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Hello,
> > Would the BB list like to make a (short) list of the most desired
elements,
> > with their wanted properties (eq variable colours, variable line
weights, etc?
I think it would be nice XP visual styles support. I have added a
"Blackbox.exe.manifest" file to the blackbox directory to achieve this.
Well, doing this the controls support XP visual styles, but they look
strange: buttons have a white border, the controls are not highlighted when
the mouse is over them and so on.
I would like to point one thing more. We can develop new controls extending
the Controls.Control class, but how can we "import" windows' controls? I
have tried to create new controls using WinApi.CreateWindowEx, but the
controls "disappear" randomly.
Regards,
Juan
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From: "Wojtek Skulski" <skulski{([at]})nowhere.xy
To: "Campbell, Robert D (UK)" <robert.d.campbell{([at]})nowhere.xy
Cc: <blackbox{([at]})nowhere.xy
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 7:29 PM
Subject: Desired Form elements
>
> > Would the BB list like to make a (short) list of the most desired
elements,
> > with their wanted properties (eq variable colours, variable line
weights, etc?
>
> My votes:
>
> 1. The command button whose text and bckgr colour can be changed.
>
> Example use: the button to start/stop a process shows "START" on green
> bckgr when the process is stopped. Once the process is started, the
> same button changes to "STOP" on red bckgr.
>
> 2. Circular slider, i.e., an instrumentation turn knob which can be turned
> around rather than slided back/forth.
>
> Intended use: instrumentation-like panels.
>
> 3. A voltmeter-like gage.
>
> Intended use: instrumentation-like panels.
>
> General comment: these controls should not only look good on screen, like
> the present BB controls. They also should print nice on paper, unlike the
> present BB controls which print awful. Try printing any Form with several
> controls, you will see what "awful" means.
>
> Wojtek
>
>
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