I am wondering how to create controls at runtime in Visual Basic 5. Is
this even possible? Do I have to use ActiveX or soemthing? The controls
I wish to create are simple slider bars.

Also, is there a way to call an MS-DOS program from within a VB5
program?

Thanks in advance!
Alex Magidow

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I'd like dynamic control creation myself. So far, it seems impossible.
One often-mentioned work-around is to create a slider-bar at design
time, and set its Index property to zero. This creates a control Array
of Slider bars, which you CAN add to at runtime.

Also, in VBA, you can add a control like this:

    Dim mycmd As Control

    Set mycmd = MForm.Controls.Add(strControl)
    mycmd.Left = intLeft
    mycmd.Top = intTop + 20 * intCount
    mycmd.Width = intWidth
    mycmd.Height = intHeight

    If strCaption <> "" Then
        mycmd.Caption = strCaption
    End If

    mycmd.Visible = True

Unfortunately, it doesn't work in Visual Basic.

To your second question, you can execute DOS commands like this:

Private Sub mnuDosPrompt_Click()
'   ChDrive Drive1.Drive
    Dim i
'   ChDir Dir1.Path
    i = Shell("C:\Command.com", 1)
End Sub

The above Sub Just opens a DOS window, but you can substitute other DOS
commands where it says "C:\Command.com".

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