Scrolled Forms

[Blinky Bill]

Hi,
I want to use a scrollable form - Can anyone point me in the direction of where to get info on how to do this?

[hellswraith]

Put a scroll bar on the form, then write the code in the scroll event. The code should reposition your controls based on what the scroll bar value is.

[MerrionComputin]

You can do thiw with the ApiWindow class of the EventVB.dll thus:

Option Explicit
 
Dim WithEvents vbLink As EventVB.APIFunctions
Dim WithEvents vbWnd As EventVB.ApiWindow
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
 
Set vbLink = New APIFunctions
 
Set vbWnd = New ApiWindow
With vbWnd
    .hWnd = Me.hWnd
    .ScrollBars = vbBoth
    .AutoScroll = True
End With
 
vbLink.SubclassedWindows.Add vbWnd
 
End Sub

HTH,
Duncan

[Hack]

'Add A Horizontal Scroll bar to the bottom of the screen, and a Vertical Scoll bar 
on the right hand edge.   Add A Picture Control with its border style set to 0 
 
Option Explicit
 
Private iFullFormHeigth As Integer
Private iFullFormWidth As Integer
Private oldvPos As Integer
Private oldhPos As Integer
 
Private Sub GetFullSize()
Dim MyControl As Control
Dim FullHtemp As Integer
Dim FullVtemp As Integer
 
FullHtemp = 0
FullVtemp = 0
For Each MyControl In Me.Controls
   If MyControl.Top + MyControl.Height > FullVtemp Then FullVtemp = MyControl.Top + MyControl.Height
  If MyControl.Left + MyControl.Width > FullHtemp Then FullHtemp = MyControl.Left + MyControl.Width
Next
iFullFormHeigth = FullVtemp + HScroll1.Height
iFullFormWidth = FullHtemp + VScroll1.Width
End Sub
 
Private Sub ScrollMe()
Dim MyControl As Control
'Moves each textbox and Control if the scrollbar is clicked
For Each MyControl In Me.Controls
    If Not (TypeOf MyControl Is VScrollBar) And _
        Not (TypeOf MyControl Is PictureBox) And _
        Not (TypeOf MyControl Is HScrollBar) Then
        MyControl.Top = MyControl.Top + oldvPos - VScroll1.Value
        MyControl.Left = MyControl.Left + oldhPos - HScroll1.Value
    End If
Next
oldvPos = VScroll1.Value
oldhPos = HScroll1.Value
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Resize()
VScroll1.Left = Me.Width - (1.45 * VScroll1.Width)
HScroll1.Top = Me.Height - (2.45 * HScroll1.Height)
 
Picture1.Left = VScroll1.Left
Picture1.Top = HScroll1.Top
 
'If the full screen is already showing,
'then disable the scrollbar
VScroll1.Enabled = (iFullFormHeigth - Me.Height) >= 0
 
'First, make sure we aren't minimized
If Me.ScaleHeight > HScroll1.Height And Me.Width > VScroll1.Width Then
    
    'If there is any more screen to see,
    'modify the scrollbar
    If VScroll1.Enabled Then
        With VScroll1
            .Height = Me.ScaleHeight - HScroll1.Height
            .Min = 0
            .Max = iFullFormHeigth - Me.Height
            .SmallChange = Screen.TwipsPerPixelY * 10
            .LargeChange = Me.ScaleHeight - HScroll1.Height
        End With
 
    'Otherwise, just resize the scrollbar for neatness
    Else
            VScroll1.Height = Me.ScaleHeight - HScroll1.Height
    End If
 
    HScroll1.Enabled = (iFullFormWidth - Me.Width) >= 0
    If HScroll1.Enabled Then
        With HScroll1
            .Width = Me.ScaleWidth - VScroll1.Width
            .Min = 0
            .Max = iFullFormWidth - Me.Width
            .SmallChange = Screen.TwipsPerPixelX * 10
            .LargeChange = Me.ScaleWidth - VScroll1.Width
        End With
 
    Else
        HScroll1.Width = Me.ScaleWidth - VScroll1.Width
    End If
End If
End Sub
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
GetFullSize
Form_Resize
End Sub
 
Private Sub HScroll1_Change()
    Call ScrollMe
End Sub
 
Private Sub HScroll1_Scroll()
    Call ScrollMe
End Sub
 
Private Sub VScroll1_Change()
    Call ScrollMe
End Sub
 
Private Sub VScroll1_Scroll()
    Call ScrollMe
End Sub

[MerrionComputin]

This doesn't scroll any picture controls or scrollbars on your form, so you need to change

If Not (TypeOf MyControl Is VScrollBar) And _
        Not (TypeOf MyControl Is PictureBox) And _
        Not (TypeOf MyControl Is HScrollBar) Then

To

If Not (MyControl.hwnd =  VScroll1.hwnd) And _
        Not (MyControl.hwnd = Picture1.hwnd) And _
        Not (MyControl.hwnd = HScroll1.hwnd) Then

but i still reckon using subclassing to handle the WM_VSCROLL and WM_HSCROLL messages and setting the window styles WS_HSCROLL and WS_VSCROLL as above is a bit neater...

HTH,
Duncan