by Ken Henkes (1 Submission)
Category: Custom Controls/Forms/Menus
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Wed 7th March 2001
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
(1 Votes)
Invisible splitter bar with no extra controls. Resizes controls evenly with the resizing of the form. (Works best with Windows NT/2000 with
API Declarations
'Create a form with four (4) textboxes positioned as
'Text1 = top and left
'Text2 = top and right
'Text3 = bottom and left
'Text4 = bottom and right
'Paste the code in the module of Form1, execute the app and resize the form
VBcoders
Option Explicit
Private CanHSize As Boolean 'Resize left and right controls
Private CanVSize As Boolean 'Resize top and bottom controls
Private HSizing As Boolean 'Resizing left and right
Private VSizing As Boolean 'Resizing top and bottom
Private Sub Form_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
If CanHSize Then HSizing = True 'Ok to resize left and right controls
If CanVSize Then VSizing = True 'Ok to resize top and bottom controls
End Sub
Private Sub Form_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
If HSizing Then
'Currently sizing left and right controls
'Verify adequate left and right borders
If X > 400 And X < Form1.Width - 520 Then
Text1.Width = X - 20
Text3.Width = Text1.Width
Text2.Left = X + 20
Text4.Left = Text2.Left
Form_Resize
End If
Exit Sub
End If
If VSizing Then
'Currently sizing top and bottom controls
'Verify adequate top and bottom borders
If Y > 400 And Y < Form1.Height - 820 Then
Text1.Height = Y - 20
Text2.Height = Text1.Height
Text3.Top = Y + 20
Text4.Top = Text3.Top
Form_Resize
End If
Exit Sub
End If
'Check cursor position
'If between left and right controls, we'll use vertical splitter
'to resize left and right controls
'If between top and bottom controls, we'll use horizontal splitter
'to resize top and bottom controls
If (X > Text1.Width And X < Text2.Left) And (Y < Text1.Height Or Y > Text3.Top) Then
CanHSize = True
CanVSize = False
Form1.MousePointer = vbSizeWE
ElseIf (Y > Text1.Height And Y < Text3.Top) And (X < Text1.Width Or X > Text2.Left) Then
CanHSize = False
CanVSize = True
Form1.MousePointer = vbSizeNS
Else
CanHSize = False
CanVSize = False
Form1.MousePointer = vbDefault
End If
End Sub
Private Sub Form_MouseUp(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
HSizing = False
VSizing = False
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Resize()
'Resize controls to stretch with form
On Local Error Resume Next
'Resize controls on right to stretch with form
Text2.Width = Form1.Width - Text2.Left - 120
Text4.Width = Text2.Width
'resize controls on bottom to stretch with form
Text3.Height = Form1.Height - Text3.Top - 415
Text4.Height = Text3.Height
On Local Error GoTo 0
End Sub
Private Sub Text1_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
CanHSize = False
CanVSize = False
Form1.MousePointer = vbDefault
End Sub
Private Sub Text2_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
CanHSize = False
CanVSize = False
Form1.MousePointer = vbDefault
End Sub
Private Sub Text3_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
CanHSize = False
CanVSize = False
Form1.MousePointer = vbDefault
End Sub
Private Sub Text4_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
CanHSize = False
CanVSize = False
Form1.MousePointer = vbDefault
End Sub
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