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| Submitted on: 6/2/2001 12:14:23 PM
By: Mick Doherty
Level: Intermediate
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Compatibility:VB 5.0
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| | | This turned out to be more difficult to work out than the drawing of a button on the titlebar.
Of course once I'd got it it was simple.
Once again this code uses subclassing so always use the forms close button or the menus exit to stop the project, or you will crash.
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6/2/2001 2:30:18 PM:Brandon McPherson
Nice work, man!
5 globes from me....
clean code, well documented and runs
like a champ! It's nice to see someone
coming up with cool interface ideas!
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6/2/2001 2:46:07 PM:Jonathan Jarvis
This is great! It is the simplist and
most understandable menu drawing
example I've ever seen!
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6/3/2001 7:40:27 AM:J Stover
Great Code! I've been trying to figure
out how it was done. You really set my
mind at ease. Thanks
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6/4/2001 1:21:41 PM:Elias from NY
Cool effect.
Simple to
implement.
Clean code.
Fairly
commented.
What else could I ask
for?
I am giving 5 planets for you!
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6/6/2001 5:52:04 AM:Valenitn
Voted five - your piece is nicely
commented, idea is good, code is
comprehendable; in a word, ideal PSC
item. But... (1) by it you introduce a
style, and no element of style could
exists in isolation. Means the same
style must apply to the form, and
normal menus as well, and maybe to the
other controls (2) what value you add?
E.g., bitmaps in menus shorten learning
curve for toolbar icons, so they
justified. But what purpose this
feature can serve?
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6/6/2001 7:23:12 AM:Mr.B
It is a amazing work indeed. I'm not
sure if this is a bug or not. I'm using
Korean version of Windows 98 Second
Edition. The first I clicked, the side
bar of the menu always appeared
'wrong.' The second time I tried it, it
was working fine. If this is a bug, I
think it should be easy to fix.
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6/6/2001 10:24:15 AM:Mick Doherty
I have not seen this incorrect drawing
so I cannot comment on this.
You
should note however, that I have made
no attempt to account for a second
Ownerdraw MenuItem or other OwnerDraw
Controls. It was meant simply to
introduce you to the basics of
OwnerDraw. Hopefully from here you will
learn more about MeasureItemStruct and
DrawItemStruct so that you can build
Case statements into the MeasureMenu
and DrawMenu subroutines and then
modify only the desired item.
You
will notice that if you remove the
Titlebar from the form you will have no
picture. I am hoping that you are going
to adapt this code for your own
requirements, and BitBlt a picture to
the sidebar. I used the DrawCaption
method here for simplicity, rather than
correctness.
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6/7/2001 1:35:22 AM:Nathan Chere
Just out of curiosity is this the same
way the Start menu does it? Or the ICQ
menu?
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6/7/2001 8:36:57 AM:Mick Doherty
Using a Spy Tool on the Start Menu will
show you that the Menu is of class
"ToolbarWindow32" and the SideBar is of
Class "BaseBar".
ICQ menu uses
custom controls.
So the simple
answer is no.
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6/11/2001 5:02:37 PM:Syntax
Great code. 5 globes from me:-)
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6/15/2001 2:28:28 PM:Doctor Evil
I great menu modification solution is
availible from vbAccelerator. You can
use ICQ-sytle seperators, icons, and
easy OwnerDraw options, with an example
on gradient sidebars. Menu:
http://vbaccelerator.com/codelib/cpopmen
u/cnewmenu.htm; Sidebar:
http://vbaccelerator.com/codelib/cpopmen
u/icqmenu.htm
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6/16/2001 2:29:17 AM:Benji
great code though is there away to
attach it to form menus without the
popups???
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6/18/2001 7:13:39 AM:Mick Doherty
vbAccelerator's example is indeed
excellent, however, it uses it's own
menu dll, probably written in C++, so
you do not really get an Idea of what
is going on. If you just want pretty
menus without knowing how they are
created then use their
sample.
Benji: I haven't tried that
but I will look into it. I am sure it
is just a case of using InsertMenuItem
and ModifyMenu to update the flag for
the first menuitem.
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6/28/2001 2:23:14 AM:Chris Hatton
good work, this will come in handy 5/5
globes
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7/9/2001 11:47:40 PM:Greg C.
Mick Doherty, all of vbAccelerator's
controls are made from Pure VB (not C++
or somthing else, like said above)!!
you can download the source to, for
free!
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7/21/2001 8:40:11 AM:Verburgh Peter
Great stuff ! 5/5 !
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8/3/2001 4:48:28 PM:Verburgh Peter
Tnx For sharing this amazing code.
I
have use it in my application on PSC
called NetWatch
Tnx !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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8/31/2001 11:41:00 AM:Nickels
How to put Icons next to menus like
this one??
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9/1/2001 7:34:30 AM:Mick Doherty
Take a look at my other submission to
see how to add icons to this type of
menu.
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