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- JMMDI.VBX is a custom control for changing the background of an MDI
- control.
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- In VB you cannot change the background of an MDI form.
- If you use a window subclassing control, such as Message Blaster
- or Message Hook, you can control the background through
- the Windows API - err, well sort of. Using these controls to paint
- the background depends on VB delivering events; something you cannot
- count on. There are situations, such as while a dialog box is
- display, where VB does not deliver events.
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- The solution to changing the background of an MDI form is a VBX. The
- MDI effects control is visiable only at design time.
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- The files EXn.EXE are some samples of what you can do with the MDI control.
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- ************************* EVENTS *****************************************
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- The MDI Effect Control has no events.
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- ************************* PROPERTIES *************************************
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- About:
- Displays the About Box
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- Align: Top or Bottom
- This only effects the appearance in design mode.
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- BackColor:
- The background color.
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- BackgroundStyle: 0 = Solid | 1 = Gradiant
- Determines how the background is displayed. If the value is zero
- the background is a solid. If it is 1 then the background color
- gradually changes from the specified background color to black from
- top to bottom.
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- Picture:
- A picture that can be displayed in the background. This can be an
- icon, bitmap, or metafile.
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- PictureStyle: 0 = Centered | 1 = Stretched | 2 = Tiled
- This determines how a picture the picture is displayed. It has no
- effect if Picture is set to (None).
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- Icons can be Centered or Tiled.
- Metafiles are always streched.
- Bitmaps can be Centered, Stretched or Tiled.
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- RasterOP
- You should leave this at zero. This property is there just to play with.
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- The MDI Effects Control is Shareware. To receive the registered version
- send $18 to:
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- VisualWare, Inc.
- 1675 East Main St., Suite 218
- Kent OH 44240
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- Report Problems or Comments to:
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- visualware@interramp.com
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- Copyright (c) 1995 VisualWare, Inc.
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