I recently created a nice animation control for myself, but when I move the control, the "vbButtonFace" background obviously interfered with other objects as I moved this control around my form, leaving the usual gray rectangle.
When I set the control's BackStyle from Opaque to Transparent, I got the result I wanted at Run-time but it made it so I could not select the object at Design-time by clicking on it--only by "drag-selecting" it.
Is there a way I can make the control's backstyle Opaque at design time and Transparent at run-time...exclusively inside the user control. i.e. no code should be written in the application which used this control, only in the user control itself.
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I tried to Award points to Erick37 but was told that I didn't have enough...hmm then what was the purpose of the escrow account? My balance is 20, but that shouldn't impact the awarding of points.
Now when I try to accept the answer, I get a server error indicating that this question was not found.
Anyone know how this system works? This is my first experience with awarding points.
Maybe, but I tried it and it didn't do anything for me, probably because there is (according to the microsoft documentation) design-time, control run-time, and user run-time.
In order for the control to be useable in another project, it has to be "running", so it initializes when you add it to another project at design time. Read the doc; it's pretty interesting in how it describes the lifetime of a control.
EE sent me a messages to try again to accept the comment, but it still hasn't worked. If you bear with me for another week and a half, I will have accumulated enough to close this.
I'm kind of new to this (obviously), and I thought that by answering other people's questions I would get enough to use toward this question, but I guess Expert points are only good for prestige and T-shirts!?
Either way, I'm having fun sharing my knowledge (or sometimes stupidity when I answer questions!)
I'll find out how it works when I get there, but I have a feeling there is a logic flaw in their programming that is checking the wrong field when crediting points. It should be checking the escrow value for the original amount, plus the Question Points for any added amounts. I think it's just checking Question Points for the sum.
Since this question is 135, and my balance is (currently) 40, it thinks I don't have enough even though the amount is in escrow. I'm guessing that when my balance gets to 135, the logic will see that I have enough points, then deduct from the escrow account, leaving me (still) with 135.
Either way, it's a bug that should be fixed so newbies don't get frustrated. I'll try to continue pursuing this.
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by: chadhaajayPosted on 2001-01-10 at 14:22:45ID: 100145
Paste this code in the user control
Private Sub UserControl_Initialize()
UserControl.BackStyle = vbTransparent
End Sub
Good Luck....
Ajay Chadha...:-)