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Form that slides up into view (MSN Style)Hi,
Is is possible to display a form that slides up from the system tray like that of MSN Messenger? I have tried the AnimateWindow API and the various flags (blend, roll horizontal, roll vertical) work but the slide flag doesn't, it just displays the form as normal/instantaneously. I tried the same API in VB6 and got the same results. The controls on the form need to be drawn first before the slide starts, in other words I don't want the slide to occur and stop then the controls are drawn. Any ideas? Cheers, Paul Hi Paul,
MS has a series of controls that do exactly what you need. Look up vbpower pack for vb 2003 on google. HTH, Bernie Yaeger Show quoteHide quote "Paul" <priv***@private.com> wrote in message news:SMadnaJ4eZ39ydnfRVnyiA@pipex.net... > Hi, > > Is is possible to display a form that slides up from the system tray like > that of MSN Messenger? > I have tried the AnimateWindow API and the various flags (blend, roll > horizontal, roll vertical) work but the slide flag doesn't, it just > displays the form as normal/instantaneously. I tried the same API in VB6 > and got the same results. > > The controls on the form need to be drawn first before the slide starts, > in other words I don't want the slide to occur and stop then the controls > are drawn. > > > Any ideas? > Cheers, > Paul > Thanks for the info.
I've tried the pack and although it contains exactly what I need, I can't figure out how to display multiple instances of the the NotificationWindow. At the moment, the way I've coded my app is that a form can have multiple instances using this code... Dim frmForm1 As Form1 frmForm1 = New Form1 frmForm1.Show() So for example, if I press a command button once, the form is displayed, further clicking of the button displays new instances of the form. This is what I cannot seem to accomplish with the NotificationWindow in the pack. Does anyone know if this is possible? Cheers, Paul Show quoteHide quote "Bernie Yaeger" <bern***@cherwellinc.com> wrote in message news:upAcMmWMFHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... > Hi Paul, > > MS has a series of controls that do exactly what you need. Look up > vbpower pack for vb 2003 on google. > > HTH, > > Bernie Yaeger > > "Paul" <priv***@private.com> wrote in message > news:SMadnaJ4eZ39ydnfRVnyiA@pipex.net... >> Hi, >> >> Is is possible to display a form that slides up from the system tray like >> that of MSN Messenger? >> I have tried the AnimateWindow API and the various flags (blend, roll >> horizontal, roll vertical) work but the slide flag doesn't, it just >> displays the form as normal/instantaneously. I tried the same API in VB6 >> and got the same results. >> >> The controls on the form need to be drawn first before the slide starts, >> in other words I don't want the slide to occur and stop then the controls >> are drawn. >> >> >> Any ideas? >> Cheers, >> Paul >> > > Nevermind, i got it now.
Show quoteHide quote "Paul" <priv***@private.com> wrote in message news:Zr2dneqaLr33-dnfRVnygg@pipex.net... > Thanks for the info. > > I've tried the pack and although it contains exactly what I need, I can't > figure out how to display multiple instances of the the > NotificationWindow. > > At the moment, the way I've coded my app is that a form can have multiple > instances using this code... > > Dim frmForm1 As Form1 > frmForm1 = New Form1 > frmForm1.Show() > > > So for example, if I press a command button once, the form is displayed, > further clicking of the button displays new instances of the form. This > is what I cannot seem to accomplish with the NotificationWindow in the > pack. > > Does anyone know if this is possible? > Cheers, > Paul > > > > "Bernie Yaeger" <bern***@cherwellinc.com> wrote in message > news:upAcMmWMFHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... >> Hi Paul, >> >> MS has a series of controls that do exactly what you need. Look up >> vbpower pack for vb 2003 on google. >> >> HTH, >> >> Bernie Yaeger >> >> "Paul" <priv***@private.com> wrote in message >> news:SMadnaJ4eZ39ydnfRVnyiA@pipex.net... >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is is possible to display a form that slides up from the system tray >>> like that of MSN Messenger? >>> I have tried the AnimateWindow API and the various flags (blend, roll >>> horizontal, roll vertical) work but the slide flag doesn't, it just >>> displays the form as normal/instantaneously. I tried the same API in VB6 >>> and got the same results. >>> >>> The controls on the form need to be drawn first before the slide starts, >>> in other words I don't want the slide to occur and stop then the >>> controls are drawn. >>> >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> Cheers, >>> Paul >>> >> >> > > "Paul" <priv***@private.com> schrieb: Your declares/API code might be faulty. Could you post it?> Is is possible to display a form that slides up from the system tray like > that of MSN Messenger? > I have tried the AnimateWindow API and the various flags (blend, roll > horizontal, roll vertical) work but the slide flag doesn't, it just > displays the form as normal/instantaneously. I tried the same API in VB6 > and got the same results. -- M S Herfried K. Wagner M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/> Its ok, i decided to use the NotificationWindow class which is part of the
VBPowerPack. It does a fine job. Cheers, Paul Show quoteHide quote "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message news:OuX6vyXMFHA.688@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > "Paul" <priv***@private.com> schrieb: >> Is is possible to display a form that slides up from the system tray like >> that of MSN Messenger? >> I have tried the AnimateWindow API and the various flags (blend, roll >> horizontal, roll vertical) work but the slide flag doesn't, it just >> displays the form as normal/instantaneously. I tried the same API in VB6 >> and got the same results. > > Your declares/API code might be faulty. Could you post it? > > -- > M S Herfried K. Wagner > M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> > V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/> Its ok, i decided to use the NotificationWindow class which is part of the
VBPowerPack. It does a fine job. Cheers, Paul Show quoteHide quote "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message news:OuX6vyXMFHA.688@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > "Paul" <priv***@private.com> schrieb: >> Is is possible to display a form that slides up from the system tray like >> that of MSN Messenger? >> I have tried the AnimateWindow API and the various flags (blend, roll >> horizontal, roll vertical) work but the slide flag doesn't, it just >> displays the form as normal/instantaneously. I tried the same API in VB6 >> and got the same results. > > Your declares/API code might be faulty. Could you post it? > > -- > M S Herfried K. Wagner > M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> > V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/> 
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