Innovasys Freeware Controls

The Innovasys Freeware Controls are a small set of controls designed to assist in adding a modern XP / Themed look and feel to your applications. Each control comes with a demonstration and a full context sensitive on-line help file.

The controls are entirely free to use and to distribute with your apps. You should just be aware that we will only be supporting the controls on an ad-hoc basis - that means that we will do our best to support them, but cannot offer any guarantees.

FramePlus - Extended frame control with XP Theme support

The standard Visual Basic 6 frame control does not support applications using an XP manifest - the interior of the control is rendered as a black 'blob'. Frameplus solves this problem including full XP theme support, and providing a set of useful features missing from the standard frame control.

  • Windows XP Themes: Full support for Windows XP Visual Themes, rendering the look and feel of the FramePlus according to the active theme. Theme support can be disabled or overridden if required;
  • Styles: FramePlus offers a number of standard and custom styles
  • Child Controls: Depending on the Enabled and Checked state of the frame, child controls can be automatically enabled or disabled.
  • Checkbox: You can display a checkbox to the left of the caption text

ButtonPlus - Extended button control

ButtonPlus is an alternative to the Visual Basic command button control that includes a range of features to give your buttons more functionality and visual appeal.

  • Windows XP Visual Styles: Full support for Windows XP Visual Styles, rendering the look and feel of the ButtonPlus according to the active theme. Visual Style support can be disabled or overridden if required;
  • Formatting options: ButtonPlus allows you to specify alternate positioning alignments for graphics and text and allows border and outline colors to be configured.
  • Drop down support: The ButtonPlus control can style itself to look like a drop down button, including split modes. Using the DropDownItems collection, the button can automatically display dropdown menus.

ScrollBarPlus - Themed scrollbar control

You've finished your great looking user interface, but something is missing that you can't quite put your finger on. That's right - the Visual Basic 6 scrollbars aren't drawing with a themed effect, and nothing you can do will persuade them to do so. ScrollBarPlus solves this problem, providing full theme support and with the added bonus that the ScrollBars cannot get keyboard focus (a nasty feature of the in-built Visual Basic scrollbars).

  • Windows XP Themes: Full support for Windows XP Visual Themes, rendering the look and feel of the scroll bar according to the active theme. Theme support can be disabled or overridden if required;
  • Styles: ScrollbarPlus offers a number of standard and custom appearances;
  • Focusless: Unlike the standard HScroll and VScroll controls, ScrollbarPlus cannot receive focus;
  • Orientation: Both vertical and horizontal orientations in the same control;
  • AutoSize: Automatically have the width/height of the scroll bar conform to current system settings;