ActiveControl OCX

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ActiveArea

Step 1:

Define which area you want to watch by creating ActiveArea control on the position.

Step 2:

Double-click on ActiveArea control. Put some code on MouseEnter event to trap mouse pointer when it step inside ActiveArea control. Put some code on MouseExit event to trap mouse pointer when it step outside ActiveArea control.

Step 3:

For some reason may be you want to change mouse pointer when it move over ActiveArea, you can do it by changing MousePointer property. If you want to use your own icon, set MousePointer to 99 (Custom) then set MouseIcon property.

Note: You can detect whether the mouse pointer is inside the ActiveArea by call function IsCursorInActiveArea.

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ActiveCommandButton

Step 1:

Create control in the form.

Step 2:

Change it's basic property (Caption, Accelerator, TabIndex, etc).

Step 3:

Set control's appearance in active state (when mouse pointer inside ActiveCommandButton control). Set ActiveBackColor, InactiveBackColor, InactiveForeColor, ActiveForeColor, ActiveFont, InactiveFont, ActivePicture and InactivePicture.

Step 4:

Put some code to trap the events.

Note:

• Use Accelerator property to set objects hot key
• ActiveOnFocus = TRUE means when ActiveCommandButton get focus, it always in Active state.
• Set PicturePosition property set picture position.
• TakeFocus = TRUE means ActiveCommandButton will have the focus when it clicked.

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ActiveImageButton

Step 1:

Create control in the form.

Step 2:

Set control's appearance in active state, inactive state and clicked state. Set ActivePicture, InactivePicture, ClickedPicture, ActiveMousePointer, InactiveMousePointer, ClickedMousePointer, ActiveMouseIcon and InactiveMouseIcon, ClickedMouseIcon.

Step 3:

Put some code to trap the events.

Note:

• Use Accelerator property to set objects hot key
• set Strech = TRUE to resize the image to fit in the control.

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ActiveTextBox, ActiveComboBox, ActiveListBox, ActiveCheckBox, ActiveOptionButton, ActiveLabel

Step 1:

Create control in the form.

Step 2:

Change it's basic property (Caption, Accelerator, TabIndex, etc).

Step 3:

Set control's appearance in active state (when mouse pointer inside control's area). Set ActiveBackColor, InactiveBackColor, ActiveBorderStyle, InactiveBorderStyle, ActiveFont and InactiveFont.

Step 4:

Put some code to trap the events.

Note:

• Use Accelerator property to set objects hot key
• For controls which can get focus, you can set ActiveOnFocus property. ActiveOnFocus = TRUE means when a control get focus, it always in Active state.
• If EnterKeyBehavior = TRUE then pressing Enter key will have same function as   Tab key.
• Use Group property to bind some ActiveOptionButton.
• Set PicturePosition property set picture position.