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Place Animated Cursors in Standard Messsageboxes
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Visual Basic 5 Visual Basic 6
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More information: It is possible to hook messages associated with the standard message box to play around with its restricted form (e.g. change button captions, etc.) This example goes a bit further and allows the changing of the icon from one of the four available to any (static) icon. Also, a routine is included to place an animated icon (*.ani file) on a form, or anything that has a hwnd property. By finding the hwnd of the Msgbox icon in the hook procedure, the animation can be placed in the msgbox, as shown in this example.
Note: animated icons cannot usually be loaded from resource files in Windows 9.X (they can be in NT, and Windows 2000), and must be loaded from a file. When expanding this zip, tick "use folder names" so the example program can find the anis in the proper place. This code has been viewed 64924 times. Instructions: Click the link below to download the code. Select 'Save' from the IE popup dialog. Once downloaded, open the .zip file from your local drive using WinZip or a comparable program to view the contents. source/Extended_Msgbox.zip
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