Possibillity to create a form size greater then screen size

[michelle]

Hello VB users,

I am trying to create a form size greater then screen size.
For example to create a area of a big factory.
To move to a part what is not on the screen you have to use a scroll bar.

Is this possible? If yes, how do I do this?

Nice regards,

Michelle.

[Joacim Andersson]

Well, you can't or shouldn't make the form it self bigger then the screen. The content of the form may be bigger though.

Add a PictureBox to the form and set it to the size you want the form to have. Add the controls you need to the PictureBox container and then add scrollbars to the form.

Calculate the scrollbars max value by substracting the PictureBox width/height with the forms width/height (this calculation should be done in the Form_Resize event).

Now just move the PictureBox when the scrollbars changes value.

Good luck!

[Mark Sreeves]

what you could do is place a picturebox on a form and position it using scroll bars

take a look at my earlier posting

http://forums.vb-world.net/showthrea...threadid=11227

[Iain17]

Not in the sense that the form can be bigger than the screen. You need to use picture boxes.

- Lets say your form is the size of the screen.
- Place a horizontal and vertical scroll bar on the edges of the form.
-Place A picture box the remaingin size of the form on the form.
-Place a second picture box inside the 1st one
-Place all of your controls in the 2nd picture box.
-The 2nd picture box can be bigger than the 1st picture box.
-place the following code in the scroll bars. You can change it make it smoother.

Private Sub HScroll1_Change()
    Picture2.Left = -HScroll1
End Sub

Private Sub HScroll1_Scroll()
    HScroll1_Change
End Sub

Private Sub VScroll1_Change()
    Picture2.Top = -VScroll1
End Sub

Private Sub VScroll1_Scroll()
    VScroll1_Change
End Sub

Good Luck.

Regards.

[michelle]

Thanks for the answers, but I need also object functionallity. On a picture you can't place a TextBox!

Nice greetings,

Michelle.

[Iain17]

Yes you can

[kedaman]

Note that any control can not be larger than screen. What you are suggesting is to simulate it with scollbars and moving controls.

[Joacim Andersson]

Originally posted by michelle
On a picture you can't place a TextBox!

How told you that? You can add any control to a picturebox.

Or you case change the resolution of the screen, make the form the size of the screen then change it back.

There are a lot of problems that can arise with this method. (it's just a thought)

Yeap have seen an asset system with forms bigger than the screen. Not a nice system to use though.

[kedaman]

No meg, that wont work, it will cut of the parts out of size.