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Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:00 PM

Ribbon in ThemedControls suite?

I’m working on a new control, called Ribbon, that I presented in “Show Us Your App” session at Southwest Fox 2009. Actually, it is fully functional, with a limited set of features found in Microsoft Office Ribbon interface, but I need to implement some
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 4:59 PM

A simple guide on how to use ThemedControls - Part 1

Add the following files to your project: Text files from Other tab in Project ManagerCtl32.h (mark it as "Excluded" from your project)ThemedControls.h (mark it as "Excluded" from your project)Themes.xml (mark it as "Excluded" from your project)***
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 4:15 PM

New ThemedControls version (3.5.7)

Today I've posted a new ThemedControls version (3.5.7) at VFPX site. You can download it here.   Recent changes: Minor bug fixes; ThemedControls take care itself when to create a ThemesManager object; Help is available at VCX folder (ThemedControlsHelp.htm).
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Friday, November 20, 2009 1:00 AM

Southwest Fox 2009

In my previous post, I thanked all folks that I met at Southwest Fox 2009. Now, I will try to show you in a few words why this conference exceeded all my expectations… The best speakers in the world; Sessions start and end without delay; Everything
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:16 PM

Aknowledgments

Last month I attended Southwest Fox 2009 in Mesa, Arizona. Was an awesome conference and I learned a lot. But it couldn’t be feasible with my own resources, so I would like to publicly thank all those people that contributed to the Ceil Silver Ambassador
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008 1:06 PM

ZoomNavBar new feature

I've added a new feature to disable/enable buttons and stack buttons in ZoomNavBar. Now you can disable/enable a button passing a parameter in AddButton and AddStackButton methods (when button is created) or calling the new SetButtonState and SetStackButtonState
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Friday, May 30, 2008 9:22 PM

A new control is on the way... [Updated]

Here are some screenshots from ThemedExplorerBar, the new ThemedControls member. Currently the control is working like a charm but I'm trying to make it more easy to configure.   It will be available soon. Stay tuned! VFP rocks!
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Friday, November 23, 2007 1:39 PM

C5 error in a grid with user defined column and header members

Some days ago, while developing a new application, I get a C5 error in VFP 9 SP 2 that crashes my application. Making some tests I found that the error occurs when I use a command in a menu item to run a form with a grid with user defined column and
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Monday, September 17, 2007 12:35 AM

A new project is on the way...

Currently, I'm working on a new project named ThemedControls. This project includes new versions of OutlookNavBar (old Outlook2003Bar) and ZoomNavBar controls. For now, I've made a short video (there's a link to download the zipped file at the bottom
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Attachment(s): ThemedControls.zip
Friday, June 22, 2007 12:50 PM

Here comes a new control... ZoomNavBar!

A long time ago I saw a very cool control (I don't remember where) that "zoom" the image button when it receives the focus. So I think... I could do something like this in VFP! After some days working at my lunch time in this project, I finally
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Attachment(s): ZoomNavBar_100.zip
Monday, May 07, 2007 7:25 PM

OutlookNavBar control preview (Attached file updated)

Like I said in some VFP forums, I'm working on a new control named OutlookNavBar (download the project clicking in the link at the end of this post). This new control basically do the same that Outlook2003Bar does, but not use GDI+
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Attachment(s): OutlookNavBar_NewPreview.zip
Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:14 PM

Outlook2003Bar Version 1.0.2, a VFPX project

I've posted a new Outlook2003Bar version at VFPX.Download here. This version has a bug fix with Citrix environment. Read the help file in Outlook2003Bar\VCX folder to know how to use the control.Please, feel free to make comments, send suggestions or
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Wednesday, November 01, 2006 6:43 PM

SplitterBar class

I've developed a SplitterBar class and would like to receive some feedback about them. Features:- Anchor- Collapse/expand "panels" Download the post attachment file below and unzip them.Open the project and run Form1, Form2 and Form3 samples.Try
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Attachment(s): SplitterBar.zip
Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:46 PM

Outlook2003Bar Version 1.0.1, a VFPX project

I've posted a new Outlook2003Bar version at VFPX.Download here. This version has minor bug fixes and some help updates. Read the help file in Outlook2003Bar\VCX folder to know how to use the control.Please, feel free to make comments, send suggestions
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Thursday, October 05, 2006 6:59 PM

Outlook2003Bar control is part of VFPX now!

As everybody can see in my previous posts, from July I start to develop a control (entirely written in VFP) with the same look and feel of the Microsoft Outlook 2003 shortcut bar. After some days developing, I've posted a beta version
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