.HLP file loader
There's some issues when loading Help files in windows 10. I upgraded from windows 7 to 10, and maybe this is where this problem lies. But I saw all over the same questions on the internet how to fix...
View ArticleVB^ - SimpleServer
CSocket was originally developed by Oleg Gdalevich as a replacement for MSWinSck. Emiliano Scavuzzo improved upon it with CSocketMaster, and I converted it to support IPv6 with cSocket2. With...
View Article[VB6] Dynamic Resize: Use a slider to change ListView icon/thumbnail size on...
One of the features of the Vista and newer Explorer views is the icon size slider; you can do more than just pick between a couple sizes- you can set it to any value in the icon range. Previously to...
View ArticleAdd a little Pizazz to Your Menus & Toolbar Dropdowns
Here's a project to add Menu Bitmaps and Toolbar Dropdown bitmaps. I have included a companion project to create menu bitmaps (14x14) from other graphic file types and icons (24 bit & lower) Enjoy....
View ArticleA small, no fancy checkbox
Someone ask for a simple checkbox with click and value. Nothing professional... Small and to the point: Code: Option Explicit Const m_def_Value = True Dim m_Value As Boolean Event Click() Event...
View ArticleSplitter;- or Separator lines Control
I get tired of making splitter lines for programs, therefore I decided to make a control. Very basic as it's not really my field of expertise, but something that I can use horizontal as well as...
View ArticleValue Counter User Control
A small value counter: What's on the form: What is it? The coding: Code: 'Default Property Values: Const m_def_Value = 0 'Property Variables: Dim m_Value As Integer 'Event Declarations: Event...
View ArticleExtra Info Storer User Control
In-visible at run time, it can store up to 20 values per control for use in a program. There are nothing on the form. It's not a container for other controls either. How does it look inside the...
View ArticleA little bit of MSDN .CHM files info
I did this this afternoon, for myself and others. Just an idea - nothing fancy: The form (only one), with the .frx with pictures and icon: Project MSDN.zip The main code to load the .chm file was not...
View ArticleHome Budget-Slip System
My first successful home budget program written was back in QuickBasic 7, in the late 1980's and Early 1990's. The name "Law" stick from the first time till now. I upgraded (actually, re-written) to...
View Article[VB6] Speech Recognition via SAPI
This is a trivial demo of bare bones use of SAPI for speech recognition. The documentation can be found at MSDN: Automation Interfaces and Objects (SAPI 5.4) There is much more you can do than is shown...
View ArticleVB6 2D Physic Engine
VB6 port of 2D Impulse Engine by Randy Gaul: http://www.randygaul.net/projects-op...mpulse-engine/ and Philip Diffenderfer: https://github.com/ClickerMonkey/ImpulseEngine + (Experimental) Joints by the...
View Articlevbrichclient5.dll examples
hi. very interested to find out where to go to see active discussions on using vbrichclient5.dll. I have see some posted here but wondered if there was something like planetsourcecode where users etc...
View ArticleURL Save
A program I written a while back, which can save all the important (and not :) ) URL's. Especially needed to have these URL's at hand when re-installing windows, moving to a new pc or for whatever...
View ArticleW10 Accounts
When we grow older we tend to forget passwords and user names etc. Not entirely true. In this day and age, when roaming the internet and became part and participate within the w.w.w. , we create so...
View Article[VB6, Vista] List the Recycle Bin location(s) on a drive
Hard coded paths aren't the best system, since they change from Windows version to version. So AAraya was asking about how to do this, and after seeing a StackOverflow and OldNewThing post about using...
View ArticleVB6 - JACMail V3
JACMail Version 3.0 is very similar to previous Versions. I have abandoned attempts to add encryption to Email service, as TLS 1.0/1.1 is no longer supported on many servers. TLS 1.2 supports ECC...
View Article[VB6, Vista+] Enumerate, explore, and change all file associations
File Associations This program is similar to the Default Programs control panel applet. It scans the registry for all registered file extensions, then uses the AssocCreate API and IQueryAssociations...
View ArticleVB6 - Program Communication
There are numerous examples of SendMessage useage, and this is my version of communication between 2 programs. The basics came from "www.TheScarms.com", and were adapted to provide a way to issue...
View ArticleVB6 - Heart Beat
There are many reasons that a TCP connection can be lost, not the least of which is the NAT router that it might sit behind. In my ongoing efforts to develop a private mail system, I needed to know if...
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