BTW, I’m getting that error too but I said nothing because there were lots of files I didn’t have when I first installed the app, I just thought is was because of this.
The gradient tool works thusly:
type text. Highlight said text. Hit the button. Pick the color that the text should start at and hit “OK”. Next pick the color that the text should end at and hit “OK”. The dialog box will close and the vB code will be applied.
To be honest, I’m not sure that anyone is, but I decided to err on the side of caution, particularly as the smilies we have here at the SDMB are diverse in origination.
The program requires VBRUN500.DLL in order to work, the VB5DB.DLL thing is probably because it has an MS Access back end - unfortunately I didn’t have a vanilla machine to test it on - I’ll see what I can sort out…
Yes
Confusing because:
[ul][li]The second colour picker dialog appears in the same place as the first one.[/li][li]Despite the code telling the common dialog object to change the title of the colour picker to ‘select first colour’ or ‘select second colour’, it doesn’t.[/li][/ul]
Please do heed the Readme file on use of gradients though:
Mangetout - if you have a version which contains all files needed for installation, including the run-times, I will make an installer wrapper for you today that does the Installshield-type “Install/Cleanly Uninstall/Automatically put icons and program groups where you want them” etc. And it will be free and legal to distribute. Just let me know, or mail me - I’m happy to help out.
Una
In this thread:
Jakeman from the vBulletin team states that the only smiley they made was the rolleyes one. So you are not violating any copyright of vBulletin by distributing the others (barring, of course, the SDMB-specific ones).
Una
Pretty cool, Mangetout.
Oh, I get it!
** Man, this is just so amazingly COOL I cant tell you! **
Thanks **Mangetout **, and for your next trick?
Goddamned nonportable proprietary languages…
VisceralBASIC maight be fine for Microtoys, but what about those of us not using the Incompatible Beast? Would Perl have been that hard?
Annoying. That’s all. Annoying. It’s useless to me.
I dunno, Derleth, that’s a good question. Why didn’t you make one? 
[sub](I’m hoping your post was a jest by typing this…)[/sub]
I am also reporting the problem of an OXC file not registered. 
As others mentioned: do I need Visual Basic for it to work?
I have to confess that this is the first time I’ve released a VB app (and indeed the first time I’ve used VB for quite a while); I usually work with Delphi and the components are usually just parts of the default component set, rather than activex objects.
I think there’s a way of packaging the object in the exe so that these problems don’t occur; I just can’t seem to work out how…
Damn and blast! the VB application setup wizard wants to generate a set of installation files over 8MB in size! - does it say which OCX is causing the problem.
In my case it’s DBGRID32.OCX.
Well, 8MB might be about right, with an access backend and VB dll’s necessary, it could be a lot of stuff.
Like rowrrbazzle I’m getting a error
Component “DBGRID32.OCX” not currently registered: file is missing or invalid
Derleth, that was more than a bit peevish and totally uncalled for. It may be useless to you, but there are others that will find it valuable. I gotta believe that Mangetout put his considerable effort towards what would serve the bulk of the users. It ain’t his fault that you aren’t in that percentage.
I think you owe the man an apology.
I am sorry that I snapped at you. I am sick and tired of Microsoft having such a monopoly that even relatively techie people don’t even think that non-Microsoft users even exist. I’m sick and tired that proprietary languages even exist.
I’m not angry at Mangetout. I’m sorry if I came across that way.
I just might get to writing a Perl version once my Copious Free Time comes my way.
Crikey, I can’t expect people to download 8MB of file for such a small program.