FormExtender Feature Requests

Okay, I spent a couple of hours to get some of the functionality I've been looking for...It would be great if similar code could be added to the FormExtender to reduce the number of dependencies I require, and because the features should be of general use. I've created a control with the following events:

1) AppGotFocus, AppLostFocus (fired when the entire application gets focus from another application or loses focus to another application)
2) BeginUserMove - fired when the user is about to begin moving the form (e.g. mouse down on title bar).
3) BeforeUserMove - fired before the new position of a form is drawn on-screen, so you can change the position or cancel the movement. Useful for preventing a form from being moved off-screen (for example)
4) UserMove - fired after a change of form position has been drawn on-screen (useful for moving other forms with a form). Doesn't fire when using the Move method, or Left, Right, Top, Bottom properties in code.
5) EndUserMove - fired when the user has stopped moving the form.
6) BeginUserResize - fired when the user is about to begin resizing the form.
7) EndUserResize - fired when the user has stopped resizing the form.
8) BeforeUserMinimize - fired when the user clicks the minimize button, but before completing the minimization (can be cancelled). Useful for minimizing to the tray instead of the taskbar. Doesn't fire when setting WindowState in code.
9) BeforeUserMaximize - fired when the user clicks the maximize button, but before completing the maximization (can be cancelled). Not sure if this has much of a use since you can disable the maximize button. Doesn't fire when setting WindowState in code.
10) BeforeUserRestore - fired when the user clicks the restore button, but before completing the restoration (can be cancelled). Not sure if this has much of a use. Doesn't fire when setting WindowState in code.
11) FirstActivate - fired the first time a form is activated, and never again. Useful for getting rid of ugly Static variable dependent code in the regular Form_Activate event.
12) BeforeShowSystemMenu - fired before the system menu is shown (can be cancelled to not show the menu). This was a request of Aaron's. You can also modify the menu items in this event.

I know you can't use the VB6 code directly for the FormExtender code, but it could be useful for study purposes. You will need to register the SL5Subclass.dll to use the demo, otherwise you can just look at the source code for ideas.

Hi Jason,

So how about it Oleg? Any chance of these features being implemented in the next release?

But the hard work has been done Oleg!

Just kidding, I understand. Thanks for the update though.

My preliminary research seems to indicate that it is either impossible or at least very difficult to change the tooltip for the built-in form controls.

However, if you are using the Ribbon (and possibly even for the SkinFramework), then it is possible that CJ is drawing their own form controls, and they may have control over the tooltip that is displayed. So maybe some from CJ can answer whether or not it is possible to have properties exposed for tooltip elements?