vbWidgets

Cairo-based Replacements for the CommonControls, based on the vbRichClient-Framework (www.vbRichClient.com). There you'll find all the needed information with demos and tutorials.

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##List of VB6 Controls and the vbWidgets equivalent or replacement

###Basic Controls

• PictureBox
• Label --> cwLabel
• TextBox --> cwTextBox
• Frame --> cwFrame
• CommandButton --> cwButton
• CheckBox --> cwButton - with ButtonStyle property set as CheckBox
• OptionButton --> cwButton - with ButtonStyle property set as OptionBox
• ComboBox --> cwDropDownList
• ListBox --> cwVList - is a generic and flexible widget, the developer has to do some encapsulation code
• HScrollBar --> cwHScrollBar
• VScrollBar --> cwVScrollBar
• Timer --> cTimer - not a widget, included in vbRichClient.dll
• DriveListBox
• DirListBox --> cwDirList - based on cwTree
• FileListBox --> cwFileList - based on cwTree
• Shape
• Line
• Image --> cwImage - also supports SVG format!
• Data
• OLE

###Common Controls

• TabStrip
• ToolBar --> cwToolBar (cwToolBarItem)
• StatusBar --> cwStatusBar
• ProgressBar --> cwProgressBar
• TreeView --> cwTree
• ListView
• ImageList --> cImageList - not a widget, included in vbRichClient.dll
• Slider
• ImageCombo
• Animation
• UpDown --> cwUpDown
• MonthView
• DTPicker
• FlatScrollBar
• CoolBar

###Other MS Controls

• MSComm
• MSHFlexGrid
• Winsock --> cUDP, cTCPClient, cTCPServer - not widgets, included in vbRichClient.dll
• RichTextBox
• MSFlexGrid --> cwGrid
• CommonDialog --> cFSO.ShowOpenDialog, cFSO.ShowSaveDialog - not widgets, included in vbRichClient.dll

Other Widgets

• cwAccordeon (cwAccordeonEntry)
• cwBrowser
• cwDropDown - Serves as a generic container to achieve "Combo-like DropDowns" with any Widget you want to drop
• cwFormButtons - Under construction?
• cwGlowButton
• cwMDIMock
• cwMenu (cwMenuItem) - Used to make popup menus
• cwMenuBar (cwMenuBarItem) - Replaces the menu bar of the VB6 Forms, enhanced with icon-images and option-check support
• cwResizer - Allows dragging of the separator between two panels in LayoutView
• cwRibbon (cwRibbonEntry)
• cwScoringLabel