This module uses the line function to create a gradient fill on either a form or picture box, fades from one RGB color to another. At the moment it is a little bit slow, but i hope to improve that soon. Can be used to make setup screens. Set the objects auto-redraw property to true so the gradient… Read More »
vbAdvance is a Visual Basic Add-In which gives access to advanced build features and many IDE convenience features. This post covers some advanced topics, and discusses some of the samples included with the package. Webmasters Note I attempted to contact Karl Peterson, Young Dynamic Software, and the webmaster of mvps.org, with no success. I have approved the posting… Read More »
vbAdvance is a Visual Basic Add-In that gives you access to advanced build features and many IDE convenience features. As a Visual Basic Add-In, vbAdvance runs while you design and compile your applications. Once your app is built, vbAdvance is no longer needed. vbAdvance adds no distributable dependencies to your projects – there is nothing to distribute because… Read More »
This code sample shows how to detect activity or inactivity on the mouse and keyboard. Option Explicit ‘===========================================================’TYPE’===========================================================Private Type POINTAPIx As Integery As IntegerEnd Type’===========================================================’API’===========================================================Private Declare Sub GetCursorPos Lib “user32.dll” (lpPoint As POINTAPI)Private Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib “user32.dll” (ByVal vKey As Long) As Integer’===========================================================’Variables’===========================================================Private posOld As POINTAPIPrivate posNew As POINTAPI ‘===========================================================’InputCheck’=========================================================== Public Function InputCheck() As Boolean Dim i As… Read More »
With this code you can create a application that watches specified folders. When someone try’s to access a folder that is being watched, the application closes the folder and displays an error message. Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib “user32” Alias “FindWindowA” _(ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib “user32” Alias… Read More »
This short demo program will show you how to use VB6 to work with the registry. It shows you how to add, read, change, and delete registry entries. Attachments File Uploaded Size 926-20180127-154719-RegINI2.zip 1/27/2018 3:47:19 PM 12487
This function will automatically adjust the contents of a textbox to proper case, as input is being entered. It’s not really an “in-depth” piece of code. Rather, it is just a simple something to help out beginners. First, a function must be defined, which can be called from anywhere. Place the following code in a module. Private Function… Read More »
ZipSearch simulates the Windows search utility and extends on it to include zip file contents. Searches are based on name matching, and can also perform date and size filtering. Limited wildcard characters are supported for matching of folder and file names. Searches within file text supports multi-line, case-sensitive and case-insensitive matching, as well as whole-word-only searches. This tool… Read More »
MyPad is a very small PHP Editor, the executable has as size of only 40kb resp. 140kb if not compressed with an exe packer. I wrote this editor because I didn’t find any PHP Editor with a very simple Single Document Interface. The Editor I was searching for should look and behave like Notepad, but should be able… Read More »
Here is a graphic sample of my attempt at using BitBlt to scroll a background onto a picture box. The code is very simple to understand anyway hope you find some use for it. Makes use of bitBlt from gdi32.dll. Attachments File Uploaded Size 923-20180216-035624-ScrollingBackground.zip 2/16/2018 3:56:24 AM 10959