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Table of Contents 1. MyFbFramework Overview 2. MyFbFramework controls and objects Object Hierarchy Controls Containers Components Dialogs

1. MyFbFramework Overview

MyFbFramework is a forms building, drawing and etc. library for the FreeBASIC programming language. This library helps in the development of software products using easy-to-use classes and syntax, which are similar in nature to the programming language vb.net.

2. MyFbFramework controls and objects

Object Hierarchy

Controls

Animate - An animate control is a window that displays an Audio-Video Interleaved (AVI) clip.

Chart - The Chart control is a chart object that exposes events.

CheckBox - Displays an V when selected; the V disappears when the CheckBox is cleared.

CheckedListBox - Displays a ListBox in which a check box is displayed to the left of each item.

ComboBoxEdit - Combines the features of a TextBox and a ListControl.

ComboBoxEx - ComboBoxEx controls are combo box controls that provide native support for item images.

CommandButton - Looks like a push button and is used to begin, interrupt, or end a process.

DateTimePicker - Represents a Windows control that allows the user to select a date and a time and to display the date and time with a specified format.

Grid - Defines a flexible grid area that consists of columns and rows.

Header - A header control is a window that is usually positioned above columns of text or numbers.

HotKey - A hot key control is a window that enables the user to enter a combination of keystrokes to be used as a hot key.

HScrollBar - Provides a horizontal scroll bar for easy navigation through long lists of items.

ImageBox - Displays a graphic.

IPAddress - An Internet Protocol (IP) address control allows the user to enter an IP address in an easily understood format.

Label - Displays text that a user can't change directly.

LinkLabel - Represents a label control that can display hyperlinks.

ListControl - Displays a list of items from which the user can select one or more.

ListView - Represents a control that displays a list of data items.

MonthCalendar - Represents a Windows control that enables the user to select a date using a visual monthly calendar display.

PageScroller - The PageScroller control is used to scroll a panel along with the components placed on it.

ProgressBar - A progress bar is a window that an application can use to indicate the progress of a lengthy operation.

RadioButton - Displays an option that can be turned on or off.

ReBar - A Rebar control acts as a container for child windows. It can contain one or more bands, and each band can have any combination of a gripper bar, a bitmap, a text label, and one child window.

RichTextBox - The RichTextBox control enables you to display or edit flow content including paragraphs, images, tables, and more.

ScrollBarControl - Provides a horizontal and a vertical scroll bar for easy navigation through long lists of items.

Splitter - Represents a splitter control that enables the user to resize docked controls.

StatusBar - A status bar is a horizontal window at the bottom of a parent window in which an application can display various kinds of status information.

TextBox - Displays information entered at design time by the user, or in code at run time.

ToolBar - A toolbar is a control that contains one or more buttons.

ToolPalette - A tool palette with categories.

TrackBar - A trackbar is a window that contains a slider (sometimes called a thumb) in a channel, and optional tick marks.

TreeListView - Combines the features of a TreeView and a ListView.

TreeView - Represents a control that displays hierarchical data in a tree structure that has items that can expand and collapse.

UpDown - An up-down control is a pair of arrow buttons that the user can click to increment or decrement a value, such as a scroll position or a number displayed in a companion control (called a buddy window).

VScrollBar - Provides a vertical scroll bar.

WebBrowser - Enables the user to navigate Web pages inside your form.

Containers

Form - A window or dialog box that makes up part of an application's user interface.

GroupBox - Provides an identifiable grouping for controls.

Panel - Used to group collections of controls.

Picture - Displays a graphic from a bitmap, icon or metafile.

TabControl - Represents a control that contains multiple items that share the same space on the screen.

TabPage - Represents a single tab page in a TabControl.

UserControl - Provides an empty control that can be used to create other controls. A Control authored in VisualFBEditor

Components

ImageList - An image list is a collection of images of the same size, each of which can be referred to by its index.

MainMenu - Represents the menu structure of a form.

PopUpMenu - Represents a context menu.

Printer - Enables you to communicate with a system printer (initially the default printer).

TimerComponent - A control which can execute code at regular intervals by causing a Timer event.

Dialogs

ColorDialog - Represents a common dialog box that displays available colors along with controls that enable the user to define custom colors.

FolderBrowserDialog - Prompts the user to select a folder.

FontDialog - Prompts the user to choose a font from among those installed on the local computer.

OpenFileDialog - Displays a standard dialog box that prompts the user to open a file.

PageSetupDialog - Enables users to change page-related print settings, including margins and paper orientation.

PrintDialog - Lets users select a printer and choose which sections of the document to print from an application.

PrintPreviewDialog - Represents the raw preview part of print previewing from an application.

SaveFileDialog - Prompts the user to select a location for saving a file.