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David,

    There is a real easy way to do it. Unfortunately, I don't have AOL
anymore but I found an OCX there called Gradient.ocx. All you had to do is
put the control on the form and you have a gradient titlebar going from
black to blue. If I knew where I put the control, I would send it to you. If
you or anyone you know have AOL, do a search for gradient.ocx.
Hope this helps.

Dave Hearn
dhearn@mindspring.com

David Egan wrote in message <01bd32f3$58fc1880$ab2b7dc2@default>...
>Hi all
>
>Require gradient effect on dialog title bar, same effect as used in the
>microsoft Word title bar blue fading to black. I can only assume this can
>be achieved by using an API.
>which one though?
>
>also want to know how to get non standard ICO file displayed in a dialog.
>as in the word Microsoft  displayed  in the top left hand side of  the word
>application.
>surely this is not a standard 16x16 or 32x32 icon
>
>any help appreciated
>
>regards
>
>david
>
>

    If you can't find that control, Microsoft Systems Journal had
an example in the Jan 1997 C++ Q & A column, called Shadecap.
    It's on the MSDN Library CD under Periodicals, MSJ,
vol 12 number1. Note, SDI and MDI apps require different handling;
it's covered in a follow up C++ Q & A column in the June issue,
also on CD.

--
Ron Ruble
Raffles Software Development, Inc.

DaveH wrote in message <6bevsh$561@camel15.mindspring.com>...
>David,
>
>    There is a real easy way to do it. Unfortunately, I don't have AOL
>anymore but I found an OCX there called Gradient.ocx. All you had to do is
>put the control on the form and you have a gradient titlebar going from
>black to blue. If I knew where I put the control, I would send it to you.
If
>you or anyone you know have AOL, do a search for gradient.ocx.
>Hope this helps.
>
>Dave Hearn
>dhearn@mindspring.com
>
>David Egan wrote in message <01bd32f3$58fc1880$ab2b7dc2@default>...
>>Hi all
>>
>>Require gradient effect on dialog title bar, same effect as used in the
>>microsoft Word title bar blue fading to black. I can only assume this can
>>be achieved by using an API.
>>which one though?
>>
>>also want to know how to get non standard ICO file displayed in a dialog.
>>as in the word Microsoft  displayed  in the top left hand side of  the
word
>>application.
>>surely this is not a standard 16x16 or 32x32 icon
>>
>>any help appreciated
>>
>>regards
>>
>>david
>>
>>
>
>

Try this in the Form_Load section.  I copied it rather quickly, but it is
how we do it.

' Set the background Drawing parameters
    AutoRedraw = True
    DrawStyle = 6
    DrawMode = 13
    DrawWidth = 2
    ScaleMode = 3
    ColorStart = 0
    ColorEnd = 255
    ScaleHeight = ColorEnd - ColorStart
    sngRed=0
    sngGreen=0
    sngBlue=1

' Draw the colored background

    For i% = ColorStart To ColorEnd
        ShowColor& = RGB(i% * sngRed, i% * sngGreen, i% * sngBlue)
        Line (0, y)-(Width, y + 1), ShowColor&, BF
        y = y + 1
    Next i%

- Jack


_________________________________________
Jack Huisman
BusinesSoft, Corp.
"Using computers to add Science to the Art of Sales"
919 846-9000
_________________________________________

David Egan wrote in message <01bd32f3$58fc1880$ab2b7dc2@default>...
>Hi all
>
>Require gradient effect on dialog title bar, same effect as used in the
>microsoft Word title bar blue fading to black. I can only assume this can
>be achieved by using an API.
>which one though?
>