What additional "standard" VB6 controls can be enabled through Project
There are many additional management "packages" (libraries) that can be included in VB6 through Project> Components.
I am trying to find good replacements for SSid and SSframe controls. But I also want to find additional controls like tabbed dialog.
I'm not sure which ones are listed in the Components list: a. I can distribute b. Fairly mature and well supported (or at least when VB6 development is over).
Any advice?
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If you support a VB6 (or VB.NET) application in the long run, I highly recommend that you minimize your use of third party controls. Third-party controls are great for something one-off "right now". However, for long-term service, they are in pain to cope with the fact that the fate of a third-party provider leads to the end of support.
This is especially true for appearance controls such as the Threed management pack. We have finished working on our own dashboard control that we support. It was a one-off investment that has been much easier to support in recent years.
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Here is a list of the controls that come with VB: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194784
Sheridan controls are listed. I don't know how well they are supported:
Checklist The following is a summary of the ActiveX control files that ship with the various editions of Visual Basic:
ActiveX Control FileName Version Edition *
ADO Data Control 6.0 (OLEDB) MSADODC.ocx 6.00.8171 L, P, E
AXBrowse VCMAXB.ocx 6.00.8169 P, E
Cdlg RepCdlg.ocx 6.00.8161 P, E
Chart Control 6.0 MSChart.ocx 6.00.8079 P, E
Chart Control 6.0 (OLEDB) MSChrt20.ocx 6.00.8177 P, E
Comm Control 6.0 MSComm32.ocx 6.00.8169 P, E
Common controls-3 6.0 ComCt332.ocx 6.00.8169 P, E
Common Dialog Control 5.0 (SP2) Comdlg32.ocx 5.01.4319 E
Common Dialog Control 6.0 ComDlg32.ocx 6.00.8169 L, P, E
Data Bound Grid Control 5.0 (SP3) DBGrid32.OCX 5.1.814 P, E
Data List Controls 6.0 DBList32.ocx 6.00.8169 L, P, E
DataGrid Control 6.0 (OLEDB) MSDatGrd.ocx 6.00.8169 L, P, E
DataList Control 6.0 (OLEDB) MSDatLst.ocx 6.00.8169 L, P, E
DataRepeater Control 6.0 (OLEDB) MSDatRep.ocx 6.00.8169 P, E
Control of animated buttons Desaware AniBtn32.OCX 1.00.036 P, E
FlexGrid Control 5.0 (SP2) Msflxgrd.ocx 5.01.4319 E
FlexGrid Control 6.0 MSFlxGrd.ocx 6.00.8169 L, P, E
Grid Control Grid32.ocx 1.0.2908 P, E
Grid Control Grid32.ocx 1.00.2930 P, E
Hierarchical FlexGrid Control 6.0 MSHFlxGd.ocx 6.00.3005 L, P, E
Internet Transfer Control 6.0 MSInet.ocx 6.00.8169 P, E
MAPI Elements 6.0 MSMAPI32.ocx 6.00.8169 P, E
Masked Edit Control 6.0 MSMask32.ocx 6.00.8169 P, E
Microcontroller Gauge32.ocx 1.00.0024 P, E
Monitoring the state of the key MicroHelp KeySta32.ocx 1.00.0024 P, E
MSFlexGrid FlexWiz.ocx Master 6.00.8169 P, E
Multimedia Control 6.0 Mci32.ocx 6.00.8169 P, E
Loop Control MSOutl32.ocx 1.00.2922 P, E
Outrider SpinButton Control Spin32.ocx 1.00.0044 P, E
PictureClip Control 6.0 PicClp32.ocx 6.00.8169 P, E
Pinnacle-BPS Graphical Control Graph32.ocx 1.00.047 P, E
RemoteData Control 6.0 Msrdc20.ocx 6.00.8169 E
Rich TextBox Control 6.0 RichTx32.ocx 6.00.8169 L, P, E
Script Control 1.0 MSScript.ocx 1.0.02604 P, E
SysInfo Control 6.0 SysInfo.ocx 6.00.8169 P, E
Tabbed Dialog Control 5.0 (SP2) Tabctl32.ocx 5.01.4319 E
Tabbed Dialog Control 6.0 TabCtl32.ocx 6.00.8169 L, P, E
THREED32 Threed32.ocx 1.00.0041 P, E
Vbsql OLE Custom Control Module Vbsql.ocx 6.50.163 E
VisModelBrowser VCMVMB.ocx 6.00.8169 P, E
Visual Basic 6.0 Application Wizard AppWiz.OCX 6.00.8177 L, P, E
DataForm Wizard Visual Basic 6.0 DataForm.ocx 6.00.8169 P, E
Visual Basic 6.0 MSChart Wizard ChartWiz.ocx 6.00.8177 P, E
Without control windows 6.0 MSWLess.ocx 6.00.8169 P, E
Windows 5.0 Common Controls (SP2) Comctl32.ocx 5.1.4319 E
Windows 5.0 Common Controls (SP2) ComCtl32.ocx 6.00.8022 L, P, E
Windows 6.0 Common Management Tools MSComCtl.ocx 6.00.8177 L, P, E
Windows Common Controls Comctl32.ocx 1.00.2415 E
Windows Common Controls-2 5.0 (SP2) Comct232.ocx 5.01.4319 E
Windows Common Controls-2 5.0 (SP2) ComCt232.ocx 6.00.8022 L, P, E
General Windows-2 Management Tools 6.0 MSComCt2.ocx 6.00.8177 L, P, E
Winsock Control 6.0 MSWinsck.OCX 6.00.8169 P, E
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I found the VB Accelerator controls to be really useful as an alternative to standard and commercial VB6 products. They are open source so you can make changes, but they are stable enough that I only occasionally needed to do so.
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I would avoid Sheridan SS controls from threed32.ocx. They are not supported in Vista . I agree that it is best to minimize dependency on third-party controls as they are unlikely to be supported by the control's creator.
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