William Hindman
wdhindman at bellsouth.net
Mon Feb 16 22:39:41 CST 2004
...put me down for Win XP and Access 2002! :) William Hindman "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me." Disraeli ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shamil Salakhetdinov" <shamil-users at mns.ru> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 7:36 PM 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 >