Check out the MSDN entry on the link below, and have a Google (especially
look out for any CodeProject links). Unfortunately I don't have time to give
you a sample myself, as it's already 1.30am and I'm under a deadline :-)
Good luck with it!
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp
"Scott M" <scottmacebay@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi Steve,
>
> thanks for that, but do you have some code samples to get me started?
>
> or explain to me how I "handle the scroll events"
>
> regards,
>
> Scott M.
>
> "Steve McLellan" <sjm.NOSPAM AT fixerlabs DOT com> wrote in message[/color]
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> > If you handle the scrolling yourself it'd be easy - just build a big
> > picturebox, put a vertical scrollbar by the side of it and handle the[/color][/color]
scroll[color=blue][color=green]
> > events. You can then wait until you know the sprite is at the bottom,[/color][/color]
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> > then force the scrollbar to do its stuff. Autoscrolling's great but[/color][/color]
can't[color=blue][color=green]
> > always be applied to every situation because you don't have full control[/color][/color]
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> > it.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > "Scott M" <scottmacebay@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:ea44d7c8.0406020820.6e8b4f46@posting.google.c om...[color=darkred]
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am currently trying to write a simple game using vb.net
> > >
> > > the form I am working on is 800*600 (this is set as the maximum size)
> > > and autoscroll is set to true. The user moves around the screen by
> > > moving a picturebox (sprite) with the cursor keys.
> > >
> > > When the user hits the bottom of the screen I want the screen to
> > > automatically scroll down to keep the picture box in view - The screen
> > > I want to work with is 800*1200 but the window should not resize above
> > > 800*600. I would also like to keep a status bar (just a text box) on
> > > the bottom line of the screen (displaying lives etc - this needs to
> > > remain fixed even if the screen scrolls)
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > I had a couple of ideas myself - create a "background" picture box
> > > that is 800*1200 (this then displays scroll bars in the form). Then
> > > create a couple of hidden picture boxes, one at the top of the screen
> > > and one at the bottom of the screen. When the user moves the sprite
> > > picture box below the bottom of the form (y>=600) then move focus to
> > > the bottom picture box. And when they move above this (y<600) focus
> > > on the top picture box. In this way the form appears to auto scroll.
> > >
> > > However, this means that the status bar gets lost when the screen
> > > scrolls (although I suppose I could move this programatically when the
> > > screen moves). Of course I'll need to trap the user scrolling around
> > > the form themselves as well.
> > >
> > > Also heard about mdi forms (never used them though) would I be able to
> > > have the scrolling form as a child with the status bar as a parent?
> > >
> > > Finally, how do you programatically scroll a form - I couldn't find
> > > any obvious commands like scrollwindow(x,y)?
> > >
> > > thanks in advance
> > >
> > > Scott M.[/color][/color][/color]
