A shorter gradient code

[Madboy]

No worries, i found an old code merri posted to help me with. However if you have a shorter faster loading code, please post!

Option Explicit
 
Private Type TRIVERTEX
    x As Long
    y As Long
    Red As Integer
    Green As Integer
    Blue As Integer
    Alpha As Integer
End Type
 
Private Type GRADIENT_RECT
    UpperLeft As Long
    LowerRight As Long
End Type
 
Const GRADIENT_FILL_RECT_H As Long = &H0
Const GRADIENT_FILL_RECT_V  As Long = &H1
Const GRADIENT_FILL_TRIANGLE As Long = &H2
Const GRADIENT_FILL_OP_FLAG As Long = &HFF
 
Private Declare Function GradientFillRect Lib "msimg32" Alias "GradientFill" (ByVal hdc As Long, pVertex As TRIVERTEX, ByVal dwNumVertex As Long, pMesh As GRADIENT_RECT, ByVal dwNumMesh As Long, ByVal dwMode As Long) As Long
 
Private Function LongToUShort(Unsigned As Long) As Integer
LongToUShort = CInt(Unsigned - &H10000)
End Function
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
Me.ScaleMode = vbPixels
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Paint()
    Dim vert(1) As TRIVERTEX
    Dim gRect As GRADIENT_RECT
 
    With vert(0)
        .x = 0
        .y = 0
        .Red = 0&
        .Green = 0&
        .Blue = 0&
        .Alpha = 0&
    End With
 
    With vert(1)
        .x = Me.ScaleWidth
        .y = Me.ScaleHeight
        .Red = 0&
        .Green = 0&
        .Blue = LongToUShort(&HFF00&)
        .Alpha = 0&
    End With
 
    gRect.UpperLeft = 0
    gRect.LowerRight = 1
 
    GradientFillRect Me.hdc, vert(0), 2, gRect, 1, GRADIENT_FILL_RECT_H
End Sub

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