Category Archives: Visual Basic 6 (VB6)

How to show an icon in the taskbar button for a borderless form. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170904-051020-TASKICON.ZIP 9/4/2017 5:10:20 AM 1648

How to limit lines in a TextBox control. Shows how to limit a TextBox to a specific number of characters per line and a specific number of lines.  Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170904-051253-TEXTLIMT.ZIP 9/4/2017 5:12:53 AM 1876

How to “put” your program in the System Tray. Responds to mouse click without needing a callback procedure.  Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170901-090702-SYSTRAY.ZIP 9/1/2017 9:07:02 AM 2697

Ever wonder how to make your forms dock to one another? This demo shows you how to make your forms sticky. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170901-090237-STICKY4.ZIP 9/1/2017 9:02:37 AM 3118

How to implement snapping to a grid. Draws a Line and Shape (box) control on a user-defined grid. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170901-085916-SNAPGRD.ZIP 9/1/2017 8:59:16 AM 2180

How to properly display a pop-up menu from a system tray icon. Responds to mouse click without needing a callback procedure, plus allows keyboard focus from a pop-up menu. Properly erases the menu when the user clicks somewhere other than the pop-up menu.  Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170901-090922-SYSTRAY2.ZIP 9/1/2017 9:09:22 AM 4003

How to implement Windows standard file operations (copy, move, delete). Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170820-065834-SHCOPY.ZIP 8/20/2017 6:58:34 AM 2085

Retrieve folders such as the Desktop and My Documents.  Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170901-085711-SHFOLDER.ZIP 9/1/2017 8:57:11 AM 2659

How to Shell to another program and wait for it to finish. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170820-071133-SHELLWAT.ZIP 8/20/2017 7:11:33 AM 1433

The default behavior when deleting files from within your VB program is to do just that: delete the file. Using this function instead will send the file to the Recycle Bin. Attachments File Uploaded Size 899-20170820-071434-SHFILEOP.ZIP 8/20/2017 7:14:34 AM 2919