hi there...

im developing an app that's needs to be pretty (the users are graphics designers, imagine yourself)..
well, i have some problems with frames, grids, and sstab because i cannot change some of their colour to match the rest of the app..

did anyone see around there something to accomplish it??

i was looking for a couple of days, and the only thing i found is how to make hover buttoms (that works perfect) but not the rest..

also they want the menu bar to be in the middle of the screen, I try with a coolbar, because i can use a background with it, but then i have to put a toolbar on it and lost the background.. any work around???

thanks in advance..

Gonzalo Bianchi

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Dear Gonzalo,
VB is not the best tool to make a custom interface. The only way to change the view of standard controls is to subclass them and change their properties via API in the WM_PAINT event. This is why there is a whole pletora of third party components, and also why people spend 30% of their develepment time to design their own user controls.
The only third party component I still use is the ActiveBar (version 1) by DataDynamics because was cheap, light weight and doing a good job for a detachable tool bar controls. In the 2.0 version they added a lot of other components I do not need, and therefore I cannot speak of.
Marco

well.. i know is hard to accomplish good look and feel.. but i manage to do some things with some api's and i found a nice button with hover capacity and flat...

but thanks for your answer...

and at least for the moment.. im not subclassing anything...


Gonzalo Bianchi

Hi Gonzalo,

I also want to do the same thing as you. I want to paint my complete SSTab control with some color.
Did you get any clue, how to do that?
If so please let me know.

Thanks,
Minal

Technically the only way is to subclass it.
Tried it too and works, but can loose performance easily.

If you want a quick fix, just lay a label in the ssTab object and do this for every page.
After that change the label to the colour you want.
Basically the same effect and no performance loss.

Oh yeah, don't forget to send the label to the back in the sstab, so other objects will display on top of it!

well, you can make your interface using BMP's, and 100s of PICTURE controls