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Category: Custom Controls/Forms/Menus
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
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Use of 3 types of common dialog boxes:1: choose printer, 2: choose font, 3: choose color. https://137.56.41.168:2080/VisualBasicSource/vb4usecommondialog.txt
VBcoders'1: choose printer
Public Sub ChoosePrinter
Const ErrCancel = 32755
CommonDialog1.CancelError = True
On Error GoTo errorPrinter
CommonDialog1.Flags = 64
'see the Help on Flags Properties (Print Dialog)
CommonDialog1.ShowPrinter
CommonDialog1.PrinterDefault = False
Exit Sub
errorPrinter:
If Err = ErrCancel Then Exit Sub Else Resume
End Sub
'2: choose font
Global vScreenFont, vScreenFontSize
Public Sub ChooseFont()
CommonDialog1.Flags = cdlCFScreenFonts
'see the Help on Flags Properties (Font Dialog)
CommonDialog1.ShowFont
vScreenFont = CommonDialog1.FontName
vScreenFontSize = CommonDialog1.FontSize
Call ChangeFont(Form1)
End Sub
Public Sub ChangeFont(X As Form)
Dim Control
For Each Control In X.Controls
If TypeOf Control Is Label Or _
TypeOf Control Is TextBox Or _
TypeOf Control Is CommandButton Or _
TypeOf Control Is ComboBox Or _
TypeOf Control Is ListBox Or _
TypeOf Control Is CheckBox Then
Control.Font = vScreenFont
Control.FontSize = vScreenFontSize
End If
Next Control
End Sub
'3: choose color
Global vColor
Public Sub ChooseColor
CommonDialog1.Flags = &H1& Or &H4&
'see the Help on Flags Properties (Color Dialog)
CommonDialog1.ShowColor
vColor = CommonDialog1.Color
' if you want to convert the color to hex use
' MsgBox Convert2Hex(vColor)
' if you want to repaint youre background use
' Call ChangeColor(X as Form)
End Sub
Public Sub ChangeColor(X As Form)
Dim Control
X.BackColor = vColor
For Each Control In X.Controls
If TypeOf Control Is Label Or _
TypeOf Control Is TextBox Or _
TypeOf Control Is CommandButton Or _
TypeOf Control Is ComboBox Or _
TypeOf Control Is ListBox Or _
TypeOf Control Is CheckBox Then
Control.BackColor = vColor
End If
Next Control
End Sub
Public Function Convert2Hex(color) as String
Dim RedValue, GreenValue, BlueValue
RedValue = (color And &HFF&)
GreenValue = (color And &HFF00&) \ 256
BlueValue = (color And &HFF0000) \ 65536
Convert2Hex = Format(Hex(RedValue) & Hex(GreenValue) & Hex(BlueValue), "000000")
End Function
