V.3.1
Controls

In this document you'll find only properties/methods/events that I've added to standard VB6 controls. I suppose you already know how to use standard VB6 controls.

Common Properties
Font
(Very Important!!!)		 Use Unicode Fonts like Arial Unicode MS
Check also this page
(Custom)
(Very Important!!!)		 Permits you to use UNICODE strings in design mode for Caption,Tip and Text properties, don't use the VB6 property panel because it's ANSI only!
Tip Unicode tooltip, don't use the ToolTipText VB6 property
BackColor / ForeColor colors of the control
BorderColor the color of the border (default=-1&)*
SelBackColor / SelForeColor colors of the selector (lists, menus, combo, grid, etc...)
SelectorStyle Style of the selector **
RoundSelector Is the selector rounded?
RoundedBorders Are the corners rounded? ***
Style Widget style **
UseRoundRegions Use a region for making the control rounded (By using a region you'll force Windows to use ad additional GDI object for every control you draw on the page but you don't need to use the BackColorOut property) ***
BackColorOut When using rounded borders represents the color external of the border but internal of the control (default=-1&, you don't need to use this property if you don't use RoundedBorders or if you use the UseRoundRegions property. This property permits you to avoid the use of an additional Windows GDI objects when using round controls) * - ***
Caption This is the text of the control;
Button, Check and Radio support AccessKeys: simply use the '&' char before the letter you want to use as AccessKey (ALT + Letter). Use && if you wish to display the & char into the Caption property.
* The color -1& (&HFFFFFFFF) is not the White color (&HFFFFFF) and represents a null color treated by these controls in an automatic way.
When the BorderColor property is -1& the color is calculated by making the background color darker.
When the BackColorOut property is -1& the color is equal to the background color of control.
In the ctlUniStyler control the -1& is used to avoid color conversion when applying the style to a form.


** Control or Selector Style - Flat, Xp, Xp2, Vista, Vista2, Vista3, Vista4, Glass
By default every Style/SelectorStyle/BackStyle property is set by default to the enum constant iCtlBtnStyle_UseDefault (-1). The real value (when using the default) is equal to iCtlBtnStyle_Vista but can be set for every control in your application by using the DefaultButtonStyle() method of the clsCommonWrapper class.

Public Enum eCtlButtonStyle
   iCtlBtnStyle_UseDefault = -1
   iCtlBtnStyle_Flat = 0
   iCtlBtnStyle_Xp
   iCtlBtnStyle_XpEx
   iCtlBtnStyle_Vista
   iCtlBtnStyle_Glass
   iCtlBtnStyle_Vista2
   iCtlBtnStyle_Vista3
   iCtlBtnStyle_Vista4
   iCtlBtnStyle_Xp2
End Enum


*** Using RoundedBorders
You can use round borders for your widgets in two ways:
1- Saving Memory - UseRoundRegions=false but you need to manually set the BackColorOut color to the Panel color
2- Saving Design Time - UseRoundRegions=true, the System uses one additional GDI graphical object (a rounded region)

By default controls use the Saving Memory choice.
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