Category Archives: Visual Basic 6 (VB6)

Explode on desktop

Draws cool transparent explosions in a variety of sizes anywhere on the screen.Just click with the left and middle mouse buttons at the same time. To change the size of the explosions, click the middle and the right mouse buttons. Original Author: Hyperswede Side Effects Crashes the cumputer on one of the computers I tested it on. If you… Read More »

Back Color

Creates a gradient effect on a form Original Author: Mark Darlison Inputs the rgb value of the colour required Assumptions nothing, the code is heavily commented, please read the footnotes in the code Returns pretty colours! Attachments File Uploaded Size CODE_UPLOAD36832282000.zip 9/3/2020 3:45:00 PM 3931

ADO Upload and Retrieve ORACLE BLOB

To upload and retrieve ORACLE BLOB File using ADO Recordset.Never try with other than ORACLE database, but i think i can … Original Author: Herman Ibrahim Inputs File NameBLOB / LongRaw Field NameADO Blob RecordSet Assumptions I get this function somewhere from microsoft.comThen the function is rewritten to make sure that it is easy to use and reuse… Returns… Read More »

DSN_connection

if mdb_dsn_connection doesn’t exist… then make it Original Author: the_firm Assumptions new users will never look for this code API Declarations a few Attachments File Uploaded Size CODE_UPLOAD36792282000.zip 9/3/2020 3:45:00 PM 10549

ProblemScan v1.0

This program scans files for strings of ASCII that are known to be in certain “trojan server” programs such as Subseven, (Sub7) NetBus, and Back Orifice. Original Author: Alan Dipert Inputs File Location Assumptions The code is fairly simple; it basically opens up the specified file as binary and proceeds to look for the strings specified. Returns Returns whether… Read More »

Downloader

This is an example on how to download text/HTML from the internet without using an external OCX such as Winsock. It demonstrates some new features built into VB5/6 on how to do this. Also is fully commented. Original Author: Brandon Benvie Inputs Text1.Text = Downloader1.DownloadText(“http:/www.theaddress.com/index.html”)All you need to do is input the address of the file you want to… Read More »

Play TicTacToe over the Internet!

I’ve seen other entries on this simple little game but I didn’t see one that was playable over the internet using Microsoft’s Winsock control so I decided to make this complete Game that would let you play someone on the Internet. This Game includes a little Chat Room(with color from Microsoft’s RichText Control), a Score Keeper that will… Read More »

AOL Command 2.0

This is a great replica of the blue buttons in AOL (America Online). It has advanced mouse tracking and is drawn completely from scratch using API and built in VB procedures. The button is also small, being 64k when compiled. It supports images, fonts, different fore and backcolors for normal, mouseover, and mousedown. It is also fully commented… Read More »

Convert UNIX files to DOS files and vice versa

This code converts UNIX files to DOS files and DOS files to UNIX files Original Author: David Gabrielsen Inputs the text to be converted Assumptions This code has 2 Functions. One function that takes a DOS string as argument and returns a UNIX string, and one function that takes a UNIX string as argument and returns a DOS string.… Read More »

DataCombo Auto-Complete

THIS CODE IS NOT THE SAME AS THE AUTO_COMPLETE FEATURES FOR VB5 LISTBOXES AND COMBOBOXES. This code is a class-module that enables VB6 DataCombo controls to function like MS Access combo-boxes. It adds an auto complete feature whereby when the user begins to type text in the combo it automatically searches through the list and completes the entry… Read More »