How to start the common dialog in thumbnail view. Emulates the button clicks needed to show the common dialog form in thumbnail view. The app is hooked to watch for the common dialog creation messages, and a Timer back on the form is activated to programatically click the proper button locations. This sample uses a derivative of the… Read More »
How to show an icon in the taskbar button for a borderless form. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170904-051020-TASKICON.ZIP 9/4/2017 5:10:20 AM 1648
How to limit lines in a TextBox control. Shows how to limit a TextBox to a specific number of characters per line and a specific number of lines. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170904-051253-TEXTLIMT.ZIP 9/4/2017 5:12:53 AM 1876
How to “put” your program in the System Tray. Responds to mouse click without needing a callback procedure. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170901-090702-SYSTRAY.ZIP 9/1/2017 9:07:02 AM 2697
Ever wonder how to make your forms dock to one another? This demo shows you how to make your forms sticky. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170901-090237-STICKY4.ZIP 9/1/2017 9:02:37 AM 3118
How to implement snapping to a grid. Draws a Line and Shape (box) control on a user-defined grid. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170901-085916-SNAPGRD.ZIP 9/1/2017 8:59:16 AM 2180
How to properly display a pop-up menu from a system tray icon. Responds to mouse click without needing a callback procedure, plus allows keyboard focus from a pop-up menu. Properly erases the menu when the user clicks somewhere other than the pop-up menu. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170901-090922-SYSTRAY2.ZIP 9/1/2017 9:09:22 AM 4003
How to implement Windows standard file operations (copy, move, delete). Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170820-065834-SHCOPY.ZIP 8/20/2017 6:58:34 AM 2085
Retrieve folders such as the Desktop and My Documents. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170901-085711-SHFOLDER.ZIP 9/1/2017 8:57:11 AM 2659
How to Shell to another program and wait for it to finish. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170820-071133-SHELLWAT.ZIP 8/20/2017 7:11:33 AM 1433