Q: moving dashed line

[Geoff]

Hi

Can anybody give me some ideas/code to get a dashed line on a form to be
animated i.e. the dashed lines move in one direction?

Thanks in advance

Geoff

[SStory]

Perhaps changing from dashed to one of the other modes and back would make
it animate.

such that the dashes from one mode complement those of the other....
i.e.

mode 1
- - - - -

mode 2
- - - - -

Or maybe if line started at
(1,1) you move it to (10,1) and back to (1,1) so that the dash offset
would change.

I'm not sure... haven't done it... these are just some thoughts.

"Geoff" <no********@email.com> wrote in message
news:RP********************@pipex.net...

Hi

Can anybody give me some ideas/code to get a dashed line on a form to be
animated i.e. the dashed lines move in one direction?

Thanks in advance

Geoff

[Geoff]

Hi

Yeah, sounds like a good idea but I can't find two lines that the
complements of each other; besides, wouldn't I need more than two so I can
set the direction of movement?

Geoff

"SStory" <no****@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Perhaps changing from dashed to one of the other modes and back would make
it animate.

such that the dashes from one mode complement those of the other....
i.e.

mode 1
- - - - -

mode 2
- - - - -

Or maybe if line started at
(1,1) you move it to (10,1) and back to (1,1) so that the dash offset
would change.

I'm not sure... haven't done it... these are just some thoughts.

"Geoff" <no********@email.com> wrote in message
news:RP********************@pipex.net...

Hi

Can anybody give me some ideas/code to get a dashed line on a form to be
animated i.e. the dashed lines move in one direction?

Thanks in advance

Geoff

[SStory]

How about these:

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/marchingants.asp

http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/ants.asp

HTH,

Shane

"Geoff" <no********@email.com> wrote in message
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Hi

Yeah, sounds like a good idea but I can't find two lines that the
complements of each other; besides, wouldn't I need more than two so I can
set the direction of movement?

Geoff

"SStory" <no****@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Perhaps changing from dashed to one of the other modes and back would
make it animate.

such that the dashes from one mode complement those of the other....
i.e.

mode 1
- - - - -

mode 2
- - - - -

Or maybe if line started at
(1,1) you move it to (10,1) and back to (1,1) so that the dash offset
would change.

I'm not sure... haven't done it... these are just some thoughts.

"Geoff" <no********@email.com> wrote in message
news:RP********************@pipex.net...

Hi

Can anybody give me some ideas/code to get a dashed line on a form to be
animated i.e. the dashed lines move in one direction?

Thanks in advance

Geoff

[Geoff]

Cheers Shane

"SStory" <no****@nospam.com> wrote in message
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How about these:

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/marchingants.asp

http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/ants.asp

HTH,

Shane

"Geoff" <no********@email.com> wrote in message
news:T4********************@pipex.net...

Hi

Yeah, sounds like a good idea but I can't find two lines that the
complements of each other; besides, wouldn't I need more than two so I
can set the direction of movement?

Geoff

"SStory" <no****@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Perhaps changing from dashed to one of the other modes and back would
make it animate.

such that the dashes from one mode complement those of the other....
i.e.

mode 1
- - - - -

mode 2
- - - - -

Or maybe if line started at
(1,1) you move it to (10,1) and back to (1,1) so that the dash offset
would change.

I'm not sure... haven't done it... these are just some thoughts.

"Geoff" <no********@email.com> wrote in message
news:RP********************@pipex.net...
Hi

Can anybody give me some ideas/code to get a dashed line on a form to
be animated i.e. the dashed lines move in one direction?

Thanks in advance

Geoff