>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Great.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Now there are some other things to add:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>1 - InteractiveChange event
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When the user moves the mouse when left clicking the mouse
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2 - Orientation (0 = Horizontal / 1 = Vertical)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>3 - Tick Frequency
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>4 - Tick Style (0 - BottomRight 1 - TopLeft 2 - Both 3 - No Ticks)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>5 - Line below the button
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>6 - SmallChange / Big Change
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Yes, I already have some of this in there. I just couldn't get the movement right. As soon as its
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>done, I'll send you a copy.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Ok, I'd love some help. Here's the project
>>>>>>>>>>>>http://www.geocities.com/kevin.marois/slider/xslider.zip
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Run the form Demo to see where I'm at.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>I was about to code the _SetValue and _PositionThumb methods.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>So far, _SetValue is called from the MouseDown of the control
>>>>>>>>>>>>_PositionThumb is called from iValue_Assign.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Those 2 should be fairly simple. If you could work on those and and send it
>>>>>>>>>>>>back, I'll pick it up from there in the morning
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>I welcome and and all suggestions.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Hi Kevin,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Thanks for the files.
>>>>>>>>>>>I started coding it, but got so excited, and could not stop :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I went a lot further. Please download my version:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>http://weblogs.foxite.com/files/cesarchalom/slidebarx/SlideBarX.zip
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Here are the main changes:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>- Allow the mouse to slide in horizontal and vertical
>>>>>>>>>>>- Added the Value property
>>>>>>>>>>>- Added the "Scrolled" event, to make it compatible with the ActiveX from CTL32 (This will eliminate "ValueChanged")
>>>>>>>>>>>- Recreated the Track images, making it much taller / wider, in order to keep the appearance when the control is big.
>>>>>>>>>>>- Value assignments. Now you can assign a value directly to the control, and the slidebar will automatically update its position.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>- Some other various minor tweaks.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>There are still some things missing:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>1 - to code the horizontal lines
>>>>>>>>>>>2 - To enable "Small Change / BigChange"
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Please run the sample again, it was completely updated :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Hope you like
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Cesar
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Very nice. I'll do the horizontal lines now.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>As far as the Small/Big change, I have already added a property called iIncrementStyle, where
>>>>>>>>>>0 means that the thumb is automatically aligned to the nearest tickmark, and 1 means that the
>>>>>>>>>>thumb can be moved anywhere.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I'm also going to put code in the MouseEnter and MouseLeave to change the color of
>>>>>>>>>>the thumb, and finally I am also going to add a focus rectangle.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I'll have it all done today and send it back.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Thanks. Nice work.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Cool !
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I'll wait for your next version till I restart working on it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I noticed that you added a Value property, with Access and Assign methods. I'm guessing
>>>>>>>>that you didn't see the property iValue with it's Assign method. Are you ok with me replacing
>>>>>>>>the code in iValue_Assign with what you have in Value_Assign?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The reason is that I have been using Hungarian notation for the properties (iValue instead of Value),
>>>>>>>>and I wanted to keep them the same.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Sound Ok?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Yes, I noticed that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Well, it's your control.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I replaced the iValue for "Value" just to make it compatible with the CTL32 ActiveX.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Also, I removed the event "ValueChanged", and replaced it with "Scrolled" that is the name that the CTL32 Control uses.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>They all do the same thing...
>>>>>>>Choose the way you prefer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Another point to think:
>>>>>>>The way aI coded, Value / iValue can be range only between 0 and 100. Maybe the best is to allow the user to define the ranges, and the control will automatically update itself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ok, changes are here: http://www.geocities.com/kevin.marois/slider/xslider.zip
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I added the lines when the control is horizontal, and I added the focus rectangle. The rectangle
>>>>>>is be controlable via the ShowFocus property. This property does not prevent the control from
>>>>>>getting the focus, it only determines if the rectangle is visible when the control has the focus.
>>>>>>See the demo form.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I decide to keep the naming convention as you had it, so that it's compatible with the CTL32
>>>>>>controls. I have renamed all the properties to remove the Hungarian notation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I think all that's left is the MaxRange property and the IncrementStyle (Small/Big change).
>>>>>>Want to take it from here?
>>>>>
>>>>>I just fixed a couple of bugs. Please redownload the ZIP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Ok,
>>>>
>>>>I feel we're getting close now :-)
>>>>
>>>>I'll code the Small/large change events, and also allow users to define the ranges of the control.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Apart from this, we still have:
>>>>
>>>>- Eliminate "InteractiveChange" event, it was replaced with "Scroll"
>>>>- Tick Style (0 - BottomRight 1 - TopLeft 2 - Both 3 - No Ticks)
>>>>- Change the button color when receiving focus
>>>>- Add new styles, to use the images that you sent with the control
>>>>- When receiving focus, allow arrow keys to change the control value
>>>>- Add an image to show the control appearance.
>>>>
>>>>- Allow dynamic modification when users change properties values during development, using Craig Boyd's technique.
>>>
>>>Good. I like it.
>>>
>>>Have you seen the latest ZIP? I updated the Demo form. I think it covers some of the items
>>>in this list.
>>
>>
>>Very nice sample !
>
>Thanks. As far as the Tick Style (0 - BottomRight 1 - TopLeft 2 - Both 3 - No Ticks),
>Right now I have 2 properties, LineStyle (On/off) and LinePosition (0, 1, 2).
>
>When you're done, I'll combine them both into one TickStyle property. I will also work on the
>ThumbColor, remove the InteractiveChange, and also work on the Arrow Keys and MouseWheel.
>
>Thanks for all your help so far. This is coming out nice.


I see you gave up sleeping tonight :-)

Another point I'd like your opinion:
When the user clicks on the control the first time, I think that the correct would be just to set the focus to the control / button, not changing the control value in the first moment.

After having focus, the next time it gets clicked, changes will be applied.

What do you think ?