The ToolboxBitmap
In addition to our About box, another way to set our program apart from the others is to show a special bitmap in the tool palette. VB provides the standard blue control bitmap, but we want to make our control stand out. No problem. Read on!
Try It Out - Adding the ToolboxBitmap
1. Bring up the Properties box of the control and select ToolboxBitmap. Clicking the ellipsis will display the file dialog box. Select a .bmp} file from one of the bitmaps that ships with VB 6.0 - or any other bitmap that you might like. If you are unlike me and have artistic abilities, you might even use PaintBrush and draw your own. For now though, just select a bitmap and press OK. This will automatically provide that bitmap as the picture that shows up for your control on the programmer's tool box when our control is compiled.
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Then when you let the mouse linger over your control, the name of the control is displayed in the tool tip box, right under your new bitmap.