Lesson 2: Standard Windows Controls and Dialogs

Windows Common Controls

Before you continue with the lesson, run the Chap12.exe animation located on the CD-ROM that accompanies this book. This animation introduces common Windows controls.

Many popular Windows controls, such as the toolbar, spin buttons , sliders, and the progress indicator, are available to you as the Microsoft Windows Common Controls.

Figure 12.3 Two Windows Common Controls OCX files come with Visual Basic

Microsoft Windows Common Controls 5.0 includes the following controls:

• Tabstrip
• Toolbar
• StatusBar
• ProgressBar
• TreeView
• ListView
• ImageList
• Slider

Microsoft Windows Common Controls-2 5.0 includes the following controls:

• Animation
• UpDown