by Hisham Shaaban (1 Submission)
Category: Graphics
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Wed 11th August 2004
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
(1 Votes)
Add an affect to a text box. You can also use this code in a splash form.
API Declarations
'The following constants u can change them
Const Str = "Visual Basic 6.0"
Const fntSize = 72
'*****************************************
Private Declare Function TextOut Lib "gdi32" Alias "TextOutA" _
(ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, _
ByVal lpString As String, ByVal nCount As Long) As Long
Dim i%
VBcoders
'EMAIL: [email protected]
'This code add a cool efeect foa a text
' you can use this code in splash form
'Follow these steps:
'1- Open a standardEXE project
'2- Rename the form to frmCool_Effect
'3- Add four timers;
'tmrStart...... Enabled=True & Interval=200
'tmrEffect...... Enabled=False & Interval=10
'tmrEffect2...... Enabled=False & Interval=10
'tmrWait...... Enabled=False & Interval=50
'4-COPY PASTE THE FOLLOWING CODE
Private Sub Form_DblClick()
Unload Me
End Sub
Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
If KeyCode = 27 And Shift = 0 Then Unload Me 'press Esc to exit
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
AutoRedraw = True
KeyPreview = True
FontName = "Book Antiqua"
FontBold = True
FontSize = fntSize
BackColor = vbWhite
BorderStyle = 0 'No Border
Caption = "Cool Effect"
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Resize()
Width = TextWidth(Str)
Height = TextHeight(Str)
With Screen
Left = (.Width - Width) / 2
Top = (.Height - Height) / 2
End With
End Sub
Private Sub tmrStart_Timer()
i = 255
tmrEffect.Enabled = True
tmrStart.Enabled = False
End Sub
Private Sub tmrEffect_Timer()
Static b%
Cls
'Print a red shadow for the text
ForeColor = RGB(255 - i, 0, 0)
TextOut hdc, 2, 2, Str, b
'*************************************
'To make the text appears letter by letter
If i Mod 5 = 0 Then _
If b < Len(Str) Then b = b + 1
'Print a the text
ForeColor = RGB(i, i, i)
TextOut hdc, 0, 0, Str, b
'*************************************
i = i - 10
If i < 0 Then tmrEffect.Enabled = False: b = 0: tmrEffect2.Enabled = 1: i = 0
End Sub
Private Sub tmrEffect2_Timer()
Cls
'Print a red shadow for the text
ForeColor = RGB(255, 255 - i, 255 - i)
TextOut hdc, 2, 2, Str, Len(Str)
'*************************************
'Print a the text
ForeColor = RGB(i, i, i)
TextOut hdc, 0, 0, Str, Len(Str)
'*************************************
i = i + 50
If i > 255 Then tmrEffect2.Enabled = 0: tmrWait.Enabled = True: i = 255
End Sub
Private Sub tmrWait_Timer()
tmrStart.Enabled = 1
tmrWait.Enabled = False
End Sub
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