How to create an application-wide keyboard hook. Intercepts and destroys certain keystrokes occurring in the current process. Note that the UserControls section contains a system-wide keyboard hook. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170727-173113-KEYHOOK.ZIP 7/27/2017 5:31:13 PM 2836
How to program a single Focus event for every object. Added code that randomly sets the focus to a different control. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170726-111842-HOOKFOCS.ZIP 7/26/2017 11:18:42 AM 3351
How to view icons from a DLL or EXE file. Shows how to extract and draw an icon from a DLL. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170726-112050-ICONVIEW.ZIP 7/26/2017 11:20:50 AM 4189
How to retrieve window handles without subclassing. Fills a ListBox with top level parent window handles and titles. Another ListBox is filled with all window handles and titles. Also show how to terminate a process. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170725-084851-GETWHWND.ZIP 7/25/2017 8:48:51 AM 2959
How to retrieve drive types (CD-ROM, Removeable, Network, etc…). Fills a ListBox control with drive letters and types. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170725-084650-GETDRVT.ZIP 7/25/2017 8:46:50 AM 1302
How to animate transparent images without flicker. Extensive comments in the sample explains how it all works. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170724-191508-FLICKER.ZIP 7/24/2017 7:15:08 PM 17609
How to align fonts along a baseline. When printing different point sizes of a font using VB’s Print method, they default to aligning at the top of the characters rather than on a common baseline. This sample shows how to properly align them. Works for the Form, PictureBox, UserControl, and Printer objects. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170724-191735-FNTALIGN.ZIP 7/24/2017… Read More »
How to use flat, non-clickable headers with the ListView control. Give your listboxes a little more modern look. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170723-073320-FLATHEAD.ZIP 7/23/2017 7:33:20 AM 2144
How to find files via recursive directory searching. Uses a recursive procedure to find files that match your search and path entries. Also contains functional equivalents of InstrRev, Split, and Replace functions for earlier versions of VB. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170723-072801-FINDFILE.ZIP 7/23/2017 7:28:01 AM 4475
A demonstration on how to display the properties dialog of any file. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170722-143511-FILEPROP.ZIP 7/22/2017 2:35:11 PM 1787