TauControls

Tau Controls is set of few simple window controls like button, checkbox, divider, slider and some other. If you need non-standard controls to your program the TauControls might be the right thing. Especially suitable for "hacker" styled programs.

Here is short description:

BButton (bitmap button)

This control acts almost like common button but it shows graphics not text. There is need to test notify code if used in your program.

MSStatic (multi string static)

Simple static, but can be filled with many strings that can be switched dynamicaly.

TauButton (first aCCtrl_Button)

This control acts almost like common button except it animates when mouse passes it and when clicked.

TauDivider

Simple good looking divider. Can be used not only horizontal and vertical.

TauEdit

Edit box with styled border :-)

TauCheck

Nice checkbox. Can have any size. Checking and unchecking is animated, also mouse movement is animated.

TauIndex

Vertical control to index lines.

TauList

This control can be used like ListBox. Contains also TauIndex, no scrollbar.

TauTickControl

Control like TrackBar. This slider can be vertical, horizontal and contains many styles to have different looks.

TauTitle

Simple text, cool effect applied.

TauVU

Non-user VU level indicatior. Can be used for anything.

Usage:

is simple.

• First, there is need to call initialization function of each used control.
• Call CreateWindow and use class: [TauControlName]_CLASS
• You can also specify control style if it has some.
• Call SendMessage to set font and color.
• Catch WM_COMMAND and...

Download (28k):

• TauControls set: TauCtrl.zip

Suggestion:

Before using any control, I strongly suppose to check the control acting and reacting in source code and especially header file.

Future:

There are few changes I plan to future versions. For example background color other than black and so on...