'Visual Basic 2005 Programmer's Reference
'by Rod Stephens (Author)
'# Publisher: Wrox (October 21, 2005)
'# Language: English
'# ISBN-10: 0764571982
'# ISBN-13: 978-0764571985
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.Windows.Forms
public class FixedRatio
public Shared Sub Main
Application.Run(New Form1)
End Sub
End class
Public Class Form1
Public Structure Rect
Public left As Integer
Public top As Integer
Public right As Integer
Public bottom As Integer
End Structure
Protected Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef m As System.Windows.Forms.Message)
Const WM_SIZING As Long = &H214
Const WMSZ_LEFT As Integer = 1
Const WMSZ_RIGHT As Integer = 2
Const WMSZ_TOP As Integer = 3
Const WMSZ_TOPLEFT As Integer = 4
Const WMSZ_TOPRIGHT As Integer = 5
Const WMSZ_BOTTOM As Integer = 6
Const WMSZ_BOTTOMLEFT As Integer = 7
Const WMSZ_BOTTOMRIGHT As Integer = 8
Static fixed_aspect_ratio As Double = 0
Dim new_aspect_ratio As Double
If m.Msg = WM_SIZING And m.HWnd.Equals(Me.Handle) Then
' Turn the message¡Â¯s lParam into a Rect.
Dim r As Rect
r = DirectCast( _
Marshal.PtrToStructure(m.LParam, GetType(Rect)), _
Rect)
' Get the current dimensions.
Dim wid As Double = r.right - r.left
Dim hgt As Double = r.bottom - r.top
' Get the new aspect ratio.
new_aspect_ratio = hgt / wid
' The first time, save the form¡Â¯s aspect ratio.
If fixed_aspect_ratio = 0 Then
fixed_aspect_ratio = new_aspect_ratio
End If
' See if the aspect ratio is changing.
If fixed_aspect_ratio <> new_aspect_ratio Then
' To decide which dimension we should preserve,
' see what border the user is dragging.
If m.WParam.ToInt32 = WMSZ_TOPLEFT Or _
m.WParam.ToInt32 = WMSZ_TOPRIGHT Or _
m.WParam.ToInt32 = WMSZ_BOTTOMLEFT Or _
m.WParam.ToInt32 = WMSZ_BOTTOMRIGHT _
Then
' The user is dragging a corner.
' Preserve the bigger dimension.
If new_aspect_ratio > fixed_aspect_ratio Then
' It¡Â¯s too tall and thin. Make it wider.
wid = hgt / fixed_aspect_ratio
Else
' It¡Â¯s too short and wide. Make it taller.
hgt = wid * fixed_aspect_ratio
End If
ElseIf m.WParam.ToInt32 = WMSZ_LEFT Or _
m.WParam.ToInt32 = WMSZ_RIGHT _
Then
' The user is dragging a side.
' Preserve the width.
hgt = wid * fixed_aspect_ratio
ElseIf m.WParam.ToInt32 = WMSZ_TOP Or _
m.WParam.ToInt32 = WMSZ_BOTTOM _
Then
' The user is dragging the top or bottom.
' Preserve the height.
wid = hgt / fixed_aspect_ratio
End If
' Figure out whether to reset the top/bottom
' and left/right.
' See if the user is dragging the top edge.
If m.WParam.ToInt32 = WMSZ_TOP Or _
m.WParam.ToInt32 = WMSZ_TOPLEFT Or _
m.WParam.ToInt32 = WMSZ_TOPRIGHT _
Then
' Reset the top.
r.top = r.bottom - CInt(hgt)
Else
' Reset the bottom.
r.bottom = r.top + CInt(hgt)
End If
' See if the user is dragging the left edge.
If m.WParam.ToInt32 = WMSZ_LEFT Or _
m.WParam.ToInt32 = WMSZ_TOPLEFT Or _
m.WParam.ToInt32 = WMSZ_BOTTOMLEFT _
Then
' Reset the left.
r.left = r.right - CInt(wid)
Else
' Reset the right.
r.right = r.left + CInt(wid)
End If
' Update the Message object¡Â¯s LParam field.
Marshal.StructureToPtr(r, m.LParam, True)
End If
End If
MyBase.WndProc(m)
End Sub
End Class
_
Partial Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
_
Protected Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
If disposing AndAlso components IsNot Nothing Then
components.Dispose()
End If
MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
End Sub
'Required by the Windows Form Designer
Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer
'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
'Do not modify it using the code editor.
_
Private Sub InitializeComponent()
Me.SuspendLayout()
'
'Form1
'
Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0!, 13.0!)
Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273)
Me.Name = "Form1"
Me.Text = "FixedAspectRatio"
Me.ResumeLayout(False)
End Sub
End Class