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Help with Scrolling SSTAB

I have placed an SSTAB control on a form (MDI Child)

I have to place a scroll bar down one side - so that the user can scroll down past the buttom of the viewable area to see more information.

I have not a clue about how this should be done or even where to start

Pointers to example code ... code solutions etc get the points

MTIA

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What kind of container is your data sitting in on the SSTab?
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thanks for the tips guys

I have about 75 editboxes which will be placed on the SSTab - I take it I will have to place these on the Picture control (picInner ??)

If you already have a form you can select all controls in one hit and cut and paste them into picInner.

Consider the following:

In development mode you want to be able to view as may controls as possible. So you want you SSTAB and picOuter to be as large as possible. You can move then picInner up and down within picOuter to edit the controls. In your formload event, resize and position SSTAB and picOuter to their required positions and  sizes.

Be aware that there are some bugs with SSTab which were only corrected by VB6 SP5.  If you changed the left property of an element the SSTAB display got screwed.

>I have about 75 editboxes which will be placed on the SSTab

With 75 edit boxes you are reaching then point where you should be considering not using textboxes for performance reasons - so it depends on the client's budget and you abillities - it is not so simple to do away with texboxes for $100,000 I can make 350 editboxes appear in less than half a second - if you need better performance it can be acheived.

Hope this helps..



I suspect that emoreau's execllent solution works well with a few controls but for raw speed you can't beat:
   
picInner.Top = - vscroll.value

instead of:

Private Sub ScrollControls()
Dim ctl As Control

    For Each ctl In Me.Controls
        'Check for controls that don't move
        If TypeOf ctl Is VScrollBar Or _
           ctl.Name = "cmdStay" _
        Then
            'do nothing
        Else
            ctl.Top = ctl.Top + OldScrollPos - VScroll1.Value
        End If
    Next
    OldScrollPos = VScroll1.Value
End Sub

Which potentially could be painfully slow with loads of controls. And also invloves 1600% more software.


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many thanks for the assistance ....

tell me more about this 350 controls in under 1/2 a second I am ineterested in this ....
I didn't say "controls", I said "editboxes", there is a subtle difference.

I will give you more details in a day or so.
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hmmm... ok missed that
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inthedark :

Please look for my question about scrolling into view

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