[AccessD] Objects....

thanks for the tips Ken, I will test out a couple of these ideas


On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 12:36:49 -0500, Ken Ismert <kismert at texassystems.com> wrote:
> 
> Francisco,
> 
> General approach:
> 
> In an Access form, I have found no simple way to determine when the mouse
> has moved off of a control. The idea then, is to trap MouseMove events for
> all controls and sections. When a control that you don't want to animate
> receives a MouseMove, it must tell all controls that you are animating to
> turn off their backcolor.
> 
> A few quick thoughts:
> 
>  * No need for the hidden box - just use the label's own BackColor property
> 
>  * You will need perhaps three objects:
>    1. MouseOn object - sinks MouseMove event for Labels, TextBoxes, etc. Has
> two functions. First, when it receives a MouseMove event, it changes the
> control's BackColor 'on' if it is 'off', and notifies the MouseManager to
> turn 'off' all other controls. Second, turns 'off' its backcolor when
> requested by MouseManager.
>    2. MouseOff object - sinks MouseMove events for Sections, Labels,
> TextBoxes, etc. Includes all controls on the form that you don't want to
> animate. Has one function: when it receives a MouseMove event, it notifies
> the MouseManager to turn 'off' all other controls
>    3. MouseManager object - maintains two collections: a MouseOn object
> collection, and a MouseOff object collection. Has methods for adding a
> MouseOn and a MouseOff object to each collection. Has a method which loops
> through all MouseOn objects, telling them to turn their backcolors off,
> except for the active one, if any. It also has a Destruct method which sets
> both collections to nothing.
> 
>  * When loading, the form then must create the MouseManager object, and tell
> it to add all controls to either the MouseOn or MouseOff collections. When
> unloading, the form must destroy the MouseManager object.
> 
> Finally, you may end up disappointed with the quality of the animation you
> get after all this effort. It is possible to move the mouse fast enough that
> none of the controls get a MouseMove event, leaving one of the controls
> highlighted, even though your cursor is off the form.
> 
> -Ken
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fhtapia at gmail.com [mailto:fhtapia at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10:28 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: [AccessD] Objects....
> 
> So I have a label class that has a function to turn the mouse icon to
> a hand so users know it's a clickable item. I'd like to duplicate a
> MouseOver event, so for that I'm going to place a hidden box under the
> labels so when the mouse wanders off, I can change the color off
> again...
> 
> I'd like to wrap the box into a class, but I'm having difficulty
> envisioning how I'd call all the label class objects to change back to
> the default color.
> 
> help tips and hints appreciated... doc, url links are appreciated even more
> :D
> 
> btw, new version of firefox is out for those that don't know... this
> is version 1.0 very very nice :)
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