When called with a string, will search through the string and replace a character of your choice with another character of your choice. For example, if you sent the string:“Hello to the world”And sent “o” as the character to be replaced,and sent “a” as the replacementIt will return you with:“Hella ta the warld”. Original Author: Danny Young Inputs OldString,… Read More »
Excellent functions for saving(SetInitEntry) and retrieving(GetInitEntry) data in ini files. Includes routines for a RecentFile menu (GetRecentFiles, AddRecentFile, RemoveRecentFile) which automatically fill and update your menu. Original Author: Rocky Clark (Kath-Rock Software) Assumptions Copy the code and Paste it into a new Module and name the module something like basInitEntry(InitEntry.bas). Read the comments in the GetRecentFiles() function for help… Read More »
Seems VB generate predefined values when use functions RND and RANDOMIZE(6.0),here is minimal improvement which generate You really reandom value… Original Author: Tair Abdurman Code ‘generate random value between minVal and maxVal inclusive’or return -1 if any errorPublic Function GenerateRandom(minVal As Long, maxVal As Long) As Long intr = -1 maxVal = maxVal + 1 If maxVal > 0 Then If minVal >=… Read More »
This is something I made after seeing people request a way to make transparent forms. The nice thing about this though, is that it makes it so that all the controls are still visible! And it works with transparent shapes and lines too! This is a great way to make your programs stand out from the rest, you… Read More »
This module enables you to manage file types programmatically (by accessing the Windows Registry). For example change Text Documents (.txt) to open with a text editor other than Notepad; Change the icon of eg. Text Documents. And a whole lot more.I hope you find this useful! Original Author: Jan Botha Inputs All functions have their own input parameters which… Read More »
Finds out all possible combinations and permutations of any size from a set of characters which you can choose. Alternatively you can use the combinations thus derived to perform bruteforce attacks against another program or you may even add code directly to manipulate the words derived.You can make a dictionary and also there is a demo mode and… Read More »
This code is an ActiveX that let you put any icon image on the System Tray. Just select the image and the tooltip at the Properties Sheet and execute the ColocarIcono procedure. That’s all. (It’s a new version of a previous project published here. Spanish Version) Original Author: Uriel Hernandez Robledo Inputs An icon imageThe ToolTip Attachments File Uploaded… Read More »
Code You can use for check and (if not exist) create DSN for Access DB in ODBC. Original Author: Tair Abdurman Code ‘in module filePrivate Const KEY_QUERY_VALUE = &H1Private Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0&Private Const REG_SZ = 1Private Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002Private Const REG_DWORD = 4Private Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib “advapi32.dll” Alias “RegOpenKeyExA” (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As… Read More »
A chat application that allows chat over the internet using IRC.NOTE: There is an updated version of this code, I strongly suggest you download that version of it, since this version is missing a component. Original Author: Michael Barnathan Assumptions A very basic understanding of IRC would be helpful.. Side Effects I’ve never tested this on a network with… Read More »
This program simulates fire. I have seen other articles that simulate fire, but this one is extremely fast (95-102 FPS on my 366) and it uses some neat API calls that most programmers probably have never seen before. I uploaded this before, but it only worked if your computer was in 24-bit color mode. I have changed it… Read More »