Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software
bchacc at san.rr.com
Sat Feb 28 08:13:04 CST 2004
Shamil: I'll cover the A97 Win98 combination. Rocky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shamil Salakhetdinov" <shamil-users at mns.ru> To: "dba - Tech" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 12:36 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Drawing text/graphics on MS Access forms usingWin32API > Hi All, > > Since quoted here my posting several volunteers beta-testers helped me > to find and eliminate some problems with subject sample. Here are the > current results: > > Windiows 2000 (SP4) > ================ > A97 - OK > A2K - OK > AXP - OK > A2003 - OK > > Windows XP (SP1) > ============= > A97 - fail > A2K - OK > AXP - OK (developer, full, runtime) > A2003 - OK (professional) > > Windows95 > ======== > No info > > Win98 > ===== > A97 - No info > A2K - fail > AXP - No info > A2003 - No info > > Windows ME > ========== > No info > > Windows Server 2003 family > ==================== > No info > > If somebody wanted to help me with beta testing for positions marked > above as "No info" please e-mail me privately. > > Thanks for all your help and attention! > > Shamil > > P.S. All who particiapte in beta-testing - if you don't mind I will > mention you here in my future postings related to the subject and of > course later on my site when I will publish the final results in the > case the will be positive (they should be with such great your > support!) - I'm not sure I may mention you without your permission. > Please send me a short note that I can do that. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shamil Salakhetdinov" <shamil-users at mns.ru> > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:36 AM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Drawing text/graphics on MS Access forms > usingWin32API > > > > >...love to see the results if he takes it any further :) > > You're welcome, William and all! :) > > > > I made it. > > > > Here are the pics of the two test cases: > > http://www.extvba.spb.ru/hypocycloid/fav34.jpg > > http://www.extvba.spb.ru/hypocycloid/fav56.jpg > > > > This is an MS Access form without any activeX etc. - the pics are > drawn > > on the detail section surface. I use my custom C++ DLL but not for > > visual part of this MS Access application... > > Resize is still a problem. Repaint seems always work OK after minimize > > or making hidden/visible the form or its parts etc. I don't think I > > will work on fixing resize now - it was quite some free labor work and > > it is enough for now... > > > > I tested it on MS Win2K and MS Access 97/2000/XP. Hopefully it will > work > > on other MS Windows/Access versions too. Of course there is some > tricky > > hacking here but it shows itself as stable and no GPF after heavy load > > with all that incredibly wonderful hypocycloid graphics... > > > > Now I need volunteer testers who wanted to test this sample on: > > > > - MS Win95 > > - MS Win98 > > - MS WinNT > > - MS WinXP > > - MS Windows .NET Server and > > - all the versions of MS Access starting MS Access 97. > > > > I will send you an MDE version for testing purposes. > > I have to ask you to not redistribute this stuff until it will not be > > clear it works OK and until I will not publish this info on my site. > > I plan to do that in approx. 1 - 1.5 months - I plan to publish the > > sources and quite some other tricky and unique Win32 API VBA > programming > > stuff I'm cooking here... > > I need to work intensively on a new project now - so there is no > enough > > time here to > > continue with quick preparing of this info for publication. > > > > Mark, thanks for your proposal to play with Hypocycloids - they are > > fascinating! > > > > Shamil > > > > P.S. I will need only one volunteer tester for each MS Windows/MS > Access > > version combination. I will publish on my site the info on testing > > results and the tester(if they want) as soon as I get positive > feedback. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "William Hindman" <wdhindman at bellsouth.net> > > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 2:11 AM > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Drawing text/graphics on MS Access forms > > usingWin32API > > > > > > > ...I've never tried anything anywhere near that complex ...round and > > polygon > > > windows are more than enough to impress the hell out of my clients > :) > > > > > > ...but it looks like Shamil even has the source for that source > > ...love to > > > see the results if he takes it any further :) > > > > > > William Hindman > > > Government is not reason, government is not persuasion, > > > government is force. It is a dangerous servant." G. Washington > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mitsules, Mark S. (Newport News)" <Mark.Mitsules at ngc.com> > > > To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" > > > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 11:20 AM > > > Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Drawing text/graphics on MS Access forms > > > usingWin32API > > > > > > > > > > >> produce circular, elliptic, or polycentric forms << > > > > > > > > William, > > > > > > > > I remember a demo..."ShapedForm.mdb". Was that your inspiration? > I > > > > downloaded it long ago because I thought a submarine shaped form > > would be > > > > very unique;) I never got around to actually researching the full > > > > capabilities. Are complex shapes such as that even possible? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: William Hindman [mailto:wdhindman at bellsouth.net] > > > > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 10:55 AM > > > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Drawing text/graphics on MS Access forms > > > > usingWin32API > > > > > > > > > > > > Shamil > > > > > > > > ...lebans also has code for using images to imitate drawing > > circles/shapes > > > > around controls ...I've used it to highlight calc results, etc. > > > > > > > > ...I've also got an api module that I've used since A97 that lets > me > > > produce > > > > circular, elliptic, or polycentric forms ...which is actually > > drawing on > > > the > > > > form and hiding everything outside of the elliptic ...I've only > used > > it > > > for > > > > splash forms and switchboards but it sure does wake up an audience > > looking > > > > to see what you're capable of ...I've had more than a couple swear > I > > was > > > > using something other than pure Access :) > > > > > > > > William Hindman > > > > Government is not reason, government is not persuasion, government > > is > > > force. > > > > It is a dangerous servant." G. Washington > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Shamil Salakhetdinov" <shamil-users at mns.ru> > > > > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > > > > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > > > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 9:18 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Drawing text/graphics on MS Access forms > > > > usingWin32API > > > > > > > > > > > > > > couldn't you find an ocx to handle that? > > > > > This would be a limited solution by definition - OCX/ActiveX is > a > > > > > rogue for MS Access forms and controls... > > > > > > > > > > > Now, I don't know why you would draw something on a form > > > > > 1. "tractor" continuous/datasheet forms > > > > > 2. skins > > > > > 3. Dynamic drawing of circles, ellipses, .., and other geometric > > > > > figures around controls to highlight special values etc... 4. > just > > fun > > > > > of extreme VBA programming 5. ??? (something else anybody) ??? > > > > > > > > > > Shamil > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk> > > > > > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > > > > > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > > > > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 2:28 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Drawing text/graphics on MS Access forms > > > > > usingWin32API > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Shamil > > > > > > > > > > > > > So this is a challenge to prove the opposite? > > > > > > > > > > > > Certainly! > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any betters here? :) > > > > > > > > > > > > Njah, not me ... > > > > > > > > > > > > Now, I don't know why you would draw something on a form. If > it > > were > > > > > > anything more than some decorating stuff, couldn't you find an > > ocx > > > > > > to handle that? > > > > > > > > > > > > /gustav > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> That may not be possible at all. Read here: > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0053.htm > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> /gustav > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > Have anybody any info on subj? > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > TIA for any refs, tips and tricks, > > > > > > >> > Shamil > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >