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This section includes reusable items of code,like Class Modules,Modules and ActiveX controls. Encapsulating code into objects like class modules is good programming habit for a number of reasons including easier maintenance of code and great flexibility in creating objects and stuff.

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clsSplitterBar 270k S / C
A class that implements a horizontal splitter bar.




modDeActivate by David Lude 2k S
Functions to deactivate/reactivate Alt+Ctrl+Del , Alt+Tab and "lock" the user's desktop on your program.
modDialUp 7k S / C
3 functions to detect and hang up a Dial Up Networking connection to the internet, and to get the name of the current connection's ISP.
modWindowHandler 5k S / C
This is a set of some useful functions that can move ,resize and close any window on the desktop
as long as you can provide the window's caption.It also includes a function to verify if a
window with a certain caption exists.These have some real potential.
modTrayIcon 5k S / C
A module containing all the declarations and functions you need to put your app in the system tray. All functions are documented and very easy to use.




Virtual PictureBox Control 12k
This is a container control, similar to the picture box control that ships with VB. The difference is that if VPicture is resized and the controls it contains are hidden , scrollbars will appear so that the user can scroll through it's contents. This control makes it extremely easy to create virtual forms.
ColorSelector Control 12k S / C
An ActiveX control that can replace the bulky color common dialog. It provides graphical RGB color selection with 3 scrollbars.
RTFormat Control 25k S / C
This ActiveX control provides an interface for easy selection of font attributes and backcolor/forecolor in one step. This can be quite useful in your options form where you want to allow the user to customize the appearance of a rich text box control.
ActiveCandy by Edward Blake 738k
"A free set of Eye-Candy Controls whose sole purpose is to look neat. These controls are designed to give a "pro- fessional" appearance. Note that this kind of interface is not always considered good interface convention. Especially for work applications. ActiveCandy is more useful for a games interface though. MSVBVM50.DLL and other standard VB5 support files required."
WoodButton 96k S / C
A chic replacement for VB's CommandButton control. It includes an additional caption that can be used to show the button's shortcut.
Text Scroller 20k S / C
A custom control that allows you to add horizontally scrolling text to your VB applications or web pages. The non-extender properties are:
  1. Caption - The text that will scroll
  2. Speed - Self explanatory :)
  3. Direction - You may scroll text to the left or to the right
These properties can be set both at design and runtime mode.Notice that the text will scroll when you're in design mode too! You can only resize the width of the custom control as the height depends on the font of the text.




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*All these need VB's runtime library Msvbvm50.dll in your Windows/System folder
*S indicates that the ZIP includes the source Visual Basic files .
*C indicates that the source code is well commented.
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