by Karim Mohammad (2 Submissions)
Category: Custom Controls/Forms/Menus
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Mon 18th April 2005
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
(1 Votes)
Form Animates Hides Desktop and many
VBcoders
Begin VB.Form Form1
BackColor = &H80000001&
BorderStyle = 4 'Fixed ToolWindow
Caption = "Karim Mohammad Computer Assistant, Nellore Division"
ClientHeight = -570
ClientLeft = 150
ClientTop = 1170
ClientWidth = 600
DrawStyle = 1 'Dash
Icon = "HEIGHT&WIDTH.frx":0000
KeyPreview = -1 'True
LinkTopic = "Form1"
MaxButton = 0 'False
MinButton = 0 'False
ScaleHeight = -570
ScaleWidth = 600
StartUpPosition = 3 'Windows Default
Begin VB.Timer Timer1
Left = 3840
Top = 3360
End
Begin VB.Label lblDisplay
Alignment = 1 'Right Justify
Appearance = 0 'Flat
AutoSize = -1 'True
BackColor = &H80000005&
BackStyle = 0 'Transparent
BorderStyle = 1 'Fixed Single
Caption = "Karim"
BeginProperty Font
Name = "Times New Roman"
Size = 9.75
Charset = 0
Weight = 700
Underline = 0 'False
Italic = -1 'True
Strikethrough = 0 'False
EndProperty
ForeColor = &H80000008&
Height = 270
Left = 6000
TabIndex = 0
Top = 1080
Width = 555
End
Begin VB.Menu file
Caption = "File"
Begin VB.Menu Age
Caption = "Age"
End
End
Begin VB.Menu desk
Caption = "Desktop"
Begin VB.Menu Hide
Caption = "Hide Desktop"
End
Begin VB.Menu Show
Caption = "Show Desktop"
End
End
End
Attribute VB_Name = "Form1"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Option Explicit
Private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd1 As Long, ByVal hWnd2 As Long, ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Long
Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long
Dim K As Integer
Dim input1 As String, input2 As Integer, input3 As Integer
Dim FormCaption As String
Dim Caption2Scroll As String
Dim CaptionLength As Integer
Dim ScrollSpeed As Integer
Public Sub StartScroll()
Caption2Scroll = Space(256) & Me.Caption
CaptionLength = Len(Space(256) + FormCaption)
Timer1.Interval = ScrollSpeed
Timer1.Enabled = True
End Sub
Private Sub Age_Click()
On Error Resume Next
input1 = InputBox("What is your name?:", "Name please...")
input2 = InputBox("What year were you born?:", "year please (Ex.. 2005)...")
input3 = InputBox("Enter current year:", "current year please...")
K = input3 - input2
lblDisplay.Visible = True
lblDisplay.Caption = "You are " & input1 & " and you are " & K & " Years old"
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Activate()
Dim i As Integer
Dim K As Integer
For i = 0 To 7565 Step 1
Form1.Height = i
Next i
For K = 0 To 11455 Step 1
Form1.Width = K
Next K
lblDisplay.Visible = False
ScrollSpeed = 100
Call StartScroll
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
Me.BackColor = &H80000018
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
Me.BackColor = &H80000001
Dim i As Integer
For i = 7565 To 0 Step -1
Form1.Height = i
Next i
Dim K As Integer
For K = 11455 To 0 Step -1
Form1.Width = K
Next K
End Sub
Private Sub Hide_Click()
'To Hide Desktop
Form1.Caption = "Desktop is under HIDDEN"
Dim hWnd As Long
hWnd = FindWindowEx(0&, 0&, "Progman", vbNullString)
ShowWindow hWnd, 0
End Sub
Private Sub Show_Click()
Form1.Caption = "Desktop is Opened"
'To Show Desktop
Dim hWnd As Long
hWnd = FindWindowEx(0&, 0&, "Progman", vbNullString)
ShowWindow hWnd, 1
End Sub
Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
Me.Caption = Right(Caption2Scroll, CaptionLength)
CaptionLength = CaptionLength - 1
If CaptionLength = 0 Then
CaptionLength = Len(Space(256) + FormCaption)
End If
End Sub