Category Archives: Visual Basic 6 (VB6)

Ah! The Boss Is Coming!

Ever been in one of those situations when you are doing something on the computer, banned by every rule, and then your boss walks round the corner? This is the answer to all those problems! As soon as you see him, simply click and your screen is covered with a graph and textboxes making it look as if… Read More »

Time Textbox Control.ocx

This is a “Time Textbox”. Kinda like the ‘Windows > Control Panels > Date and Time’ one… It has a separate input for hour, mins, ampm. use the “up and down” arrows to chnage the time”..please try it out, and vote if ya like it. Provide some feedback too… Original Author: Raza Attachments File Uploaded Size CODE_UPLOAD3722312000.zip 9/3/2020 3:45:00… Read More »

Cheap Cool Button

Simulates a cool/flat button. Easy and simple. No API’s or advanced codes. Could be used but coding is really newby-ish. Original Author: K.B.V Inputs Label, Lines Assumptions Its simple and easy. Returns Command Button API Declarations None. Attachments File Uploaded Size CODE_UPLOAD36952292000.zip 9/3/2020 3:45:00 PM 2393

Screen Saver Functions Update 3/1/00 *orig* 7/9/98

The MOST ADVANCED Screen Saver Funtions. Updated again 3/1/00 from the old one on 7/9/98 BIGGER & BETTER THAN EVER.Has Pass Cracker, Pass Tester, Pass Changer & Other functions making this a great learning project for all. Original Author: Demian Net Attachments File Uploaded Size CODE_UPLOAD3696312000.zip 9/3/2020 3:45:00 PM 5271

A Pig Latin Text Converter

This code does nothing more than take a word or phrase and convert it to Pig Latin. Now, it is not finished, as I need to somehow figure out how to take in account punctuation. It is almost there, tho, and any suggestions would be nice. Original Author: VBScript Attachments File Uploaded Size CODE_UPLOAD36902292000.zip 9/3/2020 3:45:00 PM 70726

Chess

Allows you to play chess against another person, no AI here I’m afraid. Original Author: Gary Eyles Assumptions All the code that deals with the chess side is all mine. There are odd bits like the menu drawing and the imagelist control that are not.The coding is not brilliant, and the slightly transparent bit where you drag the peices… Read More »

Get current Outlook user

Retrieve the user currently logged on in the existing Microsoft Outlook session. Original Author: Klemens Schmid Assumptions Open a new VB project. Add a button to the form. Add a reference to “Microsoft Outlook …”. Paste the code into the form. Run the project. Returns Returns the Name property of the recipient object. Code Private Sub cmdUser_Click()’get the user… Read More »

Binary Save/Open File

Saves/Opens Binary file. Takes the contents of (2)Listboxes, (1)RTB, and (1)Label and saves to a binary file. Also opens the contents of the binary file into (2)Listboxes, (1)RTB, and (1)Label. Original Author: MethodMan Assumptions Saves/Opens Binary file. Takes the contents of (2)Listboxes, (1)RTB, and (1)Label and saves to a binary file. Also opens the binary file into (2)Listboxes, (1)RTB,… Read More »

ACCESS / ORACLE ADO Connection and Recordset

To Provide a Recordset Template(view,execute,edit,Add new)To Provide a Database Connection Template (ORACLEand MS Access) Original Author: Herman Ibrahim Assumptions Add Microsoft ActiveX Data Object 2.X libraryinto Project Reference. Code ‘Put This part in a module’======================================’Starrt of Module’======================================Option ExplicitPublic Enum RSMethodVIEW_RECORD = 0EDIT_RECORD = 1EXEC_SQL = 2NEW_RECORD = 3End EnumFunction dbConnection(strDatabaseType As String, strDBService As String, Optional strUserID As String,… Read More »