for this step and the case which will raise a problem if these exceptions were not removed . Thanks all for help