by Rde (54 Submissions)
Category: Custom Controls/Forms/Menus
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Intermediate
Date Added: Wed 10th February 2021
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Scroll Code Pane 500 is a must have Addin
that provides many great following features:
* Faster scrolling than the standard codepane scrollbar
* Easy to select when large code creates tiny standard thumb
* Never erratic like dragging the standard thumb to find code
* Jumps haft page not full page to always see where you are
* Easy to access when you need it but stays out of the way
* Fully customizable through right-click context menu
* Convenient to drag it to wherever you want it
* Doesn't modify your vb menus or toolbars
 8 kb zip
Scroll Code Pane 500 is a handy productivity booster.
Ever notice that it is difficult to find a particular procedure in a
large code module.
Just clicking on the tiny scrollbar thumb (scroll box) is difficult, then
dragging the thumb to the target position is erratic, and releasing the
mouse on top of the target code may still jump up or down one or two page
views on release, requiring you to scroll a-line-at-a-time using a scroll
arrow to find it.
Even clicking between the scroll box and a scroll arrow jumps a full page
which means if your target is half revealed on one click then another
click will go too far, again requiring you to scroll a-line-at-a-time to
find it.
This very simple addin addresses these issues.
No matter how large your code gets, the thumb will never get too small.
Dragging the thumb will always scroll the code at a comfortable speed for
precise control. Clicking between the scroll box and a scroll arrow jumps
the view a half page so it will always end up where you want to be.
Scrolling with the arrows is much faster than the old one-line-at-a-time.
This great feature comes from a simple addin that adds no VB-Ide menu or
toolbar items. It does not sub-class the code window or create custom
drawn controls, and is basically one short timer sub and a couple of
scroll events. All code lines are safely protected by rigorous validation
checks and error handlers to ensure no exceptions can occur.
Now fully customizable through right-click context menu. Simply
right-click at the top of the scrollbar to set all relevant properties.
Just compile the project to automatically add the add-in to VB. If you
have compiled a previous version just compile again with no VB IDE's open
by selecting 'Make' on the ScrollCP.vbp's right-click context menu in
explorer. To uninstall just delete ScrollCP.dll and answer 'Yes' to
remove the addin next time you start VB.
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