Looking for favorite ways of CONSERVING Windows RESOURCES!!! 
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 Looking for favorite ways of CONSERVING Windows RESOURCES!!!

I'm curious which VB6 controls are considered to be the biggest 'windows
resource' hogs.  To put it another way, which controls do you experts like
to use as little as possible out of consideration towards limited resource
availability on a user's system?

I know we all wage the ongoing battle of which of our forms we should
completely unload as opposed to 'hide'.  In addition to what I've asked
above though, I guess I'm looking for *ANY* general advice you'd care to
share about the most thrifty way of using Windows Resources.

I look forward to your thoughts.  Thanks in advance.



Mon, 11 Nov 2002 03:00:00 GMT  
 Looking for favorite ways of CONSERVING Windows RESOURCES!!!
One tip I've seen is to use a Frame instead of a PictureBox for grouping
controls. It has no ScaleHeight or ScaleWidth, but when its border is turned
off, controls can be positioned on it using its Height and Width properties.
Of course, the resource gain depends on how many groups you need to make.

Mark Holder


Quote:
> I'm curious which VB6 controls are considered to be the biggest 'windows
> resource' hogs.  To put it another way, which controls do you experts like
> to use as little as possible out of consideration towards limited resource
> availability on a user's system?

> I know we all wage the ongoing battle of which of our forms we should
> completely unload as opposed to 'hide'.  In addition to what I've asked
> above though, I guess I'm looking for *ANY* general advice you'd care to
> share about the most thrifty way of using Windows Resources.

> I look forward to your thoughts.  Thanks in advance.



Sat, 16 Nov 2002 03:00:00 GMT  
 Looking for favorite ways of CONSERVING Windows RESOURCES!!!
I know I'm late to chime in on this thread, but you might also look
into the "Window-less" controls (MSWless.ocx - IIRC) These are some of
the same textbox, listbox, etc, but don't have their own hWnd and
consume fewer resources. They are included in the Enterprise edition
for sure, other editions I don't know...

ScottD



Quote:
> One tip I've seen is to use a Frame instead of a PictureBox for
grouping
> controls. It has no ScaleHeight or ScaleWidth, but when its border
is turned
> off, controls can be positioned on it using its Height and Width
properties.
> Of course, the resource gain depends on how many groups you need to
make.

> Mark Holder



> > I'm curious which VB6 controls are considered to be the biggest
'windows
> > resource' hogs.  To put it another way, which controls do you
experts like
> > to use as little as possible out of consideration towards limited
resource
> > availability on a user's system?

> > I know we all wage the ongoing battle of which of our forms we
should
> > completely unload as opposed to 'hide'.  In addition to what I've
asked
> > above though, I guess I'm looking for *ANY* general advice you'd
care to
> > share about the most thrifty way of using Windows Resources.

> > I look forward to your thoughts.  Thanks in advance.



Fri, 06 Dec 2002 03:00:00 GMT  
 
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