peterwest
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Positioning elements in a control array.
Hi there,
I'm writing a routine that dynamically adds check boxes onto a form based on the contents of a database; the routine that loads the controls and positions them down the form works fine but i'm having the following problem.
As I create the controls and move them down the form I need to resize the Frame3D control that holds them, move a group of buttons below the frame and also resize the form. I've tried writing code to do this but i'm having a few problems with the co-ordinate system in VB.
I'm placed the buttons that need moving into a picturebox that now acts as the container, thus I only have to move the picturebox and not all the individual buttons. However, if I resize the frame, form and move the picturebox by the appropriate amount i'm left with either big gaps or the newly created items are chopped off - why is this? Is there some kind of weird scaling issue that i'm not aware of??
Thanks
Pete
I'm writing a routine that dynamically adds check boxes onto a form based on the contents of a database; the routine that loads the controls and positions them down the form works fine but i'm having the following problem.
As I create the controls and move them down the form I need to resize the Frame3D control that holds them, move a group of buttons below the frame and also resize the form. I've tried writing code to do this but i'm having a few problems with the co-ordinate system in VB.
I'm placed the buttons that need moving into a picturebox that now acts as the container, thus I only have to move the picturebox and not all the individual buttons. However, if I resize the frame, form and move the picturebox by the appropriate amount i'm left with either big gaps or the newly created items are chopped off - why is this? Is there some kind of weird scaling issue that i'm not aware of??
Thanks
Pete
ASKER
Hi,
I've had a look at my code again and realised what the problem was - I only want to resize the form and move the button container object when a certain number of items have been added. This is because up until a point the container holding the control array is not as tall as other container objects on the same row; i've tweaked the code and it works fine now.
You're comment pointed me in the right direction so if you want to post an answer I'll happily pass the points over to you.
Regards
Pete
I've had a look at my code again and realised what the problem was - I only want to resize the form and move the button container object when a certain number of items have been added. This is because up until a point the container holding the control array is not as tall as other container objects on the same row; i've tweaked the code and it works fine now.
You're comment pointed me in the right direction so if you want to post an answer I'll happily pass the points over to you.
Regards
Pete
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Cheers
What does your code look like ?
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Const cGap = 240
Dim bNew As Integer
bNew = Option1.Count
Load Option1(bNew)
Option1(bNew).Caption = "Option" & bNew
Option1(bNew).Top = Option1(bNew - 1).Top + cGap
Option1(bNew).Visible = True
Frame1.Height = Frame1.Height + cGap
Picture1.Top = Picture1.Top + cGap
Me.Height = Me.Height + cGap
End Sub