VB6.0 : How to make the form can be scroll by VScrollBar

[wassup]

Hi,
I have a problem on I want my form over Height exceed limit and can be scroll by using VScrollBar. How should I do? Is that using source code or just add in VScrollBar?
Thanks for the help.

[Dököll]

Hi,
I have a problem on I want my form over Height exceed limit and can be scroll by using VScrollBar. How should I do? Is that using source code or just add in VScrollBar?
Thanks for the help.

Hello!

If your form is bigger than the screen you're on Windows automatically adds in scroll bars. Can you tell us a little more as to what exactly you hope to achieve?

[Killer42]

Hi,
I have a problem on I want my form over Height exceed limit and can be scroll by using VScrollBar. How should I do? Is that using source code or just add in VScrollBar?

In my experience, you can't make a VB window larger than the screen. But what you could do is place all of your controls in a picture box, make that larger than the window, and scroll it around within the form.

Of course, it might make development work difficult. Perhaps you should look into an alternative such as a tabbed interface. Or place the controls in a more accessible location during development, and have your code move them into position at runtime.

[wassup]

Actually is like that, I have a form and I want separate it to 2 section by using Frame, so when I complete putting all the textbox, checkbox, button and so on in the Frame1 and its already full of the widows size form. My idea is want to add the VScrollBar beside the form and I can scroll down and add in the other section into the Frame2, so is that can make it without using PictureBox?
Thanks.

[Killer42]

Like I said, I don't think it's possible to make your window larger than the screen.

[wassup]

Like I said, I don't think it's possible to make your window larger than the screen.

Ok thanks Killer. I just want learn new skills if that is possible. ^_^

[wassup]

Hi,
Me again. I add my control inside PictureBox already but it still can't scroll. Its that something wrong to my source code? Please help, thanks.

Here my source code:

Private Sub Form_Load()
 
    Picture1.Move 0, 0, 16000, 16000
    Picture1.AutoRedraw = True
 
    VScroll1.Min = 1
    VScroll1.Max = -100
    VScroll1.LargeChange = 5
    VScroll1_Scroll
End Sub
 
Private Sub VScroll1_Change()
    VScroll1_Scroll
End Sub
 
Private Sub VScroll1_Scroll()
Dim j
Static Busy As Boolean
 
    If Busy Then Exit Sub
    Busy = True
    Picture1.Cls
    j = VScroll1.Value
 
    Busy = False
End Sub

[Dököll]

Actually is like that, I have a form and I want separate it to 2 section by using Frame, so when I complete putting all the textbox, checkbox, button and so on in the Frame1 and its already full of the widows size form. My idea is want to add the VScrollBar beside the form and I can scroll down and add in the other section into the Frame2, so is that can make it without using PictureBox?
Thanks.

I thought it possible since word docs when empty, no scroll bars are there, but when doc gets larger, scroll bars gallore. Got an idea though, fans. Get ready to be happy Wassup, plug this into your form code. You can achieve what you need doing the following:

(1) Add your command button for code that runs to communicate with your textboxes right on Frame1

(2) At the end of the code, say:

Frame1.Visible = False
Frame2.Visible = True
End Sub
 

My guess is you have textboxes on Frame2, if not:

(3) Add these wonderful textboxes
(4) Add another command button on Frame2, but this time, at the end of your code that that communicates with textboxes on that frame, say:

Unload Me
MyForm.Show
End Sub
 

My form, by the way being the name of your form...

What this means is when you have finished with frames, 1 & 2 your next click should bring you back to the begining, refreshing you app to start over to Frame1.

Try that, see what you have...

[wassup]

I thought it possible since word docs when empty, no scroll bars are there, but when doc gets larger, scroll bars gallore. Got an idea though, fans. Get ready to be happy Wassup, plug this into your form code. You can achieve what you need doing the following:

Thanks Dokoll. I think i know how to do now.

[Killer42]

Thanks Dokoll. I think i know how to do now.

I'm glad someone does, because I didn't really follow it.

Anyway, if you want to scroll the picturebox around, just move it based on the value of the scrollbar.

[richosr]

Hi, What you could do is use the MDI interface, open your form as an mdi child of an MDI form, set the forms height to say 20000 twips and you can then scroll up and down the form with the MDI scroll bar. You can have a MDI child form larger than the screen size within an MDI parent.

In the Activate code of the form enter the line Me.height=20000.
and you end up with something like this:

regards
Steve