[ABEO]

Ok this is a simple scribble pad, when you run it you can... scribble

First of all create a module.
In the Module put:

Option Explicit
Public bNowDraw As Boolean

Now on the main form put 4 command buttons.
Call them:
Command1 - cmdExit
Command2 - cmdClear
Command3 - cmdSave
Command4 - cmdLoad
Make the buttons quite small and put them at the top of the form.


Now put this in the form code:

Private Sub Form_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    bNowDraw = True
    CurrentX = X
    CurrentY = Y
End Sub

Private Sub Form_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    If bNowDraw = True Then
        Line -(X, Y)
    Else
        Exit Sub
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub Form_MouseUp(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    bNowDraw = False
End Sub

Private Sub cmdExit_Click()
    Unload Me
End Sub

Private Sub cmdClear_Click()
    If MsgBox("Do you wish to save first?", vbYesNo + vbQuestion, "Save...") = vbYes Then
        SavePicture Form1.Image, "c:\picture.bmp"
        Form1.Cls
    Else
        Form1.Cls
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub cmdLoad_Click()
    Form1.Picture = LoadPicture("c:\picture.bmp")
End Sub

Private Sub cmdSave_Click()
    SavePicture Form1.Image, "c:\picture.bmp"
    MsgBox "Picture Saved", vbOKOnly + vbInformation, "Saved..."
End Sub

That should be about it

You can add whatever features you like, when I had the basic program working I added colours to it so you can draw in better colours(black gets boring )

Have fun, more will come soon

[ABEO]

btw to change the back of the form colour you need:
Form1.BackColor = vbBlack

for example.
And for the colour you are drawing in you would need:
Form1.ForeColor = vbGreen

Thought that might be useful for all you silly n00bs who wanna try and make ur scribble pad a bit better

[Doggie]

also if u want to make changing colors easily..
add the common dialog control

and use the following on a button label something like change color

commondialog1.showcolor
form1.forecolor = commondialog1.color