You use controls to get user input and to display output. Some of the controls you can use in your applications include text boxes, command buttons, and list boxes. Other controls let you access other applications and process data as if the remote application was part of your code. Each control has its own set of properties, methods, and events. This section introduces you to the standard and ActiveX controls in Visual Basic.

Zip	Description	Author	Versioin	Level	Site	Date
	Appropriately enough, this shows how to use a listbox, a textbox and some APIs to create an effect much like the renaming facilities in ListView control.	Klaus H. Probst	VB 6.0	Intermediate	Home	2000
	This project shows how to easily enable dragging for controls on a VB form at runtime using the SendMessage API function with the WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN and HTCAPTION messages.	Unknown	VB 6.0	Beginner	n/a	1999
	This code shows how to drag multi-selected items between listboxes with code to prevent duplication.	Ethan	VB 6.0	Beginner	n/a	2000
	Simple Animation for Command Buttons in a Form demo.	Vijay Sharma	VB 6.0	Beginner	n/a	2000
	This code demonstrates how to use the MS Chart control to create a pie chart. The project uses the chart control that comes with VB6, but the code will work with VB5. So if you have VB5 and modify the .vbp and .frm files to point to the chart control that comes with vb5, it will work.	S. Crompton	VB 6.0	Beginner	n/a	2001
	Simple Vertical Menu Example.	Maze	VB 6.0	Beginner	n/a	2000
	This is a simple application showing how to build, maneuver through and retrieve data from a treeview. Great for new VB programmers.	R.Thibodeaux	VB 6.0	Beginner	n/a	2000
	Demonstrates the ease of implementing a splitter bar to a VB app using two picture boxes.	Duane Ferrell	VB 6.0	Intermediate	n/a	2000
	Included is a simple client form. Though there is not documentation, the control can be used just like a standard combo box; you don't have to do anything to enable the autocomplete feature.	P. Vagelis	VB 6.0	Intermediate	n/a	2000
	Includes a black check box, option box, and button. These create a nice transparency and 3D effect on forms with a black background. The project is also a good starting point for learning about .OCX development in VB.	C. Kalyoncu	VB 6.0	Intermediate	n/a	1999
	This is a counter control that looks like the two digital counters in Minesweeper, with the same functionality. Very useful for adding sleek-looking countdown displays to your applications.	Pieter van Vuuren	VB 6.0	Intermediate	n/a	1999
	This text box control allows you to limit input based on datatype (i.e., you can have it accept only integers, bytes, etc.) or numeric range. Validation occurs within the lost focus event.	Paulo Batista	VB 5.0	Intermediate	n/a	1997
	This is a form with a horizontal and vertical scrollbar. The form is movable and re-sizable and the scrollbars update accordingly.	Unknown	VB 6.0	Intermediate	n/a	2000
	This function parses through HTML code and returns an array filled with the tags and their values.	Jay Tanner	VB 6.0	Intermediate	n/a	2000
	This code shows how to use the PaintPicture function to create a transparent picture and how to drag an object without using the drag mode or drag events. Rating:	Ethan	VB 6.0	Intermediate	n/a	1999
	By now we all know how to create skinnable forms based on bitmaps. But all those demos share one problem - The form is static and can't be resized (a fine example of a resizable window is the Playlist window in Winamp).	Elad Rosenheim	VB 6.0	Advanced	Home	2000
	This .bas project allows you to add a gradient background color to a TreeView control. Included in the package is a sample form that demonstrates usage of the module. Rating:	A. Olovyannikov	VB 6.0	Advanced	n/a	2000
	This is a useful control and a good introduction to Active X control development in Visual Basic. Its properties are just about the same as those for a normal label, plus it has 2 color properties and shadow settings. This control also uses a property page.	John Meller	VB 6.0	Advanced	n/a	2000
	An .OCX which provides a calculator in the format of a combo-box like drop-down. A .vbg with a sample client is included. Rating:	Abdul Gafoor	VB 6.0	Advanced	n/a	1999
	This control implements an edit box purely through API calls. It implements only a few characteristics of an EditBox control anx therefore must be considered only as an example (though it could be extended). Included is a sample .vbp with a client form that makes use of the UserControl, and an ocx for subclassing, developed by the author, that is required for this example.	Sandro Folco	VB 6.0	Advanced	n/a	2000