Monitor Brightness Control

A VB6 project created to help you control your monitor brightness on MS-Windows like macOS

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Why Another Brightness Control Software?

They are a variety of programs in MS-Windows which already allow the user to manipulate their monitor brightness without touching the monitor itself. However, changing the brightness in most cases is not enough, that's why those types of software come with contrast adjustment as well. The problem with it, instead of just change the brightness user has also taken care of the contrast, making the process of adjustment unnecessarily complex. Additionally, in most cases those software neither provide any restore option, making the user manually restore it changes in case if they want to go back.

What does this program do?

This program instead of adjusting directly your monitor brightness and damage your contrast it created a black-screen layer on top of your monitor which allows the user to adjust its transparency, as a result, the user won't need to adjust the brightness neither the contrast on their monitor and if the software is closed, the user won't need to readjust their preview settings on their monitor's brightness; Thus, all these features make this software easier to use and user-friendly.

To-Do List:

• Black-screen layer
• Brightness level control
• Configuration window
  • Customize brightness shortcuts
  • Enable and disable program shortcuts
  • Start-up program with MS-Window
  • Run Black-screen after the program started
  • Show/Hide shortcuts label on the screen
  • Change program UI language (English/Spanish)
  • Save user customize settings
• Help file

Running and Tested

Compatible Operating Systems
Windows 2000	Tested on a virtual machine ✅
Windows XP	Tested on a virtual machine ✅
Windows Vista	Tested on a virtual machine ✅
Windows 7	Software develop OS 💻 ✅
Windows 8 / 8.1	Haven't tested yet ❗
Windows 10	Haven't tested yet ❗

Default Short-Cuts

Short-Cut	Description
Esc (3x)	Turn-Off the Black screen if is On (This short-cut user can not change it)
Crtl+Shift++	Raise brightness
Crtl+Shift+-	Lower brightness

Built With

Microsoft Visual Basic 6

Author

Created by Melvin Guerrero
February 9, 2020

License

MIT license
Any suggestion is welcome