Data Combo

How to load a ComboBox with data tables and link that to another ComboBox containing fields. Also demonstrates the GetOpenFileName API function – selecting a filename without using the Common Dialog control. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170711-072918-DATACOMB.ZIP 7/11/2017 7:29:18 AM 12988

Basic Encryption

How to encrypt INI and data files. Includes 3 functions for data encryption. Uses a derived key XOR. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170704-073351-CRYPT.ZIP 7/4/2017 7:33:51 AM 2788

Copy Typing

How to duplicate text entry in a separate control. Copies your keystrokes from one TextBox to another as you type. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170703-101920-COPYTYPE.ZIP 7/3/2017 10:19:20 AM 1361

Cool Toolbars

How to implement “cool tools” style toolbars. Shows how to create Internet Explorer-like “cool tool” buttons without the need for any custom controls. Shows how to detect when a mouse moves over, then off a control. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170626-072157-COOLTOOL.ZIP 6/26/2017 7:21:57 AM 6628

CoolMenu

How to popup a menu as the mouse moves over a hotspot. This sample is sort of a combination of the PopHwnd and CoolTool samples. It destroys and pops up menus as the mouse moves over a hotspot on a “toolbar”. The application is hooked before PopupMenu is called so that the handle (and thus the RECT) of… Read More »

Compare Window Handles

How to enumerate all window handles. Fills one ListBox with all window handles, titles, and classes. Fills another with any windows not found in the original. Useful for searching out all the windows used by a specific application. Just fill the base, run your program, then find the new ones.  Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170622-122053-COMPHWND.ZIP 6/22/2017 12:20:53 PM… Read More »

Close Forms

How to search for a window to close via enumeration. Finds all open VB IDE Form windows and closes them.  Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170618-113024-CLOSEFRM.ZIP 6/18/2017 11:30:24 AM 3356

SimplePing Demo

This is a demonstration on how to use the SimplePing function described in this article. There is not much to it, but it shows how to send an ICMP echo request (ping) to a remote IP address, and determine if the host is responding. Based on the return from the SimplePing function, the appropriate message box is displayed on… Read More »

Simple Clock

Shows how to create a simple one-form analog ‘clock’ application, using SIN/COS functions with Shape and Line controls. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170616-074424-CLOCK.ZIP 6/16/2017 7:44:24 AM 1763